55 facts about New York that will turn your idea about him

Despite the fact that New York can not boast such a rich history as most popular European cities, it has its own strengths. In this publication you will find 55 facts about the Big Apple that will make you take a fresh look at this city. Portal shared details tochka.net.

1. As the story goes, in 1626 European immigrants bought the territory of the modern Inwood quarter from the natives. The transaction amount was equivalent to 30 US dollars.
2. Until 1664, New York was called New Amsterdam. It was renamed only after the capture of the city by the British and was named after the Duke of York, the younger brother of King Charles II of England.
3. Once upon a time, Manhattan was a hilly area, and even its name comes from the word "manna hata", which in one of the Algonkin languages ​​means "hilly island." Today, this part of the city is razed to the ground.
4. From January 11, 1785 to August 12, 1790, New York was the capital of the United States.
5. Famous New York yellow taxis began to be used en masse in the late 1960s. And before they were completely diverse. The situation changed when the owner of one taxi fleet ordered a study to determine the most noticeable color.
   

   

   
   It turned out that it is yellow. And in 1907, all the cars of his company were painted in this color. Only after 60 years, the municipality decided: to make all taxis with an official license yellow.
6. Amazingly, not only New Yorkers are a very motley audience. Even in the subway of the metropolis, more than 12 thousand life forms were discovered.
7. In addition, microscopic copepods live in the city’s water supply.
8. New Yorkers are dangerous: every year, the number of people bitten by New Yorkers is 10 times the number of shark victims, according to statistics.
9. New Yorkers are more likely to kill themselves than die at the hands of killers, according to statistics.
10. In the city of skyscrapers there is one unusual among them - it is without windows.
11. To own a mobile stall with hot dogs in the Central Park area, you need to pay about 300 thousand dollars a year.
12. Approximately half of the population of the Big Apple communicates at home not in English.
    

    

13. In the most multinational city on the planet, more than 800 languages ​​are spoken.
14. The city of New York is home to the largest number of Poles in the world (of course, after Warsaw).
15. The Big Apple calls every 38th resident of America his home.
16. The inhabitants of this metropolis are real coffee lovers. They drink coffee seven times more often than in other regions of the United States.
17. In New York, Albert Einstein's eyes are kept. They were saved by Dr. Henry Abrams, who now holds them in the safe of one of the banks of the city.
18. New York is a storehouse of gold: here is a quarter of all the world's gold bullion.
    

    

19. Of the four largest financial exchanges in the world, three are located in New York. The largest is the New York Stock Exchange, the third most widely traded is the American Stock Exchange and the fourth is NASDAQ, a virtual high-tech stock exchange.
20. This is a truly rich city: every 21st resident of the city is a millionaire.
21. The amount of snow falling here is 15 times greater than at the South Pole.
22. The popular Empire State Building has its own zip code.
23. As you know, unofficially the city is called the Big Apple. However, not everyone knows that this has nothing to do with fruit. This is the name of the major racing competitions that took place in the vicinity of New York.
24. There are five districts in the city (they are also called “boroughs”): the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island.
25. The city is located on the islands, and four of the five districts are separated from the mainland. Manhattan and Staten Island are separate islands, Queens and Brooklyn are located in the western part of the vast island of Long Island.
26. The most expensive area of ​​New York is Manhattan.
27. Manhattan is the only area without a main street.
28. If you add all the streets of New York, their length will be more than 10 thousand kilometers.
29. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of New York. She was brought to the city on June 17, 1885 aboard the frigate Isere. It was a gift from the French people to America. The height of the statue is 46,05 meters. You can climb it, breaking 354 steps of a spiral staircase.
    

    

30. The official population figure is 8. At the beginning of 622, 698 people lived in the city, in 2018 - 8 people. But this is only official. If we calculate how many visitors there are in New York and add tourists to them (they always exist in New York, they simply replace each other), then the real population of New York will be approximately 550 million people.
    

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31. Not everyone in New York is native, more than 30% of them were born outside the United States.
32. The number of homeless people in the Big Apple is more than 78 thousand. Most of them can be seen in Manhattan.
33. Crime in New York is not at such a high level as you could imagine after watching various films. In terms of crime, it takes 197th place among all American cities with a population of over 100 thousand people.
34. Often, New York is included in the ranking of cities with the most beautiful women.
35. Staring at New York beauties for a long time is forbidden, it can be perceived as sexual harassment.
36. Getting a divorce in New York is not so easy. There are four legal reasons for divorce: treason, separation for more than a year, prison and death. But you can always just hire a lawyer and do it faster.
37. Tolerance to various religions is inherent in the inhabitants of this metropolis. In New York, there are churches of all 15 autocephalous Orthodox churches.
38. The city is actively struggling with smoking, which is prohibited in restaurants, bars, city parks, near playgrounds. True, many circumvent this ban.
39. New York cigarettes are expensive, from $ 11.
40. The metro in the Big Apple is the largest in the world in the number of stations and the length of routes. It has 468 stations.
41. The metro works - around the clock. In the subway, you can often meet large rats.
    

    

42. Traffic is a common thing in New York. The city is even one of the top 10 cities with the most terrible traffic jams.
43. The time New Yorkers spend on their journey from home to work takes about 40 minutes.
44. Almost all bridges and tunnels in New York are paid, the fare costs $ 6,5.
45. New York has its own driving rules: unlike other states, turning to the red light "to the right" is prohibited here. In total, 8 signs are mentioned in the traffic rules.
46. Signaling on the road is prohibited, except in emergency situations. However, they still honk.
47. This city is a gourmet paradise! There are a myriad of restaurants for every taste and budget. According to the most conservative estimates, there are about 25 thousand of them.
48. The salaries of the waiters are 3-4 dollars per hour. The bulk of their earnings is tips. Many waiters even work without a bid, exclusively for tips.
    

    

49. To the tip account: in New York, it is customary to leave them in the amount of 15 to 25% of the invoice amount, but not less than $ 5.
50. The cultural life in New York is at a high level. The city has a huge number of museums and galleries. The most popular are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Gallery, the Frick Collection, the MOMA Museum.
51. The city is a popular platform for filming all kinds of films. More than 200 paintings are filmed here annually.
52. Musicals were born in New York. Today, in the numerous theaters of Broadway, you can enjoy one of the oldest and most popular - Chicago.
    

    

53. Each artist in New York wants to perform in such concert halls as Carnegie Hall, UN Hall, Lincoln Center.
54. Chewing gum was first produced in New York.
55. The weather in New York is changing at lightning speed: summer replaces spring literally in one night, as the New Yorkers themselves joke. The heat in summer can be simply unbearable here, since together with high humidity it forms the effect of a sauna.