Editing Manhattan (section)

{{Short description|Borough and county in New York, United States}}
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 | name                     = Manhattan
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 | nickname                 = ''The City''
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 | government_type          = [[Borough (New York City)]]
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 | leader_name              = [[Mark Levine (New York politician)|Mark Levine]] ([[New York State Democratic Committee|D]])<br>— ''(Borough of Manhattan)''
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 | leader_name1             = [[Alvin Bragg]] (D)<br>— ''(New York County)''
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 | population_total         = 1,694,250
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 | population_est           = 1,660,664 {{loss}}
 | pop_est_as_of            = 2024
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 | population_demonyms      = Manhattanite<ref>Moynihan, Colin. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/19/nyregion/fyi-530409.html "F.Y.I."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417072347/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/19/nyregion/fyi-530409.html |date=April 17, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 19, 1999. Accessed December 17, 2019. "There are well-known names for inhabitants of four boroughs: Manhattanites, Brooklynites, Bronxites and Staten Islanders. But what are residents of Queens called?"</ref><br>Knickerbocker (historical, poetic)

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 | demographics2_info1      = $885.652 billion (2022) · [[List of US counties by GDP|2nd by U.S. county; 1st per capita]]

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 | area_code                = [[Area codes 212, 646, and 332|212/646/332]], [[Area code 917|917]]{{efn|[[Area codes 718, 347, and 929]] are used in [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]].}}
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'''Manhattan''' ({{IPAc-en|m|æ|n|ˈ|h|æ|t|ən|,_|m|ə|n|-|audio=En-NYC-Manhattan.ogg}} {{respell|man|HAT|ən|,_|mən|-}}) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the [[Boroughs of New York City|five boroughs]] of [[New York City]]. Coextensive with '''New York County''', Manhattan is the [[County statistics of the United States#Smallest, largest, and average area per state and territory|smallest county by area]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2018 |title=World Urban Areas |url=http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf |access-date=April 27, 2018 |publisher=[[Demographia]]}}</ref> Manhattan serves as New York City's [[Economy of New York City|economic]] and [[Government of New York City|administrative]] center and has been described as the cultural, financial, [[Media in New York City|media]], and [[show business|entertainment]] capital of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/11/nyregion/nation-challenged-new-york-new-york-carries-but-test-its-grit-has-just-begun.html|title=A Nation challenged: in New York; New York Carries On, but Test of Its Grit Has Just Begun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324073334/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/11/nyregion/nation-challenged-new-york-new-york-carries-but-test-its-grit-has-just-begun.html|archive-date=March 24, 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 11, 2001|access-date=November 20, 2016|quote=A roaring void has been created in the financial center of the world.|author-last1=Barry|author-first1=Dan|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author-last=Sorrentino|author-first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Sorrentino|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/nyregion/thecity/16toug.html |title=When He Was Seventeen|work=The New York Times|date=September 16, 2007|access-date=December 22, 2007|quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100406/manhattan/manhattan-may-be-media-capital-world-but-not-for-ipad-users|title=Manhattan May Be the Media Capital of the World, But Not For iPad Users|author=Michael P. Ventura|newspaper=DNAinfo|date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804015340/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100406/manhattan/manhattan-may-be-media-capital-world-but-not-for-ipad-users|archive-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name=ManhattanMediaEntertainmentCapital>{{cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/05/first-nyc-pridefest-will-televised/|title=ABC will broadcast New York's pride parade live for the first time|author=Dawn Ennis|publisher=LGBTQ Nation|date=May 24, 2017|access-date=June 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728213225/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/05/first-nyc-pridefest-will-televised/|archive-date=July 28, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Present-day Manhattan was originally part of [[Lenape]] territory.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Burrows |first1=Edwin G. |last2=Wallace |first2=Mike |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47011419 |title=Gotham : a history of New York City to 1898 |publisher=Oxford University Press |others=Mike Wallace |date=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 Manhattan Island; the post was named [[New Amsterdam]] in 1626. The territory came under English control in 1664 and was 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|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> [[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 [[Stonewall riots|birthplace in 1969]] of the modern [[LGBTQ movements|gay-rights movement]], cementing Manhattan's central role in [[LGBTQ culture in New York City#Manhattan|LGBTQ culture]].<ref name=NPS99000562/><ref name=ObamaStonewall/> Manhattan was the site of the original [[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]] in 2001.

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&nbsp;|residents|}}, and its residential property has the highest sale price per square foot in the United States.<ref name="ManhattanPricePerSquareFoot" />

Manhattan is home to [[Wall Street]] as well as 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]], [[New York University]], [[Rockefeller University]], and the [[City University of New York]]. The [[headquarters of the United Nations]] is located in the [[Turtle Bay, Manhattan|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]].<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> [[New York 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 |first=Michael |last=Kimmelman |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 30, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2022 }}</ref>  [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]] has the highest concentration of [[Chinese people in New York City|Chinese people]] in the Western Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html |title=The History of New York's Chinatown |first=Sarah |last=Waxman |publisher=Mediabridge Infosystems |access-date=January 12, 2024 |quote=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. }}</ref> [[Fifth Avenue]] has been ranked as the most expensive shopping street in the world, before falling to second in 2024.<ref>Freeman, Jess. [https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/australia/news/2024/11/milans-via-montenapoleone-tops-ranking-of-worlds-most-expensive-retail-destinations "Milan's Via Montenapoleone Tops Ranking Of World's Most Expensive Retail Destinations For First Time"], [[Cushman & Wakefield]], November 21, 2024. Accessed December 4, 2024. "Milan's Via Montenapoleone, where rents have risen by nearly a third in the past two years, has overtaken New York's Upper 5th Avenue to be crowned the world's most expensive retail destination, according to Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK).... Synonymous with fashion and luxury, Via Montenapoleone has steadily climbed the rankings in recent years, reaching second for the first time in 2023. Rents rose 11% to US$2,047 per square foot (psf) in the past 12 months, whereas rents on Upper 5th Avenue (US$2,000) remained flat for a second consecutive year."</ref><ref name="FifthAvenueMostExpensiveStreetOnEarth">{{cite web |url=https://ir.cushmanwakefield.com/news/press-release-details/2023/New-Yorks-Fifth-Avenue-Retains-its-Top-Ranking-as-the-Worlds-Most-Expensive-Retail-Destination/default.aspx |title=New York's Fifth Avenue Retains its Top Ranking as the World's Most Expensive Retail Destination |publisher=Cushman & Wakefield |date=November 20, 2023 |access-date=July 31, 2024 }}</ref> The borough hosts many prominent [[Bridges and tunnels in New York City|bridges]], [[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]].