Metropolitan exploration
New York (officially City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and the third most populous city on the American continent.
It is one of the most important political, business and cultural centers within the country and globally. It is located on several peninsulas and islands and partly on land on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Manhattan
New York’s busiest and perhaps most exciting district is an island. Covering 87.5 square miles, Manhattan is home to 1.5 million people who share it with plenty of tourists and guest workers.
The architecture and atmosphere of Manhattan, bordered by the East River and the Hudson, attracts millions of travelers each year. The world’s first skyscrapers grew here in the early 1900s, and the legacy of this is that today an army of buildings hundreds of meters high encircles its streets and boulevards, creating a special environment.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn evolved from Breuckelen, founded by Dutch settlers in the 1600s. It has been a bridge to Manhattan since 1883, yet its character and atmosphere are far different from its island. The district is characterized by streets with a chessboard-like layout, low-rise residential buildings and houses with gardens.
It used to be nicknamed the city of trees, homes and temples, and today it is commonly referred to as The Planet. The latter is due to the large numbers of Spanish, Italian, Irish and Jewish people living here.
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost district of the city and the only one of the five that is not on an island. His name can be attributed to a Swedish ship captain who was called Jonas Bronck and lived in the area in the middle of the 17th century. Jonas was originally the namesake of the river that crossed the district, but over time the district also took on the name of the river.
According to the latest census, more than half of its 1.4 million inhabitants are of Hispanic, Latin or Spanish descent. The culturally diverse, quiet district is a bit poor in terms of attractions, but it is well worth a visit.
Queens
It is the largest and second most populous district in New York after Brooklyn. It is very ethnically diverse, with half of the population immigrant, so it’s no surprise that the city’s second largest quarter of China, as well as India, is located here. It has been known for its religious freedom since the Dutch colonization.
Queens is a district full of residential buildings, garden cities and business districts. Although it is huge in size, it does not hide many attractions, but among the few there are several that are suitable for quality time.
Staten Island
Geographically, this is perhaps the smallest district. The entire area of Staten Island is on the island of the same name, so it is borderless on land. Only 465,000 people live here, which is about 5-6 percent of the city’s population. He is completely out of circulation in New York, so he is often referred to as the Forgotten District.
The island is sparsely populated, so its atmosphere in some places is more like a rural village than a big city.
Some interesting, useful geographic data that may be of interest to a tourist:
Manhattan is 21 miles north-south (the author of these lines walked it one day with pre-planned intentions and reached his southern tip with relief from his fatigue), the widest part being 3.7 miles. In Manhattan, private approx. 1.6 million permanent population.
The total length of the streets of New York City is 10,000 to 200 kilometers.
The New York subway lines have a total length of 1,355 kilometers and a number of stations of 468.
According to 2010 statistics, 44 percent of New York City’s population is white (33 percent is not Hispanic white), 25.5 percent is black, and 12.7 percent is Asian. That’s not 100 percent, so maybe the rest is unclassifiable? Perhaps the indigenous Indians are in the remnant. Interestingly, 20 percent of Native Americans in the United States live in New York City, not something more in keeping with their natural faith.
While most American cities have a main street called Main Street, New York does not.
There are reportedly 130,000 Hungarians living in New York.