New York City

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New York City 
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city in state of New York, largest city in the United States by population
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Instance ofmetropolis,
global city,
port city,
city of the United States
Named after
LocationNew York
Legislative body
Head of government
Inception1624
Significant event
  • Consolidation of New York City (1 January 1898)
Population
  • 8,537,673 ±10000 (1 July 2016)
Area
  • 1,214 ±1 square kilometre
Elevation above sea level
  • 11 metre
Follows
IATA airport code
  • NYC
Said to be the same as
  • Big Apple
official website
Authority control
VIAF ID: 266415900
GND ID: 4042011-5
OSM relation ID: 175905
Wikidata

40° 40′ 12″ N, 73° 56′ 24″ W

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New York or City of New York, in legislation, and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, in which it is located — is the most populous city in the United States, and the second most populous in North America after Mexico City. See also: Category:New York City.

Map and Satellite imagery[edit]

Main category: Maps of New York City

  • Manhattan, shown with the Five Boroughs

  • Bronx

  • The 5 boroughs of the city

  • 5 boroughs map

  • Manhattan Island from Space.

  • Metropolitan statistical areas.

  • New York City from space at night.

Aerial photography[edit]

Main category: Photographs of New York City

  • New York skyline looking north from the observation deck of One World Trade Center

  • View of Brooklyn Bridge

  • Aerial view

  • View south from Top of the Rock

  • New York City skyline

  • New York City skyline

  • Sunset in 1932

  • skyline from WTC

  • New York City skyline

  • Buildings from WTC

  • Bay from WTC

  • New York City skyline

  • Times Square from Top of Empire State Building

  • New York 1985

  • New York City skyline

Skyline[edit]

Main categories: Cityscapes of New York City and Architecture of New York City

Street and Avenue[edit]

Main category: Roads in New York City
  • Times Square
    November 2007

  • Madison Avenue looking north

  • Fifth Avenue looking south

  • Broadway / 38th street

  • 23rd Street looking west at Park Avenue

  • Stone Street

  • Near Times Square in New York City

  • West 41st Street

Skyscraper[edit]

Main category: Skyscrapers in New York City

Empire State Building[edit]

Main category: Empire State Building

  • Empire State Building

  • Empire State Building

  • Empire State Building

  • Inside the Empire State Building

  • Empire State Building JHB, november 2011
  • Hall Empire State Building JHB, november 2011

Headquarters of the United Nations[edit]

Main category: Headquarters of the United Nations

  • United Nations

  • United Nations NY building

  • United Nations Headquarter

Bridges in New York City[edit]

Main gallery: Bridges in New York City.

Brooklyn Bridge[edit]

Main category: Brooklyn Bridge

  • Brooklyn Bridge

  • Brooklyn Bridge

  • A view of Brooklyn bridge's pedestrian path

  • A view of the Brooklyn Bridge

  • Pylon

  • Brooklyn Bridge western pylon and ramp

Williamsburg Bridge[edit]

Main category: Williamsburg Bridge

  • Williamsburg Bridge

Historic Photos and Paintings[edit]

  • Birds Eye View, 1865

  • New York City, 5th Avenue on Easter Sunday 1900

  • New York City, Ellis Island 1900

  • New York City, Hester Street in Manhattan 1903

  • Landing at Ellis Island, 1902

  • Madison Square, 1908

  • New York City, 1930

  • New York City, 1932

  • New York City, 1932

  • New York City 1935

  • Mulberry Street c. 1900

  • Panorama c. 1902

  • Manhattan 1931

  • Manhattan c. 1931

Art and Culture[edit]

See also: Rockefeller Center, The Cloisters

  • Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York, NYC

  • John Lennon Memorial in Central Park, NYC

  • American Museum of Natural History, New York

  • Madison Square Garden, NYC

  • Radio City Music Hall, NYC

  • New York University, School of law

  • Low Memorial Library, Columbia University

  • Earl Hall, Columbia University, NYC

  • At the Feast of San Gennaro, Little Italy

  • Street vendors at the Feast of San Gennaro

  • Carnegie Hall

  • Ceiling in Grand Central Terminal

Sport[edit]

Main category: Sports in New York City

Church building[edit]

Main category: Churches in New York City

  • St Patrick's Cathedral, NYC

  • St Patrick's Cathedral, inside

Park and Garden[edit]

See also: Central Park (New York City)

  • Washington Square, April 2005

  • Central Park seen from above

  • Stanford White Arch in Washington Square Park

  • Picture taken in New York's Central Park on a very nice December day.

  • Central Park in New York City, West Side.

  • Statue in Central Park, New York City.

Panorama[edit]

View from the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel on an early morning
View south from 'Top of the Rock' at dusk
View north from 'Top of the Rock' across Central Park
New York City as seen from the Empire State Building.
The entire New York City Skyline as viewed from Newark, NJ.
New York City panorama from Hoboken, NJ
View East River, Chrysler Building to Ground Zero (Freedom Tower) from 86th floor Empire State Building, JHB.
Manhattan from Staten Island, JHB.

New York City Subway[edit]

Main gallery: New York City Subway.
  • NYC subway-4b-shrunk-2.svg
  • Grand Central R62 Subway waiting-3.JPG

South Street Seaport[edit]

Main category: South Street Seaport
  • Nyseaport.jpg
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