Geographical Location

New York is located on the east coast of the United States in the New York Bay on the mouths of the Hudson River and East Rivers in the Atlantic. The city with the geographical coordinates 40.42 degrees north latitude and 74.00 degrees west longitude is an average of six metres above sea level, in direct proximity to Jersey City. The center is located on the island of Manhattan, the rock as a pointed tongue between Hudson and East River. From the river banks is taking the development of the city with a wealth of other suburbs of large cities and reaches far into the country inside. The rivers separating the center of New York by the municipalities Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Iceland (originally: Richmond). The city has a land area of 785.6 square kilometres (see Berlin 891.85 km ²). The New York Metropolitan Area has an area of 27,084 square kilometres (see the Land of Brandenburg 29.478,61 square kilometers).

Administrative divisions of New York City

The city is divided into five municipalities (boroughs) divided, each of which a circle (County) of the State of New York. Each borough is governed by a Borough President. Manhattan (New York County) has 1564798 inhabitants (July 1 2003) and a land area of 59.5 square kilometers. The community consists mainly of the island of Manhattan Iceland by the Hudson River to the west, the East River in the east and the Harlem River in northeast umflossen, and other smaller islands, including Roosevelt Iceland, Belmont Iceland, Iceland Governors and a small piece of Mainland, Marble Hill. Marble Hill was to build the Harlem River Ship Canal in the 19th Century still part of Manhattan Iceland. Brooklyn (Kings County) has 2,472,523 inhabitants, making it the most populous municipality of New York. It is situated in south-east of the city, at the western end of Long Islands and has an area of 182.9 sq. km. The city of Brooklyn was named after the Dutch city of Breukelen and in 1898 appointed to New York City incorporated. Situation of the city of New York on the east coast of the USAQueens (Queens County) has 2,225,486 inhabitants and is equipped with an area of 282.9 sq. km of the largest of the five districts of New York. It is located in the west of the Long Island Iceland. Queens was established on 1 Founded in November 1683, when the colony of New York in divided counties. 1898, the District of New York incorporated. There are also two of the largest airports of New York, the John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. The Bronx (Bronx County) has 1,363,198 inhabitants and an area of 108.9 sq. km. The formerly autonomous city since 1 January 1874 the northernmost of the five municipalities of New York. It was after Jonas Bronck, an emigrant from today's Sweden and the first settlers in this area, named. This is also the fact that this part of New York City always voransteht the article, "The Bronx". At that time, namely, a visit to the farm of Jonas Bronck announced, said: "We are going to the Broncks". Today, the name is different, but the preceding article has been retained. In addition, the Bronx is the only District of New York, on the mainland. Staten Iceland (Richmond County) has 459,737 inhabitants and a land area of 151.5 sq. km. It is located southwest of the island of Manhattan and on Long west of Iceland part of the city Brooklyn. With Brooklyn is the island toll on the Verrazano-Narrows bridge. In the west and north of the island by the narrow Arthur Kill and the Kill van Kull by the state of New Jersey separately. After New Jersey, the Goethals Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing. The highest point on the island, the Todt Hill, is also the highest point in the city of New York. Previously, the entire city garbage to Staten Iceland transported and stored because there are no incinerators were. These mountains were later garbage with soil zugeschaufelt and incinerators introduced, but an odour is until today. Even the rubble of the World Trade Center were brought to Staten Iceland.