NewYork
NYC is
located on the Eastern Atlantic coast of the USA.
New York is the largest City in the USA, and even
one of the largest in the whole world. It's subdivision in five boroughs , seperatet by various waterways:Manhattan,
Brooklyn, Bronx, Staaten
Island and Queens.They
have together 816km².NYC lies in the south but in winter it can be very cold.
Also in summer 35°C can be normal. In 1990 7 million
people lived in New York.
But the illegal immigrants are not in this list. Every third New Yorker was
born in foreign countries. That's why the white peole be in the minority.The
important economy factors are banks, the stock market, retail trade,
advertisment and tourists. At the international stock market NY is world wide
the best. Over 200 foreign country banks had filiales and over 20% of the american banks have the central in NY. Over 25 million tourists visit NY every
year.NY has 6 univerities and many wellknown museen.Also the Philhamonicer
Orchetra, the Broadway and the statue of libery are situated in NY. 1866 NY got
it from France.
A lot of people know the famous skyscrapers like the Empire
State Building
and the Rockefeller center.In NY there're also many parks and the famous and
largest park is the Central Park with 2km².
It's hardly to belive that in NY are nearly 60 bridges and it's almost possible
that every day 15 000 taxis take people to places wherever they want.
Manhattan:
Manhattan is the smallest borough, but the most
tourist think Manhattan
is NY because 90% of the
sights are there. Manhattan
is flanked on it's west by the Hudson
River and on it's east by the
Harlem River and by the East River.
In Manhattan
also was the WTC with 110 Stores, but
at the 11. september 2001
terroist were flown in it
with planes and destroyed it. Many people died and
it was the beginning of the war between the USA
and Alkaida.
Brooklyn
If Brooklyn were an
own city it would be the 4. largest
In the USA. In a few parts of Brooklyn
are still
proverty and racial conflicts.That's why Brooklyn
have a bad image.In Brooklyn
live for
example:Jews,Russian,Italian, Arabian,and Indian
door by door.That's why Brooklyn
have it's own
characterand flair.
Bronx
The Bronx is the only borough which lies on the mainland. In
the Bronx they're the richest (Riverdale) and the poorest(Morrisania,Hunts
Point) quaters.In the south of the Bronx there is much crime.The famous sights
in the Bronx are the Bronxzoo and the
Yankeestadium. The bronx is named after the dutch settler Jonas Bronck , who had claimed this area as his farm back 1636.
Staaten Island:
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge with 4km
the longest suspension bridge in the USA)
connect Staaten Island
with Brooklyn. It's very rural. Visitors
always be surprised if they see the wide hills,
meadows and lakes. First the inhabitants didn't want to deal with NY in any
way, therfor they voted for separition several times.
Queens:
About 2
million people live in Queens today. This area
has been very popular for european immigrant in the 19TH
cenury. Ny's two major airports are located in Queens. Queens is connect
physically to Long Island.
