Electric street cars are used for the first time. The first modern steel skeleton structure is erected. The Fulton Street elevated line is completed in Brooklyn. Electric trains are installed for the first time on the New York elevated railway lines. The centennial of Washington's Inauguration is celebrated in New York and an arch is erected in Washington Square.
Coney Island is annexed to Brooklyn.
A second Madison Square Garden is opened. The Botanical Gardens are opened at Bronx Park. The first four-track bridge is completed over the Harlem River. Carnegie Hall, the gift of Andrew Carnegie, is opened. Ellis Island is established as an immigrant station.