Enrich Yourself With These Eighteen Fascinating Facts About New York City

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.

01
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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02
Bryant Park, Union Square Park, and Madison Square Park used to be cemeteries.

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03
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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04
About 30 people get bitten by squirrels in New York City every year.

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05
The New York Public Library has approximately 40,000 NYC restaurant menus from the 1850s to today in its collection.

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06
In 1982 there was a 2-acre wheat field in Lower Manhattan.

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07
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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08
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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09
If you own property in NYC, you can request a tree to be planted on your property for free.

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10
South Brother Island, an island in the East River, sold for $10 in 1975.

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11
41 buildings in NYC have their own zip codes. The Empire State Building is one of them.

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12
The first botanical garden in the United States was started at the location of present-day Rockefeller Center.

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13
Penn Station used to look like this:

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14
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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15
New York City has a higher population than 40 out of 50 states.

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16
There are "invisible shrimp" in New York City's drinking water called copepods. They are completely harmless.

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17
Approximately 1 in 38 people in the United States live in New York City.

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18
If Brooklyn were a city, it would be the fourth largest city in the United States.

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Enrich Yourself With These Eighteen Fascinating Facts About New York City

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.

Bryant Park, Union Square Park, and Madison Square Park used to be cemeteries.

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.

About 30 people get bitten by squirrels in New York City every year.

The New York Public Library has approximately 40,000 NYC restaurant menus from the 1850s to today in its collection.

In 1982 there was a 2-acre wheat field in Lower Manhattan.

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.

The price of a slice of pizza has been nearly the same as the price of a subway ride since 1960.

If you own property in NYC, you can request a tree to be planted on your property for free.

South Brother Island, an island in the East River, sold for $10 in 1975.

41 buildings in NYC have their own zip codes. The Empire State Building is one of them.

The first botanical garden in the United States was started at the location of present-day Rockefeller Center.

Penn Station used to look like this:

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.

New York City has a higher population than 40 out of 50 states.

There are "invisible shrimp" in New York City's drinking water called copepods. They are completely harmless.

Approximately 1 in 38 people in the United States live in New York City.

If Brooklyn were a city, it would be the fourth largest city in the United States.

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