- Fact 2 - New York city has a
powerful influence over global commerce, finance, culture,
fashion and entertainment
- Fact 3 - New York city also known
as NYC has the nickname of 'The Big Apple'
- Fact 4 - Pennsylvania Station,
known as Penn Station, is the major intercity rail station in
New York City
- Fact 5 - The Police
Department (NYPD) was established in 1845 and is the largest
police force in the United States
- Fact 6 - The subway
has 468 stations, 24 lines and carries over 5 million people
every weekday
- Fact 7 - It is estimated that 800
languages are spoken in New York with a population of over 8
million
- Fact 8 - main districts are the Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond
- Fact 9 - More than 40 million
tourists visit the city every year
- Fact 10 - The major tourist
attractions are:
- Empire State Building
- Statue of Liberty
- Ellis Island
- Broadway theaters
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Central Park
- Rockefeller Center
- Times Square
- Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue for
shopping
- Fact 11 - The area is served by
three major airports, John F. Kennedy International, Newark
Liberty International and LaGuardia
- Fact 12 - Many famous movies are
set in New York City including:
- Sex and the City: The Movie
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
- World Trade Center
- The Terminal
- National Treasure
- Independence Day
- Crocodile Dundee
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Fact 13 - In the 1660s New York
City's “skyline” was dominated by a two-story-high windmill
- Fact 14 - New York city retail
stores are open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 6 or 7pm,
Thursday from 10am to 8:30 or 9pm, and Sunday from noon to 5pm
- Fact 15 - New York city has 3 major
daily newspapers: the New York Times, the Daily News, and the
New York Post
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