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Street labels were historically placed on the sides of buildings. The "Guggenheimer Ordinance", passed by the Municipal Assembly in 1901, required owners of properties on street corners to label their respective streets with five-inch (130 mm) letters on a blue background; this proved unpopular with such owners.
Pages in category "New York City road stubs" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 1664, New York was named in honor of the Duke of York (later King James II of England). [35] James's elder brother, King Charles II, appointed the Duke as proprietor of the former territory of New Netherland, including the city of New Amsterdam, when the Kingdom of England seized it from Dutch control.
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This is a list of jail facilities in New York City. It includes federal prisons , county jails, and city jails run by the New York City Department of Corrections . [ 1 ]
The City of New York was a steam barquentine known for being Richard E. Byrd's flagship on his 1928–30 exploration of Antarctica, mistakenly for the rescue of Ernest Shackleton in 1915, and most infamously for claims of being the ship that failed to come to the aid of the Titanic in 1912.
Pages in category "New York (state) state senator stubs" The following 173 pages are in this category, out of 173 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Five of New York's counties are each coextensive with New York City's five boroughs. They are New York County , Kings County , Bronx County , Richmond County (Staten Island), and Queens County . In contrast to other counties of New York, the powers of the five boroughs of New York City are very limited and in nearly all respects are governed by ...