Fun Facts New York

🌟New York City has 722 miles of subway track.

🌟In 2018 NYC will open the world's first underground park

🌟The first presentation of 3D films before a paying audience took place at Manhattan's Astor Theater on June 10, 1915.

🌟There are tiny shrimp called copepods in NYC's drinking water.

🌟On July 28, 1945 an Army Air Corps B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building at the 79th floor level.

🌟New York City is the most populated city in the United States

🌟The Big Apple is a term coined by musicians meaning to play the big time.

🌟It can cost over $289,000 for a one-year hot dog stand permit in Central Park.

🌟Joseph C. Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857.

🌟The Empire State building has its own zip code.

🌟The first capital of the United States was New York City. In 1789 George Washington took his oath as president on the balcony at Federal Hall.

🌟New York City is the most linguistically diverse city in the world. Residents speak about 800 languages.

New York City

Country: United States of America
State: New York
Boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island
Population 2017: 8.652 Million

Fun Facts New York

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