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