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      Borough of New York City

      • The Bronx (/ ðəbrɒŋks /) is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River.
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    The Bronx is the only New York City borough not primarily located on an island. The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km 2) and a population of 1,472,654 in the 2020 census. [1] If each borough were ranked as a city, the Bronx would rank as the ninth-most-populous in the U.S.

  3. The Boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City. The boroughs are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of New York: The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens ...

  4. 5 days ago · Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City, southeastern New York, U.S., coextensive with Bronx county, formed in 1912. The Bronx is the northernmost of the city’s boroughs. It is separated from Manhattan (to the south and west) by the narrow Harlem River and is further bordered by.

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  5. Aug 19, 2023 · The 5 boroughs of New York are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. These five boroughs of New York City are not just administrative divisions of the city, but distinct neighborhoods that have their own history, culture, and traditions, which came together in 1898 to form what we now know as New York City.

  6. If you’re not sure what the 5 boroughs of New York City are, they’re the five districts that make up NYC: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. You can think of them like cities, and each one contains several neighborhoods (here are my favorite neighborhoods in NYC ).

  7. Dec 17, 2018 · The Bronx is the only borough that is not an island. It borders Manhattan to the south and is the northernmost borough. It covers an area of 42.4 square miles and is densely populated, with an estimated population of 1.46 million as of 2016.

  8. Aug 28, 1987 · By Cecil Adams. Aug 27, 1987, 11:00pm PDT. Dear Cecil: Why is the New York borough of the Bronx not simply called “Bronx”? I’ve consulted encyclopedias, native New Yorkers, and even a linguist at a leading university. So far all I’ve gotten is a partial explanation.

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