So, if you've just moved to New York or you're visiting, we'd like to help you.
The Five Boroughs
New York City is compromised of five boroughs. Manhattan (from "Mannahata," after Native American names for the area), Staten Island (Staten Eylandt after the States General), The Bronx (named after Jonas Bronck), Brooklyn (Breukelen, the Dutch village in the Netherlands), and Queens (after Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of King Charles II of England).
Yes, we cut and pasted that from the New York Historical Society.
Long story short, boroughs are counties. We call them "boroughs" because presumably the original New Yorkers were rabbits. In "Touch It (remix 3)," Papoose refers to them as "the five boroughs of death," but you don't have to do that.
See the complete VICE Guide to New York.
[Cover photo via GeorgeLouis]
