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Long Island has had a long recorded history from the first European settlements in the 17th century to today. Greatly influenced by construction of railroads in the 19th century, it experienced growth in tourism as well as the development of towns and villages into some of the first modern suburbs in the United States .
Hace 2 días · Long Island, island in the Atlantic Ocean that comprises the southeasternmost part of New York state, U.S. The island lies roughly parallel to the southern shore of Connecticut, from which it is separated to the north by Long Island Sound. Long Island’s western end forms part of the harbor of New York City.
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The surface of Long Island was formed at the end of the last glacial maximum, or the time of the furthest extent of the ice sheets during the last ice age, around 21,000 years ago. As the ice sheets advanced from the Arctic, they entrained, or carried along, sand, gravel, and other material which was continually supplied to and accumulated at the melting margin of the ice front, similar to a ...
Long Island Index Map. Courtesy of Center for Urban Research, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Geographically, the island comprises four counties: Queens and Kings (Brooklyn) counties in the western portion of the island; Nassau County is east of Queens County, and Suffolk County is east of Nassau County.
e. Long Island is an island in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. The island extends from New York Harbor 118 miles (190 km) eastward into the North Atlantic Ocean with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km).
1 de may. de 2024 · February 5, 2024. cbkretz. In Levittown's Shadow by Tim Keogh from University of Chicago Press. While Long Island developed a reputation for affluence throughout the 20th Century, there has always been a parallel history of the everyday workers and servants who toiled in the shadow […]
Historic Long Island: a map showing its towns & villages and the outstanding events during its development over a period of more than three hundred years: designed by Stephen J. Voorhies; [ca. 1936], Map Collection, L.I.-1600-1924 (1936).Fl;L.I.-1600-1924 (1936).Fl c.2; Brooklyn Historical Society.
