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The city of New York (or New York, or new York; also abbreviated as NY or NYC) is the center of the largest metropolitan area of the USA. Its more than 8 million inhabitants, with ethnic and cultural origins from around the world, make up the most emblematic American city, being by far the most populated, having more than twice the number of residents of the second largest city. Los Angeles.
It is one of the cities that receive the most tourists in the world, for both business and leisure.
Districts
New York is divided into 5 boroughs:
| Manhattan |
| brooklyn |
| queens |
| Bronx |
| Staten Island |
Understand
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of Metropolitan New York, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. It is also the third most populous city in America, behind São Paulo and Mexico City. The city has a significant impact on commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education and entertainment across the planet. New York is home to the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), being an important center for international affairs and widely regarded as the cultural capital of the world. The city is also referred to as New York City (in English: New York City) to distinguish it from the state of New York, of which it is a part.
Speak
English is the most spoken language by New Yorkers, however it is quite common to hear numerous languages on the streets, and see stores where vendors speak more than one language. There are neighborhoods that were populated by non-English-speaking people, such as the various Hispanic neighborhoods, with Spanish being the most spoken language in these, and neighborhoods populated by Chinese, in which Cantonese and Mandarin are predominant. In both situations you may not be able to communicate in English, it is not uncommon, be aware of that.
With the large number of Brazilian tourists, there are many stores where you can see signs saying that the sellers speak Portuguese.
Guidance
The city is divided into 5 borough, and each of them is divided into neighborhoods.
Manhattan is a long, narrow island situated in a natural harbor. It is separated from The Bronx in the northeast by the Harlem River (actually a tidal strait); from Queens and Brooklyn to the east and south by the East River (also a tidal strait); and from the State of New Jersey to the west and north by the Hudson River. Staten Island lies to the south west, across Superior New York Bay.
In Manhattan, the terms "uptown" and "north" mean northeast, while "downtown" and "south" mean southwest. To avoid confusion, just use "uptown" and "downtown".
The blocks are very square, and the streets and avenues are not named but numbered. Street numbers run from Manhattan to the Bronx, and increase as they move away from uptown, (a note, in the Bronx, there is no simple numerical grid, so there can be seven blocks between 167 St. and 170 St., for example ). Avenues run from north to south. In Brooklyn, street numbers go up as you approach the south. In Queens streets are arranged in a perpendicular grid - street numbers go up as they approach east, and avenues go east to west. Staten Island's grid system is small and insignificant, only covering one neighborhood.
The term "The city" can refer either to New York City as a whole, or to Manhattan alone, depending on the context. The other neighborhoods - Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, and Queens - are often referred to as the "outer boroughs".
Climate
The NYC region has the humid continental temperate as a click, that is, it is present all seasons. Being a cold winter, it even snows between December and March, spring between March and June is rainy, its summer is hot and humid between June and September, autumn is cold and dry between September and December.
Population
There is a very wide range of people, varying between ethnicities and social conditions. The city's population has been diverse since its foundation by the Dutch, the successive waves of immigration from virtually every nation in the world make New York a giant social experiment and a harmonious intercultural fusion.
Ethnic cultural heritage enhances several areas of the city, such as Manhattan's Chinatown, which remains a vibrant center of the Chinese community in New York, though in recent years, the large Chinese community in Flushing, Queens, has rivaled if not eclipsed it. in importance. Alias there are three other "Chinatowns" in New York: Brooklyn Chinatown in Sunset Park, Elmhurst Chinatown in Queens; and U Chinatown Avenue located in Homecrest, Brooklyn. There are Chassidic ("Jewish") communities in Borough Park, Crown Heights and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and you can still see traces of the once-thriving Jewish community on the Lower East Side amid the trendy restaurants and bars in the newly "revitalized" neighborhood because real estate speculation. So did Harlem, which was diverse but remains a center of African-American culture. East Harlem is still a great Hispanic neighborhood. Little known to most tourists are the large Dominican neighborhoods of Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan. Brooklyn's Greenpoint is famous for its large, vibrant Polish community, and the Flatbush section - once home to the Brooklyn Dodgers - is now home to a huge, thriving community hailing from the Caribbean and Antilles. Since 1990, Queens and Brooklyn have hosted many of the newer immigrant groups, including large numbers of Russians, Uzbeks, Chinese, Irish, French, Filipinos, Yugoslavs, Indians, Pakistanis, Bengalis, Japanese, Koreans, Thais, Africans, Arabs ( from throughout the Middle East and North Africa), Mexicans, Dominicans, Ecuadorians, Brazilians, Colombians and Jamaicans.
