About New york

New York City is the most impressive and largest city in the United States. It is situated in the southern part of New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River (also known as North River as it passes Manhattan Island). Within 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up the river that now bears this man's name and went as far as Albany.

Five years later, a permanent settlement was established at what is now New York, but it was originally named New Amsterdam by the Dutch governors. One of those things, Peter Minuit, was said to have bought Manhattan Island from the Indians in exchange for beads, buttons, and trinkets. Within 1664, Wonderful Britain's Duke of York sent a fleet that quietly seized the settlement from the Dutch without bloodshed and rechristened the colony in honor of the duke. Control of New York passed to the young U.S. at the end of the Revolutionary War, and George Washington was inaugurated president in New York's old City Hall. Congress met in New York from 1785 to 1790.

Within 1898, during the time Wonderfuler New York was chartered, the city expanded to include the following five boroughs, that are and have always been also counties in New York State: Manhattan (New York County); Brooklyn (Kings County); Bronx (Bronx County); Queens (Queens County); and Staten Island (Richmond County).

"It is noted that the Big Apple" is known to be a major world capital and a world leader in finance, the arts, and communications. Did you know that the port of New York is recognized to be one of the finest in the globe and ranks as the most impressive and largest port complex on the East Coast. Did you know that the city is the home of the United Nations and is headquarters for many of the globe's most impressive and largest corporations. Did you know that the city is known to be also the center of advertising, fashion, publishing, and radio broadcasting in the United States.

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