Welcome to New York City

boroughs of NYC from nyc.gov

IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT ON A MAP, BUT NEW YORK CITY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD IN POPULATION. THERE ARE OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR CITY.

BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE, NEW YORK CITY IS DIVIDED INTO 5 DIFFERENT PIECES CALLED "BOROUGHS." THE BOROUGHS ARE 1. MANHATTAN, 2.BROOKLYN, 3. QUEENS, 4. THE BRONX, AND 5.STATEN ISLAND.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE THAT QUEENS IS THE LARGEST BOROUGH IN SIZE. BROOKLYN, HOWEVER, HAS A BIT OF A LARGER POPULATION. MANHATTAN IS THE SMALLEST BOROUGH IN SIZE, BUT IT HAS THE THIRD LARGEST POPULATION AND MANY MORE PEOPLE COME TO MANHATTAN EVERY DAY TO WORK.

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Why do you think so many people live and work in New York City? Why do you and your family live in New York City? Think about it and let me know.

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Looking at the map on this page can be a little confusing. Just remember to use the map key. Remember that the key tells us about the things on a map. For this map, the bottom of the map has the map key. Each borough is listed in a diffferent color with a number next to it. So, for example, if I want to find Queens, I look at the key and see "Queens" with the number 3 and it is all orange. So I look at the map and see that there are 2 pieces that are orange, one larger one and another smaller one. Do you know what the smaller area is? It's Rockaway Beach, which is not that far from your school.

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Thee is so much more information to learn about the boroughs. You can look at pictures, maps, and charts. Just go to "NYC Boroughs".

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