New York - Brooklyn - Long Island - what is the connection?
These are just different cities or, may be, two last are parts of NY?)) If not, they are very near, yes?)
Manhattan is one of the NY districts, right?
2006-11-25 09:25:22 · 8 answers · asked by goodelllen 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Thank you guys for such helpful answers!)
Retrodvs - kiss u)
2006-11-25 10:10:06 · update #1
umhiimteresa - good advice, thanks ;)
going to wiki
2006-11-26 00:17:25 · update #2
That's not a stupid question at all. New York City is made up of five boroughs which are coextensive with five counties. The Bronx (which is Bronx County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Manhattan (New York County), Queens (Queens County), and Staten Island (Richmond County).
Long Island is the western most neighborhood of the borough of Queens.
2006-11-25 09:29:37 · answer #1 · answered by Retrodvs 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
New York city has 5 areas (boroughs) Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. All the borougths are islands but the Bronx, which is the only borough of New York that is connected with the mainland. Manhattan is maybe the most famous area, but the others enjoy a very rich and interesting history too. Brooklyn, for example, was an independent city before became part of New York City. On the other hand, Long Island is just a long island with many cities and towns close to New York City, but not part of the city itself. In one of the answer, somebody name Harlem as a borough, but is not, Harlem is a neighborhood in Manhattan.
2006-11-25 19:29:52 · answer #2 · answered by Carles A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manhattan has all the skyscrapers. Manhattan is New York City proper. City Hall is in Manhattan. All the police shows on television happen in Manhattan. The Bronx is north of Manhattan. Yankee Stadium is about 160th St. You have to cross the East River from Manhattan to get to Brooklyn and Queens. Those are the beginning of Long Island. Long Island must be a hundred miles long paralleling the Connecticut coastline. The Hamptons, further out on Long Island, are a very expensive place to live.
2006-11-25 18:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Brooklyn and Queens are part of Long Island physically but part of New York City governmentally. If you look at a map you will see that Brooklyn (Kings County) and Queens are the two westernmost counties on Long Island. When people talk about Long Island, they are usually referring to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, the Eastern Counties of Long Island.
In the Revolutionary War, The "Battle of Long Island" was fought in Brooklyn.
2006-11-26 12:16:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long Island is part of NY State but not NYC. Brooklyn (Kings County) and Queens (Queens County) are on the west end of Long Island but are not said to be "on Long Island" since they are boroughs of NYC. Long Island has it's own counties, Nassau and Suffolk and there are different towns in each county. Anyone living in Nassau or Suffolk county is said to live "on Long Island"
If you get in your car in Brooklyn or Queens and drive east, as soon as you cross the county line you have left NYC and you are in some town in Long Island.
2006-11-26 00:46:57 · answer #5 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of New York City are broken up into burroughs Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Harlem, Queens, and Long Island.
2006-11-25 17:46:47 · answer #6 · answered by nabdullah2001 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
go to wikipedia and search it. And it gives you everythign you want to know about each borough, and each neighborhood in the borough, etc.
2006-11-25 20:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by umhiimteresa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Retro said it all
2006-11-25 17:33:06 · answer #8 · answered by antiekmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