Fun Facts About New York City

The most expensive apartment sold in the United States is located in New York. This is a $ 238 million penthouse

New York is the only city in the world with over 100 billionaires.

In New York, there are many interesting outdated laws that are still in effect, for example, a woman can walk topless in the city, just not for the purpose of commercial activity.

Not all musicians are allowed to play on the New York Subway. To obtain permission, you must pass the selection and become member of the organization of underground musicians – MUNY (Music Under New York).

About 50 million tourists visit New York annually, spending about $ 30 billion on vacations.

Einstein’s eyes were preserved by Dr. Henry Abrams, they are locked in one of the city’s safes.

New York receives 15 times more snow than the South Pole.

About half of the city’s population does not speak English at home

New York is home to the largest number of Poles in the world, with the exception of the capital of Poland – Warsaw.

It will take about $ 300,000 a year to maintain a hot dog stand in the vicinity of Central Park.

The city has a skyscraper that has no windows.

The area of ​​the city is 1214.9 km².
It was in New York in 1895 that the first pizzeria in the United States was opened.

New York is the most linguistically diverse city in the world, with about 800 foreign languages.

The annual budget of New York exceeds the budget of most countries in the world.

New York is the most multicultural people in the world.

About 25% of gold bullion is stored 24 meters deep beneath the Wall Street branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.

New York City taxis became yellow because of the research of John Hirtz (founder of the transport company), who found out that this particular color is the most pleasing to the eye.

New Yorkers are tolerant of all kinds of religions.

Prolonged gazing of a woman on the street and in an institution may be mistaken for harassment.

Every twenty-first New Yorker is a millionaire.

On Broadway, near Times Square, there are many theaters that stage famous Broadway musicals. The musical “Cats” lasted the longest in one of these theaters; it was staged every day for 27 years.

The largest zoo in the world is located in the Bronx.

The city is famous for a huge number of museums. At the ticket office of state museums, you will be advised to pay $ 20 for a ticket, you can take the advice or pay a lower amount and also get a ticket.

New York is home to two of the top nine universities in the United States – Columbia University and New York University. The cost of training in these institutions is $ 40,000-45,000 per year.

Secondary education is compulsory for New Yorkers. In theory, parents can go to jail if their child is not attending school.

There are many homeless people in New York, most of whom live in Manhattan. According to statistics, 97% of them want to be homeless, and only 3% really cannot get out of this situation.

Three of the four largest financial exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and the NASDAQ virtual exchange are located in New York.

740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the country

SoHo has the largest collection of cast-iron architecture in the world. You have to get close to the buildings in the district to notice the material.

Standard street signs are green. However, if you notice brown street signs it is because you are in a historic district.

New York City’s Federal Reserve has appeared in movies such as The Godfather and Die Hard.

New York City has ghost or abandoned subway stations. The most famous is the one close to the City Hall. You can visit the station on public tours (restricted to certain dates on a year).

These are the most popular attractions in New York City:

• Statue of Liberty
• Time Square
• Central Park
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Flatiron Building
• Empire State Building
• Rockefeller Center
• Wall Street
• Fifth Avenue

Half of all beer sold annually in New York is drunk in just 6 days: 5 national holidays and the Super Bowl (the final game of American football).

The Empire State Building has its own postcode.

Kennedy Airport is the largest airport in the world.

New York City has the largest public hospital network in the world. In addition, there are many private medical organizations and small medical offices.

If everyone lived as densely as they do in Manhattan, the human race could fit in New Zealand

Manhattan is connected to Roosevelt Island by aerial tramway and Staten Island by ferries. Travel on the listed types of transport is free.

New York has the largest subway in the world. It serves as transport for eight million people a day. There are 468 metro stations in total, both underground and aboveground, with their own tunnels across the East River.

Since Brooklyn was once an independent city, its inhabitants are called Brooklynites, and the rest are called New Yorkers, but now they hardly pay attention to this.

The Statue of Liberty has become one of the symbols of New York. She was brought as a gift from the French people to the people of the United States on June 17, 1885, aboard the frigate Isere.

Until 1664, New York was called New Amsterdam, and after the capture by the British, it was renamed in honor of the Duke of York (younger brother of King Charles II of England).

More than 30% of New Yorkers were born outside the United States.

From January 11, 1785, to August 12, 1790, New York was the capital of the United States of America.

The island got its name from the words “manna-hatta”, which in translation from one of the Alkino languages ​​means “rocky island”. Due to the large-scale construction, all the hills were razed to the ground.

The height of the Statue of Liberty from the base to the torch is 46.05 meters.

Lake Placid, NY, is the only U.S. city to have hosted the Winter Olympics twice, first in 1932 and again in 1980.

You can climb the Statue of Liberty. If you overcome 354 steps of the spiral staircase, you will find yourself in the crown of the monument.

Peter Minuit is a Dutch explorer who bought Manhattan Island for $ 24 from the Indians.