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    American Revolution and the early United States. Statue of George Washington in front of Federal Hall on Wall Street, where in 1789 he was sworn in as the first U.S. president. [47] Manhattan was at the heart of the New York Campaign, a series of major battles in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.

  2. The Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (MCC New York) is a temporarily closed United States federal administrative detention facility in the Civic Center of Lower Manhattan, New York City, located on Park Row behind the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at Foley Square.

    • 1975
    • Inactive
  3. Manhattan (New York County) is the geographically smallest and most densely populated borough. It is home to Central Park and most of the city's skyscrapers, and is sometimes locally known as The City.

    • 100xx–104xx, 11004–05, 111xx–114xx, 116xx
    • New York
  4. Area code. 212, 332, 646, and 917. Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

  5. Oct 14, 2014 · David Greenglass was born on the Lower East Side on March 2, 1922, to immigrants from Russia and Austria. He was 14 when he met Julius Rosenberg, who began courting Ethel, who was seven years ...

  6. The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [15]

  7. Feb 5, 2019 · Manhattan Island was settled by Native Americans millennia before Italian-born Giovanni da Verrazzano first sailed into the New York Harbor in 1524, revealing the area to Europeans. But what’s the story of how Manhattan got its name? And for that matter, how did Brooklyn get its name? Here’s the story of New York’s five borough names.

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