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List of Manhattan neighborhoods. This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street.
In 1898, New York City consolidated with three neighboring counties to form "the City of Greater New York", and Manhattan was established as one of the five boroughs of New York City. [72] [73] The Bronx remained part of New York County until 1914, when Bronx County was established.
Map of Manhattan, the most densely populated borough of New York City, and the economic, cultural and administrative center of the city. New York City comprises five boroughs, an unusual form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city.
Aerial view of the New York City metropolitan area with Manhattan at its center. New York City is situated in the northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston.
Six wards were established for New York City, which at the time comprised Manhattan and minor outlying islands, on December 8, 1683. Of these, five of the wards were located in what is now the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, while the Out Ward covered the rest of Manhattan.
The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan on its march uptown until the current day.
