Staten Island is the smallest borough in terms of population. It is the second-largest borough by total area, and the third-largest by land area (it has a greater total area than Brooklyn, but it has a lot more square miles/kilometers of water than Brooklyn does, so its total land area is smaller than that of Brooklyn).
Queens is the largest borough, followed by Staten Island, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Manhattan is the smallest. Note that the Wikipedia entry for New York City says that Brooklyn is the 2nd largest borough, and Staten Island is the 3rd largest. That is because the land area of Brooklyn -- minus bodies of water -- is larger than the land area of Staten Island, minus bodies of water. If we go by total area -- including both land and water -- Staten Island is larger than Brooklyn.
Manhattan is the smallest in terms of land mass. Staten Island has the smallest population.
Staten Island Borough Hall was created in 1903.
The borough of Staten Island is Richmond County. Each New York City borough is also a county.
Staten Island has the smallest population of the five boroughs.
No New York City borough fits this description. Manhattan is the smallest borough in land size, but Brooklyn has the largest population (2.5 million residents). However, Manhattan is the most densely populated borough (over 71,000 people per square mile).
What is the borough that is farthest south?
In 1975, the name of the New York City borough occupying Richmond County was officially changed to Staten Island.
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Staten Island is connected to the borough of Brooklyn via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (more commonly called just, "The Verrazano Bridge").
Staten Island.
The 5th borough of New York City is either Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx or Staten Island, depending on which order you choose to list them in.