New York Geography / Tourist Attraction Information

Country: United States

 State: New York, Settled-1624

 Counties: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond,

Government  

Type - Mayor-Council

Body - New York City Council  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Area

  City: 468.9 sq mi (1,214.4 km²)  

- Land 304.8 sq mi (789.4 km²)  

- Water 165.6 sq mi (428.8 km²)

- Urban 3,352.6 sq mi (8,683.2 km²)

- Metro 6,720 sq mi (17,405 km²)

Elevation 33 ft (10 m)

Population (April 1, 2010 United States Census)

- City -8,175,133  

- Density -27,532/sq mi (10,630/km²)

 - Urban -18,223,567

 - Urban density -5,435.7/sq mi (2,098.7/km²)

- Metro -18,897,109

 - Metro density -2,812.1/sq mi (1,085.7/km²)

Demonym -New Yorker

ZIP codes 100xx-104xx, 11004-05, 111xx-114xx, 116xx Area code(s) 212, 718, 917, 347, 646

Website: www.NYC.gov

Transport

Amtrak

The New York City Subway is the largest rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Two busiest rail stations in the New York City, including Grand Central Terminal. , also popularly referred to as "Grand Central Station", is the world's largest railway station by number of platforms. Mass transit in New York City,

***New York City is served by Amtrak, which uses Pennsylvania Station. Amtrak provides connections to Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. along the Northeast Corridor and long-distance train service to cities such as Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Toronto and Montreal. The Port Authority Bus Terminal, the main intercity bus terminal of the city, serves 7,000 buses and 200,000 commuters daily, making it the busiest bus station in the world.

 ***The area is served by three major airports, John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia, with plans to expand a fourth airport, Stewart International Airport near Newburgh, New York, by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (which administers the other three airports and took over control of Stewart in 2007), as a "reliever" airport to help cope with increasing passenger volume.

Tourism

Times Square has the highest annual attendance rate of any tourist attraction in the US.

Tourism is one of New York City's most vital industries, with more than 40 million combined domestic and international tourists visiting each year in the past five years.^[145] Major destinations include the

** Empire State Building;
**Statue of Liberty;
** Ellis Island;
**Broadway theater productions; museums such as theMetropolitan Museum of Art;
**Greenspaces such as Central Park and Washington Square Park; Rockefeller Center;
**Times Square; luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues;
**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,
**Special experiences outside the key tourist areas of the city include, but are not limited to the Bronx Zoo; Coney Island; and the New York Botanical Garden.

Empire state Building

          * Empire state Building-Empire State Building Visitors Guide

• Statue of Liberty-Statue of Liberty Visitors Guide

• . Grand Central Terminal-Grand Central Terminal Visitors Guide

• Rockefeller Center-Rockefeller Center Visitors Guide

• Ellis Island Immigration Museum-Ellis Island Immigration Museum Visitors Guide,  Ellis Island Immigration Museum Visitor Tips
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• Staten Island Ferry-Staten Island Ferry Visitors Guide

• American Museum of Natural History-American Museum of Natural History Visitors Guide

• Central Park-Central Park Visitors Guide

• Metropolitan Museum of Art-Metropolitan Museum of Art Visitors Guide

• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)- The Museum of Modern Art Visitors  Guide