NOHO SOHO MALBA DUMBO RUGBY UTOPIA TRAVIS HOLLIS INWOOD MADISON ROXBURY POMONOK CONCORD CLIFTON CHELSEA WINGATE WOODROW OAKWOOD SEASIDE ARVERNE BAYSIDE MASPETH ASTORIA TRIBECA CHELSEA MIDTOWN CLINTON MIDWOOD GOWANUS BELMONT MELROSE FORDHAM NORWOOD FLATIRON HUGUENOT GRASMERE ARROCHAR ANNADALE ROSEBANK BELLAIRE NEPONSIT EDGEMERE STEINWAY ROSEDALE ROCHDALE GLENDALE ELMHURST WOODSIDE GRAMERCY CANARSIE BUSHWICK FLATBUSH EDENWALD LONGWOOD WOODLAWN HOMECREST ROSSVILLE ARLINGTON SUNNYSIDE STAPLETON LAURELTON HILLCREST BRIARWOOD BELLEROSE WOODHAVEN REGO PARK RIDGEWOOD SUNNYSIDE CHINATOWN FLATLANDS GRAVESEND BAY RIDGE UNIONPORT CONCOURSE OLINVILLE SOUNDVIEW RIVERDALE FIELDSTON WAKEFIELD WEEKSVILLE BLISSVILLE BLOOMFIELD GREENRIDGE CHARLESTON BROOKVILLE SOMERVILLE LINDENWOOD RAVENSWOOD HOLLISWOOD BEECHHURST ST. ALBANS DOUGLASTON AUBURNDALE WHITESTONE OZONE PARK SOUTH SIDE NORTH SIDE GEORGETOWN KENSINGTON GREENPOINT MORRISANIA MOTT HAVEN BAYCHESTER EGBERTVILLE WILLOWBROOK WESTERLEIGH TOTTENVILLE ELTINGVILLE FLORAL PARK MARINE PARK BROWNSVILLE BENSONHURST MORRIS PARK PARKCHESTER THROGS NECK KINGSBRIDGE EASTCHESTER GRANITEVILLE BELLE HARBOR CONEY ISLAND WILLIAMSBURG TOMPKINSVILLE ROCKAWAY PARK SOUTH JAMAICA EAST NEW YORK EAST FLATBUSH SCHUYLERVILLE PELHAM PARKWAY WILLIAMSBRIDGE BEDFORD STUYVESANT NEW LOTS ELM PARK OLD TOWN NEW DORP SEA GATE RED HOOK VAN NEST PARK HILL TODT HILL GLEN OAKS NAVY YARD CITY LINE TUDOR CITY TURTLE BAY MOUNT HOPE MOUNT EDEN MILL BASIN BULLS HEAD GRANT CITY PORT IVORY ST. GEORGE LENOX HILL OCEAN HILL DOWN- TOWN BATH BEACH PARK SLOPE PELHAM BAY WEST FARMS CO-OP CITY SHORE ACRES BAY TERRACE DITMAS PARK SILVER LAKE GREAT KILLS SOUTH BEACH GRYMES HILL LEFRAK CITY MURRAY HILL BAY TERRACE LITTLE NECK KEW GARDENS MURRAY HILL YORK- VILLE EAST HARLEM BOERUM HILL MILL ISLAND FORT GREENE COBBLE HILL SUNSET PARK CASTLE HILL HUNTS POINT PORT MORRIS HIGH BRIDGE CITY ISLAND MARBLE HILL PRINCE'S BAY VINEGAR HILL FULTON FERRY SUTTON PLACE HOWLAND HOOK EMERSON HILL CIVIC CENTER BUTLER MANOR DONGAN HILLS NEW BRIGHTON NORTH CORONA BREEZY POINT FOREST HILLS SOUTH CORONA HOWARD BEACH WEST VILLAGE LITTLE ITALY EAST VILLAGE SPRING CREEK BERGEN BEACH CLINTON HILL BOROUGH PARK COUNTRY CLUB CLASON POINT EAST TREMONT HIGHLAND PARK SANDY GROUND MANOR HEIGHTS HUNTERS POINT JAMAICA HILLS RANDALL MANOR RICHMOND TOWN MIDTOWN SOUTH CARNEGIE HILL ARDEN HEIGHTS MIDLAND BEACH PORT RICHMOND WEST BRIGHTON BROAD CHANNEL FAR ROCKAWAY FRESH MEADOWS COLLEGE POINT EAST ELMHURST RICHMOND HILL FORT HAMILTON OCEAN PARKWAY DYKER HEIGHTS STARRETT CITY CYPRESS HILLS CROWN HEIGHTS BEDFORD PARK MIDDLE VILLAGE REMSEN VILLAGE QUEENS VILLAGE JAMAICA CENTER LINCOLN SQUARE CENTRAL HARLEM SHEEPSHEAD BAY BRIGHTON BEACH PELHAM GARDENS EDGEWATER PARK SPUYTEN DUYVIL MORRIS HEIGHTS RICHMOND VALLEY LIGHTHOUSE HILL STUYVESANT TOWN ASTORIA HEIGHTS PAERDEGAT BASIN PLEASANT PLAINS NEW SPRINGVILLE QUEENSBORO HILL JAMAICA ESTATES CAMBRIA HEIGHTS OAKLAND GARDENS JACKSON HEIGHTS MANHATTANVILLE GERRITSEN BEACH MANHATTAN BEACH CARROLL GARDENS WINDSOR TERRACE NORTH RIVERDALE MARINER'S HARBOR SOUTH OZONE PARK MANHATTAN VALLEY HAMILTON HEIGHTS BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PROSPECT HEIGHTS BROADWAY JUNCTION SUNNYSIDE GARDENS CONCOURSE VILLAGE CLAREMONT VILLAGE HEARTLAND VILLAGE CASTLETON CORNERS DOWNTOWN FLUSHING GREENWICH VILLAGE EAST WILLIAMSBURG MANHATTAN TERRACE FINANCIAL DISTRICT WESTCHESTER SQUARE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SPRINGFIELD GARDENS MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS WASHINGTON HEIGHTS PROSPECT PARK SOUTH NEW DORP BEACH LOWER EAST SIDE UPPER WEST SIDE UPPER EAST SIDE LONG ISLAND CITY KEW GARDENS HILLS BATTERY PARK CITY FOREST HILLS GARDENS PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS ROOSEVELT ISLAND LaGuardia Airport Marine Park Miller Field LaTourette Park Calvary Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery St. John's Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery Clear View Park Pelham Bay Park Great Kills Park Dyker Beach Park Floyd Bennett Field Ellis Island Liberty Island 9 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 18 16 10 12 13 14 17 11 15 4 12 1 4 9 11 4 9 