City of New York

New York City, officially named the City of Newbetween Fifth and Sixth Avenues) is the city's main
York, is the most populous city in the United States,location for jewelry shopping, and SoHo, formerly the
and the most densely populated major city in Northcenter of the New York art scene, is now famous
America. The city is at the center of internationalfor high-priced clothing boutiques, and the art galleries
finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is oneare now concentrated in Chelsea. There are also
of the world's major global cities (along with London,large shopping districts found in Downtown Brooklyn
Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collectionand along Queens Boulevard in Queens.
of museums, galleries, performance venues, mediaFood & Drink
outlets, international corporations, and stockNew York is the best restaurant town in USA and
exchanges. The city is also home to the Unitedone of the finest in the world. New York has literally
Nations, along with all of the international missionsthousands of restaurants to choose from (more than
associated with it.25,000, in fact), encompassing nearly every cuisine in
Historythe world. Some of the big names are Eleven
Long before the arrival of European settlers, theMadison Park, The River Café, Boat Basin
New York City area was inhabited by the LenapeCafé, Veritas. Like restaurants, thousands of
people, including such tribes as the Manahattoes,bars and cafes are there in the city. A few old
Canarsies and Raritan.noteworthy among those are: McSorleys Old Ale
Major events in New York history includeHouse, Revival, Push Café and White Horse
¢ In 1524 the first European explorer entersTavern.
New York HarborUniversities
¢ European settlement begins with the followingNew York City is served by the publicly run City
the 1609 voyage of Henry HudsonUniversity of New York (CUNY), the largest urban
¢ Founding of the Dutch fur trading settlementuniversity in the United States, which has a number
in Lower Manhattan in 1613 later called Newof campuses throughout the five boroughs. The city
Amsterdamis also home to a number of other institutions of
¢ English ships captured the city without strugglehigher learning, some of national or even international
in 1664reputation, including Columbia University, Fordham
¢ The Dutch formally ceded New York to theUniversity, Manhattan College, New York University,
English in the Treaty of Breda at the conclusion ofthe Juilliard School, The Cooper Union, Marymount
the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667Manhattan College and The New School. New York
¢ The city was renamed New York, afterCity is also a major center of academic medicine.
James, Duke of York, and became a royal colony inManhattan contains the campuses of the world-class
1685Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical College,
¢ After the Civil War, the rate of immigrationand Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well
from Europe grew steeply, and New York becameas Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and NYU
the first stop for millions seeking a new and betterMedical Center and their medical schools. New York
life in the United States, a role acknowledged by theCity is home to several of the nation's top schools of
dedication of the Statue of Liberty in 1886art and design, including Pratt Institute, the School of
¢ In two separate actions in 1874 and 1895,Visual Arts, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and
New York City (and New York County) annexedParsons S!chool of Design
sections of southern Westchester County known asSports
the BronxAlthough in much of the rest of the country
¢ In 1898, New York City took the political formAmerican football has become the most popular
in which it exists to this day.professional sport, in New York City baseball arguably
¢ 9/11 changed the political map of the worldstill stirs the most passion and interest. A "Subway
Place of interestSeries" between city teams is a time of great
Tourism is a major local industry, with hundreds ofexcitement, and any World Series championship by
attractions and 39 million tourists visiting the city eacheither the New York Yankees or the New York Mets
year on average. Many visitors make it a point tois considered to be worthy of the highest celebration,
visit Ground Zero, the Empire State Building, Timesincluding a ticker-tape parade for the victorious team.
