What is the population of New York City?
Where did Times Square get its name? What is the most popular tourist site in NYC? How many Statues of Liberty are there in NYC? Downtown NYC Fun Facts Legend has it that Peter Minuit paid $24 in trinkets to purchase the island of Manhattan from Leni Lenape Indians at Bowling Green. Without firing a shot, the British seized control of Nieuwe Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 and renamed it New York City. Bowling Green is the oldest park in New York City. A 7,000-pound bronze ‘Charging Bull’ mysteriously appeared one day in 1989 in front of the New York Stock Exchange – the bull is now at Bowling Green. Downtown Manhattan was the site of the nation’s first capital. Federal Hall National Memorial was the site of George Washington’s first inauguration. Under the Dutch, Wall Street – where there really was a wall – was the city limit. The New York Stock Exchange is the world’s largest exchange. The New York Stock Exchange has an annual trading volume of $5.5 trillion. The New York Stock Exc
What is the population of your city? FIVE IN ONE: THE BOROUGHS OF NYC (page 4) 1. What is a borough? When did the five boroughs join to form New York City? 2. Which is the only borough that is part of the mainland? 3. In which borough did New York City begin? 4. When was New Amsterdam founded? Who founded it? 5. Why did Staten Island remain rural? What bridge now connects it to Brooklyn? 6. For what does Brooklyn have a reputation? 7. Which borough has skyscrapers and the financial district? What else can be found in this borough? 8. Which borough has two large airports? What else does it have? 9. Which borough would be a good one to live in if you wanted to go to college? 10. In which borough could you watch a professional baseball game? 11. Which borough would you find most interesting to visit? Give reasons for your choice. Which do you think would be the best one to live in? Why? THE CITY’S DUTCH ROOTS (page 6) 1. Why did the Dutch come to North America? 2. What tribe lived on the
