Greater New York
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Greater New York or Greater New York City may refer to:
- the statistical New York metropolitan areaNew York metropolitan areaThe New York metropolitan area, also known as Greater New York, or the Tri-State area, is the region that composes of New York City and the surrounding region...
consisting of New York City and surrounding counties of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania - the so-called City of Greater New YorkCity of Greater New YorkThe City of Greater New York was a term commonly used originally to refer to the expanded city created on January 1, 1898 by the incorporation into the city of Richmond County, Kings County, Queens County, and the eastern part of what is now called The Bronx...
, a common though unofficial term used to describe the City of New York created in 1897-1898 by consolidating the original, smaller City of New York (now the Borough of Manhattan), the City of Brooklyn and three other boroughs