5 interesting facts about new york city?!?
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It's in America?
It has lots of Americans living there
It has a massive underground network
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Nope, struggling now. cant think of anything interesting at all. Oh well.
so good they named it twice !
used to be new amsterdam till the english took over.
Why is NYC Called the Big Apple?
In the 1920s, a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph named John Fitzgerald overheard stablehands in New Orleans refer to NYC's racetracks as "the Big Apple." He named his column "Around the Big Apple." A decade later, jazz musicians adopted the term to refer to New York City, and especially Harlem, as the jazz capital of the world. There are many apples on the trees of success, they were saying, but when you pick New York City, you pick the big apple.
The Bronx: How Swede It is
The Bronx was settled in 1639 and is named for the Swedish settler Jonas Bronck. There are more than 60 landmarks and historic districts in the Bronx, including the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage on the Grand Concourse and the stately Van Cortlandt House Museum in Van Cortlandt Park.
Why Cabs Are Yellow
John Hertz, who founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1907, chose yellow because he had read a study conducted by the University of Chicago that indicated it was the easiest color to spot.
Where the Famous Go to Rest
Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, is one of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries. With a spectacular harbor view and 478 acres filled with trees and flowering shrubs, Green-Wood is the eternal resting place of a who’s who of famous folks, including Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Morse, F.A.O Schwartz, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Charles Tiffany, and "Boss" Tweed.
Looking for Main Street?
You won’t find it in Manhattan. There is, however, a Main Street in each of the other boroughs and on Roosevelt Island.
A City of Islands
Manhattan and Staten Island are islands; Queens and Brooklyn are on the western tip of Long Island. So, of New York City’s five boroughs, only the Bronx is part of the mainland. However, there is an island that ‘s part of the Bronx and yet feels like a New England fishing village: City Island, a marine-related community offering fishing, boating, and a wide range of restaurants and snack bars.
Statue of Liberty Stats
The Lady in the Harbor is 101 feet tall from base to torch, 305 feet tall from pedestal foundation to torch. She has a 35-foot waist and an 8-foot index finger, and she weighs 450,000 pounds.
Did you know…?
There are 6,374.6 miles of streets in New York City.
There are many many more, I love love love NYC!!! hope this helps!
1. it's a city
2. it has yellow taxi's
3. statue of liberty
4. manhatten
5. sex women
easy
It sucks (times 5)
50 Facts about New York.
The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843.
The 641 mile transportation network known as the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll road in the United States.
A brewer named Matthew Vassar founded Vassar College in Poughkeepsie in 1861.
In 1979 Vassar students were the first from a private college to be granted permission to study in the People's Republic of China.
The Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan is the only school in the world offering a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing.
Union College in Schenectady is regarded as the Mother of Fraternities because Delta Phi is the oldest continually operating fraternity and Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi Societies were started on the campus.
The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair was actually held in Bethel.
Dairying is New York's most important farming activity with over 18,000 cattle and or calves farms.
In 1807 The Clermont made its maiden voyage from New York City to Albany making the vessel the first successful steamboat.
Sam Schapiro began the Kosher wine industry on New York's Lower East side with their famous extra heavy original concord wine in 1899.
New York City has 722 miles of subway track.
Power Mill Park situated outside Rochester has a house on Park Road shaped like a group of mushrooms.
Chittenago is the home of L. Frank Baum, author of the "Wizard of Oz". It features a yellow brick inlaid sidewalks leading to Aunti Em's and other Oz-themed businesses. Chittenago is the location of an annual Munchkins parade.
Oneida has the world's smallest church with the dimensions of 3.5' X 6'.
The first daily Yiddish newspaper appeared in 1885 in New York City.
The first international sports hero, boxer Bill Richmond of Staten Island, was born August 5, 1763.
The "New York Post" established in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton is the oldest running newspaper in the United States.
John Babcock invented both the indoor rowing machine and the sliding seat during the winter of 1869/1870.
The first railroad in America ran a distance of 11 miles between Albany and Schenectady.
The first capital of the United States was New York City. In 1789 George Washington took his oath as president on the balcony at Federal Hall.
Hartsdale has a pet cemetery established in 1896 and containing 12,000 plots.
In November for Boy Scouts and in March for Girl Scouts the annual Urban Camp-Outs are hosted at the Empire State Building.
The Catskills are the home of the legend of Rip Van Winkle, brown trout and flycasting.
The first presentation of 3D films before a paying audience took place at Manhattan's Astor Theater on June 10, 1915.
Sam Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy who's caricature Uncle Sam came to personify the United States is buried at Troy's Oakwood Cemetery. During the War of 1812, he stamped "U.S. Beef" on his products which soldiers interpreted the U.S. abbreviation as meaning Uncle Sam.
The Genesee River is one of the few rivers in the world that flows south to north.
