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{{Short description|Borough
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Present-day Manhattan was originally part of [[Lenape]] territory.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Burrows |first1=Edwin G. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47011419 |title=Gotham : a history of New York City to 1898 |last2=Wallace |first2=Mike |publisher=Oxford University Press |others=Mike Wallace |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-585-36462-9 |location=Oxford |pages=6–7 |oclc=47011419}}</ref> European settlement began with the establishment of a [[trading post]] by [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|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 [[James II of England|Duke of York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm |title=KINGSTON Discover 300 Years of New York History DUTCH COLONIES |publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123001850/http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/kingston/colonization.htm |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> New York, based in present-day [[Lower Manhattan]], served as the [[List of capitals in the United States#Capitals of the US|capital of the United States]] from 1785 until 1790.<ref name=senate>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm |title=The Nine Capitals of the United States |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320084755/https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Statue of Liberty]] in [[New York Harbor]] greeted millions of arriving immigrants [[History of immigration to the United States#1850 to 1930|in the late 19th century]] and is a world symbol of the United States and its ideals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statue of Liberty |work=World Heritage |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992–2011 |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307 |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828142117/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307/ |archive-date=August 28, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Manhattan became a borough during the [[consolidation of New York City]] in 1898, and houses [[New York City Hall]], the seat of the [[Government of New York City|city's government]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/nyregion/the-reporters-of-city-hall-return-to-their-old-perch.html |title=The Reporters of City Hall Return to Their Old Perch|author=Michael M. Grynbaum|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=December 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625035720/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/nyregion/the-reporters-of-city-hall-return-to-their-old-perch.html |archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Stonewall Inn]] in [[Greenwich Village]], part of the [[Stonewall National Monument]], is considered the [[Stonewall riots|birthplace]] of the modern [[gay rights movement]], cementing Manhattan's central role in [[LGBT culture in New York City#Manhattan|LGBT culture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/diversity/stonewall.htm |title=Workforce Diversity The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562|publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=July 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222059/http://www.nps.gov/diversity/stonewall.htm|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html|title=Obama inaugural speech references Stonewall gay-rights riots|publisher=North Jersey Media Group Inc|date=January 21, 2013|access-date=July 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530065722/http://www.northjersey.com/news/2012_Presidential_Election/Obama_inaugural_speech_references_Stonewall_riots.html|archive-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> It was also the site of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], which was [[collapse of the World Trade Center|destroyed]] during the [[September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]].
Situated on [[New York Harbor|one of the world's largest natural harbors]], the borough is bounded by the [[Hudson River|Hudson]], [[East River|East]], and [[Harlem River|Harlem]] rivers and includes [[List of smaller islands in New York City|several small adjacent islands]], including [[Roosevelt Island|Roosevelt]], [[U Thant Island|U Thant]], and [[Randalls and Wards Islands]]. It also includes the small neighborhood of [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|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 Manhattan|Midtown]], and [[Upper Manhattan]]. Manhattan is one of the most densely populated locations in the world, with a [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]] population of 1,694,250 living in a land area of {{convert|22.66|sqmi|km2|2}},<ref name=QuickFacts/><ref>{{cite web|title=2020 Census Urban Areas Facts (2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural/2020-ua-facts.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> or {{convert|72,918|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|residents |residents|}}, and
