New York .... is the most populous city in the United States and the center of metropolitan New York, which is among the most populated urban areas of the world. New York has a powerful influence on world trade, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment. The city is often referred to as New York City, to differentiate it from the state of New York, which is a part.
Located in a large natural harbor on the Atlantic coast of the Northeastern United States, the city comprises five boroughs: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790 and is the largest city in the country since 1790.
Many districts and landmarks of the city became known worldwide. The Statue of Liberty has received millions of immigrants who came to the country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Wall Street in Manhattan, is a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the Stock Exchange in New York. The city is also home to some of the highest skyscraper in the world, including the Empire State Building and extinct towers of the World Trade Center.
New York has many green areas spread, especially over areas of lower density and Staten Island. The most famous park is Central Park (right), located in downtown Manhattan, is one of the most famous sights of New York. Central Park is actually composed of more than one hundred smaller parks, which have in total four kilometers long and 800 meters wide. Central Park has numerous sports fields, gardens, a lake, playgrounds and lots of green space available, besides a mall, a zoo and a children's zoo.
Other parks are the famous Madison Square Garden, Riverside Park, Battery Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, and Forest Park. The coastline surrounding New York has 924 km in length, possessing 22.4 km of beaches.
New York offers many leisure options. In addition to Central Park, you can visit the Metropolitan Museum in New York, see the view of Manhattan from the top of the Empire State Building (5th Avenue at 34th Street), restaurants like the Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood, are the favorites of tourists . The Wax Museum is very nice for those not familiar with the London, Broadway shows, just go outside, and always has something nice to see.