New York City

=== Boroughs ===
{{main|Boroughs of New York City|Neighborhoods in New York City}}
[[File:5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg|alt=A map showing five boroughs in different colors.|thumb|{{legend|#4DAF4A|1. [[Manhattan]]}}{{legend|#FFFF33|2. [[Brooklyn]]}}{{legend|#FF7F00|3. [[Queens]]}}{{legend|#E41A1C|4. [[The Bronx]]}}{{legend|#984EA3|5. [[Staten Island]]}}]]

{{nowrap|New York City}} is sometimes referred to collectively as the ''Five Boroughs''.<ref>{{Cite web |date = October 7, 2017 |title = The Five Boroughs of the City of New York: A Brief Historical Description |url = http://www.thehistorybox.com/ny_city/nycity_5_boros_historical_descrip__article00598.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171007144725/http://www.thehistorybox.com/ny_city/nycity_5_boros_historical_descrip__article00598.htm |url-status = dead |publisher = The History Box |archive-date = October 7, 2017 |access-date = July 10, 2020 }}</ref> Each borough is coextensive with a respective [[Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County|county]] of New York State, making New York City one of the [[List of U.S. municipalities in multiple counties|U.S. municipalities in multiple counties]].

Manhattan (New York County) is the geographically smallest and most densely populated borough. It is home to Central Park and most of the city's [[skyscraper]]s, and is sometimes locally known as ''The City''.<ref name="ManhattanTheCity">{{cite web |first = Jen |last = Carlson |date = May 21, 2012 |title = Do You Refer To Manhattan As "The City"? |url = http://gothamist.com/2012/05/21/do_you_refer_to_manhattan_as_the_ci.php |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161025130428/http://gothamist.com/2012/05/21/do_you_refer_to_manhattan_as_the_ci.php |archive-date = October 25, 2016 |access-date = August 20, 2017 |publisher = [[Gothamist]] }}</ref> Manhattan's population density of {{Convert|70,450.8|PD/sqmi}} in 2022 makes it the [[County statistics of the United States#Population density|highest of any county in the United States]] and [[List of United States cities by population density#New York City boroughs|higher than the density of any individual American city]].<ref name=CensusDensity2022/> Manhattan is the cultural, administrative, and [[financial center]] of New York City and contains the [[headquarters]] of many major [[multinational corporation]]s, the [[United Nations headquarters]], Wall Street, and a number of important universities. The borough is often described as the financial and cultural center of the world.<ref>{{cite news |author = Barry, Dan |date = October 11, 2001 |title = A Nation challenged: in New York; New York Carries On, but Test of Its Grit Has Just Begun |work = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/11/nyregion/nation-challenged-new-york-new-york-carries-but-test-its-grit-has-just-begun.html |access-date = March 27, 2016 |quote = A roaring void has been created in the financial center of the world. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author = Sorrentino, Christopher |date = September 16, 2007 |title = When He Was Seventeen |work = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/nyregion/thecity/16toug.html |access-date = March 27, 2016 |quote = In 1980 there were still the remains of the various downtown revolutions that had reinvigorated New York's music and art scenes and kept Manhattan in the position it had occupied since the 1940s as the cultural center of the world. }}</ref>

