Dutch Americans to Dutch places (for example Brooklyn which stems from Breukelen) - can still be seen. There are about 35 Dutch restaurants and bakeries in the United States, most of them founded in the 20th century. New York City for example has many originally Dutch street and place names which range from Coney Island and Brooklyn to Wall Street and Broadway. And up the river in New York State Piermont, Orangeburg, Blauvelt and Haverstraw, just to name a few places. In the Hudson Valley region there are many places and waterways whose names incorporate the word "-kill", Dutch for "stream" or
York Shire (Province of New York) York Shire (Province of New York) The Shire of York (Yorkshire), was the first large governmental unit organized in the English Province of New York soon after English control of the area was established in 1664. On August 29, 1664, The Duke of York’s forces captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch, as part of their conquest of New Netherland. They renamed New Amsterdam as the Province of New York, which included modern New York, New Jersey, Vermont, southeast Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Yorkshire (which was not a county), was created soon afterward in 1664. Its jurisdiction included Long Island, Staten Island,