Economy
Alone, the city represents approximately 9% of the US economy, having a GDP of approximately 1.3 trillion dollars a year, making it the second largest city in GDP in the world, second only to Tokyo. In addition to being home to some of the largest transnational corporations and stock exchanges in the world.
There are a lot of investment banks traditionally located in the area around Wall Street in the financial district, although many have offices in other parts of the city, such as Midtown. New York is the center of the nation's publishing, fashion, accounting, advertising, media, legal, theater and art industries. The city has several world-class hospitals and medical schools, which train more doctors than any other city in the world.
To arrive
By airplane
The city has three major airports, JFK and EWR, while LGA is a very busy domestic airport. There are also other smaller airports, such as TEB - Teterboro Airport, which also receives executive aviation.
Ground transfers between airports
- Bus/Subway/Train - This is the cheapest option, but not Minimum it will take about 2 hours to get from JFK to EWR to LGA, about 1h30min being optimistic... below see how to get to each airport by subway/bus/train.
- New York City Airporter Bus - Provides services between JFK, LGA and EWR for 24 USD, buses depart every 20-30 minutes. However, the transfer to the EWR requires you to change buses at the Port Authority station, either from JFK or LGA.
- vans - there are companies that make these transfers between airports, but they do not have a large volume of timetables, ETS Air ShuttleAll County Express journeys cost between LGA and JFK 10 USD, between EWR and LGA 32 USD and 29 between JFK and EWR.
- taxis - it may be the quickest and most expensive option, a taxi between JFK and LGA will cost around 27 USD and should take 30 minutes, 15 min without traffic. A taxi between LGA and EWR will cost around 78 USD the toll and should take 70 min, in excellent condition 40 min. A taxi between JFK and EWR will cost about $85 toll and takes about 70 minutes, no traffic, in great 45 min. Remember that NY traffic is chaotic, especially during peak hours, so it may take longer than estimated here.
JFK - John F. Kennedy International Airport
Approximately 20 km from the city, and 30 minutes by car, JFK is the largest and busiest airport in NY, receiving most international flights, having 6 terminals (the sixth and third have been deactivated):
- Terminal 1: international terminal for Aeroflot, Aeromexico, Air China, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Cayman Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, EVA Air, Fly Jamaica Airways, Interjet, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Royal Air Maroc, Saudia, and Turkish Airlines.
- Terminal 2: Delta Air Lines (most Delta flights).
- Terminal 4: JFK's newest international terminal, served by Air Europa, Air India, Arik Air, Asiana Airlines, Avianca, Caribbean Airlines, China Airlines, Copa Airlines, EgyptAir, El Al, Emirates, Etihad Airways, KLM, Kuwait Airways, Pakistan International Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Sun Country Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, TACA Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and XL Airways France, and some Delta and JetBlue flights.
- Terminal 5: JetBlue Airways (all flights from Aruba, Bermuda, Nassau, Bahamas, and Puerto Rico), Aer Lingus, and Hawaiian Airlines.
- Terminal 7: Air Canada, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, Icelandair, OpenSkies, Qantas, Sky King, Ukraine International Airlines, United Airlines.
- Terminal 8: American Airlines, Finnair, LAN Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, and TAM Airlines.
If you've never flown through this airport, arrive earlier so you don't get lost in the terminals and, consequently, miss your flight. It is also super crowded, avoid connections for it, and avoid arriving late.
leaving and arriving from the airport
From the airport, there are several options to go to other parts of the city.
- Train/Subway: The most economical option to get to the city is to take the AirTrain[1], which runs through all 9 passenger terminals and also reaches some subway and train lines. Each trip costs US$5, paid at the exit (in this case, the subway integration stations), through the vending machines gives MTA, the company responsible for public transport in the city. There are two lines:
- The green arrives at the station Howard Beach, where you can take the subway line A to the brooklyn is for Manhattan (direction 207 St). Attention: to return to the airport, take line A to far rockaway Or the Rockaway Pk, and never the one that goes to Lefferts Blvd
- The red go to the station Sutphin Boulevard/Jamaica, connecting to the J and Z subway lines to Williamsburg and Manhattan, to the E line to Midtown and Downtown Manhattan and to the LIRR train line to long island
- Taxi - Flat rate of 52 USD tips (15-20%) tolls (up to 5.50 USD) for Manhattan. At busy times, the queue for taking taxis can be long, especially if flights arrive at the same time.
