Have fun in New York


City of New York

New York City, officially named the Cityfor high-priced clothing boutiques, and
of New York, is the most populous citythe art galleries are now concentrated
in the United States, and the mostin Chelsea. There are also large
densely populated major city in Northshopping districts found in Downtown
America. The city is at the center ofBrooklyn and along Queens Boulevard in
international finance, politics,Queens.
entertainment, and culture, and is oneFood & Drink
of the world's major global citiesNew York is the best restaurant town in
(along with London, Tokyo and Paris)USA and one of the finest in the world.
with a virtually unrivaled collection ofNew York has literally thousands of
museums, galleries, performance venues,restaurants to choose from (more than
media outlets, international25,000, in fact), encompassing nearly
corporations, and stock exchanges. Theevery cuisine in the world. Some of the
city is also home to the United Nations,big names are Eleven Madison Park, The
along with all of the internationalRiver Café, Boat Basin Café,
missions associated with it.Veritas. Like restaurants, thousands of
Historybars and cafes are there in the city. A
Long before the arrival of Europeanfew old noteworthy among those are:
settlers, the New York City area wasMcSorleys Old Ale House, Revival, Push
inhabited by the Lenape people,Café and White Horse Tavern.
including such tribes as theUniversities
Manahattoes, Canarsies and Raritan.New York City is served by the publicly
Major events in New York historyrun City University of New York (CUNY),
include¢ In 1524 the first Europeanthe largest urban university in the
explorer enters New York Harbor¢United States, which has a number of
European settlement begins with thecampuses throughout the five boroughs.
following the 1609 voyage of HenryThe city is also home to a number of
Hudson¢ Founding of the Dutch furother institutions of higher learning,
trading settlement in Lower Manhattan insome of national or even international
1613 later called New Amsterdam¢reputation, including Columbia
English ships captured the city withoutUniversity, Fordham University,
struggle in 1664¢ The Dutch formallyManhattan College, New York University,
ceded New York to the English in thethe Juilliard School, The Cooper Union,
Treaty of Breda at the conclusion of theMarymount Manhattan College and The New
Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667¢ TheSchool. New York City is also a major
city was renamed New York, after James,center of academic medicine. Manhattan
Duke of York, and became a royal colonycontains the campuses of the world-class
in 1685¢ After the Civil War, theRockefeller University, Weill Cornell
rate of immigration from Europe grewMedical College, and Memorial
steeply, and New York became the firstSloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well
stop for millions seeking a new andas Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
better life in the United States, a roleand NYU Medical Center and their medical
acknowledged by the dedication of theschools. New York City is home to
Statue of Liberty in 1886¢ In twoseveral of the nation's top schools of
separate actions in 1874 and 1895, Newart and design, including Pratt
York City (and New York County) annexedInstitute, the School of Visual Arts,
sections of southern Westchester Countythe Fashion Institute of Technology, and
known as the Bronx¢ In 1898, New YorkParsons School of Design
City took the political form in which itSports
exists to this day.¢ 9/11 changed theAlthough in much of the rest of the
political map of the worldPlace ofcountry American football has become the
interestmost popular professional sport, in New
Tourism is a major local industry, withYork City baseball arguably still stirs
hundreds of attractions and 39 millionthe most passion and interest. A "Subway
tourists visiting the city each year onSeries" between city teams is a time of
average. Many visitors make it a pointgreat excitement, and any World Series
to visit Ground Zero, the Empire Statechampionship by either the New York
Building, Times Square, Radio City MusicYankees or the New York Mets is
Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Ellisconsidered to be worthy of the highest
Island, Wall Street, United Nationscelebration, including a ticker-tape
Headquarters, the American Museum ofparade for the victorious team.
Natural History, St. Patrick'sHotels & Accommodation
Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, and theThe City of New York is known as the
Brooklyn Bridge, among other"city that never sleeps", but its
attractions. There are over 28,000 acresvisitors have to. The city hosts a large
(113 km²) of parkland foundnumber of accommodations options.
throughout New York City, comprisingLuxury Hotels
over 1,700 separate parks andNew York has many "grand dames," classic
playgrounds. The best known of these iselegant hotels that have been around for
