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For many years Staten Island could only be reached by ferry.

The Bronx, a residential district with many apartment buildings, is the only borough situated on the mainland.

Whites, Hispanics and Blacks live together in Queens. It consists of rows of single-family houses and is often referred to as the city’s biggest suburb.

Queens is the largest of New York’s boroughs.

It has the most residents of all boroughs and is known as the district of churches and homes.

Brooklyn is a major seaport and the centre of industry.

It is the seat of the city’s government and the home of cultural institutions. All of the city’s major banks and the stock exchanges can be found here. It is the smallest district with an area of only 60 square kilometres.

Manhattan is the central part of New York.

New York is made up of five districts, called boroughs. New York is always alive – a “city that never sleeps”.

It lies along the Hudson River in the southeast corner of the state that has the same name. New York is the biggest city in the United States with a population of over 8 million.