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Interesting Facts for New York City

1. The population density of New York City is more than 26 000/ sq mi.

2. In 1626 Dutch explorer bought Manhattan Island from Native American people in exchange for trade goods worth 24 dollars.

3. New York City consists of five boroughs: Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island.

4. The first name of New York City was New Amsterdam. In 1664 the British conquered the Dutch city and renamed it New York.

5. New York City was the capital of the USA for the period 1789-1790.

6. The residents of the city average travel to their work about 40 minutes.

7. More than 47% of the city's residents speak languages other than English in their homes.

8. New York "Central Park" is larger than Principality of Monaco.

9. The taxicabs of New York are yellow because of Don Harts, a founder of a taxi company, who realised the yellow color is the most eye- catching color. He was right.

10. In 2007, 46 million people visited New York City. They have spent an estimated $ 28 billion for the duration of their stay.

11. In fact, over 250 feature films are shot in New York City each year.

12. On the Average weekday over 5 million people use the subway (468 different subway stations).

13. More than 12 700 licensed taxicabs run on the roads of New York City.

14. Approximately 790,000 companies operate in New York City.

15. New York City is nicknamed "Big Apple".

16. The first pizzeria in the U.S. opened in New York City in 1895 by Gennaro Lombardi.

17. New York was the first U.S. state to require license plates of cars.

18. The New York Post is the oldest newspaper in the United States and was established in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton in New York.

19. Now, New York City is the most populous city in the U.S. with population more than 8.3 million people

20. Hong Kong is the only city in the world with more skyscrapers than New York City.

21. New York Subway, with just over 40% of its routes runs above ground.

22. NYC Marathon is the largest marathon in the world with 37,850 finishers in 2006.

23. The Metropolitan Museum of Art contains more than 2 million works of art, which makes it one of the largest in the world.

24. In New York City there are more than 4000 street vendors of hot dogs, falafel, meatballs and more.

See more on www.NewYork-Advisor.com