1839 map of today's New York City

The City of Greater New York was formed in 1898 through the consolidation of a number of municipalities, some of which were themselves previously consolidated from smaller municipalities. This article lists the villages, towns and cities that formerly existed within the current boundaries of New York City, from the time the British assumed control of New Amsterdam in 1664 until the 1898 consolidation. The term "town" as used in the state of New York refers to county divisions often known as townships in other states.

New York County

Main article: History of New York City

New York County is coextensive with Manhattan.

Bronx County

Map of Westchester County, including the portion that would later become The Bronx, in 1867

Main article: The Bronx § History

The Bronx was annexed from Westchester County by New York County (and New York City) in 1874 (west of Bronx River) and 1895 (east of it). Those two parts were established as a separate borough upon the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, but was not legally established as a separate county, Bronx County, until 1914.

West Bronx - annexed to New York City in 1874.

East Bronx - annexed to New York City in 1895.

Kings County

An 1859 map of Kings and Queens Counties. At this point, the City of Brooklyn had already annexed Williamsburg and Bushwick, and Long Island City had not yet been formed.

Main article: Brooklyn § History

When it was created in 1688 Kings County contained six towns.[5][6] The City of Brooklyn eventually annexed the other towns and cities in Kings County between 1854 and 1896, before itself becoming part of New York City in 1898.[7]

Queens County

Main article: Queens § History

All of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City, and Newtown, as well as the Rockaway Peninsula portion of Hempstead, consolidated into Greater New York in 1898. The rest of Hempstead and the Towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay split from Queens County to form Nassau County in 1899. Prior to consolidation, Lloyd Neck, which was then part of the Town of Oyster Bay and had earlier been known as Queens Village, seceded from Queens County and became part of the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County in 1885.[10][11]

Richmond County

Staten Island in 1891

Main article: Staten Island § History

All of Staten Island consolidated into Greater New York in 1898.

References

  1. ^ Gibson, Ellen (2004). Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide (PDF). Buffalo: Wm. S. Hein. p. 409. English patents granted [in 1666 and 1678] made New York City coextensive with Manhattan Island, Harlem effectively became a town within the city.
  2. ^ For example, see Colton, Topographical Map of the City and County of New York, 1836, (at http://www.davidrumsey.com/) which shows by a thin line "original boundary between New York and Harlem"
  3. ^ http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/arch_reports/90.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ a b Senate, New York (State) Legislature (2 September 2018). "Documents of the Senate of the State of New York" – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Brooklyn Revealed Interactive map of six original towns
  6. ^ Ellis, Edward Robb (1966). The Epic of New York City. Old Town Books. p. 53.
  7. ^ Jackson, Kenneth (1995). Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  8. ^ Stiles, Henry Reed (1867–1869). The Village of Brooklyn in 1816. Compiled from the first village map of that date by Jeremiah Lott, and Lott's map of the Pierrepont Estate of 1819.
  9. ^ Gibson, Ellen M (1998). Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co. p. 403: "In 1834, over the objections of New York [City], it [(Brooklyn)] became a city comprising the entire area of the former town of Brooklyn."
  10. ^ "Beers' Atlas of Long Island". 1873. Archived from the original on 2011-11-20. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  11. ^ "LLOYD HARBOR – A BRIEF HISTORY". Incorporated Village of Lloyd Harbor, Suffolk County, NY. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  12. ^ "Pluralism Commentary". Religion and Ethic Newsweekly. PBS. 22 June 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  13. ^ Roberts IV, William I.; Adams, Mark E. "Phase 1A Historical/Archaeological Sensitivity Evaluation of the MEBCO Development, College Point, Queens, New York". Greenhouse Consultants Inc. July 1989.
  14. ^ "History of Queens County". bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org.
  15. ^ a b c "History". Flushing–Willets Point–Corona LDC. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012.
  16. ^ 1891 Map of Queens County, New York
  17. ^ a b c Riker, James Jr. (1852). The annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York. New York: Fanshaw. OL 22847611M.
  18. ^ a b Bayles, Richard Mather (2 September 1887). "History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York from its discovery to the present time". New York : L.E. Preston – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ Hough, Franklin Benjamin (2 September 1872). "Gazetteer of the State of New York : embracing a comprehensive account of the history and statistics of the state, with geological and topographical descriptions, and recent statistical tables ..." Albany, N.Y. : Andrew Boyd – via Internet Archive.
  20. ^ "(Former) Public School 28". 21 September 2011.
  21. ^ "The Good Old Days!". The Good Old Days!.
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