Demographics of New York City in the 1900s. According to the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, the top ten White, European ancestries were the following: Other smaller European ancestries include: According to a 2001 study by Claritas, four of the city's five boroughs ranked among the nation's twenty most diverse counties. Queens ranked 1st, Brooklyn 3rd, Manhattan 7th, and The Bronx 17th. In addition, Hudson County and Essex County, New Jersey, both of which are part of the New York Metropolitan Area, ranked 6th and 15th, respectively. The city has several demographically unique characteristics. Queens is the only large county in the United States where the
Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) more densely populated parts of New York City: The fictional cemetery of the Synagogue in Brooklyn in the film "Once Upon a Time in America" is actually located here, renamed "Riverdale Cemetery". Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located in Woodlawn, Bronx, New York City, it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened during the Civil War in 1863, in what was then southern Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874. It is