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By: Kamyar Shah
New York City is most often associated with its skyline of skyscrapers. These include the Woolworth Building, the Chrysler Building, the Seagram Building and the Conde` Nast Building, and important example of green design in American skyscrapers.

Roughly 40 million foreign and American tourists visit New York City each year. Popular destinations include the Empire State Building, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, Broadway theatre productions, scores of museums such as the El Museo del Barrio, Washington Square Park, the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden, luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues, and events such as the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village, the Tribeca Film Festival and free performances in Central Park at Summerstage.

New York's food culture has been influenced by the city's immigrants and is as diverse as the city. Famous foods originating from the city are bagels, cheesecake and New York style pizza.

The city is comprised of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The Bronx is the city's northernmost borough and the site of the Yankee Stadium. It is also the birthplace of rap and hip hop cultures. Brooklyn is the city's most populous borough and was an independent city until 1898. Brooklyn is known for its cultural diversity, independent art scene, distinct neighborhoods and unique architectural heritage. The country's earliest amusement park, Coney Island is also here. Manhattan is the most densely populated borough and is home to most of the city's skyscrapers. The borough contains the major business and financial center of the city and attractions including Madison Square Garden. Queens is geographically the largest borough and most ethnically diverse county in the United States. The borough is mainly residential and middle class. Queens is home to Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets. Staten Island is the most suburban of the five boroughs. Until 2001, the borough was home to the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly the largest landfill in the world, which is now being reconstructed as one of the largest urban parks in the U.S.

The Big Apple, as New York is commonly known, is home to sports teams in each of the major American professional sports leagues. Baseball is the city's most closely watched sport. The city's two MLB teams are the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, which enjoy a fierce rivalry. There are also two minor league baseball teams in the city, the Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn Cyclones. The city is represented in the NFL by the New York Jets and New York Giants. The New York Rangers are the city's National Hockey League team and the city is also home to the headquarters of the NHL and NFL, both based in Manhattan. The New York Knicks are the city's NBA team.

Not commonly known as a college town, New York is still home to about 594,000 university students. The City University of New York is the nation's third largest public university system. New York is also home to such notable private universities as Columbia University, New York University, Polytechnic University, St. John's University, The Cooper Union, Pace University, New York Institute of Technology, Fordham University and Manhattan College. The city also has dozens of other private colleges and universities.

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