City of New York

New York City, officially named the City of New York,				concentrated in Chelsea. There are also large shopping
is the most populous city in the United States, and the				districts found in Downtown Brooklyn and along
most densely populated major city in North America.				Queens Boulevard in Queens.
The city is at the center of international finance, politics,				Food & Drink
entertainment, and culture, and is one of the world's				New York is the best restaurant town in USA and one
major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and				of the finest in the world. New York has literally
Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums,				thousands of restaurants to choose from (more than
galleries, performance venues, media outlets,				25,000, in fact), encompassing nearly every cuisine in
international corporations, and stock exchanges. The				the world. Some of the big names are Eleven Madison
city is also home to the United Nations, along with all of				Park, The River CafÃ©, Boat Basin CafÃ©,
the international missions associated with it.				Veritas. Like restaurants, thousands of bars and cafes
History				are there in the city. A few old noteworthy among
Long before the arrival of European settlers, the New				those are: McSorleys Old Ale House, Revival, Push
York City area was inhabited by the Lenape people,				CafÃ© and White Horse Tavern.
including such tribes as the Manahattoes, Canarsies				Universities
and Raritan. Major events in New York history include				New York City is served by the publicly run City
Â¢ In 1524 the first European explorer enters New				University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban
York Harbor Â¢ European settlement begins with				university in the United States, which has a number of
the following the 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson Â¢				campuses throughout the five boroughs. The city is
Founding of the Dutch fur trading settlement in Lower				also home to a number of other institutions of higher
Manhattan in 1613 later called New Amsterdam Â¢				learning, some of national or even international
English ships captured the city without struggle in 1664				reputation, including Columbia University, Fordham
Â¢ The Dutch formally ceded New York to the				University, Manhattan College, New York University, the
English in the Treaty of Breda at the conclusion of the				Juilliard School, The Cooper Union, Marymount
Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667 Â¢ The city was				Manhattan College and The New School. New York
renamed New York, after James, Duke of York, and				City is also a major center of academic medicine.
became a royal colony in 1685 Â¢ After the Civil				Manhattan contains the campuses of the world-class
War, the rate of immigration from Europe grew				Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical College,
steeply, and New York became the first stop for				and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well
millions seeking a new and better life in the United				as Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and NYU
States, a role acknowledged by the dedication of the				Medical Center and their medical schools. New York
Statue of Liberty in 1886 Â¢ In two separate				City is home to several of the nation's top schools of
actions in 1874 and 1895, New York City (and New				art and design, including Pratt Institute, the School of
York County) annexed sections of southern				Visual Arts, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and
Westchester County known as the Bronx Â¢ In				Parsons School of Design
1898, New York City took the political form in which it				Sports
exists to this day. Â¢ 9/11 changed the political map				Although in much of the rest of the country American
of the world Place of interest				football has become the most popular professional
Tourism is a major local industry, with hundreds of				sport, in New York City baseball arguably still stirs the
attractions and 39 million tourists visiting the city each				most passion and interest. A "Subway Series"
year on average. Many visitors make it a point to visit				between city teams is a time of great excitement, and
Ground Zero, the Empire State Building, Times Square,				any World Series championship by either the New
Radio City Music Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island,				York Yankees or the New York Mets is considered to
Wall Street, United Nations Headquarters, the				be worthy of the highest celebration, including a
American Museum of Natural History, St. Patrick's				ticker-tape parade for the victorious team.
Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, and the Brooklyn Bridge,				Hotels & Accommodation
among other attractions. There are over 28,000 acres				The City of New York is known as the "city that
(113 kmÂ²) of parkland found throughout New York				never sleeps", but its visitors have to. The city hosts a
City, comprising over 1,700 separate parks and				large number of accommodations options.
playgrounds. The best known of these is Central Park,				Luxury Hotels
which is one of the finest examples of landscape				New York has many "grand dames," classic elegant
architecture in the world, as well as a major source of				hotels that have been around for years and endured
recreation for New Yorkers and tourists alike. Other				majestically. The St. Regis, the Waldorf, Tribeca Grand
major parks in the city include Riverside Park, Battery				Hotel, Ritz-Carlton New York, Sheraton New York
Park, Bryant Park, Prospect Park, Flushing				Hotel and Towers - are some to mention about.
