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New
York City, NY,
is also known as the “Big Apple”. With over 8 million residents (2000
Census data), NYC maintains the
title of the most populous U.S. city. Immigrants from more than 180 countries comprise this cosmopolitan city,
and despite its diverse culture and massive population, NYC has gradually become
one of America’s safest large cities. Located
in the heart of the massive New York Metropolitan Area, population 22 million,
New York City is part of one of the world’s largest urban conglomerations. The boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn,
Manhattan, Queens
and Staten Island comprise New York
City proper.
The Bronx is the home of the New
York Yankees and is the birthplace of hip-hop
music and culture. Brooklyn,
with nearly 2.5 million residents, is NYC’s largest borough with a thriving
business district and massive residential areas with a large concentration of
natives. Manhattan
serves as NYC’s primary business center with buildings such as the Chrysler
Building, Empire State Building and Rockefeller
Center gracing the world’s most popular skyline. Midtown Manhattan is home to the ill-fated Twin
Towers of the World Trade Center and is the future home of the 1776-foot One
World Trade Center Freedom Tower, which is scheduled for completion in 2010.
Queens, NYC’s most diverse
borough, is geographically the largest. The
renowned Shea
Stadium, home to the New
York Mets is in Queens. Staten
Island is a growing suburban area that is significantly isolated compared to
NYC’s other boroughs. The
renowned Staten Island Ferry is here.
New York Harbor,
one of the world’s finest natural ports, and the Erie
Canal played major roles in NYC’s early economic development. Today, New York City is among the world’s global cities such as London,
Paris and Tokyo,
with an estimated Gross Metropolitan Product of nearly $500 billion. New York City holds a central position of culture, entertainment, finance
and politics internationally and is home to the United
Nations. Significant financial districts within the city include NASDAQ,
the New York Stock Exchange and Wall
Street. NYC boasts more Fortune
500 companies than any other U.S. city. These include such prestigious companies as Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Pfizer and Time
Warner. Four out of five New
York City commuters primarily travel by bus
or subway.
New York City operates the
nation’s largest public school
systems and is home to more than
1,000 private schools. The City
University of New York (CUNY), the country’s largest urban university
system, serves NYC, with numerous
campuses spread throughout the five boroughs. NYC is also home to such fine higher learning facilities as Columbia
University, Fordham University, Manhattan
College, New York University and the Juilliard
School. Renowned institutions
such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
Rockefeller University and Weill
Cornell Medical College represent NYC’s status as a center for academic
medicine.
New York City, also called
the “City That Never Sleeps”, offers a fast-paced lifestyle and an
astounding array of cultural activities to suit one’s every whim. The City’s 39 million tourists flock to popular destinations such as
the Brooklyn
Bridge, Empire State Building, Greenwich
Village, Herald
Square, the Statue of Liberty, Radio
City Music Hall and Times Square. NYC also offers unparalleled cultural opportunities through
its galleries, museums, shopping venues, theaters and diverse dining experiences.
Visitors and residents
alike enjoy more than 28,000 acres of pristine parkland
throughout the city, including the world famous Central
Park.
New
York City, NY remains a dynamic
metropolis with unparalleled opportunities in the academic, business and
entertainment sectors. NYC’s
diverse population affords residents unique choices of neighborhoods and schools
that have excellent potential for living and working.
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