The Dutch explorer Peter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan from the Algonquin tribe in exchange for trinkets and tools worth about $ 24.
New York was called at first New Amsterdam and was founded as a commercial port by the Dutch.
New York was the capital of the United States from 1789 to 1790.
New Yorkers take an average of 40 minutes to go to work each day.
More than 47 percent of New York residents speak a language other than English at home.
36 percent of the population of New York City was born outside the United States.
The Central Park of New York is larger than the principality of Monaco.
The average price of an apartment in Manhattan is 1.5 million dollars.
The yellow taxis of New York are of that color because John Hertz, founder of the company, learned through a study that yellow was the color most easily perceived by the human eye.
The Federal Reserve Bank on Wall Street in New York contains vaults 80 meters deep that hold about 25 percent of the world's gold bullion.
Around 50 million tourists visit New York every year.
The average daily rate for hotel rooms in New York is $ 267.
Hong Kong is the only city with more skyscrapers built than New York City.
The Brooklin Bridge was the first bridge in the world lit with electric street lamps.
The Brooklyn Children's Museum was the first museum in the world built for children.
An average of 4.9 million people use the New York subway every day.
The New York subway system consists of 26 lines with 6,200 convoys that stop at 468 different stations.
Unlike most of the world's metros, the New York Subway operates 24 hours a day.
There are more than 12,700 (official) taxis in New York.
There are more than 18,600 restaurants and fast food outlets in New York. The average cost of a dinner is $ 39.43.
New York City has more than 4,000 street food stalls.
More than 250 films are filmed in New York every year.
Genaro Lombardi opened the first pizzaria in New York in 1895.
The Chinatown of New York is the most populated Chinese enclave of the Western Hemisphere.
According to the 2011 census, 8,200,000 people live in New York City.
Approximately 790,000 companies operate in New York City.
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