25. LONG ISLAND - 3
It’s 3630 sq km large, 190 km
long and 37 km wide.
It comprehends 4 counties:
Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau and
Suffolk.
It’s the most populated island
in USA: more than 7 million
people live here.
It hosts 2 airports: JFK and
LaGuardia.
26. LIBERTY ISLAND - A
It’s 60 sq meters large
in Upper New York Bay.
It is small and
uninhabited.
It’s the location of the
Statue of Liberty
27. ELLIS ISLAND - B
It’s 100 sq meters large
in Upper New York Bay.
It was the Immigrants’
Gateway to USA from
1892 to 1954:
first was Annie Moore,
last was a Norwegian
seaman.
More than 12 million
people were given
examintaions here to
enter USA.
28. GOVERNOR’S ISLAND - C
It’s 700 sq meters large
in Upper New York Bay.
Formerly a US Army and
Coastal Guard Post, it is
now a National Historic
District opened to the
public in summer and
early autumn.
There are 2
fortifications: Fort Jay
and Castle William.
29. ROOSEVELT ISLAND - D
It’s 600 sq mt large, in
the East River, between
Manhattan and Queens.
It’s narrow: 240 mt wide
and 3 km long!
More than 9000 people
live here.
Houses are served by an
AVAC system (automatic
system to collect
WASTE)
31. TWIN TOWERS - 1
They were destroyed on
September, 11th 2001
terrorist attacks (2750
deaths).
The complex was designed
by Yamasaky.
It was built from 1966 to
1972.
Tower 1 and Tower 2 were
more than 400 mt high!
PAST FUTURE
32. BANK OF AMERICA - 2
It’s a skyscraper.
It’s 366 mt high and
it’s got 58 floors.
33. BLOOMBERG TOWER - 3
Its name is
“One Beacon Court”.
It’s 246 mt high and it’s
got 54 floors.
34. TRUMP WORLD TOWER - 4
It’s a residential skyscraper,
built in 2001. it’s 264 mt high
and it’s got 72 floors.
Famous people live here:
Valentino Rossi, Madonna,
Harrison Ford.
35. METLIFE TOWER - 5
“Metropolitan Life” Tower,
owned by an insurance
company.
It’s 213 mt high, with 50
floors.
It was modeled on San
Marco belltower in Venice
and built in 1909.
36. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - A
It’s the nickname of the
State of New York.
It’s the tallest building in
NYC: 381 mt and it’s got
102 floors.
There’s an observatory at
86th floor and the building
was built in 1929.
37. CHRYSLER BUILDING - B
It was built in the 30s in Art
Déco Style. It’s 319 mt high
with 77 floors and there are
offices.
38. FLATIRON BUILDING -C
It’s famous for its shape and
it looks like a clothing iron.
It was built in 1902 and it’s
82 meters high.
39. G.E. BUILDING -D
It’s 259 mt high with 70 floors. At the
top there’s a terrace designed as the
deck of an ocean liner.
In Rockefeller Plaza (The city in the
city), were you can also find 19
buildings, including Radio City Music
Hall.
41. CHARGING BULL - 1
It was made in 1998
by an Italian sculptor
Di Modica.
It’s in bronze and it
weighs 3200 kg.
It represents the
financial aggressive
mood.
42. STATUE of LIBERTY - 2
It’s a bronze statue and a
French gift for 100th birthday
of USA in 1776. It was
completed in Paris in 1886:
Bartholdi was the sculptor,
Eiffel made the steel
framework.
It’s 93 mt high and the face
was modeled on Bartholdi’s
mother. There are seven
spikes on the crown to
represent the seven seas. In
her left hand there’s the
Declaration of Indipendence,
in her right hand a torch.
43. THE SPHERE - 3
It dates back to1971.
It’s in Battery Park, representing
peace through world trade and
it’s 762 cm high.
44. CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE - 4
It was carved in 1450 BC then
erected in Central Park in 1881.
it’s an ancient Egyptian obelisk
with hieroglyphs, it is 21 meters
tall and very similar to two
other in Paris and London.
