Brooklyn. In 1898, the five boroughs -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island -- consolidated to form modern-day New York City.
Before 1898, New York City consisted mostly of just Manhattan. Brooklyn is the only one of the other four boroughs that was its own city before becoming a borough of New York City. The other three were counties: Queens was Queens County, Staten Island was Richmond County, and The Bronx was part of New York County. In fact, the borough of Staten Island was called the borough of Richmond until 1975.
The Bronx ceased to be part of New York County, and became coextensive with the new Bronx County, in 1914. So today, each of the five boroughs is also a county in state government: Manhattan is New York County, Brooklyn is Kings County, The Bronx is Bronx County, Queens is still Queens County, and Staten Island is still Richmond County.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn. Before 1898, New York City consisted mostly of just Manhattan. In 1898 the five boroughs -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island -- consolidated to form modern-day New York City. Brooklyn is the only one that was its own city before becoming a borough of New York City. The other three -- Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island -- were counties (or parts of counties, in the case of the Bronx) consisting of small towns and farmland.
New York City was created in 1898.
In 1898. That is the year the five boroughs of New York City were incorporated. Before then, New York City consisted mostly of just Manhattan. In 1898, the city of Brooklyn, along with Queens County, Bronx County and Richmond County (aka Staten Island) joined Manhattan to form the five modern-day boroughs of New York City.
Peace Jubilee Naval Parade New York City - 1898 was released on: USA: September 1898
New York City's five boroughs consolidated into one city in 1898.
Brooklyn was an independent city until it was annexed by New York City in 1898. It is now a borough.
Millie Impolito was born in 1898, in New York City, New York, USA.
Third Avenue Bridge - New York City - was created in 1898.
No. New York City consisted mostly of just Manhattan until the five boroughs were incorporated in 1898.
Brooklyn. Before 1898, New York City consisted mostly of just Manhattan. In 1898 the five boroughs -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island -- consolidated to form modern-day New York City. Brooklyn is the only one that was its own city before becoming a borough of New York City. The other three -- Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island -- were counties (or parts of counties, in the case of the Bronx) consisting of small towns and farmland.
Manhattan is actually not a city. It is one of the five boroughs of New York City: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. Before 1898, New York City mostly consisted of just Manhattan, but in 1898 the five boroughs consolidated to form modern-day New York City. New York City is the largest city in the U.S. by population, so, assuming you are referring exclusively to United States cities: by population, Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States after New York.