New York City
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond Historic colonies New Netherland Province of New York Settled 1624 Incorporated 1898 Government[2] • Type Mayor–Council • Body New York City Council • Mayor Bill de Blasio Area[1] • Total 468.9 sq mi • Land 304.8 sq mi • Water 164.1 sq mi • Metro 13,318 sq mi Elevation[3] 33 ft Population [5] • Estimate 8,405,837[4] • Rank 1st, U.S. • Density 27,778.7/sq mi • Metro 19,949,502 • CSA 23,362,099 Demonym New Yorker Time zone Eastern • Summer EDT ZIP code 100xx–104xx, 11004–05, 111xx–114xx, 116xx Area code 212, 347, 646, 718, 917, 929 FIPS code 36-51000 GNIS feature ID 975772 geoTLD.nyc Website New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world—the New York metropolitan area.