<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York City">New York, New York</a> annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Greater_New_York" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="City of Greater New York">City of Greater New York</a>. The four initial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughs_of_New_York_City" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boroughs of New York City">boroughs</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Queens">Queens</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx" id="mwAXI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a>, are joined on January 25 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island" id="mwAXM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Staten Island">Staten Island</a> to create the modern city of five boroughs.