The Five Boroughs Of NYC Traffic Report

By Iva Cannon


The city of New York is divided into five boroughs, each of which also forms a county of a different name. The five boroughs are the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn. No matter what time of day, looking at the NYC traffic report will show congestion where three of the boroughs intersect in the center of the city: Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.

The Big Apple is the gateway through which newcomers to the east must pass to become legal immigrants to the USA. Everybody knows about New York; it is an A++ global power city, which means it is universally considered to play an important role in the global economy. The only other A++ city is London, England.

It is the borough of Brooklyn that has the largest population, 2.6 million. Queens is the largest in terms of land surface area. Brooklyn is coterminal with Kings County. One of Brooklyn's biggest and most famous landmarks is the Brooklyn Bridge, which was built in 1883 and connects Brooklyn to the borough of Manhattan. Brooklyn has been around for more than 350 years.

The second-largest New York borough, and the largest in terms of land mass, is Queens. Located on the northeastern boundary of Brooklyn and occupying the same land space as Queens County, Queens is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Notable people from the Borough of Queens include Donald Trump, entrepreneur and television personality; author Jack Kerouac; actress Lucy Liu; tennis star John McInroe, and the famous Mae West.

While the Borough of Manhattan does not contain the highest number of souls of the five boroughs, it does squeeze them into the smallest amount of space. The land area of 23 square miles contains more than 1.6 million people. Henry Winkler, famous for playing the Fonz in the hit television series, Happy Days, and still gracing our small screens, was born in Manhattan. So was Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira.

Northeast of and contiguous with Manhattan is the Bronx, the only one of the boroughs that is preceded by the definite article. Home to the New York Yankees baseball team and Yankee Stadium, Bronx is synonymous with Bronx County. The population of the Bronx is 1.4 million.

The Bronx cheer is a sound like blowing raspberries and is believed to have first uttered by fans of the New York Yankees. Numerous song titles mention the Bronx, specifically, Cousin in the Bronx, by the Kaiser Chiefs; Alfie from the Bronx by the Toy Dolls; and Bronx Bombers by Grandmaster Flash.

Staten Island is the southernmost of the boroughs. The population here is just under half a million. Among the attractions located here are the Staten Island Ferry, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center. Staten Island has been immortalized in films like the Godfather, Goodfellas, Big Daddy and Analyze This.




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