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The City of Greater New York was formed in 1898 through the consolidation of a number of

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

, some of which were themselves previously consolidated from smaller municipalities. This article lists the villages, towns and cities that formerly existed within the current boundaries of New York City, from the time the British assumed control of

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in 1664 until the 1898 consolidation. The term "town" as used in the state of

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

refers to county divisions often known as

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s in other states.

New York County

New York County is coextensive with

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

. * City of

* Town of New

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(Nieuw Haarlem) - chartered 1658, annexed to New York in 1666

Bronx County

The Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the 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 ...

was annexed from

Westchester County Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...

New York County Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

(and

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) in 1874 (west of Bronx River) and 1895 (east of it). Those two parts were established as a separate

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upon the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, but was not legally established as a separate county, Bronx County, until 1914. West Bronx - annexed to New York City in 1874. * Town of Yonkers (part) - the part that would later be incorporated into the Bronx separated as Kingsbridge in 1873 ** Town of Kingsbridge - separated from Yonkers in 1873; annexed to New York in 1874 * Town of Morrisania - separated from West Farms in 1855; annexed to New York in 1874 ** Village of Morrisania - incorporated within the Town of Morrisania in 1864 * Town of West Farms - separated from Westchester Town in 1846; annexed to New York in 1874 East Bronx - annexed to New York City in 1895. * Town of Eastchester (part) - annexed to New York in 1895 ** Village of

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- incorporated within the Town of Eastchester in 1889 * Town of Pelham (part) - annexed to New York in 1895 * Town of Westchester - annexed to New York in 1895 ** Village of

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- incorporated within the Town of Westchester in 1888

Kings County

When it was created in 1688 Kings County contained six towns. The City of Brooklyn eventually annexed the other towns and cities in Kings County between 1854 and 1896, before itself becoming part of New York City in 1898. *Town of

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, founded as "Breuckelen" in 1646, Brooklyn was one of the "Six Towns" of Kings County; incorporated as a city in 1834 * Village of

, incorporated within the town in 1816 (its boundaries roughly match those of present-day neighborhood of

Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, ...

), became part of the city of Brooklyn in 1834 * City of

, the entire town of Brooklyn became a

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in 1834. p. 403: "In 1834, over the objections of New York ity it Brooklyn)became a city comprising the entire area of the former town of Brooklyn." * Town of

Bushwick Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast; Williamsburg to the northwest; East New York and the cemeteries of Highland Pa ...

- founded as "Boswijck" in 1661, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854 * Town of Flatbush - founded as "Midwout" in 1652; was county seat of Kings County; annexed to Brooklyn in 1894 * Town of Flatlands - founded as "Nieuw Amersfoort" in 1647; annexed to Brooklyn in 1896 * Town of

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- founded in 1645; annexed to Brooklyn in 1894 * Town of New Lots - separated from Flatbush in 1852; annexed to Brooklyn in 1886 * Town of New Utrecht - founded in 1657 as Nieuw Utrecht; annexed to Brooklyn in 1894 * Town (later a city) of Williamsburgh - separated from Town of Bushwick in 1840; became a city in 1851, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854

Queens County

All of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City, and Newtown, as well as the Rockaway Peninsula portion of Hempstead, consolidated into Greater New York in 1898. The rest of Hempstead and the Towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay split from Queens County to form Nassau County in 1899. Prior to consolidation, Lloyd Neck, which was then part of the

Town of Oyster Bay The Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three towns which make up Nassau County, New York, United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the North Shore to the South Shore o ...

and had earlier been known as Queens Village, seceded from Queens County and became part of the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County in 1885. * Town of Flushing, chartered 1645 as Vlissingen ** Village of College Point, incorporated within Flushing in 1880 ** Village of Flushing, incorporated within the Town of Flushing in 1837 ** Village of Whitestone, incorporated within Flushing in 1868 * Town of Hempstead (part) ** Village of Far Rockaway, incorporated within the Rockaway Peninsula portion of Hempstead in 1888History
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on April 14, 2012. ** Village of Rockaway Beach, incorporated within the Rockaway Peninsula portion of Hempstead in 1897 * Town of

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** Village of Jamaica, incorporated within the Town of Jamaica in 1814 ** Village of Richmond Hill, incorporated within the Town of Jamaica in 1894 * City of

Long Island City Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the ...

(separated from Newtown in 1870) * Town of Newtown, chartered as Middelburgh in 1652, renamed Hastings in 1663 and then New Towne in 1665.

Richmond County

All of Staten Island consolidated into Greater New York in 1898. * Town of Castleton ** Village of New Brighton - incorporated within the Town of Castleton on April 26, 1866 * Town of

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** Village of Port Richmond - incorporated within Northfield on April 24, 1866 * Town of Middletown - formed in 1860 from parts of Castleton and Southfield ** Village of Edgewater - incorporated within the Town of Middletown in 1866 * Town of Southfield ** Village of

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, Californi ...

- incorporated within the Town of Southfield in 1823 * Town of Westfield ** Village of Tottenville - incorporated within the Town of Westfield under special conditions on April 28, 1869 & reincorporated under standard village conditions in 1894

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