New York City
New York City
New York City is on the east coast of the USA, in the south-eastern corner of New York
State. It has a population of over seven million,the largest of any city in the country, and an
area of 783 kilometres. The population of New York has contained members of many races
ever since the 17th century. Nowadays about 40 per cent of its inhabitants are immigrants or
have a parents who were.
The city has over 20 000 hectars of parkland. One of the parks, Central Park, was designed by
Frederic Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Its 340 hectares contain half a million tees, several
lakes, a rollerskating rink, a theatre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and much more.
There are beaches in many parts of New York. One of the most popular is Coney Island
Beach in Brooklyn. Visitors there can swim in the sea, enjoy the amusement park, eat hot
dogs and visit the New York Aquarium, which contains about 10 000...