Anchored by [[Wall Street]] in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading [[financial center|financial]] and [[fintech]] center of the world,<ref name="ManhattabFinancialAndFintechCapitalWorld">{{cite web |url = https://www.longfinance.net/publications/long-finance-reports/the-global-financial-centres-index-35/|title = The Global Financial Centres Index 35|date = March 21, 2024|publisher = Long Finance|access-date = March 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NYCDominantFinancialCenter">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-survey-banks/new-york-surges-ahead-of-brexit-shadowed-london-in-finance-survey-idUSKBN1ZQ0BE|title=New York surges ahead of Brexit-shadowed London in finance: survey|author=Huw Jones |work=Reuters|date=January 27, 2020|access-date=January 27, 2020|quote=New York remains the world's top financial center, pushing London further into second place as Brexit uncertainty undermines the UK capital and Asian centers catch up, a survey from consultants Duff & Phelps said on Monday.}}</ref><ref name=NYCDominantFinancialCenter1>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-finance/new-york-widens-lead-over-london-as-finance-hub-duff-phelps-idUSKBN2AG0OS|title=New York widens lead over London as finance hub: Duff & Phelps|publisher=Thomson Reuters |date=February 16, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref> and Manhattan is home to the world's two [[List of stock exchanges|largest stock exchanges]] by total [[market capitalization]], the [[New York Stock Exchange]] and [[Nasdaq]].<ref name=LargestExchanges>Neufeld, Dorothy. [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/largest-stock-exchanges-in-the-world/ "Mapped: The Largest Stock Exchanges in the World"], Virtual Capitalist, October 18, 2023. Accessed December 26, 2023.</ref> Many multinational [[media conglomerate]]s 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 also located in the borough. Manhattan hosts three of the world's most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: [[Times Square]], [[Central Park]], and [[Grand Central Terminal]].<ref name="Ann Shields">{{cite web|title=The World's 50 Most Visited Tourist Attractions – No. 3: Times Square, New York City – Annual Visitors: 50,000,000|author=Ann Shields|publisher=Travel+Lesiure|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions/2|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=July 12, 2015|quote=No. 3 Times Square, ... No. 4 (tie) Central Park, ... No. 10 Grand Central Terminal, New York City|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721092243/http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions/2|archive-date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] is the busiest transportation hub in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/30/opinion/penn-station-reborn.html|title=Penn Station Reborn|author=Michael Kimmelman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 30, 2016|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> The borough hosts many prominent [[Bridges and tunnels in New York City|bridges]] and [[Bridges and tunnels in New York City|tunnels]], and [[Tallest buildings in New York City|skyscrapers]] including the [[Empire State Building]], [[Chrysler Building]], and [[One World Trade Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/?do=city&city=NYC&country=US|title=Buildings in New York City|publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat|access-date=June 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717061539/http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/?do=city&city=NYC&country=US|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It is also home to the [[National Basketball Association]]'s [[New York Knicks]] and the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[New York Rangers]].
==History==
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[[File:Mulberry Street NYC c1900 LOC 3g04637u edit.jpg|thumb|Manhattan's [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] on the [[Lower East Side]], {{Circa|1900|lk=no}}]]
The construction of the [[New York City Subway]], which opened in 1904, helped bind the new city together,<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016600205/ Opening ceremonies, New York subway, Oct. 27, 1904], [[Library of Congress]]. Accessed December 1, 2023.</ref> as did the completion of the [[Williamsburg Bridge]] (1903) and [[Manhattan Bridge]] (1909) connecting to Brooklyn and the [[Queensboro Bridge]] (1909) connecting to Queens.<ref>Dim, Joan Marans. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1c5cjq1 "New York's Golden Age of Bridges"], [[Fordham University Press]], 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-8232-5308-1}}. Accessed December 4, 2023. "The Williamsburg followed in 1903, the Queensboro (renamed the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge) and the Manhattan in 1909, the George Washington in 1931, the Triborough (renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) in 1936, the Bronx-Whitestone in 1939, the Throgs Neck in 1961, and the Verrazano-Narrows in 1964."</ref> In the 1920s, Manhattan experienced large arrivals of African-Americans as part of the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] from the southern United States, and the [[Harlem Renaissance]],<ref>[https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance A New African American Identity: The Harlem Renaissance], [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]]. Accessed December 1, 2023.