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Albany, New York
Albany, New York: capital city on the Hudson River, founded as Fort Orange in 1624, chartered 1686, state capital since 1797; population about 99,000, anchor of Tech Valley.
Alpine, New Jersey
Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, on the Palisades cliffs about 20 miles north of New York City. Incorporated 1903; 1,762 residents (2020); median household income $246,944; lowest Bergen County tax rate; noted for large estates and celebrity homes.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Asbury Park is a Jersey Shore city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, founded in 1871 by James A. Bradley, named for Bishop Francis Asbury, known for early infrastructure firsts, its segregated resort era, and its boardwalk and music revival.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey: resort city on Absecon Island, founded 1854, home of the first U.S. boardwalk (1870) and first casino outside Nevada (Resorts, 1978); nine casinos, 38,497 residents (2020).
Auburn, New York
Auburn, New York: county seat of Cayuga County in the Finger Lakes region, about 25 miles west of Syracuse. Known for the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Seward House Museum, and Auburn prison founded 1816.
Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne, New Jersey: Hudson County peninsula city, originally Bergen Neck, incorporated 1869. Known for Standard Oil refining, the 1931 Bayonne Bridge steel arch, Military Ocean Terminal, and 71,686 residents (2020).
Beacon, New York
Beacon, New York, is a city on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, consolidated from Fishkill Landing and Matteawan in 1913 and known today for Dia Beacon.
Bedford (town), New York
Bedford is a town in Westchester County, New York, founded in 1680, comprising three hamlets: Bedford Village, Bedford Hills (seat of government), and Katonah, a planned village relocated in the 1890s for New York City's reservoir system.
Bethel, New York
Bethel is a town in Sullivan County, New York, 90 miles northwest of New York City, incorporated in 1809 from Lumberland. It hosted the 1969 Woodstock festival on Max Yasgur's farm and is now home to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
Big Apple
The Big Apple, New York City's nickname, was popularized by racing writer John J. Fitz Gerald from 1921, spread by 1930s jazz musicians, and revived officially in 1971.
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York: Southern Tier city at the Chenango-Susquehanna confluence, named for William Bingham, incorporated 1867, former cigar and manufacturing hub, home of Binghamton University, 47,969 residents in 2020.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn, coextensive with Kings County, New York, is New York City's most populous borough, home to about 2.73 million people, roughly a third of the city.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a city in western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, laid out in 1804 by Joseph Ellicott, with a 2020 population of 278,349.
Camden, New Jersey
Camden, New Jersey: Delaware River city across from Philadelphia, county seat of Camden County. Former industrial powerhouse (Campbell Soup, RCA Victor, New York Shipbuilding) that declined after 1950, underwent state takeover, police disbandment, and waterfront redevelopment.
Cape May, New Jersey
Cape May, New Jersey: a city at the southern tip of the Cape May Peninsula, the nation's oldest seashore resort, a National Historic Landmark Victorian district listed in 1970, and a top birdwatching destination.
East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford is a Bergen County, New Jersey borough (incorporated 1894, pop. about 10,500) in the Meadowlands, home to MetLife Stadium, the New York Jets and Giants, and the American Dream mall.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth, New Jersey: founded 1664 as Elizabethtown, first permanent English settlement and first capital of New Jersey; Union County seat of about 137,000, home to the Port Newark–Elizabeth container terminal and Singer factory history.
Elmira, New York
Elmira, New York: county seat of Chemung County in the Southern Tier near Pennsylvania, on the Chemung River. 26,523 residents (2020); known for the 1972 Agnes flood, its Civil War prison camp, and Mark Twain's grave.
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area, incorporated in 1899 and home to about 30,000 people, including Dizzy Gillespie in later life.
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, on the Hudson River opposite Manhattan, named for Washington's 1776 encampment, birthplace of the American film industry, and home of the George Washington Bridge.
Glen Cove, New York
Glen Cove, New York, a city on Long Island's North Shore in Nassau County, founded 1668 as Musketa Cove, renamed 1834, incorporated 1917; population 28,365 (2020), known for Gold Coast estates and the Garvies Point waterfront redevelopment.
Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a small Hudson River city in Warren County, New York, near the southern Adirondacks, population about 14,400. Known as Gateway to the Adirondacks, incorporated 1908, anchored by health care and a $10 million state downtown revitalization.
Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack, New Jersey: county seat of Bergen County on the Hackensack River, 4.6 square miles, population 46,030 (2020). Lenape and Dutch origins, Washington's 1776 retreat, chartered 1921, diverse and redeveloping.
Hempstead, New York
Hempstead, New York: an incorporated village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island. Founded 1643, first self-governing incorporated village (1853), site of the 1665 Duke's Laws convention; about 59,000 residents.
History of New York City
History of New York City: from Lenape homeland and Dutch New Amsterdam (1624) through English New York (1664), the 1898 five-borough consolidation, immigration waves, and growth to a metropolis of over eight million.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, on the Hudson River across from Manhattan; it is the birthplace of Frank Sinatra and one of the nation's densest cities.
Hudson, New York
Hudson, New York: small Columbia County city founded 1783 by Nantucket Quaker whalers at Claverack Landing, incorporated 1785 as New York's third city; whaling port, later gentrifying Amtrak-linked antiques and arts town of about 5,900.
Huntington, New York
Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York: founded 1653 by deed from the Matinecock sachem Raseokan; about 204,000 residents, 94 square miles, four incorporated villages, and LIRR commuter rail service.
Hyde Park, New York
Hyde Park, New York: a town in Dutchess County on the Hudson River, home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, three national park sites, the first presidential library, and the Culinary Institute of America; population 21,021 (2020).
Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York: Finger Lakes city and Tompkins County seat at Cayuga Lake's southern tip, home of Cornell University and Ithaca College; education dominates its economy, with 67.7% of adults holding bachelor's degrees.