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The New York metropolitan area is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S, and the only U.S. metropolitan area larger than 20 million residents as of the 2020 United States census. The vast metropolitan area includes New York City, the nation's most populous city, Long Island, the mid ...
The city's total area is 468.484 square miles (1,213.37 km 2). 302.643 sq mi (783.84 km 2) of the city is land and 165.841 sq mi (429.53 km 2) of it is water. [164] [165] The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the eastern seaboard south of Maine. [166]
The city's land area is estimated to be 321 square miles (830 km 2). [2] However, a more recent estimate calculates a total land area of 304.8 square miles (789.4 km 2 ). [ 3 ] Icebergs are often compared in size to the area of Manhattan.
New York City's per capita income in 2000 was $22,402; men and women had a median income of $37,435 and $32,949 respectively. 21.2% of the population and 18.5% of families had incomes below the federal poverty line; 30.0% of this group were under the age of 18 and 17.8% were 65 and older.
On April 1, 1996, morning buses were rerouted via New Jersey to save up to 40 minutes in travel time and the route was extended 1.8 miles (2.9 km) from Marsh Avenue to the Richmond Avenue turnaround. The changes were made in response to a competing express bus route set up by a private bus operator on February 5, 1996, which already ran via New ...
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie -shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and 47th ...
The skyscrapers of Center City, Philadelphia, the downtown part of the city, from the South Street Bridge. New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia are the only incorporated places in the United States that have a population over 1,000,000 and a population density over 10,000 people per square mile. Population.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [ 14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [ 15]