</ref> part of a larger boom time in the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] era that included new [[skyscraper]]s competing for the skyline, with the [[Woolworth Building]] (1913), [[40 Wall Street]] (1930), [[Chrysler Building]] (1930) and the [[Empire State Building]] (1931) leapfrogging each other to take their place as the [[History of the world's tallest buildings|world's tallest building]].<ref>Barr, Jason M. [https://buildingtheskyline.org/tag/woolworth-building/ "Why Doesn't New York Construct the World's Tallest Building Anymore?"], Building the Skyline, December 23, 2020. Accessed December 4, 2023. "Generation II was the twentieth century before World War I. This crop included the Singer Building (1908, 674 feet, 205 meters, 41 stories), the Metropolitan Life Tower (1909, 700 feet, 210 meters, 50 stories), and the Woolworth Building (1913, 792 feet, 241 meters, 55 stories).... Left to Right: Bank of Manhattan Building (1930), Chrysler Building (1930), Empire State Building (1931)."</ref> Manhattan's majority [[White American|white]] ethnic group declined from 98.7% in 1900 to 58.3% by 1990.<ref name=Census1790to1990/> On March 25, 1911, the [[Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire]] in [[Greenwich Village]] killed 146 [[garment worker]]s,<ref>[https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire], [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]]. Accessed December 1, 2023. "One hundred years ago on March 25, fire spread through the cramped Triangle Waist Company garment factory on the 8th, 9th and 10th floors of the Asch Building in lower Manhattan. Workers in the factory, many of whom were young women recently arrived from Europe, had little time or opportunity to escape. The rapidly spreading fire killed 146 workers."</ref> leading to overhauls of the city's fire department, [[building code]]s, and workplace safety regulations.<ref>Markel, Howard. [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-transformed-labor-laws-and-protected-workers-health "How the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire transformed labor laws and protected workers' health"], ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'', March 31, 2021. Accessed December 4, 2023. "Activists kept their memory alive by lobbying their local and state leaders to do something in the name of building and worker safety and health. Three months later, John Alden Dix, then the governor of New York, signed a law empowering the Factory Investigating Committee, which resulted in eight more laws covering fire safety, factory inspection, and sanitation and employment rules for women and children. The following year, 1912, activists and legislators in New York State enacted another 25 laws that transformed its labor protections among the most progressive in the nation."</ref> In 1912, about 20,000 workers, a quarter of them women, marched upon [[Washington Square Park]] to commemorate the fire. Many of the women wore fitted tucked-front blouses like those manufactured by the company, a clothing style that became the working woman's uniform and a symbol of [[women's liberation]], reflecting the alliance of the labor and [[suffrage]] movements.<ref>[http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ The Triangle Factory Fire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512025233/http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ |date=May 12, 2012 }}, [[Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations]]. Accessed April 25, 2007.</ref>
Despite the [[Great Depression]], some of the world's tallest skyscrapers were completed in Manhattan during the 1930s, including numerous [[Art Deco]] masterpieces that are still part of the city's skyline, most notably the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and [[GE Building|30 Rockefeller Plaza]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Skyscraper boom tied to market crash | website=Real Estate Weekly | date=February 19, 2014 | url=http://rew-online.com/2014/02/19/skyscraper-boom-tied-to-market-crash/ | access-date=April 11, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412083536/http://rew-online.com/2014/02/19/skyscraper-boom-tied-to-market-crash/ | archive-date=April 12, 2018 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> A postwar economic boom led to the development of huge housing developments targeted at returning veterans, the largest being [[Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village]], which opened in 1947.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1947/08/01/archives/stuyvesant-town-to-get-its-first-tenants-today.html "Stuyvesant Town to Get Its First Tenants Today"], p. 19, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 1, 1947. Accessed December 4, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.stuytown.com/guides/stuytown/history "A History of StuyTown & Peter Cooper Village"], ''Stuytown'', January 12, 2019. Accessed December 27, 2023. "Construction of StuyTown took place between 1945-1947, encompassing 110 buildings and 11,250 apartments."</ref> The [[United Nations]] relocated to a new [[headquarters of the United Nations|headquarters]] that was completed in 1952 along the East River.<ref>[https://www.un.org/en/visit/about-us About Us], [[United Nations]]. Accessed December 27, 2023. "Construction began on UN Day (24 October) 1949 and was completed in 1952. Since then, the iconic buildings have gracefully 'hovered' over the East River, using the natural landscape to emphasize the brilliance of the 'glass curtain' wall of the Secretariat (the first of its kind in Manhattan), like a beacon of light to the world."</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FCortland%2520NY%2520Standard%2FCortland%2520NY%2520Standard%25201951%2FCortland%2520NY%2520Standard%25201951%2520-%25200266.pdf|title=UN Moves Into New Building In NYC Today|last=[[Associated Press]]|date=January 8, 1951|work=Cortland Standard|access-date=December 21, 2017|page=1|via=[[Old Fulton New York Postcards]]}}</ref><ref>[[A. M. Rosenthal|Rosenthal, A. M.]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1951/05/19/archives/un-vacates-site-at-lake-success-peace-building-back-to-war-output.html "U.N. Vacates Site at Lake Success; Peace Building Back to War Output"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 19, 1951. Accessed December 27, 2023.</ref>
