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Manhattan (Manhattan) , [2] is America New York City The most densely populated of the five administrative districts is also the smallest. Manhattan is mainly made up of Manhattan Island , Roosevelt Island Composed of, and by East River , The Hudson River And surrounded by the Harlem River. There are many famous enterprises concentrated here, known as the world's Economic center , too New York The richest district.
Manhattan is described as the economic and cultural center of the entire United States, being New York City Central business district Location, the world skyscraper The most concentrated area, which brings together the headquarters of the vast majority of the world's top 500 companies, is also United Nations Headquarters The location of...
Manhattanite Wall Street Is the most important financial center in the world New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Manhattan Real estate market It's also one of the most expensive places in the world. Manhattan currently has 1,585,873 residents and an area of 59.5 Square kilometer With an average of 26,668 people per square kilometer, Manhattan is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Manhattan is also the richest place in the country, with more than $100,000 in 2005 U.S. dollar Per capita GDP.
With up to 50 million tourists visiting New York City each year, Manhattan is known for its many attractions, including the "Crossroads of the world" and the "center of the world. Times Square , dazzling Broadway The center of the theater, the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world and the center of the world's entertainment industry. Manhattan is also home to many world-famous Bridges, skyscraper And parks; Manhattan's Chinatown is the whole The Western Hemisphere The largest Chinese population. Manhattan also has a large number of high schools and universities, including the world's top 50 Prestigious university Such as Columbia University , New York University and Rockefeller University . Since New York City was founded at the southern tip of Manhattan New York City government The location of New York City Hall Also located here.
The gross regional product of Manhattan in 2022 is $885.652 billion [1]
Chinese name
Manhattan
Foreign name
Manhattan
New york County [2]
alias
Isle of Man , New York County [2]
Administrative division code
NY100xx, NY101xx, NY102xx
Administrative category
Municipal district
Subordinate region
America New York New York
Geographical position
America Atlantic Northeast coast
Area product
59.5 km²
Subordinate area
Manhattan Island , Roosevelt Island
Government premises
New York City government
Telephone area code
212, 718, 917, 347, 646
Postal code
212/646/332/917
Climatic condition
Temperate continental climate
Population number
About 1.63 million (2019)
Famous scenic spot
Broadway , Wall Street , Empire State Building , Times Square, New York
aerodrome
John F. Kennedy International Airport , Laguardia Airport
Railway station
Grand Central Station , Penn Station
License plate code
NY
Gross regional product
$885.652 billion [1] (2022)
prescription
American English
Famous colleges and universities
Columbia University , Manhattan School of Music Etc.

catalogue

  1. 1Geographical position
  2. 2Historical evolution
  3. 3economy
  4. 4Important place names
  5. ▪City landmark
  1. ▪Institution of higher learning
  2. ▪Rivers and ports
  3. ▪Main street
  4. ▪park
  5. ▪unit
  6. ▪Bridges and tunnels
  1. 5East-west section
  2. 6Uptown theory
  3. 7Sightseeing spot

Geographical position

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The location of Manhattan in New York City
Manhattan covers the entire area Manhattan Island , East River The Harlem River and The Hudson River Surround. Also includes some small islands, such as Roosevelt Island , U Thant Island and North America A small part of, and The Bronx Border on. Marble Hill was originally part of Manhattan Island, but in the late 19th century, the Harlem Canal was built to improve navigation on the Harlem River, separating the area from Manhattan Island. Finally, the original channel between this section and the Bronx was filled in, connecting it to the mainland.
Manhattan Island is 21.5 kilometers long and 3.7 kilometers wide at its widest point. United States Census Bureau The data shows that the total area of Manhattan is 87.5 Square kilometer : 59.5 square kilometers is land, 28 square kilometers is water; Water area accounts for 32.01% of the total area. Manhattan west New Jersey The northeast is The Bronx , east and south Brooklyn and Queens All lie in Long Island ; It is connected to these places by Bridges and tunnels and so on. Manhattan and Staten Island between Direct connection It is mainly done by ferry.
Manhattan is New York New York's most important business, financial, and insurance institutions are located here. World Financial Center - Wall Street Distributed in lower Manhattan, and New York's large enterprises, commercial centers are distributed in midtown Manhattan. There are over 5,500 tall buildings in Manhattan, 35 of which are over 200 meters tall, making it the largest concentration of skyscrapers in the world. With the iconic New York Empire State Building , Rockefeller Center , Chrysler Building , the MetLife Insurance Building and other buildings. Every night, thousands of skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan light up all night. Reflecting the absolute economic strength of New York in the world, Midtown Manhattan is also hailed as "the best place in the world". There are so many things to do in Manhattan. Visitors are just as susceptible to the excitement and energy of their surroundings as local residents - from dining at the top restaurants in the Meatpacking District to visiting the vibrant restaurants in and around Broadway Movie theater And then to the Chinatown Shopping in NoLIta or the East Village. From Battery Park business district to cloister The art museum, there is much to experience everywhere Entertainment item .
Some small islands in the East River and parts of Mahill, with a total area of 59.5 square kilometers, or 7% of New York City's total area, have a population of 1.63 million. Famous in New York Empire State Building Parts of the island became the CBD of New York. Manhattan CBD is mainly located in this area Manhattan Island The upper Downtown, Nakashiro (Midtown), famous neighborhoods are Greenwich Street and Fifth Avenue .

