The New York City subway is the largest subway system in the world in terms of number of stations. Wall Street lies at the Southern tip of Manhattan. 60 Wall Street is the American headquarters of Deutsche Bank.
The Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge cross the East River and connect Brooklyn with Manhattan. The Manhattan Bridge was originally used by streetcars (trams).
The East River is a fast flowing river reaching speeds of up to 4 knots (one knot is one "nautical mile", or 1.85km, per hour). The Brooklyn suspension bridge is one of America's oldest suspension bridges. and has the status of being an American NHL (or National Historic Landmark). Prior to its construction, people crossed the East River via a frequent ferry service, and a service between Queens and Manhattan exists today. Brooklyn is part of a large land mass largely to the South of Manhattan, and as you might expect, the Brooklyn Bridge effectively takes you South out of the island into the landmass below. Queens is North of Brooklyn and runs parallel to Manhattan's Eastern shoreline. La Guardia airport is in the borough of Queens.
Tribeca is a neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan, known for the Tribeca Film Festival. It stands for "Triangle Below Canal Street". Canal Street is a famous New York street that separates Little Italy from Chinatown.
The Southern tip of Manhattan is Battery Park which is a 25 acre park, named after artillery batteries designed to protect the settlement behind them. The Holland Tunnel crosses the Hudson River from Manhattan to Jersey City. It was built in the 1920s and took seven years to complete. It is named after the Chief Engineer on the project, Clifford Holland.
The NYC subway system has some particular lingo. IRT stands for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, the private operator of the original NYC subway (which opened in 1904). The IRT Lexington Avenue goes from Downtown Brooklyn north to East Harlem (aka "Spanish Harlem" or "El Barrio").
The Bronx is the northernmost borough of NYC. It lies South of Westchester County. (Westchester is named after the English city of Chester in Cheshire, a town founded by the Romans).
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The Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge cross the East River and connect Brooklyn with Manhattan. The Manhattan Bridge was originally used by streetcars (trams).
The East River is a fast flowing river reaching speeds of up to 4 knots (one knot is one "nautical mile", or 1.85km, per hour). The Brooklyn suspension bridge is one of America's oldest suspension bridges. and has the status of being an American NHL (or National Historic Landmark). Prior to its construction, people crossed the East River via a frequent ferry service, and a service between Queens and Manhattan exists today. Brooklyn is part of a large land mass largely to the South of Manhattan, and as you might expect, the Brooklyn Bridge effectively takes you South out of the island into the landmass below. Queens is North of Brooklyn and runs parallel to Manhattan's Eastern shoreline. La Guardia airport is in the borough of Queens.
Tribeca is a neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan, known for the Tribeca Film Festival. It stands for "Triangle Below Canal Street". Canal Street is a famous New York street that separates Little Italy from Chinatown.
The Southern tip of Manhattan is Battery Park which is a 25 acre park, named after artillery batteries designed to protect the settlement behind them. The Holland Tunnel crosses the Hudson River from Manhattan to Jersey City. It was built in the 1920s and took seven years to complete. It is named after the Chief Engineer on the project, Clifford Holland.
The NYC subway system has some particular lingo. IRT stands for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, the private operator of the original NYC subway (which opened in 1904). The IRT Lexington Avenue goes from Downtown Brooklyn north to East Harlem (aka "Spanish Harlem" or "El Barrio").
The Bronx is the northernmost borough of NYC. It lies South of Westchester County. (Westchester is named after the English city of Chester in Cheshire, a town founded by the Romans).
News channels in New York include NY1.
