1. New YorkCity

2. Some facts about NY As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York City is the largest city of the United States by population. New York City is the largest city of the United States by population. It was settled in 1613 by Dutch and originally called New Amsterdam. It was settled in 1613 by Dutch and originally called New Amsterdam.

3. New York City’s nicknames City That Never Sleeps The Naked City Fun City Empire City Gotham City Big Apple

4. City’s population = 8.4 million, city’s land area = 790 km2 (2009)

5. Landmarks The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

6. Times Square ("The Crossroads of the World“) is the hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Times Square ("The Crossroads of the World“) is the hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.

7. With Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, New York vies with London as the financial capital of the world and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. With Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, New York vies with London as the financial capital of the world and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies.

8. The original Manhattan Chinatown attracts throngs of tourists to its bustling sidewalks and retail establishments. The original Manhattan Chinatown attracts throngs of tourists to its bustling sidewalks and retail establishments.

9. Thomas Wolfe Thomas Wolfe Thomas Wolfe Thomas Wolfe "New York blazes like a magnificent jewel in its fit setting of sea, and earth, and stars." "New York blazes like a magnificent jewel in its fit setting of sea, and earth, and stars." Douglas Adams Douglas Adams Douglas Adams Douglas Adams "The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79." "The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79." Russell Baker Russell Baker Russell Baker Russell Baker "New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.". "New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.". Adunis Adunis Adunis "New York is a woman, holding, according to history, a rag called liberty with one hand, and strangling the earth with the other." "New York is a woman, holding, according to history, a rag called liberty with one hand, and strangling the earth with the other." John Updike John Updike John Updike John Updike "The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding." "The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding." Mark Twain Mark Twain Mark Twain Mark Twain "Make your mark in New York and you are a made man." "Make your mark in New York and you are a made man."