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8.5 million people live in New York City

New York has five boroughs:

Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens

and Staten Island

Manhattan is the most famous

borough and it’s where the tourists go!

Albany is the capital of New York State, but New York City is the “Big Apple”.

New York is called The “Big Apple”, because in the 1920’s and 1930’s jazz musicians said that the city was the best and most attractive place.

Four hundred years ago, the Algonquin Indians owned the island of Manhattan.

In 1626, a Dutchman called Peter Minuit gave the Indians 24 dollars to buy the island.

In 1650, five hundred people lived there and it was called New Amsterdam.

In 1664 the British took the town from the Dutch and changed its name to New York.

At the end of the eighteenth century, many immigrants started to come to America..

They first came from Germany and Ireland, later from Italy, Poland, Russia, Africa and

China.

In Manhattan you can travel on subway

trains…..

…on buses or in a taxi. Here taxis are called “cabs”.

You can take the Water Taxi around

the island of Manhattan…

…or take the free ferry to the Statue

of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Ellis Island

the Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island was an immigration station in the past; it was the first stop for nearly

17 million immigrants

Many famous people came through Ellis Island, for example Sigmund Freud, Charlie

Chaplin and Walt Disney.

The Statue of Liberty is the first

thing many immigrants see.

It was a gift from the French people in 1886. It is 93 meters high and it’s arm is 14 meters long.

Until 1820, the population of new York came from Britain and the Netherlands

Between 1820 and 1860 the city attracted Irish and German immigrants

Between 1890 and 1919, 3.7 million Italians came to the USA

Jews from Russia and eastern Europe followed.

At the beginning of the 20th century millions of black people came to New York from the southern

states to look for work.

Today immigrants come mainly from Asia and Spanish-speaking countries, for example Cuba and

Puerto Rico.

The USA is a MELTING POT

Every year large numbers of people still

apply for the Green Card that allows them

to legally enter the United States

People from the same origin often live in the

same area and create their own communities. The

Chinese community is in “CHINATOWN”

Little Italy is the Italian community

Most of the theatres in New York are near

Times Square…

…and on Broadway, between 41st and

53rd streets. There are more than thirty

theatres on Broadway.

The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan to Brooklyn. When it opened in 1883, it was

the world’s longest bridge.

Central Park is 6% of

Manhattan.

It has a big lake, hundreds of trees and beautiful gardens

The Empire State Building is NY’s

tallest skyscraper. It’s 1250 feet tall and it

has 102 floors

The Chrysler building was built by the famous car

maker. It was finished in 1930.

The Rockefeller Center includes

many buildings, but it's mostly visited in

winter.

A huge Christmas tree and a crowded skating rink attract New

Yorkers and tourists.

The World Trade Center had more than

one hundred floors with offices, shops

And restaurants.

But on the 11th of September 2001, (9/11) for Americans, radical Islamists crashed two planes into the towers. Today this site is called “Ground Zero”.