New York is located on the north east coast of the United States, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of five boroughs (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island), the oldest of which is Manhattan, an island where you can see the tallest skyscrapers in New York.
New York was established with the arrival of Europeans in the Americas in 1621. Today it has become the cosmopolitan city par excellence, with more than 20 million people and 138 languages spoken in it. It is the seat of the United Nations, the capital of fashion and shopping, as well as being the financial capital of the United States with a bag, Wall Street, which is the largest in the world. Also known as the Big Apple, is the most populous city in the United States and lives 24 hours on 24, with an endless variety of activities.
What to visit
The most interesting places are in Manhattan.
From the south: Ellis Island and Liberty Island (Statue of Liberty), Battery Park, City Hall (City Hall), Chinatown, Soho, the Village, the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, the UN building, Rockefeller Center, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Fifth Avenue, Central Park, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Musem and the Guggenheim Museum.
North of Manhattan is Harlem, a neighborhood known throughout the world as the center of black American culture, famous for its bustling nightlife and jazz: the famous Apollo Theater (253 W 125th Street), opened in 1914, launched the careers of stars such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, and, again, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill.
Characteristic of Harlem are the "brownstone buildings," buildings of sandstone. The same characteristics are the churches, the heart of Harlem, where the men in the 60s led the fight for civil rights and social justice (Malcolm X), and where many tourists calling to hear the gospel songs.
