Place details
Place nameNew York
Other namesNew York City, City of New York, Greater New York, Big Apple, Gotham, New Orange, New Amsterdam
CountryUnited States
Latitude40.7
Longitude-74
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located at mouth of Hudson River; visited by Europeans 16th-17th century. Settled by the Dutch; seized by the British in 1664. Was a cosmopolitan center and the nation's largest city by the 18th century. Today is a huge metropolis composed of five boroughs corresponding to five counties.