Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens are the five boroughs known collectively as New York City. Each borough has a distinct identity and seeing all five gives visitors a holistic view of the City, as it is familiarly known by residents. With more than 48 million visitors in 2010, all five boroughs welcome travelers to tour the area by foot, by bicycle, on the water or in the air by offering a diverse range of sightseeing opportunities.
Bronx
With a population of 1.3 million residents living in a 44-square-mile borough, the Bronx is well-known as the home of the New York Yankees. Tour Yankee Stadium (newyork.yankees.mlb.com) to see the dugout, batting cages, the Yankees Museum and Monument Park. The 250-acre New York Botanical Garden (nybg.org) is also available to tour in the Bronx and features 50 gardens and 30,000 trees. See bison, bears and bald eagles at the Bronx Zoo (bronxzoo.com) during a visit to the borough or walk along the Hudson River at 28-acre Wave Hill (wavehill.org), a public garden and cultural center.
Brooklyn
Spanning 81 square miles, the borough of Brooklyn is home to 2.5 million residents, as of 2011. Join a three-hour bicycle tour across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to see Brooklyn Heights and other sites on an adventure with Bike and Roll Tours (bikeandroll.com/newyork). Pizza fans may prefer the 4.5-hour tour of Brooklyn's best pizzerias and notable landmarks by bus with A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours (asliceofbrooklyn.com). The company also offers a four-hour neighborhood tour of Brooklyn past well-known movie locations and parks as well as a 3 1/2-hour Christmas Lights tour during December.
Manhattan
While the borough of Manhattan is synonymous with New York City to many visitors, it is the smallest of the five geographically, with a total area of 23 square miles and 1.6 million residents. Visit well-known individual landmarks in Manhattan, such as the Empire State Building (esbnyc.com) or 843-acre Central Park (centralparknyc.org) or join a larger tour of the borough to see more of the sights in one trip. Tours of the Big Apple are available by rickshaw (manhattanrickshaw.com), water taxi (nywatertaxi.com), helicopter (heliny.com) or horse-drawn carriage (centralpark.com), among others.
Staten Island
The smallest borough in population, 60-square-mile Staten Island is home to 477,000 residents and easily accessible via the Staten Island Ferry (siferry.com). On the island, tour the 1881 Staten Island Museum (statenislandmuseum.org) with two million artifacts and specimens or the Staten Island Zoo (statenislandzoo.org) to see a 16,000-square-foot reptile house. Historic Richmond Town (historicrichmondtown.org) is an authentic 50-acre pioneer village with 30 buildings, including a schoolhouse from 1695, that are open to visitors to tour.
Queens
Queens is home to 2.2 million residents and encompasses 112 square miles. Tour Shea Stadium (newyork.mets.mlb.com), home of the New York Mets and currently branded as Citi Field, starting from the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and explore press box, field and dugouts. The 1894 Aqueduct Racecourse (nyra.com) in Queens welcomes 40,000 horse racing fans each year and features free parking and binocular rentals. Tennis fans may prefer to tour the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (usta.com), which hosts the U.S. Open each year, or play a game on one of the courts open seven days a week.
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