New York City

New York City

Location

• New York City is located in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston.

HistoryThe Dutch founded New York as 'Nieuw Amsterdam' in 1614. The colony existed of what is now know as Manhattan. The Duke of York's brother, King Charles the Second, sent warships to attack the Dutch in 1664 and renamed it to New York.

• The city’s population approached 8.4 million

• Land area of 305 square miles (790 km2)

New York City

• Currency - US dollar• Language - English

Flag Seal

The "Seal of the City of New York" was adopted in 1669, five years after the Dutch surrendered New

Amsterdam to the British.

The flag of City of New York is a vertical tricolor of blue, white, and orange charged in the center bar with municipal seal in blue. The tricolor design is derived from the Prince's Flag, the flag of the Dutch Republic, used in 1625, the year New Amsterdam was settled on the island of Manhattan.

Climate

• Under the Köppen climate classification, New York City experiences a humid subtropical climate that borders a humid continental climate. Winters are cold and damp, and prevailing wind patterns that blow offshore minimize the moderating effects of the Atlantic Ocean. Spring and autumn are unpredictable and can range from chilly to warm, although they are usually mild with low humidity. Summers are typically hot.

New York is the city of skyscrapers.

Manhattan Island• It is interesting to

know that Manhattan Island - the central part of New York - was bought from the local Indians by the Dutch for 24 dollars.

• That was the most profitable commercial deal in the US history.

• Today Manhattan is the heart of business and commercial life of the USA.

PLACES TO VISIT IN NEW YORK

There are many places of interest in New York:

• Central Park, • Times Square,• Rockefeller Centre,• Broadway,• Art museums,• Brooklyn Bridge, • Empire State,• Statue of Liberty.

Broadway

• Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, which runs the full length of Manhattan and continues into the Bronx. It is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement.

• The name Broadway is an English translation of the Dutch name, Breede weg. A stretch of Broadway is famous as the pinnacle of the American theater industry.

Times Square • Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, a borough of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West

47th Streets. The Times Square area consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to

west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area

of Midtown Manhattan.

Central Park • Central Park is a large

public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate. Central Park has been a National Historic Landmark since 1963.

Central Park• It contains several natural-looking lakes and ponds,

extensive walking tracks, two ice-skating rinks, the Central Park Zoo, the Central Park Conservatory Garden, a wildlife sanctuary, a large area of natural woods, a reservoir with an encircling running track, and the outdoor Delacorte Theater which hosts the "Shakespeare in the Park" summer festivals.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum• The Solomon R.

Guggenheim Museum, which opened on October 21, 1959, is one of the best-known museums in New York City and one of the 20th century's most important architectural landmarks. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum––which is often called simply The Guggenheim––is home to a renowned permanent collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art, and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.

The American Museum of Natural History

• The AMNH, located on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world. Located in park-like grounds, the Museum comprises 25 interconnected buildings that house 46 permanent exhibition halls, research laboratories, and its renowned library.

The Brooklyn Bridge

• The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River, connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn (on Long Island). Upon completion, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, the first steel-wire suspension bridge, and the first bridge to connect to Long Island.

Empire State• The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art

Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building is once again the tallest building in New York City and New York State.

Rockefeller Centre

• The famous Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan is an Art Deco NYC landmark. Spanning 22 acres and featuring 19 commercial buildings in New York, Rockefeller Center is one of the most popular attractions in NYC. A beautiful New York destination all year long, the Rockefeller Center is home to numerous NY events, including the lighting of the famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, which is broadcast live on TV around the world each year.

Statue of Liberty

• The Statue of Liberty is a gift from France to the United States of America to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the birth of liberty in the US and the end of slavery after the Civil War. She has since become a universal symbol of freedom, embraced by advocates of self-government the world over.

Statue of Liberty

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