Manhattan

For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation).

Manhattan
New York County
Borough and county
Midtown Manhattan, the world's largest central business district, in the foreground, with Lower Manhattan and its Financial District in the background
Midtown Manhattan, the world's largest central business district, in the foreground, with Lower Manhattan and its Financial District in the background
Flag of Manhattan
Flag
Official seal of Manhattan
Seal
Etymology: Lenape: Manaháhtaan (the place where we get bows)
Nickname: 
The City
Map
Interactive map outlining Manhattan
Map of Manhattan in New York
Map of Manhattan in New York
Manhattan is located in New York City
Manhattan
Manhattan
Location within New York City
Manhattan is located in New York
Manhattan
Manhattan
Location within the State of New York
Manhattan is located in the United States
Manhattan
Manhattan
Location within the United States
Manhattan is located in Earth
Manhattan
Manhattan
Location on Earth
Coordinates: 40°42′46″N 74°00′21″W / 40.7127°N 74.0059°W / 40.7127; -74.0059
Country United States
State New York
CountyNew York County (coterminous)
CityNew York City
Settled1624; 400 years ago (1624)
Government
 • TypeBorough (New York City)
 • Borough PresidentMark Levine (D)
— (Borough of Manhattan)
 • District AttorneyAlvin Bragg (D)
— (New York County)
Area
[1]
 • Total33.59 sq mi (87.0 km2)
 • Land22.83 sq mi (59.1 km2)
 • Water10.76 sq mi (27.9 km2)  32%
Dimensions
—width at 14th Street, widest
 • Length13 mi (21 km)
 • Width2.3 mi (3.7 km)
Highest elevation
[2]
265 ft (81 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total1,694,250
 • Estimate 
(2022)[3]
1,596,273
 • Density74,781.6/sq mi (28,873.3/km2)
DemonymsManhattanite[4]
Knickerbocker (historical)
GDP
[5]
 • Total$885.652 billion (2022) · 2nd by U.S. county; 1st per capita
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Code format
100xx, 101xx, 102xx
Area code212/646/332, 917[a]
WebsiteManhattan Borough President

Manhattan (/mænˈhætən, mən-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by geographical area in the U.S. state of New York. Located almost entirely on Manhattan Island near the southern tip of the state, Manhattan constitutes the center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area.[6] Manhattan serves as New York City's economic and administrative center and has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world.[7][8][9][10]

Present-day Manhattan was originally part of Lenape territory.[11] European settlement began with the establishment of a trading post by Dutch colonists in 1624 on southern Manhattan Island; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The territory and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York.[12] New York, based in present-day Lower Manhattan, served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790.[13] The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor greeted millions of arriving immigrants in the late 19th century and is a world symbol of the United States and its ideals.[14] Manhattan became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898, and houses New York City Hall, the seat of the city's government.[15] Harlem in Upper Manhattan became the center of what is now known as the cultural Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, part of the Stonewall National Monument, is considered the birthplace in 1969 of the modern gay rights movement, cementing Manhattan's central role in LGBT culture.[16][17] Manhattan was the site of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, the borough is bounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers and includes several small adjacent islands, including Roosevelt, U Thant, and Randalls and Wards Islands. It also includes the small neighborhood of Marble Hill now on the U.S. mainland. Manhattan Island is divided into three informally bounded components, each cutting across the borough's long axis: Lower Manhattan, Midtown, and Upper Manhattan. Manhattan is one of the most densely populated locations in the world, with a 2020 census population of 1,694,250 living in a land area of 22.66 square miles (58.69 km2),[3][18] or 72,918 residents per square mile (28,154 residents/km2), and coextensive with New York County, its residential property has the highest sale price per square foot in the United States.[19]

Manhattan is home to Wall Street as well as the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.[20] Many multinational media conglomerates are based in Manhattan, as are numerous colleges and universities, such as Columbia University and New York University. The headquarters of the United Nations is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan. Manhattan hosts three of the world's top 10 most-visited tourist attractions: Times Square, Central Park, and Grand Central Terminal.[21] Penn Station is the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere.[22] Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere.[23] Fifth Avenue is the most expensive shopping street in the world.[24] The borough hosts many prominent bridges, tunnels, and skyscrapers including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and One World Trade Center.[25] It is also home to the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks and the National Hockey League's New York Rangers.

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  2. ^ Manhattan High Point
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  8. ^ Sorrentino, Christopher (September 16, 2007). "When He Was Seventeen". The New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2007. In 1980, there were still the remains of the various downtown revolutions that had reinvigorated New York's music and art scenes and kept Manhattan in the position it had occupied since the 1940s as the cultural center of the world.
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  10. ^ Dawn Ennis (May 24, 2017). "ABC will broadcast New York's pride parade live for the first time". LGBTQ Nation. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
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  15. ^ Michael M. Grynbaum (May 24, 2012). "The Reporters of City Hall Return to Their Old Perch". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  16. ^ "Workforce Diversity The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
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  18. ^ "2020 Census Urban Areas Facts (2020)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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  20. ^ Neufeld, Dorothy. "Mapped: The Largest Stock Exchanges in the World", Virtual Capitalist, October 18, 2023. Accessed December 26, 2023.
  21. ^ Ann Shields (November 10, 2014). "The World's 50 Most Visited Tourist Attractions – No. 3: Times Square, New York City – Annual Visitors: 50,000,000". Travel+Lesiure. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015. No. 3 Times Square, ... No. 4 (tie) Central Park, ... No. 10 Grand Central Terminal, New York City
  22. ^ Michael Kimmelman (September 30, 2016). "Penn Station Reborn". The New York Times. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  23. ^ Sarah Waxman. "The History of New York's Chinatown". Mediabridge Infosystems, Inc. Retrieved January 12, 2024. Manhattan's Chinatown, the largest Chinatown in the United States and the site of the largest concentration of Chinese in the Western Hemisphere, is located on the Lower East Side.
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  25. ^ "Buildings in New York City". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.


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