Square, Radio City Music Hall, the Statue of Liberty,Hotels & Accommodation
Ellis Island, Wall Street, United Nations Headquarters,The City of New York is known as the "city that
the American Museum of Natural History, St. Patrick'snever sleeps", but its visitors have to. The city hosts
Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, and the Brooklyn Bridge,a large number of accommodations options.
among other attractions. There are over 28,000Luxury Hotels
acres (113 km²) of parkland found throughoutNew York has many "grand dames," classic elegant
New York City, comprising over 1,700 separate parkshotels that have been around for years and endured
and playgrounds. The best known of these is Centralmajestically. The St. Regis, the Waldorf, Tribeca
Park, which is one of the finest examples ofGrand Hotel, Ritz-Carlton New York, Sheraton New
landscape architecture in the world, as well as aYork Hotel and Towers - are some to mention about.
major source of recreation for New Yorkers andBudget Hotels
tourists alike. Other major parks in the city includeBesides all those luxury hotels, a large number of
Riverside Park, Battery Park, Bryant Park, Prospectbudget hotels are available in New York City. They
Park, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Washingtonare comfortable, homely and light weight for the
Square Park, and Forest Park.pocket. Some of them to mention are - The
Museums & Art GalleriesWhitehouse Hotel of New York, The Pioneer, Chelsea
New York is a city of great museums with theCenter, Guesthouse and Harlem YMCA. Except these
Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historichotels and guesthouses, Skyline Hotel and Travel Inn
art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheimare rare exception among affordable hotels for their
Museum's 20th century collection, and the Americanservices and facilities.
Museum of Natural History and its HaydenTours and Sightseeing
Planetarium focusing on the sciences. There are alsoTo know and see the New York City with no tension
many smaller specialty museums, from El Museo delway, a number of tour operators are there for
Barrio with a focus on Latin American cultures to thetravelers help. These tours contain city and outskirt
Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design. A numberof the city sightseeing. Tours may vary from its
of the city's museums are located along the Museumcontents or theme. It may be a helicopter tour of Big
Mile section of Fifth Avenue.Apple or may be a double-decker bus tour. Some fair
In addition to these museums, the city is also hometour agencies are there in the city. Tours can be
to a vast array of spaces for opera, symphony, andbooked from tour agencies or some hotels arrange
dance performances. The largest of these is Lincolnthem for its patrons. Another easy way to book any
Center for the Performing Arts, which is actually aof these tours is online tour ticket booking. Some
complex of buildings housing 12 separate companies,helpful websites for this purpose are:
including the New York Philharmonic, the MetropolitanTransport
Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York CityThe airport authority owns and operates the four
Ballet, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other notablemajor airports in the New York City area, John F.
performance halls include Carnegie Hall, Radio CityKennedy International Airport (JFK) in Jamaica,
Music Hall, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New
New York City boasts a highly active and influentialJersey, La Guardia Airport in Flushing, and
theater district, which is centered around TimesTeeterboard Airport in Teeterboard, New Jersey.
Square in Manhattan. It serves both as the center ofTaxicabs are operated by private companies and
the American theater industry, and as a majorlicensed by the New York City Taxi & Limousine
attraction for visitors from around the world.Commission. Other than cabs, New York City has a
Broadway theaters are considered to be of themass transit system. Unlike most of America's
highest quality in the world.car-oriented urban areas, public transportation is the
Shoppingcommon mode of travel for the majority of New
Shopping is popular with many visitors, with FifthYork City residents. The city is served by an
Avenue being a famous shopping corridor for luxuryextensive network of parkways and expressways,
items. Macy's, the nation's largest department store,including four primary Interstate Highways enter the
and the surrounding area of Herald Square are aNew York/New Jersey metropolitan area. The
major destination for more moderately-priced goods.world-famous New York City Subway is operated by
In recent years 23rd Street has become a majorthe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). It is
location for "big-box" retailers. In southern Manhattan,the most extensive subway system in the world.
Greenwich Village is home to hundreds ofThe subway system connects all boroughs except
independent music and book stores, while the EastStaten Island, which is served by the Staten Island
Village continues to prevail as purveyors of all thingsRailway via the free Staten Island Ferry. In addition
"strange" and unusual which you can't find anywhereto these, city residents rely on hundreds of bus lines,
else. The "diamond district" (located on 47th Streetboth publicly and privately operated.