Local questions in New York

WNYC is located at New York Public Radio’s offices and broadcast facilities at Varick Street and Charlton Street in Hudson Square, Manhattan.

A marble statue of Christopher Columbus stands on a granite column in the center of Columbus Circle in Manhattan. The monument, created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo, is 76 feet (or 23 meters) tall and features bronze reliefs of ships on the column and an angel holding a globe on the base pedestal. The monument was ceremonially unveiled on October 13th, 1892, as part of New York City’s celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ landing in the Americas. There is another bronze statue of Columbus in nearby Central Park.

The Staten Island Ferry is free of charge in both directions and no ticket is required to travel.

For New York Rangers ice hockey games at Madison Square Garden, doors open 90 minutes before puck drop.

CNN’s broadcast studios in Manhattan are based at 30 Hudson Yards on West 33rd Street and 10th Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood. CNN’s parent, WarnerMedia, moved its New York operations here from the old Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle in 2019. Shows produced at this location include: Early Start Cuomo Prime Time Quest Means Business CNN Tonight with Don Lemon Erin Burnett OutFront Fareed Zakaria GPS Anderson Cooper 360°

When John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved to New York City in August 1971, they lived at the St Regis Hotel for two months before moving to an apartment at 105 Bank Street in the West Village. The couple rented the apartment from The Lovin’ Spoonful’s drummer-vocalist Joe Butler, and lived there until 1973 when they moved to their apartment in the Dakota building on West 72nd Street.

Columbia College in New York is Columbia University’s traditional undergraduate liberal arts college. It is situated on the Morningside Heights campus in Manhattan. Founded in 1754 as King’s College, Columbia College is the oldest school within Columbia University.

The Statue of Liberty was erected in New York in 1886 and dedicated on October 28th, 1886 by President Grover Cleveland. Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi started fabricating the Statue of Liberty in France in 1875 and completed the work in July 1884. In 1885, the statue was shipped in sections to New York and assembled on a purpose-built granite pedestal on Liberty Island in 1886.

Madison Square Garden is the home arena of the New York Rangers NHL ice hockey team and the New York Knicks NBA basketball team. St John’s Red Storm men’s NCAA basketball team also plays some home games at The Garden.

The Brooklyn Bridge can be crossed on foot in approximately 30 minutes, depending on factors such as numbers of other pedestrians and the weather. The walkway is segregated for pedestrians and cyclists, and sightseers stopping to take photographs and not keeping to the designated lanes can slow the flow of other pedestrians and bike traffic across the bridge considerably.

John Lennon was fatally shot four times at the entrance to The Dakota, his apartment building at West 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City, on the evening of December 8th, 1980. The former Beatle was taken by police car to Roosevelt Hospital but died due to massive internal hemorrhaging.

Heath Ledger died in his rented apartment on the fourth floor of 421 Broome Street in New York’s SoHo neighborhood on January 22nd, 2008, aged 28. The Australian actor reportedly overdosed accidentally on prescription medication.

59th Street-Columbus Circle subway station in New York City is served by: 1, A and D trains at all times C trains at all times except late nights B trains on weekdays 2 trains late nights

It is not possible to visit the top of the Chrysler Building as the 77-floor building is leased to business tenants and there is no observation deck. General public access is limited to the lobby area only.

The National Debt Clock in New York is on a wall near the Stephen Sondheim Theater, at the entrance to the covered passageway connecting 43rd and 42nd streets between Broadway and 6th Avenue. The digital billboard, operated by the Durst Organization, displays the current United States gross national debt.

There is a 24 hour Starbucks Coffee in New York City at 43rd and Broadway in Times Square. This busy store is small and has no customer seating or wifi.

The Starbucks on West 32nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, has decor inspired by nearby Penn Station and Hudson Rail Yards. Illuminated tracks snake across the store’s ceiling and a 32-foot light box features the work of Brooklyn-based artist Jake Wallace.

Shake Shack first opened in 2001 in Madison Square Park, New York City, operating initially from a hot dog cart over three summers. The permanent Shake Shack kiosk restaurant opened in the park on June 12, 2004.

Shea Stadium was located in Flushing in Queens, New York City, on the site of what is now parking for Citi Field. Demolition of the stadium started in October 2008 and the locations of Shea’s home plate, pitcher’s plate, and bases are marked in the parking lot.

The Staten Island Ferry leaves Manhattan from the Whitehall Terminal (also called South Ferry) on Whitehall Street and South Street, near Battery Park, at the southern tip of Lower Manhattan.