How Did The Boroughs Of New York Get Their Names

Patreon: Subscribe: Twitter: 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 History of New York City: A Bronck in the Bronx: The Dutch Tulip Crash: Brooklyn on Etymonline: Coney Island: Staten-Island Etymology: Staten-Generaal: How Did Queens Get It’s Name? The Origin and Meaning of the Name “Manhattan”: The Indian’s of Lenapehoking: Why Is new York named The Big Apple?: PRONUNCIATION SOURCES Angoulême: ême/ Giovanni da Verrazzano: Jonas: Breuckelen: Konijn: Staten-Generaal: #nl Braganza: #pt Lenape: 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 “Opportunity Walks“ Kevin MacLeod () Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0