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Manhattan’s Central Park is 843 acres in area, equivalent to 1.3 square miles (or 3.4 square kilometers). It is New York City’s fifth largest park by area. The rectangular urban park measures 2.5 miles (or 4 kilometers) from top to bottom and 0.5 miles (or 0.8 kilometers) across. It stretches for 51 city blocks from 59th Street to Central Park Read more...

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 Read more...

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 Read more...

The Astoria neighborhood in Queens, New York City, is named after prominent German-American businessman John Jacob Astor, said to be the first multi-millionaire in the United States. In the first half of the 19th century, much of the then-rural area, including the village of Hallett’s Cove, was owned by wealthy fur trader Stephen Halsey. His older brother, John Halsey, was Read more...

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 Read more...

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. Read more...

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 Read more...

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. Read more...

New York’s Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was named after Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, but a mistake meant that the bridge’s official name was spelled with only one ‘z’ instead of two. The mis-spelled name remained in use from the bridge’s opening in 1964 until 2018, when a public campaign resulted in a bill being passed unanimously by the New York State Read more...

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 Read more...

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. Read more...

Alexander Hamilton’s 1802 home, The Grange, was relocated in June 2008 to the northern end of Saint Nicholas Park in Harlem’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood. The Founding Father’s yellow and white Federal-style house previously stood a block north, next to Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church on Convent Avenue at 141st Street. Despite becoming a National Memorial in 1962, it was hemmed in Read more...

LaGuardia Airport terminals for arrivals and departures are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. Airline Terminal Air Canada B American Airlines B American Shuttle B Delta C Delta Shuttle C Frontier Airlines C JetBlue Airways (Boston) A JetBlue Airways B Southwest Airlines B Spirit Airlines A United Airlines B WestJet Read more...

The New York City Marathon starts from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The 26.2-mile (or 42.2-kilometer) marathon route passes through all five boroughs of New York City before finishing in Manhattan’s Central Park. It is usually held annually on the first Sunday in November and is the world’s largest marathon by participation. Read more...

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. Read more...

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. Read more...

EWR is the IATA code for Newark Liberty International Airport, located 3 miles (or 4.8 kilometers) south of downtown Newark, New Jersey, and 9 miles (or 14 kilometers) west of Manhattan. Although it is in the state of New Jersey, its proximity to New York City makes it is one of the three major airports serving the New York metropolitan Read more...

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) departure terminals are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. AirlineTerminal Aer Lingus B Air Canada A Air China B Air India B Alaska Airlines A Allegiant Air B American Airlines A Austrian Airlines B Avianca B British Airways B Cathay Pacific B Delta B El Read more...

The closest hotel to Newark Liberty International Airport is the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott, an on-airport hotel offering complimentary shuttle service to and from all EWR terminals. Off airport, there are several chain hotels within a 10-minute drive of the terminals, including: Wyndham Garden Newark Airport Crowne Plaza Newark Airport Motel 6 Elizabeth, NJ – Newark Liberty Intl Airport Read more...

Coney Island is located on a peninsula at the southwestern tip of the borough of Brooklyn, New York City, some 13 miles (or 21 kilometers) south of midtown Manhattan. The area was once truly an island, originally being the westernmost of the several, smaller, Outer Barrier islands on the southern shore of Long Island, and separated from the rest of Read more...