[[Brooklyn]] (Kings County), on the western tip of [[Long Island]], is the city's most populous borough. Brooklyn is known for its cultural, social, and ethnic diversity, an independent art scene, [[List of Brooklyn neighborhoods|distinct neighborhoods]], and a distinctive architectural heritage. [[Downtown Brooklyn]] is the largest central core neighborhood in the Outer Boroughs. The borough has a long beachfront shoreline including [[Coney Island]], established in the 1870s as one of the earliest amusement grounds in the U.S.<ref>{{cite book |last = Immerso |first = Michael |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=i4POVzmwY9cC |title = Coney Island: The People's Playground |publisher = [[Rutgers University Press]] |year = 2002 |isbn = 978-0-8135-3138-0 |page = 3 }}</ref> [[Marine Park (Brooklyn park)|Marine Park]] and [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]] are the two largest parks in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite news |last = Hughes |first = C.J. |date = August 17, 2016 |title = Marine Park, Brooklyn: Block Parties, Bocce and Salt Air |website = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/realestate/marine-park-brooklyn-block-parties-bocce-and-salt-air.html |access-date = October 29, 2017 |quote = The neighborhood of Marine Park, a compact enclave in southeast Brooklyn, has a major claim to fame. It sits next to the borough's largest park, Marine Park }}</ref> Since 2010, Brooklyn has evolved into a thriving hub of [[entrepreneurship]] and [[high tech]]nology [[Startup company|startup firms]],<ref>{{cite web |date = October 19, 2015 |title = 19 Reasons Why Brooklyn Is New York's New Startup Hotspot |url = https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/brooklyn-hot-startup-list-investments/ |access-date = August 27, 2017 |publisher = [[CB Insights]] }}</ref><ref name="BrooklynDesignHub">{{cite news |first = Vanessa |last = Friedman |date = April 30, 2016 |title = Brooklyn's Wearable Revolution |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/fashion/brooklyn-wearables-revolution.html |access-date = August 27, 2017 }}</ref> and of [[postmodern art]] and design.<ref name="BrooklynDesignHub" /><ref name="BrooklynArt1">{{cite news |first = Alexandria |last = Symonds |date = April 29, 2016 |title = One Celebrated Brooklyn Artist's Futuristic New Practice |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/t-magazine/art/dustin-yellin-vr-google-tilt-brush-art.html |access-date = August 27, 2017 }}</ref> Brooklyn is also home to [[Fort Hamilton]], the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military's]] only active duty installation within New York City,<ref>{{cite web |title = Military Bases in the Continental United States |url = http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/documents/BASES.PDF |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110902235300/http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/documents/BASES.PDF |archive-date = September 2, 2011 |access-date = February 20, 2012 |publisher = [[Nps.gov]] |url-status = dead }}</ref> aside from [[U.S. Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] operations. The facility was established in 1825 on the site of a [[artillery battery|battery]] used during the [[American Revolution]], and it is one of America's longest-serving military forts.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lI5ERUmHf3YC&q=encyclopedia+of+new+york |title = The History of New York City|edition=2nd  |publisher = [[Yale University Press]] |year = 2010 |isbn = 978-0-300-11465-2 |editor1-last = Jackson |editor1-first = Kenneth T. |page = 30 }}</ref>

[[Queens]] (Queens County), on Long Island north and east of Brooklyn, is geographically the largest borough, the most [[Ethnic diversity|ethnically diverse]] county in the United States,<ref name="queensdiverse">{{cite news |last = O'Donnell |first = Michelle |date = July 4, 2006 |title = In Queens, It's the Glorious 4th, and 6th, and 16th, and 25th&nbsp;... |work = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/nyregion/04fourth.html |access-date = July 20, 2014 }}</ref> and the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.<ref name="QueensMostDiverseWorld1">{{cite news |first1 = Christine |last1 = Kim |title = Queens, New York, Sightseeing |newspaper = [[USA Today]] |url = http://traveltips.usatoday.com/queens-new-york-sightseeing-107156.html |access-date = March 20, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="QueensMostDiverseWorld2">{{cite web |first = Andrew |last = Weber |date = April 30, 2013 |title = Queens |url = http://www.newyork.com/articles/neighborhoods/queens-72876/ |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150513065643/http://www.newyork.com/articles/neighborhoods/queens-72876/ |archive-date = May 13, 2015 |access-date = March 20, 2016 |publisher = NewYork.com }}</ref> Queens is the site of the [[Citi Field]], home of the [[New York Mets]], and hosts the annual [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Open tennis tournament]] at the [[USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center]] in [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]], with [[New York City FC stadium|plans to build a soccer-specific stadium]] to be built for [[New York City FC]].<ref>[https://abc7ny.com/metropolitan-park-casino-nyc-new-york-mets/14021998/ "Mets owner Steve Cohen proposes $8 billion casino complex at Citi Field"], [[WABC-TV]], November 7, 2023. Accessed January 15, 2024. "The property surrounding Citi Field is home to Flushing Corona Park, the U.S. Open Tennis Center, and a planned soccer stadium for New York City FC."</ref> Additionally, two of the three busiest airports serving the New York metropolitan area, [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] and [[LaGuardia Airport]], are in Queens.<ref>Rizzo, Cailey. [https://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/new-york-city-airports "What to Know About NYC Airports Before Your Next Trip; New York City has three major airports, so which should you choose? Here's everything you need to know before booking your flight."], ''[[Travel and Leisure]]'', January 10, 2024. Accessed January 15, 2024. "NYC's main airport, John F. Kennedy International, is in Queens. It's the largest and busiest of the three major airports serving the city, seeing more than 55 million passengers per year.... LaGuardia is the smallest of the NYC area's three major airports but has been called the most efficient in the world. It's located in Queens, about 10 miles north of JFK, and is most accessible from Queens, Manhattan's Upper East Side, the Bronx, and northern Brooklyn."</ref>

