page_title: List of regions of the United States
section_title: New York
hierarchical_section_title: List of regions of the United States / Intrastate and intraterritory regions / New York
context_page_description: This is a list of some of the regions in the United States. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the federal government; others by shared culture and history; and others by economic factors.
context_section_description: Downstate New York
  New York metropolitan area
  The Five Boroughs (New York City)
  Long Island
  Nassau County
  Suffolk County
  The Hamptons
  North Shore (Gold Coast)
  South Shore
  Westchester County
  Rockland County
  Putnam County
  Upstate New York
  Erie Canal Corridor
  New York State Canal System
  New York State Canalway Trail
  Western New York
  Holland Purchase
  Burned-over district
  Finger Lakes
  former Leatherstocking Country (now the Central New York Region)
  Central New York
  Central New York Military Tract
  Phelps and Gorham Purchase
  Syracuse metropolitan area
  Mohawk Valley
  Southern Tier
  Capital District
  North Country
  Adirondack Mountains
  Adirondack Park
  Ski country
  Thousand Islands
  Tug Hill
  Catskill Mountains
  Borscht Belt
  Hudson Valley
  Shawangunk Ridge
  Black Dirt Region (shared with New Jersey)
caption: Regions of New York as defined by the New York State Department of Economic Development.
   1. Western New York – counties : Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany
   2. Finger Lakes – counties : Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, Yates, Seneca
   3. Southern Tier – counties : Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Tioga, Chenango, Broome, Delaware
   4. Central New York – counties : Cortland, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, Madison
   5. North Country – counties : St. Lawrence, Lewis, Jefferson, Hamilton, Essex, Clinton, Franklin
   6. Mohawk Valley – counties : Oneida, Herkimer, Fulton, Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie
   7. Capital District – counties : Albany, Columbia, Greene, Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer
   8. Hudson Valley – counties : Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester
   9. New York City – counties (boroughs) : New York (Manhattan), Bronx (The Bronx), Queens (Queens), Kings (Brooklyn), Richmond (Staten Island)
   10. Long Island – counties : Nassau, Suffolk