New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City.
   The metropolitan area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with an estimated population (as of 2005) of 18,747,320. The MSA is further subdivided into four metropolitan divisions. The 23-county metropolitan area includes ten counties in New York State, including the five boroughs of New York City, the two other counties of Long Island, and three in the lower Hudson Valley, twelve counties in northern New Jersey, and one county in northeastern Pennsylvania. The largest urbanized area in the United States is at the heart of the metropolitan area, the New York--Newark, NY--NJ--CT Urbanized Area (with a population of 17,799,861 as of the 2000 census).
   Based on commuting patterns, the Census Bureau also defines a wider functional metropolitan area, the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) with an estimated population of 21,903,623 (as of 2005). About one out of every fourteen Americans resides in this metropolitan area. This area includes seven additional counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and is often referred to as the Tri-state Area and less commonly the Tri-State Region, leaving out Pennsylvania. However, the New York City television designated market area (DMA) includes Pike County, Pennsylvania.
   This extended metropolitan area includes the largest city in the United States (New York), the five largest cities in New Jersey (Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Paterson, and Trenton) and the two largest cities in Connecticut (Bridgeport and New Haven). The total land area of the extended metropolitan area is .

Components of the metropolitan area

• New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (11,482,569)
  • Kings County, NY (2,486,235)
  • Queens County, NY (2,241,600)
  • New York County, NY (1,593,200)
  • Bronx County, NY (1,357,589)
  • Westchester County, NY (940,807)
  • Bergen County, NJ (902,561)
  • Hudson County, NJ (603,521)
  • Passaic County, NJ (499,060)
  • Richmond County, NY (464,573)
  • Rockland County, NY (292,916)
  • Putnam County, NY (100,507)
• Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division (2,808,064)
  • Suffolk County (1,474,927)
  • Nassau County (1,333,137)
• Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division (2,303,709)
  • Middlesex County (789,516)
  • Monmouth County (635,952)
  • Ocean County (558,341)
  • Somerset County (319,900)
• Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division (2,152,978)
  • Essex County, NJ (791,057)
  • Union County, NJ (531,457)
  • Morris County, NJ (490,593)
  • Sussex County, NJ (153,130)
  • Hunterdon County, NJ (130,404)
  • Pike County, PA (56,337)

Major League Soccer (MLS)

• Red Bull New York

Transportation

Commuter rail

The metropolitan area is partly defined by the areas from which people commute into the city. New York City is served by three primary commuter train systems plus Amtrak.
   The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, is operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), an agency of New York State. It has two major terminals at Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan and Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, with a minor terminal at Long Island City station and a major transfer point at Jamaica station in Queens. A map of the system can be found here. Metro-North Railroad (MNRR), the second busiest commuter railroad in the United States, is also operated by the MTA, but in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit. Its major terminal is Grand Central Terminal. Trains on the Port Jervis Line and Pascack Valley Line terminate at Hoboken Terminal; commuters may transfer at Secaucus Junction for New Jersey Transit trains to New York Pennsylvania Station. A map of the system can be found here. New Jersey Transit (NJT), the third busiest commuter railroad in the United States by passenger miles and also third in trips when direct operated and purchased transportation services are both included (fourth if only direct operated are included) , is operated by the New Jersey Transit Corporation, an agency of New Jersey, in conjunction with Metro-North and Amtrak. A map of the system can be found here. It has major terminals at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, and Pennsylvania Station in Newark, with a major transfer point at Secaucus Junction. New Jersey transit also operates a light rail system in Hudson County, as well as the Newark Light Rail. A map can be found here. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor offers service to Philadelphia, New Haven, and other points between and including Boston and Washington, D.C. Major stations in the metropolitan area are:

Station	Railroad(s)	County	Type
Pennsylvania Station (New York)	LIRR, NJT, Amtrak	New York	Terminal and Transfer
Grand Central Terminal	MNRR	New York	Terminal
Pennsylvania Station (Newark)	NJT, Amtrak	Essex	Terminal and Transfer
Hoboken Terminal	NJT	Hudson	Terminal
Atlantic Terminal at Flatbush Avenue	LIRR	Kings	Terminal
Hunterspoint Avenue	LIRR	Queens	Terminal
Jamaica Station	LIRR	Queens	Terminal and Transfer
Secaucus Junction	NJT	Hudson	Transfer
New Haven Union Station	MNRR, Amtrak, Connecticut Shoreline East	New Haven	Terminal and Transfer
Trenton Station	NJT, Amtrak, SEPTA	New Jersey Transit operates an additional train line in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. (Shown counterclockwise from the Atlantic Ocean): Line or Branch Railroad Counties Far Rockaway LIRR Queens, Nassau Long Beach LIRR Nassau Montauk LIRR Suffolk Babylon LIRR Nassau, Suffolk West Hempstead LIRR Queens, Nassau Hempstead LIRR Queens, Nassau Ronkokoma (Main Line) LIRR Nassau, Suffolk Port Jefferson LIRR Nassau, Suffolk Oyster Bay LIRR Nassau Port Washington LIRR Queens, Nassau New Haven MNRR, Shore Line East Westchester, Fairfield, New Haven Harlem MNRR New York, Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess Hudson MNRR Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess Pascack Valley MNRR, NJT Hudson, Bergen, Passaic, Rockland, Orange Port Jervis/Main Line/Bergen County MNRR, NJT Hudson, Bergen, Passaic, Rockland, Orange Montclair-Boonton NJT New York, Hudson, Essex, Passaic, Morris, Warren Morris & Essex (Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch) NJT New York, Hudson, Essex, Union, Morris, Somerset, Warren Raritan Valley NJT Hudson, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon Northeast Corridor and Princeton Branch NJT, Amtrak New York, Hudson, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Mercer North Jersey Coast NJT New York, Hudson, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean Additionally, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, an agency of the states of New York and New Jersey, operates the PATH system. This heavy rail transportation service serves the counties of New York, Hudson and Essex. A map can be found here. Major highways Some of the major freeways/expressways carrying commuter traffic in and out of New York City are: Interstate 78 Interstate 80 Interstate 84 Interstate 87 Interstate 95 Interstate 287 — serves as beltway around New York City Interstate 495 also known as Long Island Expressway or LIE Interstate 684 U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 9 Garden State Parkway Merritt Parkway Taconic State Parkway Saw Mill River Parkway Palisades Interstate Parkway Northern State Parkway Southern State Parkway New Jersey Turnpike Commuter bus New Jersey Transit and several other companies operate commuter coaches into the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, and many other bus services in New Jersey. Bus services also operate in other nearby counties in the states of New York and Connecticut, but most terminate at a subway terminal or other rail station. Major airports The metropolitan area is served by three major airports: Airport IATA code ICAO code County State John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK KJFK Queens New York Newark Liberty International Airport EWR KEWR Essex New Jersey LaGuardia Airport LGA KLGA Queens New York == External results Click here for more details on New York Metropolitan Area External Link Exchanges Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page: <a href="http://new_york_metropolitan_area.totallyexplained.com">New York metropolitan area Totally Explained</a> Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.    As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. We see you're using Internet Explorer.  Try Firefox, we think you'll like it better.       · Firefox blocks pop-up windows.       · It stops viruses and spyware.       · It keeps Microsoft from controlling the future of the internet. Click the button on the right to download Firefox.  It's free. © 2007-8 totallyexplained.com | Licensed under the GFDL | Site Map | This article contains text from the Wikipedia article New York metropolitan area (History) and is released under the GFDL | RSS Version