With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 784 square kilometers (302.6 square miles), New York City is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As a global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world. Here are some Bustling facts you probably didn't know about it.
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New York City has a coastline of 520 miles. According to the Office of the Mayor, that makes the coastline larger than those of Miami, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco combined.
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Bryant Park, Union Square Park, and Madison Square Park used to be cemeteries.
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The permit to operate the hot dog cart outside the Central Park Zoo is $289,500 a year. It's the most expensive pushcart permit in the city.
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About 30 people get bitten by squirrels in New York City every year.
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The New York Public Library has approximately 40,000 NYC restaurant menus from the 1850s to today in its collection.
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In 1982 there was a 2-acre wheat field in Lower Manhattan.
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One of the earliest cases of terrorism in the United States happened in 1920 on Wall Street. A horse-drawn carriage with explosives was detonated, killing over 30 people. A wall at 23 Wall Street still has "scars" from it today.
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The price of a slice of pizza has been nearly the same as the price of a subway ride since 1960.
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If you own property in NYC, you can request a tree to be planted on your property for free.
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South Brother Island, an island in the East River, sold for $10 in 1975.
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41 buildings in NYC have their own zip codes. The Empire State Building is one of them.
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The first botanical garden in the United States was started at the location of present-day Rockefeller Center.
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Penn Station used to look like this:
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75½ Bedford Street in the West Village is the narrowest house in NYC. It's 9.6 feet wide and sold for about $3.5 million in 2013.
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New York City has a higher population than 40 out of 50 states.
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There are "invisible shrimp" in New York City's drinking water called copepods. They are completely harmless.
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Approximately 1 in 38 people in the United States live in New York City.
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If Brooklyn were a city, it would be the fourth largest city in the United States.
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