| New York is officially named the City of New | | | | Woolworth Building, the Chrysler Building, |
| York and is the most populous city in the | | | | the Seagram Building and the Conde` Nast |
| United States of America. Its business, | | | | Building, and important example of green |
| finance, trading, law and media organizations | | | | design in American skyscrapers. |
| are influential around globe. The city is one | | | | |
| of the worlds most important cultural | | | | Roughly 40 million foreign and American |
| centers with hundreds of world-class museums, | | | | tourists visit New York City each year. |
| galleries and performance venues. New York is | | | | Popular destinations include the Empire State |
| also home of the United Nations and is one of | | | | Building, Ellis Island and the Statue of |
| the worlds major venues for international | | | | Liberty, Broadway theatre productions, scores |
| diplomacy | | | | of museums such as the El Museo del Barrio, |
| | | | Washington Square Park, the Bronx Zoo and New |
| New York City is a global hub of | | | | York Botanical Garden, luxury shopping along |
| international business and commerce and is | | | | Fifth and Madison Avenues, and events such as |
| one of three command centers for the world | | | | the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village, |
| economy, alongside London and Tokyo. The city | | | | the Tribeca Film Festival and free |
| is a major center for finance, insurance, | | | | performances in Central Park at Summerstage. |
| real estate, media and the arts in the U.S. | | | | |
| Additional sectors include the television and | | | | New Yorks food culture has been influenced |
| film industry, second largest in the country | | | | by the citys immigrants and is as diverse as |
| after Hollywood; medical research and | | | | the city. Famous foods originating from the |
| technology; non-profit institutions and | | | | city are bagels, cheesecake and New York |
| universities; and fashion. Real estate is a | | | | style pizza. |
| major force in the citys economy. The total | | | | |
| value of all New York City property was | | | | The city is comprised of five boroughs: The |
| $802.4 billion. The highest-listed market | | | | Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and |
| value in the city is the Time Warner Center, | | | | Staten Island. The Bronx is the citys |
| valued at $1.1 billion. | | | | northernmost borough and the site of the |
| | | | Yankee Stadium. It is also the birthplace of |
| The citys stock exchanges are among the most | | | | rap and hip hop cultures. Brooklyn is the |
| important in the world. The New York Stock | | | | citys most populous borough and was an |
| Exchange and the NASDAQ are the worlds first | | | | independent city until 1898. Brooklyn is |
| and third largest stock exchanges, | | | | known for its cultural diversity, independent |
| respectively. Many major corporations have | | | | art scene, distinct neighborhoods and unique |
| headquarters in New York and the city is | | | | architectural heritage. The countrys |
| unique among other American cities for its | | | | earliest amusement park, Coney Island is also |
| large number of foreign corporations. One out | | | | here. Manhattan is the most densely populated |
| of ten private sector jobs in the city is | | | | borough and is home to most of the citys |
| with a foreign company. | | | | skyscrapers. The borough contains the major |
| | | | business and financial center of the city and |
| Industries such as new media, advertising, | | | | attractions including Madison Square Garden. |
| design and architecture account for a growing | | | | Queens is geographically the largest borough |
| share of employment. High-tech industries | | | | and most ethnically diverse county in the |
| like bioscience, software development, game | | | | United States. The borough is mainly |
| design, and Internet services are also | | | | residential and middle class. Queens is home |
| growing. | | | | to Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets. |
| | | | Staten Island is the most suburban of the |
| Manufacturing accounts for a large, although | | | | five boroughs. Until 2001, the borough was |
| declining, share of employment. Garments, | | | | home to the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly |
| chemicals, metal products, processed foods | | | | the largest landfill in the world, which is |
| and furniture are some of the principal | | | | now being reconstructed as one of the largest |
| products. | | | | urban parks in the U.S. |
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| New York is a global center for the | | | | The Big Apple, as New York is commonly |
| television, advertising, newspaper and book | | | | known, is home to sports teams in each of the |
| publishing industries and is also the largest | | | | major American professional sports leagues. |
| media market in the U.S. Some of the | | | | Baseball is the citys most closely watched |
| conglomerates include Time Warner, the News | | | | sport. The citys two MLB teams are the New |
| Corporation, the Hearst Corporation and | | | | York Yankees and the New York Mets, which |
| Viacom. Six of the worlds top ten global | | | | enjoy a fierce rivalry. There are also two |
| advertising agencies are headquartered in New | | | | minor league baseball teams in the city, the |
| York. | | | | Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn |
| | | | Cyclones. The city is represented in the NFL |
| Two nationally daily newspapers in the U.S. | | | | by the New York Jets and New York Giants. The |
| are New York papers, The Wall Street Journal | | | | New York Rangers are the citys National |
| and The New York Times. Other newspapers in | | | | Hockey League team and the city is also home |
| the city are The New York Daily and The New | | | | to the headquarters of the NHL and NFL, both |
| York Post. The city also has a major ethnic | | | | based in Manhattan. The New York Knicks are |
| press with 270 newspapers and magazines | | | | the citys NBA team. |
| published in more than 40 languages. El | | | | |
| Diario La Prensa is a Spanish newspaper and | | | | Not commonly known as a college town, New |
| The New York Amsterdam News is a prominent | | | | York is still home to about 594,000 |
| African-American newspaper. Four major | | | | university students. The City University of |
| broadcast networks are also headquartered in | | | | New York is the nations third largest public |
| New York: ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. Cable | | | | university system. New York is also home to |
| channels including MTV, Fox News, HBO, and | | | | such notable private universities as Columbia |
| Comedy Central are also based in the city. | | | | University, New York University, Polytechnic |
| | | | University, St. Johns University, The Cooper |
| Culture just seems to be in the air, like | | | | Union, Pace University, New York Institute of |
| part of the weather- Tom Wolfe. The city has | | | | Technology, Fordham University and Manhattan |
| more than 2,000 arts and cultural | | | | College. The city also has dozens of other |
| organizations and more than 500 art galleries | | | | private colleges and universities. |
| of all sizes. In the 19th century built a | | | | |
| network of major cultural institutions such | | | | The New York Public Library is one of the |
| as the famed Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan | | | | largest public library systems in the |
| Museum of Art. Broadway productions are a | | | | country. Among its collection are the first |
| mainstay of the New York theatre scene. The | | | | five folios of Shakespeares plays, ancient |
| citys 39 largest theatres are collectively | | | | Torah scrolls, and Alexander Hamiltons |
| known as Broadway. The Lincoln Center for | | | | handwritten draft of the United States |
| the Performing Arts includes Jazz at Lincoln | | | | Constitution. |
| Center, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York | | | | |
| City Opera, the New York Philharmonics and | | | | One in every three users of mass transit in |
| the New York City Ballet and is the largest | | | | the U.S. and two-thirds of the nations rail |
| performing arts center in the U.S. | | | | riders live in New York or its suburbs. New |
| | | | York is the only city in the United States |
| New York City is most often associated with | | | | where more than half of all households do not |
| its skyline of skyscrapers. These include the | | | | own a car. |