The
Statue of Liberty was given to the people of the United States by the people
of France in 1886. This special present was given to the United States
to celebrate the Declaration of Independence. The statue is 305 feet
tall and is made out of copper. The statue is so big that her eyes are 2 feet wide and
her nose is four feet long.
The
Empire State Building is 102 stories tall. It was built in 1931 and it
was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1972. Then other
buildings that are taller were built. You would have to go up 1,860
stairs to get from the ground to the top floor. Luckily, there are
elevators too!
Radio
City Music Hall is part of Rockefeller Center. It opened in 1932 and
has 5,933 seats inside. It is used for concerts, shows and movies.
The most famous show might be the Music Hall Christmas Show. This show
has big groups of dancers who all do the same step at the exact same time.
Rockefeller
Center is a group of 19 buildings. It is called Rockefeller Center
after a man named John D. Rockefeller who came up with the idea for the
buildings. Interesting places in Rockefeller are the Today Show
studio, the ice skating rink and the famous Christmas Tree.
Grand
Central is the largest train station in the world. It has 44 platforms
and 67 different train tracks. Besides train tracks there are also
restaurants, coffee shops, food stores and newspaper stores in the station.
About 500,000 people take trains into or out of Grand Central every single
day.
Yankee
Stadium was built in 1928. There are enough seats for 57,545 people to
watch the game. The nickname of the stadium is "the house that Ruth
built." This is because Babe Ruth was an amazing baseball player and
lots of people went to Yankee Stadium to see him play.
The Macy's store in New York City is the world's largest store. It has 9 floors and fills up a whole city block. There are 10 different restaurants inside the store. The shoe section of the store is so big that it is on two floors!
FAO
Schwatrz is one of the largest toy stores in New York City. Some
special parts of the store are the giant piano and the Lego sculptures.
It also has a lot of stuffed animals.
The Hershey Store in New York City is a very large candy store. It is
16 stories high! There are many, many different types of candy to buy
here. You can even buy a huge Hershey bar that weighs 10 pounds!
American Girl Place is a store full of American Girl Dolls. It has a doll hair studio, a cafe, a photo studio and plenty of shopping.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is
usually just called The Met. There are more than 2 million different
pieces of art in this museum, wow! There are paintings, sculptures,
drawings and other types of art like costumes, musical instruments, armor
and jewelry.
New York City's subway system has
468 different stations! Most of the stations are underground.
People who want to ride the train go down a set of stairs to get to the
platform where the train stops.
The Bronx Zoo has more than 4,000 animals. The zoo is in the middle of
New York City, but still has a lot of parks and outdoor areas for animals.
The zoo opened in 1899. Some of the buildings in the zoo are very old,
like the lion house. The lions now live mostly outside, and the lion
house is now the home of lemurs, tortoises and a crocodile. 
The New York Public library is
awesome! There are 89 different buildings that make up the New York
Public Library. These buildings are spread all over New York City so
that everyone has a library in their neighborhood. The main library
building has two lion statues in front that are very famous. They are
named Patience and Fortitude.