Historical evolution

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1931 Aerial view of Manhattan and New York City
A.d. In 1609, Dutch West India Company On behalf of Henry. Hudson discovered this place in 1626 America The New Netherlands Governor Peter purchased Manhattan Island from the American Indians for about $24. The first church was built here in 1633, and in 1653 Manhattan became the capital of the Province of New Netherland and was named New Amsterdam Before 1653, the population of New Amsterdam was only 800.
later British Empire Claiming the Hudson River Basin as British land by 1664 Duke of York A party was sent to take the land from the Dutch without bloodshed, and the name was changed on April 27, 1686 New York The city was established simultaneously. From 1785 to 1790, New York City served as the first president of the United States Washington He served in New York City in 1789. Manhattan streets are mostly named after numbers, north-south called avenues, east-west called streets, streets are named Fifth Avenue The dividing point is divided into East Street and West Street.

economy

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The fire trees and the silver flowers never go out at night
Manhattan is New York New York's major commercial, trading, financial, and insurance companies are located in Manhattan. Manhattan is the richest district in the world. Because Manhattan is in finance, Insurance industry A lot of people. There is a strip in lower Manhattan that is only 1.54 kilometers long and less than 1 Square kilometer the Wall Street Financial district Dozens of large banks, insurance companies, Trading post And hundreds more Company headquarters And hundreds of thousands Employed population Is the financial center of the world. It has the highest employment density in the world. Manhattan Nakashiro It's the business center of Manhattan. Empire State Building , Chrysler Building , Rockefeller Center Some famous buildings are located in this district. Although Midtown was formed later than Lower Manhattan, it has the momentum to catch up. Well into the 20th century, many other non-profit Office organization , such as trade unions, research departments, professional bodies, government agencies, etc., are also concentrated here, many related professional firms such as real estate, advertising, Tax department The insurance industry and banks originally located in the south of the island were also attracted by the good environment of the central city. At the same time, shops, services, etc. are gradually clustered around, which makes the CBD of Manhattan Island more attractive. To solve the Manhattan CBD due to industry unbalance And the contradictions that arise, New York City government On Greenwich Street and Fifth Avenue Have taken some Regulation means , improve Investment environment To guide its balanced and healthy development. Strengthening Business in New York Trade center Features to enhance attractiveness.
With the development of the city, many office buildings, residential buildings, exhibition centers, etc. were built in the west, and a subway was built through the downtown area. This was followed by the enactment of the Lower Manhattan Plan, which created a wide loop at the southern end of the island expressway , World Trade Center 15,000 apartments and office buildings. In these expanded areas, planning agencies were strengthened to take the strain off crowded downtown areas Transportation network Construction, such as connecting the subway and other rail traffic entrances and exits to the new office, and at the same time footpath And the shop is set underground, and with Subway entrance and exit Directly connected. By the mid-1970s, the Manhattan CBD was taking shape.
Manhattan CBD is a catalyst for the development of New York City, which mainly depends on the influence of CBD, New York The city established its international City image International and multinational industry organizations thrived in New York City, with 277 Japanese companies, 213 British companies, 175 French companies, and 80 in 1979 Switzerland Corporations and many other national corporations have branches in New York City; Manhattan CBD residential and Commercial occupancy the Volume of business , occupy the United States Real estate market 40% of the turnover of such housing; Twenty-one percent of all phone calls in the United States are made from New York; For example, the assessed value of real estate in Manhattan accounted for about 53% of the total assessed value of real estate in New York City, and between 1969 and 1983, the value of real estate in Manhattan increased by about 58%; Manhattan area Economic growth Accounting for 82% of New York City's total economic growth; The CBD and its spin-offs contributed to the prosperity of New York City, and in 1978 New York-area airports handled 1.5 million visitors to New York City.
The Central Core Business District of the Manhattan CBD is" Wall Street Concentrated dozens of large banks, insurance companies, exchanges and hundreds of large company headquarters and hundreds of thousands of employment population, becoming the highest employment density in the world.