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{{main|Demographics of Manhattan}}
[[File:Broadway Crowds (5896264776) crop.jpg|thumb|[[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], Manhattan was the most densely populated [[municipality]] in the United States.|alt=Looking at crowds down Broadway]]
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Manhattan's population had increased by 6.8% over the decade to 1,694,250, representing 19.2% of New York City's population of 8,804,194 and 8.4% of New York State's population of 20,201,230.<ref name=QuickFacts>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NY,newyorkcitynewyork,newyorkcountynewyork/PST045222 QuickFacts New York; New York city, New York; New York County, New York], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 5, 2024.</ref> The population density of New York County was {{Convert|70,450.8|PD/sqmi}} in 2022, the highest population density of any county in the United States and [[List of United States cities by population density#New York City boroughs|higher than the density of any individual U.S. city]].<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popclock/embed.php?component=density Highest Density States, Counties and Cities (
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===={{Anchor|Streets|Roads and Streets}}Streets and roads====
{{See also|List of numbered streets in Manhattan|List of eponymous streets in New York City}}
[[File:Manhattanhenge 2016-07-12-FRD.png|thumb|Tourists observing [[Manhattanhenge]] on [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] on July 12, 2016]]▼
[[File:2016 One World Observatory view southsoutheast towards Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.jpg|thumb|The [[Brooklyn Bridge]] (on right) and [[Manhattan Bridge]] (on left), two of three bridges that connect [[Lower Manhattan]] with [[Brooklyn]] over the [[East River]].]]▼
The [[Commissioners' Plan of 1811]] called for twelve numbered
▲[[File:Manhattanhenge 2016-07-12-FRD.png|thumb|Tourists observing [[Manhattanhenge]] on July 12, 2016]]
▲The [[Commissioners' Plan of 1811]] called for twelve numbered avenues running north and south roughly parallel to the shore of the [[Hudson River]], each {{convert|100|ft|m|-1}} wide, with [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|First Avenue]] on the east side and [[Twelfth Avenue (Manhattan)|Twelfth Avenue]] on the west side.<ref name=MCNY1811/><ref>[[Christopher Gray (architectural historian)|Gray, Christopher]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/realestate/are-manhattans-right-angles-wrong.html "Are Manhattan's Right Angles Wrong?"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 23, 2005. Accessed December 1, 2023. "In 1811, the New York commissioners published their eight-foot-long map, showing 12 main north-south avenues and a dense network of east-west streets for much of Manhattan, with the old angled road of Broadway meandering through."</ref> There are several intermittent avenues east of First Avenue, including four additional lettered avenues running from [[Avenue A (Manhattan)|Avenue A]] eastward to [[Avenue D (Manhattan)|Avenue D]] in an area now known as [[Alphabet City, Manhattan|Alphabet City]] in Manhattan's [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]].<ref>[[Gouverneur Morris|Morris, Gouverneur]]; [[Simeon De Witt|De Witt, Simeon]]; and [[John Rutherfurd|Rutherfurd, John]] (March 1811) [http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu/DOCS/nyc1811.htm "Remarks Of The Commissioners For Laying Out Streets And Roads In The City Of New York, Under The Act Of April 3, 1807"], [[Cornell University Library]]. Accessed December 30, 2023. "These are one hundred feet wide, and such of them as can be extended as far north as the village of Harlem are numbered (beginning with the most eastern, which passes from the west of Bellevue Hospital to the east of Harlem Church) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. This last runs from the wharf at Manhattanville nearly along the shore of the Hudson river, in which it is finally lost, as appears by the map. The avenues to the eastward of number one are marked A, B, C, and D."</ref> The numbered streets in Manhattan run east–west, and are generally {{convert|60|ft|m|0}} wide, with about {{convert|200|ft|m|0}} between each pair of streets.<ref name=MCNY1811/> The [[Manhattan address algorithm|address algorithm of Manhattan]] refers to the formulas used to estimate the closest east–west cross street for building numbers on north–south avenues.<ref>[https://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/02/unlock-the-grid-then-ditch-the-maps-and-apps/ "Unlock the Grid, Then Ditch the Maps and Apps"], Metrofocus. Accessed December 1, 2023.</ref>
