How Did The Boroughs Of New York Get Their Names?

I've been wanting to do a video about a city for a while now, and what's a better city to start with then NYC!

SOURCES & FURTHER READING

PRONUNCIATION SOURCES

PHOTO SOURCES
Amsterdam: Massimo Catarinella
Giovanni da Verrazano: Francesco Allegrini
King Francis I: Jean Clouet
Angoulême: Jack Ma
Manhatten: Dmitry Avdeev
The Bronx River: Jim Henderson
Breukelen: Michielverbeek
Harlem: Momos
Haarlem: Fryslan0109
Coney Island: MusikAnimal
Den Haag Binnenhof: Markus Bernet
Catherine of Braganza: Peter Lely
King Charles II: John Michael Wright
Treaty of Penn: Benjamin West
New York Harbour: George Louis
Horse Racing: Slooby
Bourbon Street: Chris Litherland

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[sadvenom]

I live in new york i knew the dutch had history here but i didnt know that it was to that extent . You learn something new everyday

[marcg.]

"Yankee" is also a Dutch word referring to two common first names used by the Dutch. Jan and Kees.

[darreljones]

Each of New York City's five boroughs is also one of the 62 counties in the state of New York. Bronx County and Queens County share their names with their respective boroughs. Manhattan is New York County. Brooklyn is Kings County. Staten Island is Richmond County, which was named after the Duke of Richmond, a pro-American British PM during the Revolutionary War.

[DotRD]

As a Dutch person, that pronounciation hurt. great video

[redmiller]

Names on the Jersey side are from a mix of cultures like New York.
Hoboken, Bergen, Paulus Hook = Dutch
Weehawken, Secaucus, Hackensack, Communipaw = Lenape
Bayonne = French
Guttenberg = German
Jersey City = English

[Stephen-Fox]

Ah, Tulipmania. Often considered the first speculator bubble. Fascinating piece of economic history.

[stekske]

...and Hoboken is also a village south of the city of Antwerpen, Belgium. I guess there was a guy from Hoboken on that boat

[jovanweismiller]

Manhattan, Kansas calls itself the 'Little Apple'!

[vinoj]

I love how simple, yet amazing these videos are! 😊 Thank you!

[evamaynard]

Really love how you brought it back around to the Lenape. The whole beginning I was hoping they weren't left out. And wouldn't you know it, after all I thought I knew about NY, I never knew about new augoleme or that Manhattan dates back to a lenape word. Yes, there is brutality and colonization, but there can still be appreciation for all of the diverse ethnicities that make up this city and this beautiful country! Loved the music in the background too!

[croww_bar]

"New York City was the home of jazz"
- Kansas City, Chicago, and New Orleans triggered

[NameExplain]

Hey all! Hope you all enjoy the video, I took last week off and next week I'll be off to but after that it'll be normally weekly content again, enjoy! And YouTube decided to mess up the video at around 2:33, sorry about that!

[kahjunn]

"where are you from kid"
"Queens"
"Brooklyn"

[thefluffygames]

I'm from the Netherlands and i really liked this video because I never saw all those names and i really liked to see you trying to say dutch words.... I never thought dutch was that hard of a language for people from england till now!!!

[Lars]

Thanks for making this video. I teach middle school history in Harlem and I will definitely be showing this video to my students at some point this school year.

[stephenscull]

I lived in Manhattan and in Peekskill, Westchester County to the north of the city. You will find many Dutch locations along the Metro North Railroad along the Hudson River. Names like Spuyten Deivil, Yonkers, Peekskill, Fishkill, Valhalla, and of course the widened part of the Hudson known as the Tappan Zee. At Sleepy Hollow the Dutch Reformed Church of the 16th Century still stands and in its churchyard are lots of graves of Dutch people with inscriptions like “Hier leyd begraven” (here lies buried).

[SupaEMT]

*Finally, thank you!* A channel that _correctly_ references "The Bronx" instead of the oftentimes used "Bronx"

[pavan]

SpongeBob: Hey Patrick, guess what I am!
Patrick: Nothing?
SpongeBob: No, I'm Staten Island!
Patrick: *What's the difference?*

[basilmarasco]

Also, that major street in Lower Manhattan named "Bowery."

"Bowery" comes from the Dutch word "bouwerie", meaning "farm."

[kimsiewers]

Until recently, Staten Island was the Borough of Richmond. It is also referred to as Richmond County, New York. It became the "Borough of Staten Island" in 1975 to end confusion.