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New YorkThe City of New York“I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps.” The famous quote comes from HYPERLINK " song New York, New York, sung by Frank Sinatra and really captures the essence of this HYPERLINK " city. It was chosen as the city’s official song in 1983.PeopleNew York City, also known by its HYPERLINK " the Big Apple, is an international centre for finance, fashion, music and culture. Here, the American dream becomes real to some people, but remains a dream for many others.? HYPERLINK " 8 million citizens of 180 different nationalities live side by side in the five HYPERLINK " that make up NYC; Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island and the most well-known yet smallest, Manhattan.BuildingsNew York City is famous for its skyline with all the tall buildings of2621206212179 Manhattan. Construction of high-rise buildings became possible with the HYPERLINK " of the elevator and? HYPERLINK " developments like HYPERLINK " skeletons, and there are 6,000 of those buildings in NYC today. There is no clear difference between a high-rise and a skyscraper, although in modern times a building with fifty or more stories is generally considered HYPERLINK " latter.One of the first ones built was the famous Flatiron Building, which was completed in 1902. There are some strict codes for the buildings surrounding Times Square, and one is that they are HYPERLINK " by law to have massive HYPERLINK " and signs on them!In the middle of all the tall buildings you’ll find a famous Manhattan landmark, the HYPERLINK " Central Park. At 3.4 km2, it is actually bigger than the entire country of Monaco, which is only about two-thirds that size.Another well-known element of New York is the New York Police Department, more commonly referred to as the NYPD. This is where the term “cops” comes from.NYC police officers, back in the mid-1800s, used to wear HYPERLINK " HYPERLINK " on their civilian clothing. People referred to them as “coppers” which then was shortened to “cops” over time.There are roughly 23,000 restaurants in New York City. This means that you could eat out at a different restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day for over 21 years without having to eat at the same place HYPERLINK " New Year’s Eve in New York seems like the ultimate party. The big countdown for the ball to drop in Times Square has been HYPERLINK " in many films, and it’s included on a lot of people’s HYPERLINK " lists. In order to keep the crowd under control, there are tons of police officers working that night, and they keep people HYPERLINK " to smaller, HYPERLINK " in areas.In order to actually see the end of Times Square where all the performances take place, you would have to show up early in the morning and wait all day. By the time midnight comes around, it seems like everyone is HYPERLINK " to finally get warmed up and use the bathroom! Each New Year’s Eve more than 2,000 pounds of confetti is dropped on Times Square, and it’s all cleaned up HYPERLINK " just a matter of hours.?Around 300,000 people walk to work every day in NYC, but many also travel to work by HYPERLINK " transportation, mainly using HYPERLINK " train, bus or subway. HYPERLINK " average, 173,000 people walk through the Times Square subway station every weekday.It is also common to use one of the 13,000 HYPERLINK " yellow taxicabs to commute within the city. However, starting in 2013, New Yorkers had to start getting used to seeing and using the newer HYPERLINK " green boro taxis as well.?Coney IslandConey Island is a neighborhood, HYPERLINK " and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Brooklyn. It is traditionally a pretty rough neighborhood, but the HYPERLINK " and the beach are absolutely beautiful! There are courts to play volleyball, basketball and handball. The American version of handball is a bit like HYPERLINK " but using your hands instead of racquets.There is also a famous HYPERLINK " park that includes the historic 1927 wooden HYPERLINK " coaster, the Cyclone, which is still running today.The original Nathan's Famous hot dog stand opened in Coney Island in 1916 and quickly became a landmark. An HYPERLINK " Nathan's Hot Dog Eating HYPERLINK " has been held there every Fourth of July since its opening.Answer the questions, and hann in to SHOWBIEWho sang New York, New York?Which are the five boroughs of New York City?Name a rule that buildings like The Flatiron Building have to follow.What were the police badges made of back in the mid-1800s?How long does it take to clean up all the confetti used on New Year's Eve on Times Square?How do most people get to work in New York City?What can you do on Coney Island? (Seven things are mentioned, try to find at least five of them.)
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