History of New York City (1784–1854) as the financial and mercantile capital of the western hemisphere. The Great New York City Fire of 1845 destroyed 345 wooden buildings in the Financial District. The Hudson River Railroad (which grew into the New York Central) opened October 3, 1851; it extended the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, the first railroad built in the state, south to New York City. The city and its nearby suburbs grew rapidly for several reasons. The natural harbor at the base of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the New Jersey ports at Newark and Elizabeth provided almost unlimited capacity for trading ships and protection from storms.
New York/New Jersey Knights (OT) Week 2: Barcelona Dragons 15, New York/New Jersey 14 Week 3: San Antonio Riders 9, New York/New Jersey 3 Week 4: Orlando Thunder 39, New York/New Jersey 21 Week 5: New York/New Jersey 24, Frankfurt Galaxy 21 Week 6: New York/New Jersey 34, Montreal Machine 11 Week 7: New York/New Jersey 41, London Monarchs 13 Week 8: New York/New Jersey 39, Ohio Glory 33 (OT) Week 9: New York/New Jersey 47, Barcelona Dragons 0 Week 10: New York/New Jersey 41, Montreal Machine 21 New York/New Jersey Knights The New York/New Jersey Knights was a franchise in the World League