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New York is the most populous city in the United States

• A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment.

• The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Times Square, iconified as "The Crossroads of the World", is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.

• The building design most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, whose introduction and widespread adoption saw New York buildings shift from the low-scale European convention to the vertical rise of business districts.
• As of August 2008, New York City has 5,538 highrise buildings,[68] with 50 completed skyscrapers taller than 656 feet (200 m). This is more than any other city in United States, and second in the world behind Hong Kong.

• New York City has over 28,000 acres (110 km2) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (23 km) of public beaches. This parkland is augmented by thousands of acres of Gateway National Recreation Area, part of the National Park system, that lie within city boundaries.
• One of them is Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, The second-largest public park in the City of New York (after Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx), it was created as the site of the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair and also hosted the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair.

• New York City is composed of five boroughs:
• 1.Manhattan,
• 2.Brooklyn,
• 3.Queens,
• 4.The Bronx,
• 5.Staten Island

• “ Culture just seems to be in the air, like part of the weather”©Tom Wolfe

• The city was a center of jazz in the 1940s, abstract expressionism in the 1950s and the birthplace of hip hop in the 1970s. The city's punk and hardcore scenes were influential in the 1970s and 1980s

• The city is also prominent in the American film industry.
• New York City is the second largest center for the film industry in the United States. The city has more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries of all sizes.

• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is home to 12 influential arts organizations, making it the largest performing arts complex in the United States.
• The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, includes...
• Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Metropolitan Opera
• New York City Opera
• New York Philharmonic
• New York City Ballet, the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, the Juilliard School and Alice Tully Hall, is the largest performing arts center in the United States.

• New York City has teams in the four major North American professional sports leagues, and has won 43 championships in these leagues, as of May 2010.
• The city's two current Major League Baseball teams are the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, who compete in six games every regular season.
• The city is represented in the National Football League by the New York Jets and New York Giants.
• The New York Rangers represent the city in the National Hockey League. Within the metro area are two other teams, the New Jersey Devils and the New York Islanders, who play on Long Island.
• The city's National Basketball Association team is the New York Knicks
• In soccer, New York is represented by the Major League Soccer side, Red Bull New York. The "Red Bulls" play their home games at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.

• Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan
• The present Garden hosts approximately 320 events a year. It is the home of the New York Rangers of the NHL, the New York Knicks of the NBA
• “ Madison Square Garden is the center of the universe as far as I'm concerned. It has the best acoustics, the best audiences, the best reputation, and the best history of great artists who have played there“©Billy Joel

“ New York, concrete jungle where dreams come true”© Jay-z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind