New York

American cities

The biggest city in the USA Called „The Big Apple“

The Melting Pot of Nations

The HistoryAt the beginning of the 17th century Henry Hudson established a trading post for the Dutch on Manhattan Island.

A Dutch colony protected from the Indians by a wall

1664 the British captured the Dutch colony

James, Duke of York

Map

5 boroughs

The centre?

Manhattan

Streets

20km long island

Is washed by three rivers

Famous skyscrapers

The livelist boroughs

A multi-cultural area

Bad reputation Harlem Renaissance

Avenues

Shopping centre

The centre of cultural life

Financial centre

Bridges

Tunnels

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lincoln Centre of Performing Arts

The Rockeffeler Centre

Madison Square garden

The Empire State Building

The Ground Zero

The Times SquareThe Crossroads of the World

SkyscrapersThe Empire

State BuildingThe Chrysler

Building

The fight – ESB won.

Rockefeller Center

The Grand Central Terminal

the 197 million dollar restoration process Cleaned from the dust and

smoke

Carnegie Hall

Helena Vondráčková a Karel Gott

The Beatles, Ike and Tina Turner

IslandsRoosevelt Island

the Queensboro Bridge

Coney Island

Liberty Island

Staten Island

Staten Island has been sometimes called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government; Staten Island is also called "Italian Island or Staten Italy" due to the fact that Staten Island has the largest population of Italian Americans in the country.

the least populated of the five boroughs but is the third largest in area

at 59 sq mi (153 km2)

Ellis Island

New arrivals were taken by ferry to the main building at Ellis Island. Opened in 1892, the first immigrant to arrive was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland named Annie Moore to join her parents in New York City.

The first test the immigrants had to pass became known as the "six second medical exam." As the immigrants climbed the stairs to the Great Hall, doctors stood at the top and watched.

Immigrants waited here for their interviews with legal inspectors after finishing their medical exams. At best, the entire process through Ellis Island took three to five hours.

Isle of tears, isle of hopes

Central Park

UniversitiesNew York University

Columbia University

City College

Transport

Airports