New York City

Manhattan's greater metropolis

New York City is the largest city in the United States, located at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York State.

Its five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—form a global center of finance, media, and culture.

Often called simply New York or the city, it anchors the greater metropolitan area.

She moved to New York City after college.

diversity

melting pot

Cultural fusion place

Chinatown · Little Italy · Harlem · enclaves · boroughs · fusion · pluralism · coexistence · languages · mosaic

boroughs

Manhattan

NYC's densest borough

  • BrooklynWestern Long Island borough
  • QueensEasternmost NYC district
  • BronxNYC's northernmost borough

Staten Island · neighborhoods · urban · metropolitan · downtown · midtown · uptown · density · blocks · avenues

skyline

Empire State Building

Tall NYC landmark structure

Manhattan skyline · high-rise · observation deck · cityscape · glass facade · landmark · towering · silhouette · Rockefeller Center · Flatiron Building

cosmopolitan

nightlife

Evening entertainment culture

sophistication · luxury · arts · jazz · design · innovation · world-class · dining · rooftop bars · SoHo

subway

MTA

Public transportation authority

underground · express · local · platform · straphanger · delays · conductor · transit · fare · token

Broadway

musicals

Theatrical works with songs

stage · Tony Awards · playbill · curtain call · box office · orchestra · mezzanine · audition · revival · ensemble

Categories
Opposites
urban density and metropolitan character

New York Cityrural America

Non-urban domestic regions

small-town America · wilderness · the boonies · farmland · the sticks

American cultural symbolism

New York Cityflyover country

Dismissed interior regions

Bible Belt · small-town USA · small-town America · Middle America · rural Texas

global city status and influence

New York Cityremote village

Distant, small settlement

provincial town · forgotten town · Timbuktu

Family

city, New York, Yorkshire, York, New Yorker, New Yorkers

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G