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The 2007 Brooklyn tornado was the strongest tornado on record to strike in New York City.It formed in the early morning hours of August 8, 2007, skipping along an approximately 9 miles (14 km)-long path, from Staten Island across The Narrows to Brooklyn. [2]
With an estimated population in 2023 of 8,258,035 [5] distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km 2), [4] the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [19]
The storm system that produced a large tornado in New York City on September 16, 2010. Tornadoes in the U.S. state of New York are relatively rare, with roughly 10 tornadoes touching down every year since 1900, the year with the first ever recorded event in the state.
The largest city in the state and the most populous city in the United States is New York City, which comprises five counties (each coextensive with a borough): Bronx, New York County , Queens, Kings County , and Richmond County (Staten Island). New York City is home to more than two-fifths of the state's population.
August 1, 1830: A hurricane passes to the east of New York and produces gale-force winds to New York City and Long Island. [9] October 4, 1841: Gale–force winds affect New York City as a hurricane tracks north along the East Coast of the United States. Damage is estimated at $2 million (1841 USD, $41 million 2007 USD). [10]
Summer Streets is an annual event organized during the month of August in the streets of New York City since 2008. [3] During the mornings of the first three Saturdays in August, 20 miles (32.2 km) of streets (including Park Avenue and Lafayette Street in Manhattan between 109th Street and Brooklyn Bridge) are open for walkers, runners, and cyclists and closed for motor vehicles. [3]
Con Edison retracted its claim that New York City would have power by 1 a.m. That night some areas of Manhattan regained power at approximately 5 a.m. (August 15), the New York City borough of Staten Island regained power around 3 a.m. on August 15, and Niagara Mohawk predicted that the Niagara Falls area would have to wait until 8 a.m. In the ...
July 23: Othniel Askew shoots to death political rival City Council member James E. Davis in the City Hall chambers of the New York City Council. August 14: New York loses power in a blackout that affects eight states as well as parts of Canada. October 6: Ming of Harlem is rescued, along with an alligator in another room, in an apartment in ...