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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.

The New York City borough of Brooklyn is named after the town of Breukelen in the Netherlands. In the mid 1600s, Dutch colonists established six settlements in the area of present-day Brooklyn, one of which was called Breuckelen after the Dutch town. After the British gained control of the territory in 1664, the name became anglicized and the six towns ultimately consolidated into the single city of Brooklyn. It became a borough of New York City in 1898.

SEC on New Jersey Transit trains stands for Secaucus and means that the train stops at Secaucus Junction. Secaucus Junction is a rail hub where passengers can transfer between trains running to and from New York Penn Station, and services going to and from Hoboken Terminal. New York Penn Station trains run on the upper level tracks and the Hoboken trains on the lower level. Retain your travel ticket for use to pass through fare gates when transferring between levels.

Parking meters in Manhattan, called Muni Meters, cover groups of parking spaces on a street or parking lot rather than separate meters at each spot. The system requires payment by mobile app, or pay and display where the meters dispense receipts after payment indicating the parking time, which must be displayed on the dashboard of the parked car. If a Manhattan parking meter is broken or out of service, you are expected to pay by app or find a functioning parking meter on the same block or the next block, or in the same parking lot to purchase a parking receipt. If all parking meters on the block, on the next block, or in the parking field are all broken or missing, New York City law allows you to park for the maximum amount of time posted for that metered area. In such circumstances you should document the date, time, and meter numbers in the event of a dispute.

Manhattan’s Central Park is 843 acres. It is New York City’s fifth largest park by area.

Carl Schurz was a native of Cologne, Germany, who emigrated to the United States in 1852 where he became a political statesman and served in the Cabinet of President Rutherford Hayes. In the United States, he qualified as a lawyer, served as a General in the American Civil War, represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior. In 1881, he moved to New York City and was editor of the New York Evening Post for a short time. Carl Schurz Park in Yorkville on Manhattan’s Upper East Side was named in his honor in 1910. The park is home to Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City.

Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City’s mayor is located in Carl Schurz Park, at East End Avenue and 88th Street in Manhattan’s Yorkville neighborhood. The house was built by Archibald Gracie in 1799 and first used as a mayoral residence in 1942 by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. Only the mayor’s family and visiting public officials may reside with the mayor at the mansion. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in office from 2002 to 2013, elected not to live at Gracie Mansion, using it only to host meetings and events and as accommodation for visiting officials. Parts of Gracie Mansion are open for public exhibits, and free guided tours are offered most Mondays with advance reservations. Photo ID is required for admission.

If you are moving to a new home in Manhattan, New York City, aim to set up utility accounts at least two weeks before your move-in date. Electricity in Manhattan is supplied by ConEdison and you can move or set up a new service online at coned.com or by phone on 1-800-752-6633. New customers require an ID number from a driver’s license, social security card, passport or similar to avoid paying a deposit. Gas in Manhattan is also supplied by ConEdison so you can set up an account at the same time as electricity if needed. If you are renting, it is likely that gas is included in your rent so a supply account might not be required. Check with your landlord. Water services in Manhattan are provided by NYC Department of Environmental Protection. If you are renting, water charges are likely included in your rent so a supply account might not be required. Check with your landlord. Phone, Internet & TV packages are offered by various providers in Manhattan by cable, fiber and satellite, depending on what’s available at your building. A service technician appointment will likely be required for install. DISH – 1-888-656-2461 DirecTV – 1-800-288-2020 Charter Spectrum – 1-855-243-8892 RCN – 1-800-746-4726 Verizon – 1-800-837-4966

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 Queens Center Mall is located near Woodhaven Boulevard subway station which is served by: M trains on weekdays until 11 pm R trains at all times except late nights E trains late nights from around 11 pm to 5:30 am

Trucks and commercial vehicles are allowed to cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York City. Tolls are charged in both directions and the toll rate is dependent on the number of axles. During high winds, for safety reasons there may be restrictions placed on high profile vehicles such as box trucks and tractor-trailers using the bridge.

MetLife Stadium is located at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, 8 miles (or 13 kilometers) west of New York City. Opened in April 2010, it is the home stadium of two NFL football teams, the New York Giants and the New York Jets, and hosted Super Bowl 48 between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos in February 2014.

The 2013 season Super Bowl XLVIII was played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on February 2nd, 2014 between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks won, defeating the Broncos 43-8, and giving them their first ever Super Bowl victory. Seattle Seahawks linebacker Malcolm Smith was named Super Bowl MVP.

Yankee Stadium is a 10-minute walk from MTA Metro-North’s Yankees-East 153rd Street station on the Hudson line running between Poughkeepsie and Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. On game days the station is also served by the Harlem and New Haven lines, and frequent shuttles run between the station, Harlem-125th Street station, and Grand Central.

Shea Stadium was located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City, on the site of what is now parking for Citi Field, the home field of the New York Mets baseball team. Demolition of Shea Stadium started in October 2008 and the locations of its home plate, pitcher’s plate, and bases are marked in the parking lot.

Newark Liberty International Airport departure terminals are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. AirlineTerminal Aer LingusB Air CanadaA Air ChinaB Air IndiaB Air New ZealandB Alaska AirlinesA Allegiant AirB American AirlinesA Austrian AirlinesB AviancaB British AirwaysB Cathay PacificB DeltaB El AlB Elite AirwaysB EmiratesB Ethiopian AirlinesB EurowingsB French BeeB Frontier AirlinesB IcelandairB JetBlue AirwaysB Jet2B La CompagnieB LevelB LOT Polish AirlinesB LufthansaB Porter AirlinesB SAS ScandinavianB Singapore AirlinesB Spirit AirlinesB Sun Country AirlinesB SWISSB TAP Air PortugalB Turkish AirlinesB United AirlinesC United ExpressA & C Virgin AtlanticB VivaAerobusB

Coney Island is located on a peninsula at the southwestern tip of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.

The highest natural point of land in Manhattan is in Bennett Park at 265.05 feet (or 81 meters) above sea level. Bennett Park is located at Pinehurst Avenue and West 183rd Street in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights in upper Manhattan. A stone plaque on an outcropping of Manhattan schist rock on the west side of the park reads: THE HIGHEST NATURAL POINT ON MANHATTAN 265.05 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL

On the evening of October 30th, 2002, Jason Mizell, better known as Jam Master Jay of the hip hop group Run-DMC, was shot and killed, aged 37, at his recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. Ronald Washington was identified by prosecutors in April 2007 as an accomplice in the murder, although it was alleged that he was accompanied by another individual who shot and killed Mizell. In 2018, almost sixteen years after the incident, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr. were indicted for Mizell’s murder, which the indictment alleges was linked to a disagreement over a cocaine deal. Mizell was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, following a funeral service at the Greater Allen Cathedral in Queens.

Staten Island is an island, surrounded by water on all sides. One of the five boroughs of New York City, Staten Island is connected by road to Brooklyn via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and to the state of New Jersey by three road bridges: the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. The Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge single track railway bridge runs parallel to the Goethals Bridge and is used for transporting garbage and freight. The free Staten Island Ferry operates a passenger service between St George on Staten Island and Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan.