NEW YORK CITY

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

New York City is one of the biggest cities in the

world whit population of 8 244 910 people.

New York is located about 1 214 40 km². The

city has 5 areas: Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan,

Queens and Staten Island. The majority of New

York is located on an archipelago of islands on

the East Coast of North America, the largest of

them are Manhattan, Staten Island and Long

Island.

HISTORY

The first documented visit by a European was in

1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano. European

settlement in the region began with the founding in

1614 of the Netherlands colony of fur trade in the

southern part of Manhattan, which was later called

New Amsterdam.

In 1664 New Amsterdam was occupied by England

and given its present name in honor of the Duke of

York. During British rule the importance of New York

as a commercial port steadily increasing.

HISTORYAfter the American Revolution, New York served as the capital

briefly. In the next the 19th century the city expanded significantly

after waves of immigrants. Then it is planned and the rectangular

grid of streets and avenues, and in the 50 years of the century was

born the idea of the first of its kind on the continent Central Park,

which became a symbol of the city. In 1883 is completed the

Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn Manhattan. In the 1980s, Wall

Street was revived and the city he won a leading position in the

global economy On 11 September 2001, it became the victim of a

terrorist attack, in which nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on

the World Trade Center.

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

The highest point is Todt Hill on Staten Island with

an altitude height 125 m. The climate of New York is

subtropical ocean. Summers are hot and humid with

average maximum temperatures of 26-29 ° C.

Winters are cold with average minimum for the

coldest month of January around 0° C and the lowest

values in separate days to -12 ° C.

In spring and autumn the weather is mild and low

humidity.

REGIONS

Manhattan is the business center and is the most

urbanized, the most densely populated and there are

many skyscrapers. Bronx is the only one who is on

continent, not an island. He claims to be the

birthplace of hip-hop culture. Brooklyn and Queens

are on Long Island and also have the largest

population and area. Staten Island is relatively

isolated from the rest of the most visible reminder

suburb.

Current New York City Mayor is Michael Bloomberg.

TOURISM AND LEISURE

Major destinations include the Empire State Building; Statue of Liberty; Ellis

Island; Broadway theater productions; museums such as the Metropolitan

Museum of Art; green spaces such as Central Park and Washington Square

Park; Rockefeller Center; Times Square; the Manhattan Chinatown; luxury

shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues; and events such as the

Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village; the Macy's Thanksgiving Day

Parade; the St. Patrick's Day parade; seasonal activities such as ice skating in

Central Park in the wintertime; the Tribeca Film Festival.

2010, New York In City received nearly 49 million tourists, subsequently

surpassed by a record 50 million tourists in 2011.

TRANSPORT AND EDUCATION

Public transport is widely used and is used by 60% of the

population, including the majority of working middle class.

Education is a rich foundation in the city that can boast a

higher elite institutions like Columbia, Ford, New York

University. City State University does is the largest in the

U.S. and has 5 separate branches in various parts of the city.

New York is a major center for academic medicine, including

research institutions worldwide scale. Interest in promoting

early and some specialized schools are highly selective.