Meadow-Corona Park, Washington Square Park, and				Budget Hotels
Forest Park.				Besides all those luxury hotels, a large number of
Museums & Art Galleries				budget hotels are available in New York City. They are
New York is a city of great museums with the				comfortable, homely and light weight for the pocket.
Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic				Some of them to mention are - The Whitehouse Hotel
art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim				of New York, The Pioneer, Chelsea Center,
Museum's 20th century collection, and the American				Guesthouse and Harlem YMCA. Except these hotels
Museum of Natural History and its Hayden Planetarium				and guesthouses, Skyline Hotel and Travel Inn are rare
focusing on the sciences. There are also many smaller				exception among affordable hotels for their services
specialty museums, from El Museo del Barrio with a				and facilities.
focus on Latin American cultures to the Cooper-Hewitt				Tours and Sightseeing
National Museum of Design. A number of the city's				To know and see the New York City with no tension
museums are located along the Museum Mile section				way, a number of tour operators are there for
of Fifth Avenue.				travelers help. These tours contain city and outskirt of
In addition to these museums, the city is also home to				the city sightseeing. Tours may vary from its contents
a vast array of spaces for opera, symphony, and				or theme. It may be a helicopter tour of Big Apple or
dance performances. The largest of these is Lincoln				may be a double-decker bus tour. Some fair tour
Center for the Performing Arts, which is actually a				agencies are there in the city. Tours can be booked
complex of buildings housing 12 separate companies,				from tour agencies or some hotels arrange them for
including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan				its patrons. Another easy way to book any of these
Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York City				tours is online tour ticket booking. Some helpful
Ballet, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other notable				websites for this purpose are:
performance halls include Carnegie Hall, Radio City				Transport
Music Hall, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. New				The airport authority owns and operates the four
York City boasts a highly active and influential theater				major airports in the New York City area, John F.
district, which is centered around Times Square in				Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in Jamaica, Newark
Manhattan. It serves both as the center of the				Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, La
American theater industry, and as a major attraction				Guardia Airport in Flushing, and Teeterboard Airport in
for visitors from around the world. Broadway theaters				Teeterboard, New Jersey. Taxicabs are operated by
are considered to be of the highest quality in the world.				private companies and licensed by the New York City
Shopping				Taxi & Limousine Commission. Other than cabs, New
Shopping is popular with many visitors, with Fifth				York City has a mass transit system. Unlike most of
Avenue being a famous shopping corridor for luxury				America's car-oriented urban areas, public
items. Macy's, the nation's largest department store,				transportation is the common mode of travel for the
and the surrounding area of Herald Square are a				majority of New York City residents. The city is
major destination for more moderately-priced goods. In				served by an extensive network of parkways and
recent years 23rd Street has become a major				expressways, including four primary Interstate
location for "big-box" retailers. In southern Manhattan,				Highways enter the New York/New Jersey
Greenwich Village is home to hundreds of independent				metropolitan area. The world-famous New York City
music and book stores, while the East Village continues				Subway is operated by the Metropolitan
to prevail as purveyors of all things "strange" and				Transportation Authority (MTA). It is the most
unusual which you can't find anywhere else. The				extensive subway system in the world. The subway
"diamond district" (located on 47th Street between				system connects all boroughs except Staten Island,
Fifth and Sixth Avenues) is the city's main location for				which is served by the Staten Island Railway via the
jewelry shopping, and SoHo, formerly the center of the				free Staten Island Ferry. In addition to these, city
New York art scene, is now famous for high-priced				residents rely on hundreds of bus lines, both publicly
clothing boutiques, and the art galleries are now				and privately operated.

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City of New York