According to the original Commissioner's Plan, there were [[155th Street (Manhattan)|155]] numbered crosstown streets,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/realestate/23scap.html |title=Are Manhattan's Right Angles Wrong, by Christopher Gray |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 23, 2005 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502035251/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/realestate/23scap.html |archive-date=May 2, 2013 |url-status=live |last1=Gray |first1=Christopher }}</ref> but later the grid was extended up to the northernmost corner of Manhattan Island, where the last numbered street is [[220th Street (Manhattan)|220th Street]], though the grid continues to 228th Street in the borough's [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]] neighborhood.<ref>[https://thegreatestgrid.mcny.org/greatest-grid/north-of-central-park North of Central Park: Revising the Grid], [[Museum of the City of New York]]. Accessed December 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=NYT2002>Boland, Ed Jr. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/nyregion/fyi-414514.html "F.Y.I.: By the Numbers"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 18, 2002. Accessed December 1, 2023. "Q. What is the highest numbered street in New York City?... The highest numbered street in Manhattan is 228th Street, but that is in Marble Hill, a section of Manhattan north of the Harlem River. The highest numbered street on Manhattan Island is 220th Street in Inwood. The northbound numerations that begin in Manhattan continue through the Bronx until New York City meets Yonkers at West 263rd Street."</ref> Moreover, the numbering system continues even in [[the Bronx]], north of Manhattan, despite the fact that the grid plan is not as regular in that borough, whose last numbered street is 263rd Street.<ref name=NYT2002/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/ |title=New York City Map |publisher=NYC.gov |access-date=May 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731043934/http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/ |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fifteen crosstown streets were designated as {{convert|100|ft|m}} wide, including [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th]], [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd]], [[57th Street (Manhattan)|57th]] and [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th]] Streets,<ref>[http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/nyc1811.htm Remarks of the Commissioners for laying out streets and roads in the City of New York, under the Act of April 3, 1807] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610165318/http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/nyc1811.htm |date=June 10, 2007 }}, [[Cornell University]]. Accessed May 2, 2007. "These streets are all sixty feet wide except fifteen, which are one hundred feet wide, viz.: Numbers fourteen, twenty-three, thirty-four, forty-two, fifty-seven, seventy-two, seventy-nine, eighty-six, ninety-six, one hundred and six, one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and thirty-five, one hundred and forty-five, and one hundred and fifty-five—the block or space between them being in general about two hundred feet."</ref> which became some of the borough's most significant transportation and [[shopping]] venues. [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], following the route of a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trail, is the most notable of many exceptions to the grid, starting at [[Bowling Green (New York City)|Bowling Green]] in Lower Manhattan and continuing north for {{Convert|13|mi}} into the Bronx at Manhattan's northern tip.<ref>[https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/NY-01-061-9060 Broadway], [[Society of Architectural Historians]]. Accessed December 30, 2023. "Broadway is a 13-mile roadway running from the southern tip to the northernmost point of the island of Manhattan.... Predating the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, Broadway was initially a Native American trading trail running the length of Manhattan. Various indigenous peoples living on the island—including Lenni Lenape, Delaware Lenape, and Wickquasgeck—used the route, known as the Wickquasgeck Trail, to exchange goods with each other."</ref> In much of Midtown Manhattan, Broadway runs at a diagonal to the grid, creating major named intersections at [[Union Square (New York City)|Union Square]] ([[Park Avenue|Park Avenue South/Fourth Avenue]] and 14th Street), [[Madison Square]] ([[Fifth Avenue]] and 23rd Street), [[Herald Square]] ([[Sixth Avenue]] and 34th Street), [[Times Square]] ([[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] and 42nd Street), and [[Columbus Circle]] ([[Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)|Eighth Avenue]]/[[Central Park West]] and 59th Street).<ref>[https://urbandesignforum.org/grow-the-green-line/ "Grow the Green Line"], Urban Design Forum, February 26, 2018. Accessed December 30, 2023. "Broadway today is an anomaly, unneeded for vehicular traffic, that cuts through a standardized urban form. It is an extra street modulating an otherwise functioning grid. However, it is the only road that connects four of the most important public spaces in the city: Union Square, Madison Square, Herald Square, and Times Square; each found where this diagonal route crosses an avenue and marks a major street."</ref><ref>[https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/union-square.htm Union Square], [[Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace]]. Accessed December 30, 2023. "New York's famed thoroughfare Broadway is responsible for some of the city's most famous parks. The irregularity of Broadway's span created space for Union Square, Madison Square, Herald Square, Times Square, and Columbus Circle.... Therefore Broadway does not run parallel to the north-south avenues of the grid. Broadway runs diagonally, intersecting other avenues and slicing uniform rectangles into small awkward blocks."</ref>