Central Park, which is one of the finestyears and endured majestically. The St.
examples of landscape architecture inRegis, the Waldorf, Tribeca Grand Hotel,
the world, as well as a major source ofRitz-Carlton New York, Sheraton New York
recreation for New Yorkers and touristsHotel and Towers - are some to mention
alike. Other major parks in the cityabout.
include Riverside Park, Battery Park,Budget Hotels
Bryant Park, Prospect Park, FlushingBesides all those luxury hotels, a large
Meadow-Corona Park, Washington Squarenumber of budget hotels are available in
Park, and Forest Park.New York City. They are comfortable,
Museums & Art Gallerieshomely and light weight for the pocket.
New York is a city of great museums withSome of them to mention are - The
the Metropolitan Museum of Art'sWhitehouse Hotel of New York, The
assemblage of historic art, the MuseumPioneer, Chelsea Center, Guesthouse and
of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum'sHarlem YMCA. Except these hotels and
20th century collection, and theguesthouses, Skyline Hotel and Travel
American Museum of Natural History andInn are rare exception among affordable
its Hayden Planetarium focusing on thehotels for their services and
sciences. There are also many smallerfacilities.
specialty museums, from El Museo delTours and Sightseeing
Barrio with a focus on Latin AmericanTo know and see the New York City with
cultures to the Cooper-Hewitt Nationalno tension way, a number of tour
Museum of Design. A number of the city'soperators are there for travelers help.
museums are located along the MuseumThese tours contain city and outskirt of
Mile section of Fifth Avenue.the city sightseeing. Tours may vary
In addition to these museums, the cityfrom its contents or theme. It may be a
is also home to a vast array of spaceshelicopter tour of Big Apple or may be a
for opera, symphony, and dancedouble-decker bus tour. Some fair tour
performances. The largest of these isagencies are there in the city. Tours
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,can be booked from tour agencies or some
which is actually a complex of buildingshotels arrange them for its patrons.
housing 12 separate companies, includingAnother easy way to book any of these
the New York Philharmonic, thetours is online tour ticket booking.
Metropolitan Opera, the New York CitySome helpful websites for this purpose
Opera, the New York City Ballet, andare:
Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other notableTransport
performance halls include Carnegie Hall,The airport authority owns and operates
Radio City Music Hall, and the Brooklynthe four major airports in the New York
Academy of Music. New York City boasts aCity area, John F. Kennedy International
highly active and influential theaterAirport (JFK) in Jamaica, Newark Liberty
district, which is centered around TimesInternational Airport in Newark, New
Square in Manhattan. It serves both asJersey, La Guardia Airport in Flushing,
the center of the American theaterand Teeterboard Airport in Teeterboard,
industry, and as a major attraction forNew Jersey.Taxicabs are operated by
visitors from around the world. Broadwayprivate companies and licensed by the
theaters are considered to be of theNew York City Taxi & Limousine
highest quality in the world.Commission. Other than cabs, New York
ShoppingCity has a mass transit system. Unlike
Shopping is popular with many visitors,most of America's car-oriented urban
with Fifth Avenue being a famousareas, public transportation is the
shopping corridor for luxury items.common mode of travel for the majority
Macy's, the nation's largest departmentof New York City residents. The city is
store, and the surrounding area ofserved by an extensive network of
Herald Square are a major destinationparkways and expressways, including four
for more moderately-priced goods. Inprimary Interstate Highways enter the
recent years 23rd Street has become aNew York/New Jersey metropolitan area.
major location for "big-box" retailers.The world-famous New York City Subway is
In southern Manhattan, Greenwich Villageoperated by the Metropolitan
is home to hundreds of independent musicTransportation Authority (MTA). It is
and book stores, while the East Villagethe most extensive subway system in the
continues to prevail as purveyors of allworld. The subway system connects all
things "strange" and unusual which youboroughs except Staten Island, which is
can't find anywhere else. The "diamondserved by the Staten Island Railway via
district" (located on 47th Streetthe free Staten Island Ferry. In
between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) is theaddition to these, city residents rely
city's main location for jewelryon hundreds of bus lines, both publicly
shopping, and SoHo, formerly the centerand privately operated.
of the New York art scene, is now famous



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