History of New York City Manhattan. It flooded low-lying areas of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Electrical power was lost in many parts of the city and its suburbs. Boroughs Streets and thoroughfares Small islands Miscellany History of New York City The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1609. The "Sons of Liberty" destroyed British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from throughout the Thirteen Colonies met in the city in 1765 to organize resistance to British policies. The
Staten Island Cakes Institutelocated in New York City's Manhattan boroughthe youngest person ever to complete the institute's program. On October 31, 2008, with financial backing from his grandfather, Buzzetta opened his bakery, The Cake Artist, on Forest Avenue in the West Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island. Staten Island Cakes Staten Island Cakes is an American food reality-television series airing on WE tv. The series stars Vincent "Vinny" Buzzetta, an Italian-American cake artist who lives and works on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, New York. Buzzetta was born on October 4, 1989, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. He