NEW YORK CITY ATTRACTIONS & CULTURE

New York City is one of the global centers of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture, and is among the world's most important and influential cities. It is home to a nearly unrivaled number of world-class museums, art galleries, and theatres. Some of the world's largest corporations have their headquarters here. The headquarters of the United Nations is in New York and most of countries have a consulate here.

NEW YORK CITY ATTRACTIONS & CULTURE: Carnegie Hall, Central Park, Ellis Island, Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Statue of Liberty, Times Square,

NEW YORK CITY CULTURE AND ATTRACTIONS

Carnegie Hall, Performing Arts in New York City.

Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in New York City located at 57th Street and 7th Avenue. Built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1890, it is one of the most significant venues for classical as well as popular music in the United States, known not just for its beauty and history but also for its fine acoustics ...

Central Park, Attractions of New York City.

Central Park
Central Park is a large urban public park in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. An oasis for Manhattanites escaping from their skyscrapers, Central Park's appearance in many movies and television shows has made it one of the world's most famous city parks ...

Ellis Island, Attractions of New York City.

Ellis Island
Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main immigration port for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ellis Island is within the boundaries of Jersey City, New Jersey, but is within both the states of New Jersey and New York ...

Empire State Building, Attractions of New York City.

Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, declared by the ASCE to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, it was finished in 1931. The tower takes its name from the nickname of New York State ...

Greenwich Village, Attractions of New York City.

Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Broadway and East Village on the east, the Hudson River on the west, SoHo on the south ...

Radio City Music Hall, Attractions of New York City.

Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Known as the Showplace of the Nation, the Music Hall opened to the public on December 27, 1932 with an spectacular stage show, featuring Ray Bolger and Martha Graham ...

Rockefeller Center, Attractions of New York City.

Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings between 48th and 51st Streets in New York. It is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. Today's Rockefeller Center is essentially a combination of two building complexes ...

Statue of Liberty, Attractions of New York City.

Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (dedicated on October 28, 1886), in full Liberty Enlightening the World, is a National Memorial statue, given to the United States by the French Third Republic in the late 19th century, that stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all ...

Times Square, Attractions of New York City.

Times Square
Times Square, named after the one-time headquarters of The New York Times, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, which centers on 42nd Street and Broadway. It is not a real square but rather an intersection. It consists of the blocks between 6th and 9th Avenue and 39th and 52nd Streets ...