The city of New York

1.

THE CITY OF
NEW
YORK

2.

New York City
the most
populous city
in the US
• the most dansely
populated city in
North America
• the center of
International
finance, politics,
entertainment
and culture
• "The City
That Never
Sleeps"
• "Big Apple"

3.

GEOGRAPHY
The city is situated on the 3
islands of Manhattan, Staten
Island, western Long Island and
on the mainland in the Bronx.
Area: 800 km².
New York City consists of 5
boroughs:
• Brooklyn
• the Bronx
• Manhattan
• Queens
• Staten Island

4.

CLIMATE
New York City has a humid
continental climate.
New York has hot, humid
summers, and cold windy
winters with much snow.
Autumns are
comfortable in New
York and similar to
spring in temperature.

5.

DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 8+ million
Immigrants: 180+ сountries
Population density: 27 000+
people per square mile.
Ethnic groups in New York are:
44% - Whites
25.5% - Afro-americans
12.7% - Asian
0.7% - Native Americans
37% of city's population
is foreign-born.

6.

ECONOMY
The leading industries in New York are:
• Financial Services
• Health Care
• Professional and
Technical Services
• Retail Trade
• Manufacturing
The state of New York has
the third-largest economy
in the USA

7.

CULTURAL INSTITUTES
New York is a city of great museums:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Museum of Modern Art
- The American Museum of Natural
History and its Hayden Planetarium
and so on.
The Museum Mile section of Fifth
Avenue.
New York is home to opera,
symphony, and dance
Performances and has a lot
of places for them.
The largest of these is:
Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts.
The most famous are:
Carnegie Hall, Radio City
Music Hall, the Brooklyn
Academy of Music

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