- vans - Services such as SuperShuttle or the AirlinkNY take several passengers in vans to their destination in the city, for half the price of a taxi.
EWR - Newark Liberty International Airport
Also an international airport, in the neighboring state of New Jersey, it is approximately 15 km from NY City and 20 min by car. Its name was given the "liberty" after the September 11, 2001 attack, in honor of the dead, as the hijacked planes left this airport. Thanks to this, "security" has been strengthened, and boarding can take a long time, especially on Monday afternoons, when there are fewer employees to carry out the inspection. So arrive about 2 hours early, on Mondays, so you don't miss your flights.
It consists of 3 terminals:
- Terminal A: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, and some United Airlines flights.
- Terminal B: Air India, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Delta, EL AL, Icelandair, La Compagnie, Lufthansa, OpenSkies, Porter Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss International, TAP Portugal, Virgin Atlantic,
- Terminal C: United Airlines.
To leave and arrive at the airport
In this section we will make everyone go to the city center, or come from the city center, for information to go to other locations, search by district.
- buses
- New Jersey Transit Bus #62PATH subway - the cheapest option, it costs 1.5 USD for a one-way ticket. Stop in front of the airport terminal and go to the Newark Penn Station, there take the PATH subway train (2 USD) for the season World Trade Center (25 min) or to Journal Square, at this station you can transfer to the line Journal Square-33rd Street which runs down Sixth Avenue (6th Avenue).
- Note: This route line is used a lot by locals, not tourists, so you may be the only traveler, don't expect solicitous people to help you.
- Newark Airport Express Bus - there are buses every 15 minutes leaving Terminal C (at bus stops 5 and 6) and passing through B (lane [lane] 2) and at A (lane 5), it costs 16 USD for a one-way trip and 28 USD for a return trip; the ticket must be purchased from the collector they call the operations supervisor, which will not be present in all seasons, buy the ticket when he is on board. All go to 42nd street (and 5th Avenue) in Manhattan, it stops at the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT), and at Grand Central Terminal, before the end stop, the journey to the end takes about 40 min, highly dependent on the traffic. To go back to the same points mentioned to go down Grand Central Station (41st Street between Park and Lexington Avenues), bryant park (42nd Street and 5th Avenue), Port Authority Bus Terminal (41st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).
- Note: In the afternoon this bus tends to get crowded, so be free on time to pick it up during rush hours.
- train
- To get to the train station you have to take a ride with a "carriage", the AirTrain Newark, which costs 5.50 USD, and drops you off at the Newark Airport Rail Station, the trip takes about 10 min. At this station you can take the NJ Train, to New York Penn Station (between 34th Street and 8th Avenue), and will cost an additional 6.00 USD. There is also the option to take trains Amtrak, but only if you go to the east coast, as it even goes to Manhattan, but it costs about 35 USD! If you like comfort this is an option too.
- Note: NJ Transit stops at two stations with the same name, "Penn Station" one in Newark and one in New York, obviously, wait for the second one...
LGA - LaGuardia Airport
LGA it is a domestic airport, very crowded.
Of boat
By train/train
By bus/bus
By car
Circular
By subway
The New York subway is quite old, with the stations poorly maintained and dirty, but it has its advantages: it travels great distances in a relatively short time, goes to many parts of the city, and many lines run all night. The tickets Metrocard they are sold in machines only, with cash and mainly with credit cards. A single trip costs $2; it is very advantageous to buy a ticket valid for a week, for US$24 (or 30 days for US$76), with the right to an indeterminate number of trips and valid also on the buses of the MTA.
By bus/bus
There are bus lines to almost everywhere and, like everything else in life, it has its advantages and disadvantages. They are much newer and cleaner than the subway and you can enjoy the view, but they take much longer as there are traffic lights on practically every corner, lots of cars and long traffic jams. Tickets and fares are the same as for the subway. Only board a bus in possession of a valid ticket.
Of boat
There are numerous lines of ferry in the city, operated by several companies. The most famous is the one that runs from the southern end of Manhattan to Staten Island. Metrocard tickets are not valid on ferries.
By car/taxi
Cars are a bad transport option in a city with an excess of vehicles and lack of space. Taxis are another adventure. Drivers, usually foreigners, do not know or pretend not to know what they are doing right. Finding them empty is tense.
Look
- 5th Avenue, between 60th Street and 34th Street, 5th Avenue is full of chic shops. From Midtown to the Upper East, the avenue is home to a number of famous buildings, such as the Empire State Building, the New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, among others.
