Manhattan is indeed an island. FYI you are looking mostly at Manhattan but NYC includes four other boroughs, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. The northern part of Manhattan has a logical street grid, but below 14th street it gets messier. In terms of how people view those who live in different parts of NYC, Manhattan is generally way more expensive than the other boroughs. But in reality each borough is so huge that people are often more interested in which neighborhood you are in. There are some neighborhoods which have a very specific demographic, like Flushing Queens which is mostly Asian, Brighton Beach is mostly Russian, Ocean Parkway is orthodox Jewish, etc.

As a native New Yorker (and Brooklynite) there is some pride in affiliating with your borough (referring to the 5 parts of the city, or boroughs, which are also coterminous with counties in New York State: Manhattan/New York County; Brooklyn/Kings County; Queens/Queens County; the Bronx/Bronx County; and Staten Island/Richmond County). The city in its modern sense was formed by a public vote in 1898, when Brooklyn and Staten Island voted to join Manhattan, and parts of larger counties voted to join as well, becoming the Bronx and Queens, into a political entity that was referred to at the time as Greater New York. It helped lead to increased investments in many municipal services, particularly transit like the subway and water tunnels beneath the city. It also helped the Bronx and Queens catch up with Manhattan and Brooklyn’s rapid levels of urban development up to that point, creating the ability of people to move out of the very congested Lower East Side in Manhattan (home to thousands of tenements, tiny apartments that made the place once the densest settlement on Earth at the end of the 1800’s and the main neighborhood for recently arrived immigrant communities) to newer neighborhoods with bigger apartments and greater access to green spaces like Central Park and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Today, all municipal services are consolidated at the city level, so affiliation with one’s borough is less strong today the potential affiliation with your neighborhood. Many people have arrived in NYC and call it home since the 5 boroughs became Greater New York, so as others have pointed out, neighborhoods can help identify you in this major city, even if there are no official borders between any of them. The New York Times recently created a reader generated map asking people to map their neighborhood boundaries, and showed where there was consensus (and lack thereof) on the borders of a neighborhood and whether a new neighborhood had sprung up into the disputed area.

I live in Manhattan so this was a great watch! - most residents of Manhattan don’t own a car, so navigating the island is done by bus and subway. It’s very easy to give directions because of the grid system though, because instead of addresses you just name the intersection of street (horizontal road) and Avenue (vertical road) - flat iron is pronounced “flat-eye-ern” and it’s named for the wedge shaped building located on 23rd street and Broadway. - fun fact - Bronx is named after a Dutch farmer by the name of Bronck who previously owned a huge farm on what is today the Bronx. People would go up to “Bronck’s” Farm, and eventually it was shortened to the Bronx.

Can confirm, you pronounced Greenwich Village as New Yorkers do, we say it like the place in England.

Very interesting video, thanks. Looking forward to part 2!

every time you change the tone from soft spoken to soft whispering it's so tingly!

Fantastic video, absolutely loved it!

the day you post on this channel is always the best day of the week!

hello! There are two towns in the USA that were settled by Welsh people and that are named Swansea...Well, one is called "Swansea-by-the-sea" and is in California, the other is in Mass I think. They would make really good subjects....maybe...:) also momofuku and russ & daughters are the only places i've been to on that list and yes they are both very good and unlike the other joints, not $100+ a plate.

Flatiron is “flat iron,” where “iron” is the object you use to remove wrinkles from a shirt.

This is perfect now, I will be going in exactly 2 months, as my uncle just gifted me a trip for my 18th birthday today :D

Happy Birthday!!

I know everyone here is talking about them being from New York and how cool it is to see video about them on this channel, but i'm here for a different reason. I find your channel really good and relaxing, but looking at difference between your subscribers and looking at your likes and comments, I get pretty sad that you have a lot of subscribers, but small amount of likes and comments, which kind of shows that people liked your content and want to see more videos like this. I hope you continue making videos on this channel, your football channel and a lot of channels on different languages!😄

13:04 I presume that’s where Batman goes for lunch!

Flatiron is a building design. Prounced as Flat Iron. And you say it as one word. Flatiron.

literally love your videos, im interested to know if you watch race across the world on BBC, they go to a lot of countries and you see a lot of places. Thought you may be interested if not.

15:24 The audacity to make me hungry at bedtime. Great video as always tho.

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We say Greenwhich as they do where you live. As in Greenwich village lol

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It’s pronounced “flæt-iran’ by locals 👍

as a native new yorkinan us queens Brooklyn Bronx and manhattan we all just hate staten island

Correct, New Jersey is a totally different state.

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