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New York City

( part 2 borough s )

Manhattan (New York County; 2009 Est. Pop.: 1,629,054) is the most densely populated borough and is home to Central Park and most of the city's skyscrapers . The borough is the financial center of the city and contains the headquarters of many major corporations, the United Nations , a number of important universities, and many cultural attractions. Manhattan is loosely divided into Lower , Midtown , and Uptown regions. Uptown Manhattan is divided by Central Park into the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side , and above the park is Harlem .

“ Central Park, ” John Bachman, 1863

Central Park

Central Park

Central Park

Central Park

The Bronx (Bronx County: Pop. 1,397,287) is New York City's northernmost borough, the location of Yankee Stadium , home of the New York Yankees , and home to the largest cooperatively owned housing complex in the United States, Co-op City . Except for a small section of Manhattan known as Marble Hill , the Bronx is the only section of the city that is part of the United States mainland. It is home to the Bronx Zoo , the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, which spans 265 acres (1.07 km2) and is home to over 6,000 animals. The Bronx is the birthplace of rap and hip hop culture .

Bronx Zoo

Brooklyn (Kings County: Pop. 2,567,098), on the western tip of Long Island , is the city's most populous borough and was an independent city until 1898. Brooklyn is known for its cultural, social and ethnic diversity, an independent art scene, distinct neighborhoods and a distinctive architectural heritage. It is also the only borough outside of Manhattan with a distinct downtown neighborhood. The borough features a long beachfront and Coney Island , established in the 1870s as one of the earliest amusement grounds in the country.

Queens (Queens County: Pop. 2,306,712) is geographically the largest borough and the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, and may overtake Brooklyn as the city's most populous borough due to its growth. Historically a collection of small towns and villages founded by the Dutch, today the borough is predominantly residential and middle class. Queens County is the only large county in the United States where the median income among African Americans , approximately $52,000 a year, is higher than that of White Americans .

Queens is the site of Citi Field , the home of the New York Mets , and annually hosts the U.S. Open tennis tournament . Additionally, it is home to two of the three major airports serving the New York metropolitan area , LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport . (The third is Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.)

John F. Kennedy International Airport.

LaGuardia Airport

• Staten Island (Richmond County: Pop. 491,730) is the most suburban in character of the five boroughs. Staten Island is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and to Manhattan by way of the free Staten Island Ferry. The Staten Island Ferry is one of the most popular tourist attractions in New York City as it provides unsurpassed views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and lower Manhattan. Located in central Staten Island, the 2,500 acres (10 km2) Greenbelt has some 28 miles (45 km) of walking trails and one of the last undisturbed forests in the city. Designated in 1984 to protect the island's natural lands, the Greenbelt comprises seven city parks.

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Museums of New York: Museum of New York Cooper Hewitt Museum Guggenheim Museum Museum Metrpoliten Museum of Contemporary Art and ets.

The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building (in the basement museum of Guinness)-102-storey skyscraper and the most popular in Manhattan with two viewing platforms.

The Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, built in Art Deco style.

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Manhattan's skyline with its many skyscrapers is universally recognized, and the city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world. As of August 2008, New York City has 5,538 highrise buildings, 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.

For many years the tallest building in the world was 102-storey “Empire States Building” in New York, (built in 1930-1931). At the end of the twentieth century the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York (110 floors, elevation 412 meters) became the tallest one; demolished on the 11 th of September 2001 as a result of a terrorist act. And Sears Tower in Chicago (109 floors, the height of 442 m) was the next one.

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