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The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site ...
An 1865 map of Lower Manhattan below 14th Street showing land reclamation along the shoreline. [1] The expansion of the land area of Lower Manhattan in New York City by land reclamation has, over time, greatly altered Manhattan Island's shorelines on the Hudson and East rivers as well as those of the Upper New York Bay. The extension of the ...
New York City Marble Cemetery, [4] East Village, the second oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City. Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Midtown Manhattan; St. John's Burying Ground [5] Second Shearith Israel Cemetery, West Village [6] Third Shearith Israel Cemetery, Chelsea [7] Trinity Church Cemetery, [8] Financial District; Potter's ...
In addition to the three principal islands of New York City—Manhattan Island, Staten Island and part of Long Island—each borough contains several smaller islands. New York City contains about 36 to 42 islands in total. [1]
The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
New York Conspiracy of 1741: mass unrest 34 [69] 1966 New York Harbor tanker collision: maritime 33 [70] 1845 Great New York City Fire of 1845: fire 30 [71] 1712 New York Slave Revolt of 1712: mass unrest 29–36 [j] 1892 Hotel Royal fire: fire 28 [76] 1992 USAir Flight 405: aircraft 27 [77] 1923 Manhattan State Hospital fire fire 27 [78] 1954 ...
Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens , on Long Island , to the east. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, with an area of 147 acres (0.59 km 2 ), and had a population of 11,722 as of the 2020 United States census .
Palmer Memorial Hall is a historic hall at 1029 Central Street in Palmer, Massachusetts, United States.The Romanesque building was designed by New York City architect R. H. Robertson and constructed in 1890 as a memorial to the town's Civil War dead; it was also used as a meeting space by the local Grand Army of the Republic veterans society.