List of former municipalities in New York City

List of former municipalities in New York City

The City of Greater New York was formed in 1898 through the consolidation of a number of municipalities, some of which were themselves consolidated from smaller municipalities. This article lists the towns and cities that have formerly existed within the current boundaries of New York City since the beginning of English administration - 26 in all. [ [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=sections&op=viewarticle&artid=45 "Before the Five-Borough City: The Old Cities, Towns and Villages That Came Together to Form "Greater New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Society] ]

Manhattan

* City of New York

The Bronx

The Bronx was originally part of Westchester County. Parts of it were annexed to New York County (and New York City) in 1874 and 1895. It was established as a separate borough upon the consolidation of Greater New York, but was not legally established as a separate county, Bronx County, until 1914.

* Town of Eastchester (part) - annexed to New York in 1895
* 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
* Town of Pelham (part) - annexed to New York in 1895
* Town of Westchester - annexed to New York in 1895
* Town of West Farms - separated from Westchester Town in 1846; annexed to New York in 1874
* Town of Yonkers (part) - the part that would later be incorporated into the Bronx separated as Kingsbridge in 1873

Kings County

The City of Brooklyn annexed the other towns and cities in Kings County between 1854 and 1896, before it itself became part of New York City in 1898.

* City of Brooklyn - founded as "Breuckelen" in 1646. Originally a town; became a city in 1834; consolidated into Greater New York in 1898
* Town of Bushwick - founded as "Boswijck" in 1661, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854
* Town of Flatbush - founded as "Midwout" in 1652; annexed to Brooklyn in 1894
* Town of Flatlands - founded as "New Amersfoort" in 1647; annexed to Brooklyn in 1896
* Town of Gravesend - 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; annexed to Brooklyn in 1894
* City of Williamsburgh - originally a village within Bushwick (incorporated 1827); became a separate town 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.

* Town of Flushing
* Town of Hempstead (part)
* Town of Jamaica
* City of Long Island City - separated from Newtown in 1870
* Town of Newtown

Richmond County

All of Staten Island consolidated into Greater New York in 1898.

* Town of Castleton
* Town of Northfield
* Town of Middletown - formed in 1860 from parts of Castleton and Southfield
* Town of Southfield
* Town of Westfield

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