2 2 3 5 1 3 4 6 10 1 7 7 10 10 14 8 3 11 2 5 6 7 1 8 13 9 3 8 6 12 11 Kissena Park Bronx Park Fresh Kills Snug Harbor Fort Tilden Fort Totten Forest Park Hart Island Bush Terminal Astoria Park Union Square Times Square Central Park Crotona Park Mount Loretto Fort Hamilton Prospect Park McCarren Park Rikers Island Fort Wadsworth Crocheron Park Madison Square Jacob Riis Park Douglaston Park Cunningham Park Brookville Park Botanic Gardens Columbus Circle Willowbrook Park Bayside Cemetery Inwood Hill Park Botanical Garden Moravian Cemetery Mt. Zion Cemetery Lutheran Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Montefiore Cemetery Juniper Valley Park Mt. Olivet Cemetery Washington Cemetery Cypress Hills Cemetery Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge John F. Kennedy International Airport Owls Head Park Blue Heron Park Clove Lake Park Alley Pond Park Fort Tryon Park Sound View Park Silver Lake Park Roy Wilkins Park Ferry Point Park Seton Falls Park Wolfe's Pond Park Baisley Pond Park Wards Island Park Saint Mary's Park Marcus Garvey Park Van Cortlandt Park Aqueduct Race Track Canarsie Beach Park New Calvary Cemetery Linden Hill Cemetery Conference House Park Mount Hebron Cemetery Randall's Island Park St. Raymond's Cemetery Zoo/Wildlife Conser. Park South Shore Golf Course Flushing Meadows Corona Park 5 12 2 The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Hudson River Long Island Sound Lower New York Bay Upper New York Bay ATLANTIC OCEAN Fort Schuyler Plumb Beach Governors Island East River East River Kill Van Kull Arthur Kill Nieuw Amsterdam was explored by Giovanni Da Verrazano for France in 1524, Henry Hudson for the Netherlands in 1609 and finally settled by the Dutch West India Company in 1625. The next year, Peter Minuit, the first Director-General of Nieuw Netherlands, purchased Manhattan Island from the inhabitants. Nieuw Amsterdam was renamed New York after the Dutch surrendered to the British in 1664. New York City served as the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790. The first great waves of immigration to New York City began in the 1830s, launching an unprecedented increase in the city's population, which reached one million persons in 1860. The five boroughs of New York City were formally consolidated in 1898. In 1968, Community Planning Boards and Districts were created to advise the Borough Presidents and city agencies on planning and service issues. This map shows neighborhood names and the Community District boundaries as revised in 1995. Community Districts Square Miles Miles of Shoreline Parks Population Density Miles of Streets Number of Bridges Total Population White nonhispanic Black nonhispanic Asian nonhispanic Hispanic (of any race) Foreign-born (number) Foreign-born (percent) Languages Spoken Births to City Residents in 2007 Total Housing Units Owner-occupied College-educated Residents Public School Enrollment New York City Budget (2009 FY) Median Household Income Persons at Work in New York City Workers Using Public Transportation Average Weekday Subway Ridership New Housing Unit Permits in 2008 Private Businesses (with Payroll) Restaurants International and Domestic Visitors Colleges and Universities Public Library Materials in Circulation Average Daily Water Consumption 59 304.8 578 29,000+ acres 27,440 persons per square mile 6,375 2,027 8,363,710 35% 23% 12% 28% 3,040,816 36% 200+ 122,727 3,350,926 1,031,691 3,003,016 1.1 million $59.5 billion $51,116 4,464,924 56% 5.2 million 34,856 230,325 25,000 47 million 110 65 million 1.1 billion gallons Sources: NYC.gov, 2009 NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 2007 and 2009 Mayor's Management Report, 2009 NYC Department of Transportation, 2009 Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2009 NYC Office of Management and Budget, 2009 NYC Department of City Planning, 2009 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2008 NYC Department of Education, 2009 U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Represented on the map by Community District numbers © 2010 COPYRIGHT DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING / CITY OF NEW YORK TM 0 2 1 Miles 0 2 1 Kilometers