A Walk In New York Salvatore Rubbino Experience the wonders of new york city first hand.

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A Walk In New York

Salvatore Rubbino

Experience the wonders of new york city first hand

Transportation

• NYC is an island. There are multiple forms of mass transit that New Yorkers use daily

Home of Grand Central Terminal• About 125,000 people travel to and from Grand Central

Terminal daily• Has 44 more platforms and 67 more tracks than any

other railway station in the world• Ceiling shows 2,500 stars and the constellations of the

zodiac

Demographics

• NYC has a population of over 8million people and over 170 different languages are spoken throughout NYC

Skyscrapers

• NYC is home to one of the largest skyscrapers….

• 172 floors = 1,860 steps

Empire State Building

• Observation deck is on the 86th floor

• On a clear day visibility is up to 80 miles from observation deck.

Empire state building facts

• Built in record time, 410 days

• Lighting strikes Empire State Building over 100 times a year, but the lightening rod at the top keeps building safe.

• From the ground to the tip of the lightening rod, the building stands 1,454 feet high

Things to do

• Parks

• Broadway

• Café’s

• Piers

• Statue of Liberty

NYC Library

• Over 1 million books

• 10,000 new books daily

Various Boroughs

• Brooklyn

• Bronx

• Queens

• Manhattan

• Staten Island

You may need a few days to see

everything

Brooklyn

Bronx

Queens

Staten Island

• To be the largest Ferris Wheel with heights that exceed 600 feet