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Eric Adams, 110th Mayor of New York City (2022–present); 18th Borough President of Brooklyn (2014–2021) [9] Hiroaki Aoki (Restaurant Management, 1963), Olympic wrestler and founder of the Benihana chain of restaurants; Charles Barron, New York City Council member representing the 42nd District of New York City; former Black Panther
Gibbs College, New York City/Melville (1911–2009) Globe Institute of Technology , Manhattan (1985–2016) Long Island Business Institute, Flushing (2001–2024) [ 10 ] [ 11 ]
An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. [1] The 19th century brought changes to the ...
The 137th Street–City College station is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 137th Street and Broadway in Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. The station serves the nearby City College of New York and Riverbank ...
History of New York City; Lenape and New Netherland, to 1664 New Amsterdam British and Revolution, 1665–1783 Federal and early American, 1784–1854 Tammany and Consolidation, 1855–1897 (Civil War, 1861–1865) Early 20th century, 1898–1945 Post–World War II, 1946–1977 Modern and post-9/11, 1978–present: See also
The school was fashioned as "a Free Academy for the purpose of extending the benefits of education gratuitously to persons who have been pupils in the common schools of the … city and county of New York". [10] The Free Academy later became the City College of New York, the oldest institution among the CUNY colleges. [11]
Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park is a family-owned amusement park located at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. It features six adult rides and 16 kiddie rides, including a dozen family rides that parents and children can ride together. The park is named for its main attraction, the Wonder Wheel, a 150-foot (46 m) eccentric wheel built in ...
New York City Subway: Operator(s) New York City Transit Authority: Daily ridership: 425,688 [1] History; Opened: 1915–1928 (between Times Square and Flushing–Main Street) September 13, 2015 (between 34th Street and Times Square) Technical; Number of tracks: 2–5: Character: Underground (Manhattan, Western Queens and Main Street)