46. PROMENADE FOUNTAIN - 1
Located at Rockefeller
Center, along a
pedestrian street that
connects the Center
with 5th Avenue.
It’s also called
“Channel Gardens”.
There are angels with
trumpets.
47. PEACE FOUNTAIN - 2
It’s located near the
church of Saint John the
Divine.
It represents God and
Evil.
It was erected in 1985
and it’s got no water!!!
48. ANGEL of the WATERS - 3
It’s also called Bethesda Terrace Fountain in Central Park.
Its sculptor was Emma Stabbins: the first woman!
It’s in bronze, 25 mt high and was made between 1859 and 1864.
49. PULITZER FOUNTAIN - 4
It’s located at Grand Army Plaza
and represents POMONA, the
Roman Goddess of fertility.
It was made in bronze in 1867
and dedicated to a Polish-
American journalist and
publisher, Joseph Pulitzer.
50. PROMETHEUS - 5
It’s located at Rockefeller Center.
It’s a bronze gilded statue surrounded by a fountain
52. MADAME TUSSAUDS - 1
It’s dedicated to a
French wax sculptor,
Marie Tussaud, born
in 1791 and died in
1850.
There are waxworks
statues of politicians,
actors, popstars and
other famous people.
53. IMMIGRATION MUSEUM - 2
It’s located at Ellis
Island and there’s the
statue of Annie Moore,
first passenger to be
registered here: a 15
years old girl, who had
left Ireland with her
two brothers of 11 and
7 on Dec, 20th 1891.
54. GUGGENHEIM - 3
It’s located on
Museum Mile (a
section of 5th
Avenue where you
can find 10
museums!).
It was designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1959 and there
are works of art of
Modern artists.
55. AMNH - 4
This is the American Museum
of Natural History and it’s
located at Central Park West.
There are 32 million
specimen and the museum
consists of 25 buildings.
56. MOMA - 5
This is the Museum of Modern
Art, located on Museum Mile.
It was dedicated to Rockefeller’s
wife and it hosts 150.000 works
of art of Modern Artists.
57. MET - 6
This is the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, located
on Museum Mile and
facing Central Park. It
was built in 1872 and it
hosts 2 million works of
art of all times, from
Ancient Egypt to
American Modern Art.
Its mascott is Hippo
William, which dates
back to 1900 BC.
59. St PATRICK’S Cathedral - 1
It’s a Catholic church,
facing Rockefeller Center.
It was built in Neogothic
style between 1859 and
1878.
60. St JOHN THE DIVINE - 2
It’s also called “White
Elephant”.
It’s an Anglican church, started
in 1892 but unfinished.
It is the largest in NYC (11.200
sq mt) and it’s 783 mt long, 70
mt high
61. CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE - 3
It’s one of the oldest
synagogue buildings in
USA (1872).
It is a copy of Budapest
Synagogue.
62. TRINITY CHURCH - 4
It’s an Anglican church, first
built in 1697, but destroyed by
the Great Fire in 1776 and
rebuilt in Gothic style in 1846.
63. ISLAMIC CENTER - 5
It’s a big centre for Muslims
in Manhattan.
It was built in 1991
65. TIMES SQUARE - 1
Its name comes from
New York Times
newspaper.
The square was opened in
1904 and it’s known as
“Crossroad of the world”.
There are the oldest
billboards advertising
signs in the world (1919).
A crystal led balls drops
every New Year’s Eve
since 1907.
There are also 9 theaters,
music halls, hotels.
66. MADISON SQUARE - 2
Its name comes from 4th US
President. The square was designed
in 1847 and it’s a shopping paradise.
Flatiron building and Metlife Tower
face Madison Square and its PARK.
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN 2B
It’s a multipurpose indoor
arena, former hippodrome
(1879), then concert hall,
theatre, roof garden. This
is the 4th construction, at
Penn station.
67. COLUMBUS CIRCLE - 3
It’s located near Time Warner Center and it is the point from which
distances are measured. Opened in 1892 (400th anniversary of
Columbus), it is dominated by a marble statue of Columbus with
ships in bronze reliefs.
