Geographical Facts:

General Aspects
Introduction
The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is
the most populous city in the United States.Located at the southern tip of the
state of New York; the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one
of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City exerts a
significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research,
technology, education, and entertainment.

New Yor is one of the states which has the same name in the Northeast
region of the United States. It is located on a large natural harbor meeting the
Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean

New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United
States.A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon
commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and
entertainmentan. It is also an important center for international diplomacy and
has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. It consists
of five boroughs, each of which is a separate county of New York State. The
five boroughs Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island
were consolidated into a single city in 1898.

Location
New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States
at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York State. It is located
in the New YorkNew Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the
New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow
in significance as a trading city. Much of New York is built on the three islands
of Manhattan, Staten Island, and western Long Island, making land scarce and
encouraging a high population density.
Borders
Islands
Area
468.9 sq mi (1,214 km2)

Population
Estimated 2015 8,550,405

Counties
New York City, in the U.S. state of New York, is composed of five
boroughs. They are Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten
Island. Each borough also has coextensive boundaries as a county of New York
State.
The five boroughs of New York City: 1:Manhattan, 2: Brooklyn, 3: Queens,
4:The Bronx, 5: Staten Island.

Manhattan (New York County) is the geographically smallest and most densely
populated borough and is home to Central Park and most of the city's
skyscrapers. Manhattan's (New York County's) population density of 72,033
people per square mile (27,812/km) in 2015 makes it the highest of any county
in the United States and higher than the density of any individual American city.
Manhattan is the cultural, administrative, and financial center of New York City
and contains the headquarters of many major multinational corporations, the
United Nations Headquarters, Wall Street, and a number of important
universities. Manhattan is often described as the financial and cultural center of
the world.

Most of the borough is situated on Manhattan Island, at the mouth of the

Hudson River. Several small islands are also part of the borough of Manhattan,
including Randall's Island, Wards Island, and Roosevelt Island in the East River,
and Governors Island and Liberty Island to the south in New York Harbor.
Manhattan Island is loosely divided into Lower, Midtown, and Uptown regions.
Uptown Manhattan is divided by Central Park into the Upper East Side and the
Upper West Side, and above the park is Harlem. The borough also includes a
small neighborhood on the United States mainland, called Marble Hill. Marble
Hill was originally part of Manhattan Island, but is now contiguous with the
Bronx after having been severed from the U.S. mainland by the construction of
the Harlem River Ship Canal north of the neighborhood, and having been
connected to the mainland by the subsequent filling in of the Harlem River's
original path to the neighborhood's south. New York City's remaining four
boroughs are collectively referred to as the outer boroughs.

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, distinct neighborhoods, and a distinctive architectural
heritage. Downtown Brooklyn is the only 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
country.[6] Marine Park[7] and Prospect Park are the two largest parks in
Brooklyn.

Queens (Queens County), on Long Island north and east of Brooklyn, is

geographically the largest borough, the most ethnically diverse county in the
United States,[8] as well as the most ethnically diverse urban area in the
world.[1][2] Historically a collection of small towns and villages founded by the
Dutch, the borough has since developed both commercial and residential
prominence. Queens is the site of Citi Field, the baseball stadium of the New
York Mets, and hosts the annual U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park. Additionally, two of the three busiest airports serving
the New York metropolitan area, John F. Kennedy International Airport and
LaGuardia Airport, are located in Queens. (The third is Newark Liberty
International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.)

Staten Island (Richmond County) is the most suburban in character of the five
boroughs. Staten Island is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge and to Manhattan by way of the Staten Island Ferry, a free commuter
ferry and popular tourist attraction which provides unobstructed views of the
Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Lower Manhattan. In central Staten Island,
the Staten Island Greenbelt spans approximately 2,500 acres (10 km2),
including 28 miles (45 km) of walking trails and one of the last undisturbed
forests in the city. Designated in 1984 to protect the island's natural lands, the
Greenbelt comprises seven city parks.

The Bronx (Bronx County) is New York City's northernmost borough and the
only New York City borough that is not considered an island or part of one. It is
the location of Yankee Stadium, the baseball stadium of the New York Yankees,
and home to the largest cooperatively owned housing complex in the United
States, Co-op City.It is also home to the Bronx Zoo, the world's largest
metropolitan zoo,which covers 265 acres (1.07 km2) and houses over 6,000
animals.The Bronx is also the birthplace of rap and hip hop culture .Pelham Bay
Park is the largest park in New York City, at 2,765 acres (1,119 ha).

Specific Aspects
Relief
Highest peak
Todt Hill (pronounced Tote) is a 401-foot-tall (122 m) hill formed of
serpentine rock on Staten Island, New York. It is the highest natural point in the
five boroughs of New York City and the highest elevation on the entire Eastern
Seaboard from Florida to Cape Cod. The summit of the ridge is largely covered
in woodlands as part of the Staten Island Greenbelt, although much of the
surrounding area is developed and residential. It is considered one of the most
exclusive and most expensive areas of Staten Island.
The name Todt comes from the Dutch language word for "dead" and may refer
to the cemetery