Immigrants say New York has this surprising quality of an extremely cozy place where one hardly ever feels alienated. Everybody can find their corner here, both citizens and tourists alike, let alone the number of things to see and do allows for countless theme-based itineraries. The following 10 will take you here and there, have you mix with New Yorkers to see how they work, relax, love, and have fun. See art at its most exquisite, relive the days of New Amsterdam, find out what it takes to get from rags to riches, and... make yourself at home.
1. Broadway
2. Statue of Liberty
3. Central Park
4. Greenwich Village
5. Empire State Building
Formulated in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, New York City adopted a visionary proposal to develop Manhattan north of 14th Street with a regular street grid. The economic logic underlying the plan, which called for twelve numbered avenues running north and south, and 155 orthogonal cross streets, was that the grid's regularity would provide an efficient means to develop new real estate property. Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park, disapproved.
New Yorkers commonly give addresses by the street and avenue number, as in "34th & 5th" for the Empire State Building.
One of the city's most famous thoroughfares, Broadway, is one of the longest urban streets in the world. Other famous streets include Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue. 42nd Street is the capital of American theater. The Grand Concourse, modeled on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, is the most notable strees in the Bronx.
Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the seat of Erie County.The city itself has a population of 292,648 (2000 Census), and the metropolitan area 1,170,111 (2000 Census, the 46th largest in the United States. The Buffalo–Niagara–Cattaraugus Combined Statistical Area is home to 1,254,066 residents.
Originating around 1789 as a small trading community near the eponymous Buffalo Creek,Buffalo grew quickly after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, with the city as its western terminus. By 1900, Buffalo was the 8th largest city in the country, and went on to become a major railroad hub, the largest grain-milling center in the country, and the home of the largest steel-making operation in the world. The latter part of the 20th Century saw a reversal of fortunes: by the year 1990 the city had fallen back below its 1900 population levels. The rerouting of Great Lakes shipping by the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway was a factor in the decline of the city. The closing or relocating of many of the steel mills and other heavy industries in the area also contributed to the decline.
Queens is the largest in area, the second-largest in population, and the easternmost of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York. The Borough of Queens' boundaries are identical to those of the County of Queens (Queens County), a subdivision of the State of New York in the Northeastern United States.
Located on the western portion of Long Island, Queens is home to two of the three major New York City area airports, John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia; it is also the location of the New York Mets baseball team; the US Open tennis tournament; Flushing Meadows Park and Silvercup Studios.
Times Square is made up of buildings between 7 and 9 and 39 road and 52 street and complement the western part of a commercial center of Manhattan. Its coordinates are 40.75659 ° N 73.98626 ° W.
On average, city visited by 39 million. tourists a year. With the main objective of the tour take the place itself, such as the Empire State Building, Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Wall Street, headquarters of the United Nations, the Museum of Natural History, Cathedral of St.. Patrick and most brooklyński. In New York City is 113 km quarter of green areas, which contain 1,700 parks and playgrounds. Best known of them is Central Park, which is the main place of rest Nowojorczyków why it should not be surprising, because he is superbly maintained and clean. There is also newly created Battery Park on the south-west coast. City also has 22 km of beaches suitable for bathing. A special attraction is lotniskowiec "Intrepid" przycumowany on the Hudson River.
Each year on the occasion of Christmas is organized Thanksgiving parade, which looks at the tens of thousands of spectators and millions of television viewers. By contrast, Times Square is the place hucznego handling by many Nowojorczyków New Year's Eve, with the famous deduction end of the old year in the form of the falling ball.
Before the attacks of 11 September 2001 "World Trade Center" was a major tourist attraction, but after the attacks seriously affected the tourism industry, and out of place after the WTC has become a symbol and also visit the place for Americans arriving here from other states.
Many tourists think of New York only in terms of Manhattan, but also in other areas there are places to go, particularly Coney Island in Brooklyn with its beaches and Sea.
Most taxis belong to private corporations, which are supported by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. In accordance with the decision, announced by the mayor in May 2007, 2012, all taxis to be equipped with hybrid engines.
* Brooklyn
* Queens
* Bronx
* Staten Iceland
"Culture just seems to be in the air, like part of the weather", the writer Tom Wolfe has said of New York City. Numerous major American cultural movements began in the city, such as the Harlem Renaissance, which established the African-American literary canon in the United States. The city was a center of jazz in the 1940s, abstract expressionism in the 1950s and the birthplace of hip hop in the 1970s.
Because January averages 29.5 °F (-1.4 °C), New York has a humid subtropical climate according to the Köppen climate classification. New York City has cold winters but the city's coastal position keeps temperatures slightly warmer than inland regions, helping to moderate the amount of snow which averages 25 to 35 inches (63.5 to 88.9 cm) each year. New York City has a frost-free period lasting an average of 199 days between seasonal freezes.Spring and autumn in New York City are erratic, and can range from cold and snowy to hot and humid, although they can also be cold or cool and rainy. Summer in New York City is hot and humid, with temperatures of 90 °F (32 °C) or higher recorded on average 18 to 25 days each summer. Though not usually associated with hurricanes, New York City is susceptible to them, notably the 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane which flooded southern Manhattan, and the New England Hurricane of 1938, which brushed the eastern end of the city. The city's long-term climate patterns have been affected by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, a 70-year-long warming and cooling cycle in the Atlantic that influences the frequency and severity of coastal storms in the region.
