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Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

Timeline of Events

1626

5.24.1626

Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

1898

1.1.1898

New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.

1900

3.24.1900

Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

1909

3.30.1909

The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.

1940

11.18.1940

New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

1955

5.12.1955

The last section of the IRT Third Avenue Elevated in Manhattan closes.

1970

12.23.1970

The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.

1984

12.22.1984

Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four would-be African-American muggers on an express train in Manhattan, New York City.