New York City

It's the most populous city in the United States and in the U.S. State of New York. With an estimated  population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles. In 1664, the city was named in honor of the Duke of York, who would become King James II of England. 

It's also one of the greatest cities in the world. New York is always a whirlwind of activity. Some people go there to enjoy Broadway Shows, others come specifically to shop and dine or just to visit the most popular tourist attractions. 

New York in 1873

New York in 1930

New York in 2019

New York on map

Neighborhoods in New York City

New York City is split up into five boroughs, which are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough has the same boundaries as a county of the state. The county governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county.

The term borough was adopted to describe a unique form of governmental administration for each of the five fundamental constituent parts of the newly consolidated city.

Neighborhoods in New York City

The five boroughs: 1: Manhattan, 2: Brooklyn, 3: Queens, 4: The Bronx, 5: Staten Island

Flags of New York City

New York City

New York City council

the Bronx

Queens

Flags of New York City

Brooklyn

Staten Island

NYC Police Department

NYC Fire Department

The most recognizable places and monuments

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve Lamb&Harmon and completed in 1931, the building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall, including its antenna.

As of 2019 the building is the 5th-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States and the 28-th tallest in the world. It is also the 6-th tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.

Empire State Building

Statue Of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the world; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

The Statue of Liberty is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed in Roman numerals with "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI" (July 4, 1776), the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

Statue of Liberty

Central Park

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan , New York City. The park was established in 1857 on 778 acres (315 ha) of land acquired by the city. Central Park was designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1963, and it was placed on the tentative list for UNESCO world herigate sites in April 2017.

The park, managed for decades by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, is currently managed by the Central Park Conservancy under contract with the municipal government in a public-private partnership. 

Central Park

Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It's one of the world's busiest pedestrian areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater Disctrict and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.

Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million visitors annually. Approximately 330,000 people pass through Times Square daily, many of them tourists, while over 460,000 pedestrians walk through Times Square on its busiest days.

Times Square

Sports and industry

Sports in the New York metropolitan area

Sports in the New York metropolitan area have a long and distinguished history. New York City is home to the headquarters of the National Football League, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, the National Women's Hockey League, and Major League Soccer.

The following New York metropolitan area sports teams play in one of the five major sports leagues in the United States:

-Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks (NBA)

-New York Yankees and New York Mets (MLB)

-New York Giants and New York Jets (NFL)

-New York Rangers, New York Islanders and New York Devils (NHL)

-New York Red Bulls and New York City FC (MLS)

Sports in the New York metropolitan area

Largest companies in the New York City

Interesting facts about New York City

New York City is home to more than just pigeons, and Central Park is an amazing place to bird watch. Out of approximately 800 known North American bird species, 275 have made appearances in the park. Bird watchers have been known to spot up to 100 species a day during spring migration.

 It would take approximately 24 hours to navigate the entire subway system. With 34 lines and 469 stops, the New York City subway system is one of the largest urban mass transportation systems in the world. Traveling to every single stop (without leaving the transit system) will take you at least 21 hours and 49 minutes—traverse the whole system in less time than that, and you’ll have broken the current world record.

The price of a slice of pizza and the cost of a subway ride are almost always the same. As far back as the 1980s, New Yorkers have observed a peculiar economic law: The price of a pizza slice and a ride on the subway are approximately equal. Even stranger, if the price of one goes up, the price of the other usually follows within a few months.

More than 800 languages are being spoken in New York. Considering the fact that 37% of the NYC population comes from another country, you might not be surprised that there are a lot of languages spoken. Some experts claim that there are more than 800 languages spoken in the city, and some others say it’s just a little over 200 different languages, but nonetheless, that’s a lot of languages.

New York City's federal reserve bank has the largest gold storage in the world. Deep down in the heart of the financial district Wall Street, sits the largest storage of gold in the whole world. More than 7.000 tons of glittering gold bars, which is equivalent to about 5% of all the world’s gold ever mined.

New York City is the home of the world's first underground park. The success of the Highline gave rise to the new project and park called the Lowline. This is the first underground park in the world, and it’s located on Manhattan’s West Side. It’s not yet completed, but the current date for the park to be fully completed is set to 2021.

Honking your car horn is illegal. Except for emergencies, honking your car horn is actually illegal in New York City. But of course, most people, if any don’t care about this, and you will not be walking far before you hear someone honking their car horn.

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