68. GEORGE WASHINGTON
SQUARE - 4
It was opened in 1871 and named after the first US President. It’s a park
and centre of cultural activity. There’s a big arch and a large fountain.
69. UNION SQUARE - 5
Here you can find a greenmarket 4 days each week and there’s a
statue of George Washington made by Bartholdi in 1882.
71. CENTRAL PARK - A
It covers an area of 3,4 sq km in Central Manhattan
(59th-110th Street and 5th-8th Avenue). There are 4
lakes, a Zoo, theatres, ice rinks, fountains, tennis
courts, baseball fields, playgrounds. It was built
between 1859 and 1873. It is NYC’s “Green Lung”, an
area where to relax and recreate.
72. FLUSHING MEADOWS - B
It’s the 2nd largest public park in NYC (5 sq km), located in Queens. It
was opened in 1939 and became site of two World Fairs. There are two
lakes, soccer and cricket fields, theaters and museums. Here you can sees
the Unisphere, a 12-floors high sculpture.
73. PELHAM BAY - 1
It’ s the largest public park in NYC (11 sq km), located in Bronx.
It was opened in 1888 and there are beaches and islands.
74. JAMAICA BAY - 2
It’s a lagoon near JFK airport in Queens.
75. RIVERSIDE PARK - 3
It’s a narrow strip of land (6 km long),
a water front park along the Hudson River.
76. BATTERY PARK - 4
It’s located on Manhattan’s southern tip and it covers an area of 4
sq km. There are the Coastal Guard offices and ferries to NYC
islands depart from the US Customers house here.
78. HUDSON RIVER - 1
It’s 570 km long. It rises at Lake Tear of Clouds, NY
(Adirondack mountains) and empties in Upper New
York Bay. It forms the border between NJ and NY. It
was explored in 1609 by an English seaman and
named after him.
79. JKO RESERVOIR - 2
It’s also called “Central Park Reservoir” and named after JFK’s wife
Jacqueline. There’s a 2,54 km jogging track around it.
80. EAST RIVER - 3
It’s a tidal strait, 26 km long, formerly known as Sound River.
It connects Long Island Sound and Upper New York Bay.
81. HARLEM RIVER - 4
It’s a tidal strait, 13 km long.
It connects the Hudson River and the East River.
Central
Park
83. BROOKLYN BRIDGE - 1
It’s the oldest suspension
bridge in the world,
opened on May, 24th
1883 and tested by a
caravan of circus animals,
including 21 elephant.
It’s 1825 mt long, 26 mt
large, with 30-cm-large
cables. It connects
Manhattan and Brooklyn
across the East River.
84. WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE - 2
It was opened in 1902 to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn across
the East River, North of Brooklyn bridge. There are 2 rail tracks and
8 traffic lanes.
85. VERRAZZANO-NARROWS - 3
It took its name from an Italian
explorer and was built in 1964 to
connect Brooklyn and Staten Island
across NY Bay. It’s NYC Marathon
starting point. It is the largest with its
1298 meters and 2 levels: 6 lanes up
and 6 down.
86. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE
4
Its name comes from
the first US President. It
was built in 1931 to
connect Manhattan and
New Jersey across the
Hudson River. It’s 1100
meters long, on 2 levels.
98. JFK - 1
It was built in 1948 and
took its name from the
35th US President, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy.
It’s the busiest in USA (48
million passengers) and
the largest in NYC (8
terminals, 151 gates).
There are Airtrains to
connect JFT airport with
Manhattan: 18 km.
99. LaGUARDIA - 2
It was built in
1939 and named
after a NYC mayor.
It’s the smallest in
NYC (23 million
passengers).
100. NEWARK - 3
It’s the oldest
airport in NYC,
opened in 1935.
There are 3
terminals and 35
million passengers
leave from here.
102. GTC - 1
This is Grand Central Terminal, built in 1871
and the largest in the world: 44 platforms and 67 tracks!
100.000 passengers catch the train here each day.
103. PENN STATION - 2
This is Pennsylvania Station, with 11 platforms and 27 tracks.
600.000 passengers catch the train here each day -
