What are the 5 Boroughs?? Where are they?? Why are they called the "5 Boroughs"?? Are they somehow associated with each other?? Finally, can you tell me the name of a famous person from each borough??
2006-08-20 09:22:47 · 8 answers · asked by Chicago's 1st Lady 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
The original City was only on Mahattan. When the Brooklyn bridge was built it connected the City of Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Manhattan came from the Indian name. The Bronx come from the Bronc family living there. The Bouroughs are also Counties. Brooklyn is offically Kings County, theres Quees, and Saten Island, which is Couny of Richmond. The Bronx is the only part that is on the mainland. Brooklyn and Queens are part of Long Island. And Staten Island in way out in the Bay.
2006-08-20 10:42:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The five boroughs are: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx & Staten Island. (or by county: New York (Manhattan); Bronx (Bronx); Kings (Brooklyn); Queens (Queens); and Richmond (Staten Island). The five boroughs make up New York City. Famous people: Robert DiNiro (Manhattan); Barbra Striesand (Brooklyn); Fran Drescher (Queens); J Lo (Bronx); Guy Molinari (Staten Island)
2006-08-20 16:31:00 · answer #2 · answered by kobacker59 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Queens.
They are the different counties that make up New York City. Manhattan is called New York county, Brooklyn is Kings county, Queens is Queens county, Staten Island is Richmond county, and the Bronx is Bronx county.
Brooklyn and Queens are neighbors on Long Island, they are the two counties closest to Manhattan, and the Nassau county line starts Long Island and separates it from New York City. The Bronx is on the mainland of New York State and is separated by the Yonkers county line. State Island and Manhattan are their own islands.
Famous People from each borough:
Manhattan: Christopher Reeves, Anderson Cooper, Herman Melville, Humphrey Bogart, Emmy Rossum, Paris Hilton, Vera Wang, Gloria Vanderbilt, Julia Stiles, Eugene O'Neil, Alicia Keys, Whoopi Goldberg (her real name is Karen Johnson), Theodore Roosevelt.
Brooklyn: Pat Benetar, Woody Allen, David Blaine, Barbara Boxer, Steve Buscemi, Mel Brooks, Barbara Streisand, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Lou Reed, Carl Sagan.
Queens: Christopher Walken, Donald Trump, Paul Simon, Cindi Lauper, Joey Ramone.
Bronx: Jennifer Lopez, Calvin Klein, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stanley Kubrick, Colin Powell.
Staten Island: The Wu Tang Clan, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
2006-08-21 00:10:31 · answer #3 · answered by Stephanie S 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Manhatten: Paris Hilton, my friend lived in her building for a while.
Staten Island: Christina Augliara was born there
Brooklyn: Jay-Z
The Bronx: Calven Klein
Queens: Tony Bennett
2006-08-21 01:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are 5 boros that make up New York City.
Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island..
2006-08-20 16:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by a b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other famous people from Queens include: Ethel Merman, Lucy Liu, Joey Ramone, and Spider-Man!
2006-08-20 22:02:53 · answer #6 · answered by Kat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island . . they all belong to NYC
2006-08-20 16:29:17 · answer #7 · answered by Joy L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
manhatten
bronx
brooklyn
queens
staten island
at least that's what my godfather says.
2006-08-20 16:29:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