| Population (2010) 
	The NY Urban Area with 19 Million people in 2009
		| Borough | County | pop | sq mi |  
		| Manhattan | New York | 1,585,873 | 23 |  
		| The Bronx | Bronx | 1,385,108 | 42 |  
		| Brooklyn | Kings | 2,504,700 | 71 |  
		| Queens | Queens | 2,230,722 | 109 |  
		| Staten Island | Richmond | 468,730 | 58 |  
		| City of New York |  | 8,175,133 | 303 |  ranked 4th or 5th in the world.
 | Sights:
Genl. Info
NYC Link (Official Site) 
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Liberty Science Center
Times Square & Theater DistrictBroadway Shows
Lincoln Center
Carnegie Hall
Radio City Music Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art
American Museum of Natural
 History
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
9/11 Memorial
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Brooklyn Bridge
Empire State BuildingChrysler Building
Rockefeller Center
World Trade Center / Ground Zero
Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Central Park
High Line
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Aquarium
Bronx Zoo
Jacob Javits Conv. Cntr.
NYU
United Nations HQ
Library Schwarzman Building 
South Street Seaport
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| Sporting Venues: Yankee Stadium, Bronx
 Flushing Meadows, Queens   - National Tennis Center, Citi Field - Mets
 Meadowlands Sports Complex - Jets, 
  Giants
 Madison Square Garden Manhattan - (Nicks, Liberty, Rangers)
 Prudential Center, Newark - NJ Nets,
NJ Devils
 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale LI - Islanders
 Belmont Park Race Track, Elmont LI - Horseracing
 
Events:New York Events, Festivals at world-guides.com
 National Boat Show - early January
 Chinese New Year - late January / early February
 St. Patrick's Day Parade - March
 New York International Auto Show - April
 Easter Parade - April
 The Great Saunter - 32 mi. walk around Manhattan's rim - Beginning of May
 Bike New York - the Great Five Boro Bike Tour is the largest cycling event in America - May
 Metropolitan Opera in the Parks - June
 Independence Day  - July 4th - Macy's fireworks
 Mostly Mozart Festival - July
 New York Philharmonic - open-air concerts in parks- Aug
 US Open Tennis Championships - Aug
 Columbus Day Parade - October
 The ING New York City Marathon - late Oct. / early November
 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade -  - November
 Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular - mid-November to early January
 Rockefeller Center Christmas Festivities - the lighting of the Christmas tree - Dec.
 New Year's Eve Celebrations - Times Square
 
Time Out New York - NYC events, activities and things to doNew York Events and Event Calendar | NYC.com - Official Site
 Driving:
 
 
	
		| From | Distance | Time | Directions |  
		| Boston, MA | 220 | 3:50 | I-90, I-84, I-684, Hutchinson River Pkwy S, Cross County Pkwy,  Saw Mill Pkwy S, Henry Hudson Pkwy |  
		| Albany, NY | 150 | 2:45 | Google: I-87, I-287, NJ-208, NJ-4, GW Bridge Yahoo: I-87, I-287, NJ-17, NJ-4, GW Bridge
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		| Bridgewater, NJ | 42 | 57 | I-78, NJ Turnpike, Lincoln Tunnel |  
		| Philadelphia, PA | 96 | 1:50 | US-130, NJ Turnpike, Lincoln Tunnel |  
		| Washington DC | 228 | 4:30 | I-95, I-295 N(Del Mem Br/NJ-Ny), NJ Turnpike, Lincoln Tunnel |  last updated 10 Nov 2011
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