See facts about the world-famous New York City:
New York was founded by Dutch settlers named New Amsterdam. Only received its present name after the English conquest of 1 664. The York came from the English nobleman James Francis Edward Stuart, Duke of York.
The first synagogue in the United States was founded in New York.
The city of New York is part of the state of New York, but, contrary to what many think, is not your capital. The capital of the state of New York is the city of Albany.
New York is the third largest city in population in the Americas, second only to Mexico City and São Paulo.
Manhattan has one of the three largest clusters of buildings in the world. The other two are Hong Kong and Sao Paulo.
Times Square is actually a crossroads between 42nd Street, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. She's address from Nasdaq, one of the bathing suits known the world stock exchanges.
The Broadway is the district of Manhattan Island theaters. They are, in all, 39 concert halls with about 500 seats. Among the pieces that have had success on Broadway are Evita, Miss Saigon, Moulin Rouge, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, The Lion King, Cabaret, Les Miserables, Chicago, Rent and Beauty and the Beast.
Wall Street is the financial heart of New York, address the Stock Exchange. The newspaper The Wall Street Journal named in reference to the street.
The official name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. It was a gift from France in honor of the 100th anniversary of US Independence. It was designed by French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi. A detail: among the assistants Bartholdi was the French engineer Auguste Eiffel.
Considered the lungs of the city, Central Park was opened over 150 years. Address the zoo in New York.
Located on 5th Avenue, the Empire State Building, with its 102 floors was for a long time the tallest skyscraper in the world. The name came from the nickname of New York Empire State.
The Chinatown district has one of the largest colonies of Chinese outside China. It is believed that 400,000 Chinese live in the city.
The Rockefeller Center is a commercial complex comprising 19 buildings in Midtown Manhattan built by traditional Rockefeller family.
Opened in 1932, the Radio City Music Hall is a theater for 5000 persons located in the Rockefeller Center complex.
Carnegie Hall is a concert hall even older than the Radio City. It was inaugurated in 1890 and has somewhere around 2000 seats.
Brooklyn Bridge is the bridge that connects Manhattan to Brooklyn area. It is almost 500 meters long and was built in 1883 and is the world's first steel bridge. From there, one can have an interesting view of Ground Zero, where were the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
The Cathedral of Saint Patrick (St. Patrick's Cathedral) is the largest US Catholic cathedral, one of the main points of tourist attraction in the city and numerous movies scenario. New Yorkers love to watch their masses with Gregorian chants.
The Grand Central Terminal was built in 1913 and is today one of the most known city scenarios. Who has not watched a movie with scenes made in Grand Central? Because it has cafes, restaurants and almost 50 stores - some not. A curiosity: Grand Central is not exactly the station name, but an agency of the next mail.
New York is a shopper's paradise, the shops of the most sought departments by locals and tourists are Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Conway, Bloomingdale's, Barneys and Toy'R'Us.
New York is the most cosmopolitan city in the world. You can find people around the world living in the city. The main ethnic groups are: English, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Italians, Irish, Chinese, Russians, Poles, Filipinos, Koreans and Brazilian. Not to mention Jews and blacks. By the way ...
36% of the population is foreign and 170 languages are spoken in New York
New York has a great cultural diversity. They come from more than 100 different countries.
the famous yellow cabs of New York adopted this color in the early 1970s.
Celebrated on March 17, St. Patrick's Day is a holiday in the city. St. Patrick is one of the patron saints of Ireland.
New York is home to two major universities in the world: New York University and Columbia University.
The city is separated from New Jersey by the Hudson River. Interestingly, New Jersey is not part of New York State, but from New Jersey.
The New Yorker subway is one of the oldest in the world. Opened in 1904, it is today one of the favorite scenes of filmmakers that run in the city. Only between the years 1970 and 1975 the metro was 36 movie scene. So many productions that today there is an abandoned station on line 6 that is only used for filming.
New York is one of the safest cities in the United States. The crime rate is the lowest among cities with more than 1 million inhabitants and the fourth lowest among those with more than 500,000 inhabitants.
If the city of New York were a country, it would be the 16th richest in the world.
The most popular sports in the city are ice hockey, basketball, baseball and American football. The city is home to teams like New York Giants (football), New York Rangers (Hockey) and New York Knicks (basketball).
New York is one of the cities that host tourists worldwide. Projections are that receive 50 million tourists only in 2015.
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