- Bryant Park great public park to read a book or relax, behind the New York Public Library
- Central Park opened in 1857, it's a place for those looking to get away from the concrete jungle a bit, as well as being the setting for many movies and series.
- Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, between 33rd and 34th Streets, $18 to visit the observatory: [2]
- Grand Central Station largest railway station in the world. It connects to the subway through the adjacent Grand Central–42nd Street station. Located at 42th and Park Avenue, it is also a beautiful tourist spot that contains an Apple store and market, with a huge variety of foods.
- Rockefeller Center located in the center of midtown Manhattan between 48th and 51st streets. In addition to being a popular observatory for those visiting the city and wanting a privileged view, the complex of 19 commercial buildings has a square with an ice skating rink, a great attraction for children, teenagers and even adults. Between November and December, the place also houses a 21 to 30 meter Christmas tree.
- Statue of Liberty located on Liberty Island, the Statue of Liberty, unveiled in 1886, is one of New York's greatest symbols. To visit, it is necessary to purchase tourist tickets that include the ferry boat ride to the island, even if the visitor is not allowed to enter the monument. There are also a number of other transport possibilities to the island, such as a water taxi.
- Times Square shopping, light and shopping 24h. One of the group's most visited tourist spots, Times Square has a multitude of shops and restaurants, in addition to being an attraction in itself, due to the large amount of color and lights that illuminate the place, and even street attractions, such as artists who present themselves in exchange for coins, among others. The place is also next to Broadway, which has a multitude of theaters, especially musicals.
- MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, located at 11 West 53rd St., between 5th and 6th ave, tel. (212) 708-9400, of 4th. the Monday, from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm (closed on Tuesday). It is one of the most important modern art museums in the world, with a collection of over 1,500 paintings, sculptures, photographs, etc., in addition to housing some temporary exhibitions.
- Natural History Museum, 79th St. along Central Park West, 10 am to 5:45 pm. This museum is one of the most popular in the world in this area, with a collection of 32 million copies that tell the story of plants and animals on the planet. The Natural History Museum is also one of the tourist spots chosen to serve as a setting for films such as A Night at the Museum.
- Chelsea Art Galleries, on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th streets, at 9 and 10 avenues. It's as if you entered the various environments of a Bienal, with a lot of modern art. And better: all for free.
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue (next to 89th St.). Built by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum has many temporary exhibits. It's worth checking. Closes on Thursday. The museum itself is already a work, due to its architecture. [3].
- Chrysler Building, 42th str. The third tallest building in the city, being the first building to exceed 305 meters in height and from it the first color television images were transmitted in 1940.
- intrepid, an aircraft carrier turned into a museum. Beside you are the Concord and a submarine.
- UN, UN headquarters, 42th
- . There are more than 40 theaters located between 40th and 57th streets, and 6th and 8th Avenues.
- , 1000 5th Ave w/ 82 St.. It's impossible to see everything in just one day, as the collection includes pieces ranging from Greek and Roman art to paintings by Van Gogh. 25U$ (suggested).
- , 2, Columbus Circle.
- . take a picture with a wax copy of your favorite artist
- New York Public Library, a public library located in Manhattan, being one of the largest in the United States and one of the largest library research networks in the world. It's an often overlooked tourist spot, but it's really worth it, as the building is extremely beautiful, both inside and out.
- 1 . It was the world's first steel suspension bridge and its immense support towers were once the tallest structures in all of New York City.
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- have ice cream at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, located in a beautiful little house, 1 Water St., Brooklyn, almost under the bridge of the same name.
- Stroll the bridges of Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the park under them, on the edge of the East River, in Brooklyn, with the skyline of Manhattan in the background. The sunset is fantastic, especially if sweetened with the ice cream from the shop above.
- Eat a hot dog next to a lake in central park.
- Visit the Met Life Stadium in suburban New York to watch a football match for the New York Giants or New York Jets, the city's teams that share the stadium. The stadium itself is an attraction of its own, with shops selling souvenirs and traditional snack bars selling American-style hot dogs.
- , Lower Manhattan, New York. Discover the National Museum of September 11, inaugurated in May 2014, built where the basement of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers was located. It has multimedia exhibitions, testimonies and objects from the victims, found at the site or donated by the family. The museum also has equipment used in the rescue and parts of the building's metal structures.
- , Theater District. See a Broadway show. Regardless of the choice of the piece, you are faced with impressive scenarios and effects.
