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There had a settlement on the location of New York in existence since Anglo-Saxon England where it occupied a crossroads between Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey and docks for Lindisfarne Monastery. It did not have an official name until during the American War of Independence when it was named New York after New York City due to the village being formally founded then. New York had its own blacksmiths' forge from the 1760s until 2016 when the land owner sold the land that it was leased on for redevelopment. Until 1966, New York was located near Algernon Colliery until the pits closed. The road to the coal mine crossed a disused London and North Eastern Railway railway line. The North Tyneside Steam Railway and Stephenson Railway Museum are located in New York. In 1969, it was considered by the government to be a part of a redevelopment project aimed at North Shields.

War memorial
In 1921, New York constructed a war memorial to victims of the First World War. It was designed by local architect W.H. Endean and was constructed out of sandstone in the shape of a celtic cross. In 2012, it received grade II listed status for having a "...strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context". In 2014, North Tyneside Council announced a £100,000 fund to repair local war memorials, including the New York War Memorial, in time for the centenary of the First World War.