New York, New York

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The coastal city of New York is primarily located in New York County and is the county seat. A portion of New York extends into Bronx County.

New York is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: New York lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named New York can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, New York had a population of 8,008,278 people^<3> (or 519.7% of the total population of New York County). The population of New York represented 42.2% of the total of New York, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, New York had a population of 8,363,710 people. This is an increase of 4.44% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for New York.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clifton (NJ)	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease
	East Orange (NJ)	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
	Elizabeth (NJ)	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
	Jersey City (NJ)	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	241,114	0.44% increase
	Newark (NJ)	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	278,980	1.99% increase
	Hempstead	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	761,101	0.68% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for New York.

Websites for New York

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either New York or New York County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.

The Commemorative Quarter for New York<5>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) New York. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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