{"id":2527,"date":"2014-04-13T20:21:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T20:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2014-07-18T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:00:46","slug":"it-doesnt-get-more-dutch-than-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/it-doesnt-get-more-dutch-than-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"It Doesn’t Get More Dutch Than… New York?"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York. So many songs have been sung about you, so many things have been written about you, so many people have traveled lengths great and small to see you.<\/p>\n

NY is so ubiquitous that it often feels like the Bible should read: “And on the eighth day, the Lord created New York.” (You need a day of rest in order to come up with something as awesome as New York.)<\/p>\n

It’s hard to believe that New York has only been New York for 350 years. Before that, it was New Netherland, a colony established by \u2013 you guessed it! \u2013 the Dutch.<\/p>\n

It all started in 1606, when the Dutch East India Company sent English explorer Henry Hudson on an expedition to find a Northeast passage to India. But things didn\u2019t go quite as planned.<\/p>\n

He ended up, instead, on the east coast of what is now the United States. They sailed into the mouth of a river just north of Sandy Hook Bay and discovered a beautiful area teeming with natural resources. He hurried back to his employers to share what he had found.<\/p>\n

Seeing the golden opportunity before them, merchants from Amsterdam sent agents to the new land to collect food, tobacco, furs, and timber to send back to Amsterdam \u2013 which was, at the time, Europe\u2019s leading trade city \u2013 by the shipload.<\/p>\n

Others followed, and soon, a colony was formed. New Nederland ran from Delaware to Albany, New York. The settlement included parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey.<\/p>\n

In 1626, the island of Manhattan was purchased from the Native Americans and renamed New Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

The colony grew and prospered. And earned a fortune for the private merchants in Amsterdam who had laid a stake in it.<\/p>\n

But all good things must come to an end. England had long been eyeing New Netherland and had become extremely jealous of its success.<\/p>\n

So, in 1664, the English took New Netherland by force. King Charles II of England bestowed the land upon his brother, the Duke of York, and the colony\u2019s name was changed to coincide with its new owner. And that\u2019s how New Netherland became New York.<\/p>\n

The name of the settlement may have changed, but not much else did. You don\u2019t have to spend a lot of time in the Hudson River Valley area to see the Dutch influence that still exists there.<\/p>\n

Harlem and Brooklyn are obvious ones (from Haarlem just outside of Amsterdam and Breukelen just outside of Utrecht), but there are many, many more.<\/p>\n

See how many of these sound familiar\u2026<\/p>\n

Bowery<\/strong> (bowerij<\/em>, old Dutch for \u2018farm\u2019) \u2013 a neighborhood in the south of Manhattan<\/p>\n

The Bronx<\/strong> (named after Dutch settler Jonas Bronck, who had a farm there) \u2013 the northernmost borough in New York City<\/p>\n

Coney Island<\/strong> (old Dutch: Conyne Eylandt<\/em>; modern Dutch: Konijneiland<\/em>) \u2013 a beach in southwest Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Long Island<\/strong> (old Dutch: Lang Eylandt<\/em>; modern Dutch: Langeiland<\/em>) \u2013 an island in the state of New York<\/p>\n

Rikers Island<\/strong> (most likely named after Dutch settler Abraham Rycken, who set up house on Long Island) \u2013 an island in the East\u00a0River, between Queens and the Bronx, which serves as the city\u2019s main prison complex<\/p>\n

Staten Island<\/strong> (old Dutch: Staten Eylandt<\/em>; modern Dutch: Stateneiland<\/em>, named after the States-Generals who governed what was\u00a0then known as the United Provinces of the Netherlands) – another one of New York City\u2019s five boroughs, located in the southwest part of the city<\/p>\n

Yonkers<\/strong> (possibly named after jonkheer<\/em> Adriaen van der Donck, whose estate was located there; jonkheer<\/em> = lord) \u2013 the fourth most populous city in the state of New York, located in Westchester County<\/p>\n

Been to New York and want to add a Dutch influence or two to the list? Share them in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

New York. So many songs have been sung about you, so many things have been written about you, so many people have traveled lengths great and small to see you. NY is so ubiquitous that it often feels like the Bible should read: “And on the eighth day, the Lord created New York.” (You need…<\/p>\n

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