Westfield was a town in Richmond County, New York. It was incorporated in 1788 as one of the four original towns of Staten Island. It was dissolved in 1898 upon consolidation into the City of New York.
⭐ In the context of the Consolidation of New York City, Westfield (a neighborhood on Staten Island) became part of a larger governmental structure when…
The consolidation of New York City in 1898 brought together the City of New York with Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island, creating a unified five-borough structure.
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HINT: The consolidation of New York City in 1898 brought together the City of New York with Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island, creating a unified five-borough structure.
👉 Westfield, Staten Island in the context of Consolidation of New York City
The City of Greater New York was the consolidation of the City of New Yorkwith Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island, which took effect on January 1, 1898. New York had already annexed the Bronx (west of the Bronx River in 1874, east of the Bronx River in 1895), so the consolidated city sprawled across five counties, which became the five Boroughs of modern New York. Eastern Queens County was excluded and later became Nassau County.