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  • When did WNYC stop using the WNYC Transmitter Park?

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    New York public radio station WNYC transmitted its AM signal from the WNYC Transmitter Park in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood for over 50 years from 1937 to 1990. When WNYC started broadcasting in 1924, it was owned by the City of New York, and broadcast from a transmitter located on the 25th floor of the Municipal Building in Manhattan. The proliferation Read more...
  • What to see around Greeley Square Park?

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    Greeley Square Park is a small, triangular, tree-lined, paved park in midtown Manhattan at 6th Avenue and West 34th Street, near the 33rd Street subway and PATH station. There are many things to see and do within a short walking distance: See Alexander Doyle’s bronze statue of Horace Greeley, founder and editor of the New York Tribune newspaper. Bring your Read more...
  • What stores does Manhattan Mall have?

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    The stores at Manhattan Mall in New York City include: JCPenney Aeropostale Express Top Gun Leather City Streets Shoes Call It Spring LensCrafters New York & Company GNC Lids Mandee Strawberry, and Starbucks, and Read more...
  • Who owns New York Penn Station?

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    Pennsylvania Station in New York City is owned by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as Amtrak. Amtrak is a US government-owned corporation operating intercity passenger rail services in the United States and to certain cities in Canada. Ownership of Penn Station passed to Amtrak in 1976 when it assumed control of the 457-mile Northeast Corridor (NEC) railroad linking Read more...
  • How tall is the Empire State Building?

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    Manhattan’s Empire State Building is 1,454 feet (or 443 meters) high to the tip of its rooftop antenna. The 102-story skyscraper has an architectural height of 1,250 feet (or 381 meters). From its completion in 1931, it was the tallest building in the world, until 1970 when it was overtaken by the World Trade Center towers. Read more...
  • What teams play at Madison Square Garden?

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    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. Read more...
  • What time do doors open at MSG for NY Rangers games?

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    For New York Rangers ice hockey games at Madison Square Garden, doors open 1 hour before puck drop. Read more...
  • Does the High Line go to Hudson Yards?

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    The northern end of Manhattan’s High Line elevated park and walkway wraps around the Hudson Yards development and emerges on West 34th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. A spur off the Highline at West 30th Street near 10th Avenue connects directly to the shops and restaurants at 10 Hudson Yards and there is stair and elevator access to street Read more...
  • Is there a ferry from New York to Nantucket?

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    During summer, Seastreak operates a fast passenger ferry between New York and Nantucket, via Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, departing 4 pm on Fridays and returning 2:30 pm Sundays. The New York City ferry terminal is at East 35th Street and FDR Drive on the east side of midtown Manhattan. The crossing time to Nantucket takes approximately 6 hours 15 minutes, Read more...
  • How high up is the Edge observation deck?

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    The Edge observation deck on Level 100 of New York’s 30 Hudson Yards skyscraper is 1,131 feet (or 345 meters) above the ground. The cantilevered outdoor platform extends up to 80 feet (or 24 meters) from the building and offers views across Manhattan and the Hudson River, and visitors can stand on a glass floor panel looking straight down to Read more...
  • Where are the CNN studios in New York?

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    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 Read more...
  • How much is the Staten Island Ferry?

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    The Staten Island Ferry is free of charge in both directions and no ticket is required to travel. Read more...
  • Who was Bella Abzug?

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    Bella Abzug was a lawyer and three-term Democratic congresswoman from New York City known for championing women’s rights, human rights, equality and social justice. She died in 1998 and Manhattan’s Hudson Yards Park was renamed Bella Abzug Park in her honor in 2019. Read more...
  • When does ice skating start in Bryant Park?

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    The ice skating rink at Bryant Park in New York City is open from the last weekend in October through to the end of the last weekend in March each year. Located between 40th and 42nd Streets at Sixth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, the Bryant Park skating rink opens at 8 am daily, including holidays. Skating at Bryant Park can Read more...
  • Where are the PIX 11 studios in New York?

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    New York’s WPIX TV, known as PIX11, is located in the News Building at 42nd Street and 2nd Avenue in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan. WPIX was once the TV broadcast subsidiary of the New York Daily News newspaper, and the building housed the Daily News operations until 1995, but PIX 11, by then under separate ownership, remained Read more...
  • Can you go to the top of the Chrysler Building?

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    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. Read more...
  • How did Times Square get its name?

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    Times Square in Manhattan was so named in 1904 in anticipation of completing the newly-constructed headquarters of The New York Times newspaper at the convergence of Broadway and 7th Avenue at 43rd Street, an area previously called Longacre Square. With its distinctive narrow wedge-shaped tower, the New York Times Building was a prominent architectural landmark and provided access to the Read more...
  • Where is the National Debt Clock in NYC?

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    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. Read more...
  • Is there a 24 hour Starbucks in NYC?

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    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. Read more...
  • Is alcohol allowed in Times Square on NYE?

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    Alcohol consumption is not permitted in Times Square at any time, including New Years Eve. It is illegal to drink alcoholic beverages or have an open container of alcohol in any public place in New York City. Read more...
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