- , 350 5th Ave, New York. Be sure to climb the Empire State Building. At the Observatory on the 86th floor, you can see all the beauty of the city, with a privileged view. Avoid cloudy days and choose to go at night to see the city lit up.
Events
Activities
Learn
Work
Buy
- Macy's, 5th Avenue. The biggest store in the world, with decorative objects, cosmetics, perfumes and clothes.
- moss, 150 Greene St, tel. (212) 204-7100. Design objects. Even without buying it, it's worth seeing.
- Cappellini 152 Wooster St., tel. (212) 966-0669. Furniture design.
- BDDW, 5 Crosby St., tel. (212) 625-1215. Unbelievable tables and cabinets. Also worth the visit.
- Urban Outfitters, 628 Broadway, tel. (212) 475-0009. Clothing and accessories.
- Max Brenner, Union Square. Chocolates.
- ABC Carpet, 888 Broadway, with E 19th St. Home Decor Megastore.
- MoMA, 11 West 53 St., 44 West 53 St., 81 Spring St. Museum of Modern Art shops, with many objects of desire.
- Ilori, 138 Spring St., eyewear shop with lots of cool designs and no-frills service [4]
- bodum, 413-415 W. 14th St. Kitchen supply store with many offerings.
- single, 546 Broadway. Clothing store: Japanese design, Latin prices. [5]
- Printed Matter Inc.195 10th Ave., 10011, tel. (212) 989-7243. Bookstore that only sells fanzines and some art objects. Anyone can submit their fanzine by submitting the last 10 issues. If approved by the curatorship, they sell in the store. [6]
- , Fifth Ave. dream makeup
- , (39, W 34th St).
- , 59th St. with 5th Ave.
- . Several brands and products with unmissable discounts.
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- , several stores. the best cupcakes in the world and a unique banana pudding.
- , 160 and 64 St. between Lexington and 3rd. Bird..
- , 402 Avenue of the Americas.
- . Ribs drizzled with barbecue sauce and fried chicken.
- . Snack made with Nachos pasta.
Economic
- Whole Foods, Houston St and 2nd Ave, adjacent to the station 2 bird from the F and V lines, and also at Union Square and other addresses. Chain of stores with supermarket selling organic products, restaurant per kilo (per pound, to be exact) and soups per portion. Excellent food at unbeatable prices in the city. Salad buffet and hot dishes for $8/pound (half a kilo).
- Zen Palate, 34 Union Square East, 663 Ninth Ave. (at 46th St) and 104 John Street. Asian vegetarian restaurant.
- sesame, 160 Smith St., Brooklyn, between Bergen and Wyckoff. Thai food, good, plentiful and cheap. Open from noon to 10:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays until 23:00.
- Dally, There's a lot
Medium
- Porcão steakhouse, 360 Park Av. South, corner of 26th Street, tel. (212) 252-7080, [7]. First rental in the US of the largest carvery chain in Brazil.
- Marlow & Sons, 81 Broadway, Williamsburg, tel. (718) 384-1441. Although the menu is talked about, be calm and take risks: the food is excellent and the place is beyond cozy. [8]
- Lil' Frankie's, 19 First Ave., the best brunch of the weekend.
- Frankie's Spuntino, 457 Court Street, Brooklyn. First-rate Italian food and you still risk seeing a show by the owner's friends playing a straw in a shed that exists in the backyard of the house.
- odeon, 145 West Broadway. The tuna burger is unique. Need to make reservations for dinner. [9]
- The View, located on top of the Marriott Hotel in Times Square. Revolving restaurant.
- The Spotted Pig, located in the charming East Village. New York's first Gastropub offers Chef April Bloomsfield's cuisine in a welcoming environment for lunch, dinner and brunches. Favorite place of many celebrities.
waste
drink and go out
- Tobacco, 128 Smith St, Brooklyn. Very nice to eat some snacks and drink
- Blaue Gans139 Duane St., near West Broadway, tel. (212) 571-8880. Austrian specialties in a very New York vibe. Austrian beer is delicious.
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Stay in touch
Safety
New York is one of the safest cities in America. With a low crime rate, here you can visit your favorite tourist attractions, take the metro, bus or taxi without having to worry about your safety. However, during your visit to New York, be careful not to carry your wallet in your back pocket or backpack and do not leave your belongings unattended.
Also be especially careful with the most dangerous areas of New York, because despite the low crime rate in this state, there are areas that are very attractive for pickpockets and tourists visiting this city for the first time.
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