Sentence examples for outlying boroughs from inspiring English sources

As newcomers frightened by Manhattan's high rents turned toward the outlying boroughs and other locations, prices rose significantly there, but still remained lower than in Manhattan.

For the last few months the virus has been circling New York City, as dead birds and mosquitoes infected with the organism have been found, first in nearby counties, then in outlying boroughs and now in the city's center.

Despite the growing popularity of many neighborhoods in outlying boroughs, more distant areas can seem like a bit of a frontier for those who work in Manhattan, and looking for a home there can involve a lot of travel back and forth.

By the 1970s these outlying boroughs were consolidated into the city.

In May, it won a dozen council seats in three outlying boroughs - Havering, Bromley and Bexley - but long term Outer London demographic trends don't seem in its favour.

Likewise, in New York State, the inventory in outlying boroughs and counties is very large compared with that of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

No decision has been made on whether it belongs in Manhattan or an outlying borough, and a final selection is months away, officials said.

One afternoon last week, I came upon Tula sobbing quietly in a corner, and I didn't want to upset her by asking why, but I knew: it was because, at the end of each perfect Brooklyn day, she's forced to return to her own home, in an outlying borough that the children and I call Underplace.

That sentiment was driven home during the evening of 11 September 2001 when the hospital at which I work (a tertiary care institution in an outlying borough), after gearing up for the carnage and after receiving a few victims with 'lesser' injuries, downgraded its disaster status to a lesser degree of readiness.

What providence, luck, or even quirky circumstance allowed me to witness this horror from an outlying borough yet allow me the chance to go home that night to my small child to softly cry on his shoulder, shaken from the events of the day yet relieved that I still could experience the continued joy of watching him fall off to sleep for the night, and seemingly each night thereafter.

When gypsy van lines first appeared in the Bronx in the early 1970's and spread to Brooklyn and Queens, they were doing something the official transit system largely did not: provide fast service into Manhattan or feed from outlying areas of the boroughs into subway stops.