Rochester is known as both the Flour City and the Flower City. The community is home to the first abolitionist group, bloomers, marshmallows, Jell-O, French's Mustard, baby shoes, gold teeth and the mail chute.
Gennaro Lombardi opened the first United States pizzeria in 1895 in New York City.
On July 28, 1945 an Army Air Corps B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building at the 79th floor level.
New York's largest lake in Oneida measures 79.8 square miles.
New York's highest waterfall is the 215 foot Taughannock.
The Erie Canal, built across New York State in the 1820s, opened the Midwest to development and helped New York City become a worldwide trading center.
The first Boy's Club was established in New York City in 1876.
European settlers who brought seeds to New York introduced apples in the 1600s.
The Big Apple is a term coined by musicians meaning to play the big time.
The first Eagle Scout was Arthur R. Eldred from Troop 1 in Oceanside. He was bestowed the honor in May 1912.
Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camp in Narrowsburg is the largest council owned camp in the country.
Joseph C. Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857.
Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken Jr. played against each other in Rochester vs. Pawtucket Red Sox in the longest game in baseball history. The game went a total of 33 innings.
The oldest cattle ranch in the US was started in 1747 at Montauk on Long Island.
Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Olympic Parks combined.
New York was the first state to require license plates on cars.
Niagara Reservation became the first state park in the United States.
Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site in Newburgh was the first publicly owned historic site.
New York State is home to 58 species of wild orchids.
New York has over 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.
The first public brewery in America was established by Peter Minuit at the Market (Marckvelt) field in lower Manhattan.
Mount Kisco's landmark, a statue of Chief Kisco, was once an elaborate fountain for watering horses. The statue stands at the intersection of Routes 117 and 133. D.F. Gorham, a strong supporter of prohibition, presented it to Mount Kisco in 1907. The inscription on the base to the statue reads "God's Only Beverage for Man and Beast."
The name Canandaigua (pronounced Can-an-DAY-gwa) is derived from a Native American word meaning the chosen spot.
Horseheads is the first and only village in the United States dedicated to the service of the American military horse
Safer than London.
Cleaner than London
Central Park is well worth a visit
Times square should be seen at night
The Empire State Building should be visited by night and day
The food is extraordinary
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
queens
Staten island
When you see distance measured in miles to NYC - the exact spot to which that is measured is the statue of Columbus in the middle of Columbus Circle.
The top of the Empire State Building has a landing pad.for blimps! The building is topped by a mooring mast for dirigibles, which were the latest trend in air travel in 1931.
Underneath Grand Central Terminal, there are secret networks of underground tracks, steam-pipe tunnels, and storage areas. Hidden in these underground depths is a train platform with a secret entrance and an elevator straight up to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
The first ice cream cone was made, served, and eaten in New York City on September 22, 1886
1.) The steam used to generate NYC's power plant turbines are further used and piped through many of the older buildings in Manhattan for steam heat. The reason why you see steam rising all over manhattan streets is that water from a recent rain storm or leaky water pipe is falling on these hot steam pipes. the resulting steam then rises to street level.
2.) The world's first power plant, Mr. Edison's, was on Pearl St in Manhattan.
3.) NYC's police headquarters for all 5 boroughs use to be on Centre St in Little Italy / Nolita. The massive ornate building was later converted to residential cooperative apartments.
4.) The first subway stop at City Hall, which is no longer used as a station, is still used by the MTA to turn the #6 train around when it ends its route at Brooklyn Bridge.
5.) Tiffany, Saks fifth and many of the high end retailers were all located around the shopping mecca called the "million dollar corner" at 34th / Broadway. They were also next to Macy's and two other major department stores (both at the corner of 5th / 34th Street). As the city grew north, the affluence did too.
6.) St. Patrick Cathedral when it was first being built, was considered Uptown, and was largely the outskirts of the city. The construction had to stop for the civil war, after they commence and finished the Cathedral, the city had grown and it was then considered 'midtown'.
The best shooing in the world
The statue of liberty
Alcatraz is located there
lots of employment
Someone getting killed every second of the day, or worst!!
1.1889 Brooklyn Bridge
2.1931 Empire State Building/1932 Aiplane went in it
3. 1968 World Trade Center Building starts
4.1993 Bombings of the WTC
5. 2001 Bombings of teh WTC
6.2004 North East Black Out
7.2005 Cross Bronx Explosion
8.2005 Bruckner Explosipn
9.2006 Plane Crashes into a building on 72 St.
10.2006 Freedom Tower Begins
1) it has five boroughs
2) It was originally known as New Amsterdam
3) The statue of liberty is like a welcoming beacon for all the migrants.
4) There is a large focus on community whether it is Jewish, African American, Italian and lately, an influx of Eastern Europeans.
And finally 5) Its probably one of the most exciting cities in the world despite the tragic 9/11 incident.
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