Important place names

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City landmark

  1. 1.
    Empire State Building (The Empire State Building)
  2. 2.
    Broadway (Broadway)
  3. 3.
    Wall Street (Wall Street)
  4. 4.
    Carnegie Hall (Carnegie Hall)
  5. 5.
    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts)
  6. 6.
    Metropolitan Museum of Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
  7. 7.
    American Museum of Natural History (Museum Of Natural History)
  8. 8.
    Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art)
  9. 9.
    The Guggenheim Museum (The Guggenheim Museum)
  10. 10.
    Museum of Modern Art (The Museum Of Modern Art - MoMA)
  11. 11.
    Museum of Broadcasting, New York (Museum of Broadcasting)
  12. 12.
    Central Park (Central Park)
  13. 13.
    Union Square
  14. 14.
    Herald Square
  15. 15.
    Madison Square Garden (Madison Square Garden)
  16. 16.
    Times Square (Times Square)
  17. 17.
    Columbus Circle (Columbus Circle)
  18. 18.
    Harlem
  19. 19.
    Spanish Harlem
  20. 20.
    Manhattan Chinatown (Chinatown)
  21. 21.
    Greenwich Village (Greenwich Village)
  22. 22.
    The Upper West Side
  23. 23.
    Upper East Side (Upper East Side)
  24. 24.
    Lower East Side
  25. 25.
    Financial Center
  26. 26.
    Theatre District
  27. 27.
    World Trade Center Building 1 (New World Trade Center Tower)

Institution of higher learning

Rivers and ports

  • New York Harbor
  • Upper New York Harbor
  • Lower New York Harbor
  • Verrazano Narrows
  • The Hudson River (Hudson River)
  • East River
  • Harlem River

Main street

Streets in Manhattan are named Avenue and Street, and the avenue is usually north to south.
West Side Highway - 11th Avenue - Tenth Avenue - Ninth Avenue - Eighth Avenue - Seventh Avenue Sixth Avenue - Fifth Avenue
Madison Avenue - Park Avenue - Lexington Avenue Third Avenue - Second Avenue - First Avenue - Roosevelt Express Road
Avenue (North-South)
  • FDR Drive
  • First Avenue (1st Avenue)
  • Second Avenue (2nd Avenue)
  • Third Avenue (3rd Avenue)
  • Lexington Avenue
  • Park Avenue (Park Avenue)
  • Madison Avenue (Madison Avenue)
  • Fifth Avenue (5th Avenue)
  • 6th Avenue, Avenue of the Americas
  • 7th Avenue (7th Avenue)
  • Broadway Avenue (Broadway)
  • Eighth Avenue (8th Avenue)
  • Central Park West
  • Amsterdam Avenue
  • Columbus Avenue
  • 9th Avenue
  • 10th Avenue
  • 11th Avenue
  • 12th Avenue
  • West End Avenue
  • Riverside Drive
  • West Side Highway
  • Lenox Avenue
  • Frederick Douglass Boulevard
  • Morningside Avenue
  • St Nicholas Avenue Street (east-west)
  • Wall Street (Wall Street)
  • Chambers Street - City Hall
  • Canal Street
  • Delancey Street
  • Houston Street
  • 14th Street - Union Square
  • 23rd Street (Herald Square)
  • 34th Street - Madison Square Garden
  • 42nd Street - Times Square, Grand Central Station, The U.N.
  • 59th Street (Columbus Circle - Central Park South)
  • 72nd Street - Crosses Central Park
  • 79th Street - Crosses Central Park
  • 86th Street (86th Street - Crosses Central Park)
  • 96th Street - Crosses Central Park - East Side Harlem Border
  • 110th Street - Cathedral Parkway - Central Park North
  • 116th Street (Columbia University)
  • 125th Street (West Side Harlem Border)
  • 135th Street (135th Street)
  • 145th Street (145th Street)
  • 155th Street (155th Street)
  • 179th Street (George Washington Bridge)
  • 242nd Street

park

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  • A cluster of tall buildings in midtown Manhattan. Urban Canyon
  • Downtown
  • Midtown. Midtown
  • Salomon Brothers Building
  • World Trade Center
  • 1 Police Plaza
  • Empire State Building Empire State Building
  • Chrysler Building , Chrysler Building
  • Grand Central Station/PanAm Building
  • United Nations Headquarters
  • Jets Stadium (2011)
  • Columbia University
  • Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Teaching Hospital
  • One New York Plaza

Bridges and tunnels

Bridges and tunnels are important external arteries of Manhattan Island. On account of Manhattan Island Surrounded by water, it is characterized by a large number of Bridges and tunnels. These Bridges and tunnels have contributed greatly to the development of Manhattan, because Bridges are the only way for people to travel between Manhattan and the suburbs, as are tunnels. But during rush hour, Bridges and tunnels become Traffic bottleneck .
East side
  • Brooklyn-battery Tunnel
  • Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge)
  • Manhattan Bridge (Manhattan Bridge)
  • Williamsburg Bridge (Williamsburg Bridge)
  • Queens Midtown Tunnel
  • Roosevelt Island Tram
  • Triborough Bridge (Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx) Triborough Bridge (Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx) West side
  • Staten Island Ferry - Battery Park
  • PATH MRT Tunnel - WTC
  • Holland Tunnel (Holland Tunnel-Canal Street)
  • Lincoln Tunnel (Lincoln Tunnel-39th Street)
  • George Washington Bridge (George Washington Bridge - 179th Street) Bridges and tunnels in New York City
  • Bridge Bejan Bridge | Brooklyn Bridge | White Rock Bridge in the Bronx | | city island bridge across the gulf war veterans memorial bridge | | | the George Washington bridge high press bridge HaoEr gate bridge | Henry Hudson Sun Daqiao | o Joseph DE memorial bridge | families want ck parker | Madison avenue elevated | | the Manhattan bridge Ocean Park gill haggis memorial bridge | Otterbridge Bridge | Pulaski Bridge | Queens Bridge (59th Street Bridge) | Third Avenue Bridge | Narrowneck Bridge | Three District Bridge | Verrazano Narrows Bridge | Williamsburg Bridge
  • Tunnels Brooklyn-Battery Park Tunnel | Holland Tunnel | Lincoln Tunnel | Queens Midtown Tunnel
  • Operator: Tri-Borough Bridge and Tunnel Authority | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | New York City Transit | New York State Department of Transportation | Amtrak

East-west section

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Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue divides Manhattan into East and West sides. The names "East" or "West" can be used for east-west streets, such as East 27th Street and West Houston Street. Streets of Manhattan Naming system It's also in the West Bronx.

Uptown theory

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In Manhattan, the term "uptown" is used differently than in other American cities. In this context, uptown refers to the north and the lower town. downtown It refers to the south, as "uptown train" means a train heading north. North of Houston Street, just about any east-west street Numeric mark Increasing from south to north (reflecting the expansion from south to north at the time). The terms "uptown" and "downtown" generally refer to the north and south, although "uptown" sometimes refers to the northern part of Manhattan Island (north of 59th Street) and "downtown" to the south (south of 23rd or 14th Street). The area between 23rd and 59th streets is called Midtown. midtown ).
In other cities in the United States, "downtown" generally refers to the central business district or downtown . Manhattan has two business districts, the financial district to the south and the new Midtown business district.
In "Lower Town", also includes the "Lower Manhattan" area (Lower Manhattan). This area includes Buckley Street and Brooklyn Bridge All locations south of here. Famous buildings include city Hall, Wall Street, and the original site of the World Trade Center.
Similarly, the northernmost part of "Uptown" is called "Upper Manhattan". Due to its distance from Midtown, the area is less lively than other areas, and is often seen as a remote exurban area like South Brooklyn.
Although Manhattan is only one borough of New York City (or New York County But many locals refer to Manhattan as "The City."

Sightseeing spot

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Manhattan is a long, narrow island divided from north to south uptown (Uptown, Midtown, and Downtown), the island's office uses are skyscraper Stand, for example Empire State Building , Chrysler Building , Rockefeller Center , Madison Square Garden , Garden center , MetLife Building, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, United Nations Building Let's wait. Manhattan is home to the world's largest concentration of skyscrapers.
Famous sightseeing spots include Uptown's Central Park, Upper City Chengdong District , Metropolitan Museum , The Guggenheim Museum , Madison Avenue , Uptown West Side, Lincoln Center , American Museum of Natural History , Harlem And Museum Miles north of 77th Street. Midtown is home to sky-high skyscrapers such as Empire State Building , Chrysler Building , Rockefeller Center It is also close to the business center Times Square Broadway theater district, brand-name goods distribution center Fifth Avenue Grand Central Station. Xiacheng District It is centered on finance, and famous attractions include Soho, New York Stock Exchange World Financial Center, South Street harbor , Greenwich Village (Greenwich Village), Battery Park (Battery Park). There's another place downtown Liberty Island superior Statue of Liberty .
Certain areas of Manhattan are concentrated by certain ethnic groups, such as China Town, Little Italy District, Harlem (Black and Hispanic). Central Park, New York Located in the middle of Manhattan Island, across 59th Street to 110th Street It was designed by Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted and Mr. Calvert Vaux in the 19th century. Newspapers headquartered in Manhattan include: The three major television networks ( ABC , CBS , NBC ), New York Times , Wall Street Journal , New York Daily News , New York Post . Of that, $34 billion will be spent on reconstruction World Trade Center And the surrounding area, repair some of the surrounding infrastructure including the metro and underpass .
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