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