New Amsterdam, a town on the tip of Manhattan Island within the Dutch colony of New Netherland, saw a sudden influx of African slave labor in 1655. The Dutch had been involved with the African ...

In his Taking Manhattan, Russell Shorto expertly sheds light on some forgotten characters from history – but not without some strange bias ...

Dutch Colonization and the Birth of New Amsterdam In 1624, the Dutch West India Company established a trading post on the ...

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- New York City officials are assessing ... part of Yeshiva University on West 185th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. According to inspectors from the NYC ...

They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York, and it became one of the original 13 colonies.

Artifact Real Estate has landed $36.8 million of construction financing to build a multifamily development in northern Manhattan ... the 1861 Amsterdam project is receiving benefits from New York City ...