[[The Bronx]] (Bronx County) is both New York City's northernmost borough and the only one that is mostly on the [[U.S. mainland]]. It is the location of [[Yankee Stadium]], the baseball park of the [[New York Yankees]], and home to the largest [[Housing cooperative|cooperatively-owned housing]] complex in the United States, [[Co-op City, Bronx|Co-op City]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Frazier |first = Ian |date = June 26, 2006 |title = Utopia, the Bronx |magazine = [[The New Yorker]] |url = https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/06/26/060626fa_fact_frazier |access-date = September 1, 2008 }}</ref> It is home to the [[Bronx Zoo]], the world's largest metropolitan zoo,<ref name="BronxZoo">{{cite web |title = Animals & Exhibits |url = http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits.aspx |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150114073313/http://bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits.aspx |archive-date = January 14, 2015 |access-date = March 20, 2016 |work = [[Bronx Zoo]] |publisher = [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] }}</ref> which spans {{convert|265|acre|km2}} and houses more than 6,000 animals.<ref>{{cite book |last = Ward |first = Candace |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FuWKuHbWnvIC |title = New York City Museum Guide |publisher = [[Dover Publications]] |year = 2000 |isbn = 978-0-486-41000-5 |page = 72 }}</ref> The Bronx is the birthplace of [[hip hop music]] and its associated [[hip hop culture|culture]].<ref name="Toop-1992">{{cite book |last = Toop |first = David |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9KuRQgAACAAJ |title = Rap Attack 2: African Rap to Global Hip Hop |publisher = [[Serpent's Tail]] |year = 1992 |isbn = 978-1-85242-243-1 }}</ref> [[Pelham Bay Park]] is the largest park in New York City, at {{convert|2772|acre|ha}}.<ref name="nyt20130601">{{cite news |author = Foderaro, Lisa W. |date = May 31, 2013 |title = How Big Is That Park? City Now Has the Answer |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/nyregion/surveying-effort-alters-sizes-of-some-new-york-parks.html |access-date = May 31, 2013 }}</ref>

[[Staten Island]] (Richmond County) is the most suburban in character of the five boroughs. It is connected to Brooklyn by the [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]], and to Manhattan by way of the free [[Staten Island Ferry]]. In central Staten Island, the [[Staten Island Greenbelt]] spans approximately {{convert|2500|acres|km2|abbr=on}}, including {{convert|28|mi|km}} of walking trails and one of the last undisturbed forests in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title = Staten Island Greenbelt |url = http://www.nynjtc.org/park/staten-island-greenbelt |access-date = October 28, 2010 |website = NYNJTC.org |publisher = [[New York–New Jersey Trail Conference]] }}</ref> Designated in 1984 to protect the island's natural lands, the Greenbelt comprises seven city parks.