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 thedistricts 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'sNew York is the best restaurant town in USA and one
major global cities (along with London, Tokyo andof 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. Thethe world. Some of the big names are Eleven Madison
city is also home to the United Nations, along with all ofPark, The River Café, Boat Basin
the international missions associated with it.Café, Veritas. Like restaurants, thousands
Historyof bars and cafes are there in the city. A few old
Long before the arrival of European settlers, the Newnoteworthy among those are: McSorleys Old Ale
York City area was inhabited by the Lenape people,House, Revival, Push Café and White
including such tribes as the Manahattoes, CanarsiesHorse Tavern.
and Raritan. Major events in New York historyUniversities
include¢ In 1524 the first European explorerNew York City is served by the publicly run City
enters New York Harbor¢ EuropeanUniversity of New York (CUNY), the largest urban
settlement begins with the following the 1609 voyageuniversity in the United States, which has a number of
of Henry Hudson¢ Founding of the Dutchcampuses throughout the five boroughs. The city is
fur trading settlement in Lower Manhattan in 1613 lateralso home to a number of other institutions of higher
called New Amsterdam¢ English shipslearning, some of national or even international
captured the city without struggle in 1664¢reputation, including Columbia University, Fordham
The Dutch formally ceded New York to the English inUniversity, Manhattan College, New York University, the
the Treaty of Breda at the conclusion of the SecondJuilliard School, The Cooper Union, Marymount
Anglo-Dutch War in 1667¢ The city wasManhattan College and The New School. New York
renamed New York, after James, Duke of York, andCity is also a major center of academic medicine.
became a royal colony in 1685¢ After theManhattan contains the campuses of the world-class
Civil War, the rate of immigration from Europe grewRockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical College,
steeply, and New York became the first stop forand Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well
millions seeking a new and better life in the Unitedas Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and NYU
States, a role acknowledged by the dedication of theMedical Center and their medical schools. New York
Statue of Liberty in 1886¢ In two separateCity is home to several of the nation's top schools of
actions in 1874 and 1895, New York City (and Newart and design, including Pratt Institute, the School of
York County) annexed sections of southernVisual Arts, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and
Westchester County known as theParsons School of Design
Bronx¢ In 1898, New York City took theSports
political form in which it exists to this day.¢Although in much of the rest of the country American
9/11 changed the political map of the worldPlace offootball has become the most popular professional
interestsport, in New York City baseball arguably still stirs the
Tourism is a major local industry, with hundreds ofmost passion and interest. A "Subway Series"
attractions and 39 million tourists visiting the city eachbetween city teams is a time of great excitement, and
year on average. Many visitors make it a point to visitany World Series championship by either the New
Ground Zero, the Empire State Building, Times Square,York Yankees or the New York Mets is considered to
Radio City Music Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island,be worthy of the highest celebration, including a
Wall Street, United Nations Headquarters, theticker-tape parade for the victorious team.
American Museum of Natural History, St. Patrick'sHotels & Accommodation
Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, and the Brooklyn Bridge,The City of New York is known as the "city that
among other attractions. There are over 28,000 acresnever sleeps", but its visitors have to. The city hosts a
(113 km²) of parkland found throughoutlarge number of accommodations options.
New York City, comprising over 1,700 separate parksLuxury Hotels
and playgrounds. The best known of these is CentralNew York has many "grand dames," classic elegant
Park, which is one of the finest examples of landscapehotels that have been around for years and endured
architecture in the world, as well as a major source ofmajestically. The St. Regis, the Waldorf, Tribeca Grand
recreation for New Yorkers and tourists alike. OtherHotel, Ritz-Carlton New York, Sheraton New York
major parks in the city include Riverside Park, BatteryHotel and Towers - are some to mention about.
Park, Bryant Park, Prospect Park, FlushingBudget Hotels
Meadow-Corona Park, Washington Square Park, andBesides all those luxury hotels, a large number of
Forest Park.budget hotels are available in New York City. They are
Museums & Art Galleriescomfortable, homely and light weight for the pocket.
New York is a city of great museums with theSome of them to mention are - The Whitehouse Hotel
Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historicof New York, The Pioneer, Chelsea Center,
art, the Museum of Modern Art and GuggenheimGuesthouse and Harlem YMCA. Except these hotels
Museum's 20th century collection, and the Americanand guesthouses, Skyline Hotel and Travel Inn are rare
Museum of Natural History and its Hayden Planetariumexception among affordable hotels for their services
focusing on the sciences. There are also many smallerand facilities.
specialty museums, from El Museo del Barrio with aTours and Sightseeing
focus on Latin American cultures to the Cooper-HewittTo know and see the New York City with no tension
National Museum of Design. A number of the city'sway, a number of tour operators are there for
museums are located along the Museum Mile sectiontravelers help. These tours contain city and outskirt of
of Fifth Avenue.the city sightseeing. Tours may vary from its contents
In addition to these museums, the city is also home toor theme. It may be a helicopter tour of Big Apple or
a vast array of spaces for opera, symphony, andmay be a double-decker bus tour. Some fair tour
dance performances. The largest of these is Lincolnagencies are there in the city. Tours can be booked
Center for the Performing Arts, which is actually afrom tour agencies or some hotels arrange them for
complex of buildings housing 12 separate companies,its patrons. Another easy way to book any of these
including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitantours is online tour ticket booking. Some helpful
Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York Citywebsites for this purpose are:
Ballet, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other notableTransport
performance halls include Carnegie Hall, Radio CityThe airport authority owns and operates the four
Music Hall, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Newmajor airports in the New York City area, John F.
York City boasts a highly active and influential theaterKennedy International Airport (JFK) in Jamaica, Newark
district, which is centered around Times Square inLiberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, La
Manhattan. It serves both as the center of theGuardia Airport in Flushing, and Teeterboard Airport in
American theater industry, and as a major attractionTeeterboard, New Jersey.Taxicabs are operated by
for visitors from around the world. Broadway theatersprivate companies and licensed by the New York City
are considered to be of the highest quality in the world.Taxi & Limousine Commission. Other than cabs,
ShoppingNew York City has a mass transit system. Unlike most
Shopping is popular with many visitors, with Fifthof America's car-oriented urban areas, public
Avenue being a famous shopping corridor for luxurytransportation is the common mode of travel for the
items. Macy's, the nation's largest department store,majority of New York City residents. The city is
and the surrounding area of Herald Square are aserved by an extensive network of parkways and
major destination for more moderately-priced goods. Inexpressways, including four primary Interstate
recent years 23rd Street has become a majorHighways enter the New York/New Jersey
location for "big-box" retailers. In southern Manhattan,metropolitan area. The world-famous New York City
Greenwich Village is home to hundreds of independentSubway is operated by the Metropolitan
music and book stores, while the East Village continuesTransportation Authority (MTA). It is the most
to prevail as purveyors of all things "strange" andextensive subway system in the world. The subway
unusual which you can't find anywhere else. Thesystem connects all boroughs except Staten Island,
"diamond district" (located on 47th Street betweenwhich is served by the Staten Island Railway via the
Fifth and Sixth Avenues) is the city's main location forfree Staten Island Ferry. In addition to these, city
jewelry shopping, and SoHo, formerly the center of theresidents rely on hundreds of bus lines, both publicly
New York art scene, is now famous for high-pricedand privately operated.
clothing boutiques, and the art galleries are now