New York City

New York, often called New York City, is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New... Wikipedia

  • Settled:  May 20, 1624
  • Current name:  September 8, 1664
  • Consolidated:  January 1, 1898
  • Founded by:  Dutch West India Company
  • Named for:  James Stuart, Duke of York
  • Constituent counties (boroughs):  Bronx (the Bronx), Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens (Queens), Richmond (Staten Island)
  • • Type:  Strong mayor–council
  • • Body:  New York City Council
  • • Mayor:  Zohran Mamdani (D)
  • • Total:  8,804,190
  • • Estimate (2025):  8,584,629
  • • Rank:  1st in the United States
  • • Urban:  19,426,449
  • • Metro:  20,140,470
  • Demonym(s):  New Yorker
  • Time zone:  EST (UTC–5)
  • • Summer (DST):  EDT (UTC–4)
  • ZIP Codes:  100xx–104xx, 11004–05, 111xx–114xx, 116xx
  • FIPS code:  36-51000
  • GNIS feature ID:  975772
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo