| New York City, officially named the City
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| | SoHo, formerly the center of the New York
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| of New York, is the most populous city in
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| | art scene, is now famous for high-priced
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| the United States, and the most densely
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| | clothing boutiques, and the art galleries
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| populated major city in North America.
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| | are now concentrated in Chelsea. There
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| The city is at the center of
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| | are also large shopping districts found
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| international finance, politics,
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| | in Downtown Brooklyn and along Queens
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| entertainment, and culture, and is one of
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| | Boulevard in Queens.
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| the world's major global cities (along
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| | Food & Drink
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| with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a
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| | New York is the best restaurant town in
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| virtually unrivaled collection of
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| | USA and one of the finest in the world.
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| museums, galleries, performance venues,
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| | New York has literally thousands of
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| media outlets, international
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| | restaurants to choose from (more than
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| corporations, and stock exchanges. The
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| | 25,000, in fact), encompassing nearly
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| city is also home to the United Nations,
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| | every cuisine in the world. Some of the
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| along with all of the international
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| | big names are Eleven Madison Park, The
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| missions associated with it.
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| | River Café, Boat Basin Café, Veritas.
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| History
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| | Like restaurants, thousands of bars and
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| Long before the arrival of European
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| | cafes are there in the city. A few old
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| settlers, the New York City area was
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| | noteworthy among those are: McSorleys Old
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| inhabited by the Lenape people, including
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| | Ale House, Revival, Push Café and White
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| such tribes as the Manahattoes, Canarsies
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| | Horse Tavern.
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| and Raritan.
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| | Universities
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| Major events in New York history include
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| | New York City is served by the publicly
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| ¢ In 1524 the first European explorer
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| | run City University of New York (CUNY),
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| enters New York Harbor
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| | the largest urban university in the
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| ¢ European settlement begins with the
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| | United States, which has a number of
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| following the 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson
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| | campuses throughout the five boroughs.
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| ¢ Founding of the Dutch fur trading
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| | The city is also home to a number of
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| settlement in Lower Manhattan in 1613
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| | other institutions of higher learning,
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| later called New Amsterdam
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| | some of national or even international
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| ¢ English ships captured the city
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| | reputation, including Columbia
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| without struggle in 1664
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| | University, Fordham University, Manhattan
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| ¢ The Dutch formally ceded New York to
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| | College, New York University, the
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| the English in the Treaty of Breda at the
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| | Juilliard School, The Cooper Union,
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| conclusion of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
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| | Marymount Manhattan College and The New
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| in 1667
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| | School. New York City is also a major
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| ¢ The city was renamed New York, after
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| | center of academic medicine. Manhattan
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| James, Duke of York, and became a royal
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| | contains the campuses of the world-class
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| colony in 1685
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| | Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell
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| ¢ After the Civil War, the rate of
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| | Medical College, and Memorial
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| immigration from Europe grew steeply, and
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| | Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well as
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| New York became the first stop for
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| | Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and
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| millions seeking a new and better life in
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| | NYU Medical Center and their medical
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| the United States, a role acknowledged by
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| | schools. New York City is home to several
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| the dedication of the Statue of Liberty
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| | of the nation's top schools of art and
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| in 1886
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| | design, including Pratt Institute, the
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| ¢ In two separate actions in 1874 and
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| | School of Visual Arts, the Fashion
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| 1895, New York City (and New York County)
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| | Institute of Technology, and Parsons
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| annexed sections of southern Westchester
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| | S!chool of Design
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| County known as the Bronx
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| | Sports
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| ¢ In 1898, New York City took the
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| | Although in much of the rest of the
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| political form in which it exists to this
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| | country American football has become the
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| day.
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| | most popular professional sport, in New
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| ¢ 9/11 changed the political map of the
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| | York City baseball arguably still stirs
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| world
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| | the most passion and interest. A "Subway
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| Place of interest
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| | Series" between city teams is a time of
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| Tourism is a major local industry, with
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| | great excitement, and any World Series
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| hundreds of attractions and 39 million
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| | championship by either the New York
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| tourists visiting the city each year on
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| | Yankees or the New York Mets is
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| average. Many visitors make it a point to
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| | considered to be worthy of the highest
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| visit Ground Zero, the Empire State
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| | celebration, including a ticker-tape
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| Building, Times Square, Radio City Music
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| | parade for the victorious team.
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| Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis
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| | Hotels & Accommodation
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| Island, Wall Street, United Nations
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| | The City of New York is known as the
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| Headquarters, the American Museum of
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| | "city that never sleeps", but its
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| Natural History, St. Patrick's Cathedral,
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| | visitors have to. The city hosts a large
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| Fifth Avenue, and the Brooklyn Bridge,
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| | number of accommodations options.
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| among other attractions. There are over
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| | Luxury Hotels
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| 28,000 acres (113 km²) of parkland found
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| | New York has many "grand dames," classic
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| throughout New York City, comprising over
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| | elegant hotels that have been around for
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| 1,700 separate parks and playgrounds. The
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| | years and endured majestically. The St.
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| best known of these is Central Park,
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| | Regis, the Waldorf, Tribeca Grand Hotel,
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| which is one of the finest examples of
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| | Ritz-Carlton New York, Sheraton New York
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| landscape architecture in the world, as
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| | Hotel and Towers - are some to mention
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| well as a major source of recreation for
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| | about.
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| New Yorkers and tourists alike. Other
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| | Budget Hotels
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| major parks in the city include Riverside
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| | Besides all those luxury hotels, a large
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| Park, Battery Park, Bryant Park, Prospect
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| | number of budget hotels are available in
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| Park, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park,
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| | New York City. They are comfortable,
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| Washington Square Park, and Forest Park.
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| | homely and light weight for the pocket.
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| Museums & Art Galleries
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| | Some of them to mention are - The
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| New York is a city of great museums with
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| | Whitehouse Hotel of New York, The
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| the Metropolitan Museum of Art's
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| | Pioneer, Chelsea Center, Guesthouse and
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| assemblage of historic art, the Museum of
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| | Harlem YMCA. Except these hotels and
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| Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum's 20th
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| | guesthouses, Skyline Hotel and Travel Inn
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| century collection, and the American
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| | are rare exception among affordable
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| Museum of Natural History and its Hayden
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| | hotels for their services and facilities.
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| Planetarium focusing on the sciences.
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| | Tours and Sightseeing
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| There are also many smaller specialty
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| | To know and see the New York City with no
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| museums, from El Museo del Barrio with a
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| | tension way, a number of tour operators
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| focus on Latin American cultures to the
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| | are there for travelers help. These tours
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| Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design.
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| | contain city and outskirt of the city
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| A number of the city's museums are
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| | sightseeing. Tours may vary from its
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| located along the Museum Mile section of
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| | contents or theme. It may be a helicopter
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| Fifth Avenue.
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| | tour of Big Apple or may be a
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| In addition to these museums, the city is
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| | double-decker bus tour. Some fair tour
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| also home to a vast array of spaces for
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| | agencies are there in the city. Tours can
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| opera, symphony, and dance performances.
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| | be booked from tour agencies or some
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| The largest of these is Lincoln Center
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| | hotels arrange them for its patrons.
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| for the Performing Arts, which is
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| | Another easy way to book any of these
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| actually a complex of buildings housing
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| | tours is online tour ticket booking. Some
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| 12 separate companies, including the New
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| | helpful websites for this purpose are:
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| York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan
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| | Transport
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| Opera, the New York City Opera, the New
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| | The airport authority owns and operates
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| York City Ballet, and Jazz at Lincoln
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| | the four major airports in the New York
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| Center. Other notable performance halls
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| | City area, John F. Kennedy International
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| include Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music
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| | Airport (JFK) in Jamaica, Newark Liberty
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| Hall, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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| | International Airport in Newark, New
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| New York City boasts a highly active and
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| | Jersey, La Guardia Airport in Flushing,
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| influential theater district, which is
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| | and Teeterboard Airport in Teeterboard,
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| centered around Times Square in
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| | New Jersey.
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| Manhattan. It serves both as the center
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| | Taxicabs are operated by private
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| of the American theater industry, and as
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| | companies and licensed by the New York
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| a major attraction for visitors from
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| | City Taxi & Limousine Commission. Other
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| around the world. Broadway theaters are
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| | than cabs, New York City has a mass
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| considered to be of the highest quality
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| | transit system. Unlike most of America's
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| in the world.
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| | car-oriented urban areas, public
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| Shopping
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| | transportation is the common mode of
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| Shopping is popular with many visitors,
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| | travel for the majority of New York City
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| with Fifth Avenue being a famous shopping
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| | residents. The city is served by an
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| corridor for luxury items. Macy's, the
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| | extensive network of parkways and
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| nation's largest department store, and
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| | expressways, including four primary
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| the surrounding area of Herald Square are
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| | Interstate Highways enter the New York
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| a major destination for more
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| | New Jersey metropolitan area. The
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| moderately-priced goods. In recent years
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| | world-famous New York City Subway is
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| 23rd Street has become a major location
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| | operated by the Metropolitan
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| for "big-box" retailers. In southern
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| | Transportation Authority (MTA). It is the
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| Manhattan, Greenwich Village is home to
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| | most extensive subway system in the
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| hundreds of independent music and book
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| | world. The subway system connects all
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| stores, while the East Village continues
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| | boroughs except Staten Island, which is
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| to prevail as purveyors of all things
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| | served by the Staten Island Railway via
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| "strange" and unusual which you can't
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| | the free Staten Island Ferry. In addition
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| find anywhere else. The "diamond
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| | to these, city residents rely on hundreds
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| district" (located on 47th Street between
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| | of bus lines, both publicly and privately
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| Fifth and Sixth Avenues) is the city's
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| | operated.
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| main location for jewelry shopping, and
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