Portal:New York City/Did you know/10


 * ... that the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center (entrance pictured) is located in the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated?
 * ... that the New York Sunday Mercury was the most widely read weekly newspaper in the United States in the mid 19th century?
 * ... that public perception of graffiti in New York is slowly changing from an act of vandalism to a form of art?
 * ... that during his senior season at St. John's, basketball player Boo Harvey hit three buzzer-beating, game-winning shots?
 * ... that the City University of New York system (CUNY) is the United States' largest urban public university system?