New York City Travel Information
New York City is the largest city in the United States and has a
population of over eight million, which, as people continue to flock
to New York City, is likely to grow ever-larger. This is Broadway,
this is Wall Street, this is a city of history and legends, and who
wouldn’t want to visit it at least once (even if just to say they’d
gone). New York has five boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan,
Staten Island, and the Bronx) and its metropolitan area spreads far
further, encompassing 22 million people altogether. Most New Yorkers
use public transportation or walk, and you’d probably be advised to do
the same. These are crowded streets. The first stop for
immigrants was traditionally New York City and many of them stayed
here, which is one reason New York City has a global composition. It
has also been the site of great tragedy, but even the terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 only brought the city closer
together. Each street side may look different, the only common theme
to the restaurants is their variety, and buildings that date from over
a century ago coexist with modern skyscrapers, but there’s a unity in
the diversity. The attractions are also diverse and too
numerous to name. You’ve likely heard of many of the most famous. The
Empire State Building, the Bronx Zoo, Times Square, Coney Island are
names that have passed into American culture and they’re just a scant
handful of what there is to see in New York City. Watch a show on
Broadway, visit the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. The city is
expensive, but you can literally spend weeks there . . . just
exploring. New York is located at the base of the Hudson River in
southeastern New York. For more information about New York City, refer
to the navigational bar at the left-hand side of the screen.
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