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Another consequence of the strict grid plan of most of Manhattan, and the grid's skew of approximately 28.9 degrees, is a phenomenon sometimes referred to as [[Manhattanhenge]] (by analogy with [[Stonehenge]]).<ref name=Manhattanhenge>{{cite news | last=Silverman | first=Justin Rocket | title=Sunny delight in city sight | newspaper=[[Newsday]] | date=May 27, 2006 | url=http://www.newsday.com/news/sunny-delight-in-city-sight-1.502140 | quote='Manhattanhenge' occurs Sunday, a day when a happy coincidence of urban planning and astrophysics results in the setting sun lining up exactly with every east-west street in the borough north of 14th Street. Similar to Stonehenge, which is directly aligned with the summer-solstice sun, "Manhattanhenge" catches the sun descending in perfect alignment between buildings. The local phenomenon occurs twice a year, on May 28 and July 12... | access-date=May 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194424/https://www.newsday.com/news/sunny-delight-in-city-sight-1.502140 | archive-date=August 3, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> On May 28 and July 12, the sunset is aligned with the street grid lines, with the result that the sun is visible at or near the western horizon from street level.<ref name=Manhattanhenge/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/city_of_stars/19_sunset_34th.html |title=Special Feature—City of Stars: Sunset on 34th Street Along the Manhattan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516005443/http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/city_of_stars/19_sunset_34th.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |work=[[Natural History (magazine)|Natural History]] |access-date=September 4, 2006 }}</ref> A similar phenomenon occurs with the sunrise on the eastern horizon on December 5 and January 8.<ref>Morris, Hugh. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/new-york/articles/what-is-manhattanhenge-and-where-best-when-does-it-happen/ "Manhattanhenge is coming: what is it, and how can I see it?"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 31, 2019. Accessed December 30, 2023. "It is worth noting that the time when the rising sun aligns with Manhattan's streets, around December 5 and January 8, on either side of the winter solstice, is also known as Manhattanhenge but nobody seems that fussed about it. Poor Winter"</ref>
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The [[FDR Drive]] and [[Harlem River Drive]], both designed by controversial New York master planner [[Robert Moses]],<ref>Kennicott, Philip. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR2007030900449.html "A Builder Who Went to Town: Robert Moses Shaped Modern New York, for Better and for Worse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221818/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR2007030900449.html |date=July 21, 2018 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', March 11, 2007. Accessed April 30, 2007. "The list of his accomplishments is astonishing: seven bridges, 15 expressways, 16 parkways, the West Side Highway and the Harlem River Drive..."</ref> comprise a single, long [[limited-access highway|limited-access]] [[Parkway (New York)|parkway]] skirting the east side of Manhattan along the [[East River]] and [[Harlem River]] south of [[Dyckman Street]]. The [[Henry Hudson Parkway]] is the corresponding parkway on the West Side north of [[57th Street (Manhattan)|57th Street]].
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▲[[File:2016 One World Observatory view southsoutheast towards Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.jpg|thumb|The [[Brooklyn Bridge]] (on right) and [[Manhattan Bridge]] (on left), two of three bridges that connect [[Lower Manhattan]] with [[Brooklyn]] over the [[East River]].]]
Being primarily an island, Manhattan is linked to New York City's outer boroughs by numerous bridges, of various sizes. Manhattan has fixed [[highway]] connections with [[New Jersey]] to its west by way of the [[George Washington Bridge]], the [[Holland Tunnel]], and the [[Lincoln Tunnel]], and to three of the four other New York City boroughs—[[the Bronx]] to the northeast, and [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]] (both on [[Long Island]]) to the east and south. Its only direct connection with the fifth New York City borough, [[Staten Island]], is the [[Staten Island Ferry]] across [[New York Harbor]], which is free of charge. The ferry terminal is located near [[Battery Park (New York)|Battery Park]] at Manhattan's southern tip. It is also possible to travel on land to Staten Island by way of Brooklyn, via the [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]].
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