New York or Niu-York[a] is a rural settlement in Toretsk urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.

After the destruction of the Sich in 1775, Zaporozhian Cossacks and mercenaries from the Balkans also settled in the region in order to secure the steps of the empire.

It could have come from an entrepreneur or local dignitary, who would have settled from the United States or who would have had as a partner an American citizen from New York City.

[9] The first official mention of the name of New York (Нью-Йорк) dates back to 1859 as one of the results of the census of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate, then part of the Russian Empire.

[9] In 1889, Mennonites from the colony of Chortitza (today Zaporizhzhia) acquired a piece of land and founded a factory.

At the turn of the 20th century, the colony had electricity, a telegraph, a bank, a hotel, a bookstore, a school for girls and for boys.

[citation needed] In the context of rising tensions between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, the Mennonite German population was expelled to the Far East, where they founded the settlement Lugovoye [ru].

[citation needed] As part of the war in Donbas, which began in mid-April 2014, the fighting caused civilian and military casualties.

[16] In the wave of name changes required by the nationwide decommunization laws of 2015, the City Council validated the return to New York.

[17][6] The request to change the name to New York that was submitted by the civil-military administration of Donetsk Oblast was finally approved by the Committee of the Ukrainian parliament on the organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning on 3 February 2021.

[27] As part of an offensive to capture Toretsk, Russian troops entered New York on 3 July 2024 and advanced inside its southern area, reaching the central portion of the settlement the following day.

[32] However, the situation in New York improved for Ukraine by 6 September when the Azov Brigade was able to successfully break out of the encirclement of their remaining territory held in the city.

[34] New York has the Fenolna [uk] passenger and freight train station of the Donets Railway, which connects the town with Sloviansk in the north and with Donetsk in the south.