NEW YORK NEW YORK

York City is one of the most amazing cities in the world.New York City served as the capital of the United States in the 1780s before it was moved to Philadelphia and then Washington D.C.It wasn’t until 1790 that New York City grew larger than Philadelphia.

New York's Central Park is larger than the principality of Monaco.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NEW YORK

• New York's Yellow Cabs are yellow because John Hertz, the company's founder, learned from a study that yellow was the easiest color for the eye to spot.
• In 2007, 46 million international visitors came to New York City. 
• More than 250 feature films are shot on location in New York City each year.
• Hong Kong is the only city in the world with more completed skyscrapers than New York City.
• The New York subway system is the largest mass transit system in the world with 468 stations and 842 miles of track.
•  New York City has 4,000 street food vendors.
•  The average temperature of New York City’s pavement on a hot summer day is 150 degrees.
• The state fruit is the apple.
• New Yorkers travel an average of 40 minutes to work each day.
•  There are 6,374.6 miles of streets in New York City.
•  The Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to be lit using electricity.