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New York, city, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Among New Yorks noted houses of worship are Trinity Church, St. Pauls Chapel (dedicated 1776), Saint Patricks Cathedral, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (see Saint John the Divine, Cathedral of), Riverside Church, and Temple Emanu-El. |
 | | New development was marked by such events as the founding (1784) of the Bank of New York under Alexander Hamilton and the beginning of the stock exchange around 1790. |
 | | With the adoption of a new charter in 1898, New York became a city of five boroughsNew York City was split into the present Manhattan and Bronx boroughs, and the independent city of Brooklyn was annexed, as were the western portions of Queens co. and Staten Island. |
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