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New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [19] New York is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by both population and urban area.
Power outages affected nearly 2 million people in New York City, while more than 1 million people lost cellphone service. [3] Statewide, Sandy destroyed about 305,000 homes, mostly related to the high storm surge. [5] In New York City alone, the floodwaters entered the homes of more than 443,000 people and more than 23,400 businesses.
Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945-1995 (Indiana University Press, 2001). Anbinder, Tyler. Five Points: The 19th-century New York City neighborhood that invented tap dance, stole elections, and became the world's most notorious slum (Simon and Schuster, 2001). online; Anbinder, Tyler.
Collegiate School is a private school for boys in New York City. It claims to be the oldest school in the United States. [2] [3] It is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and is a member of both the New York Interschool and the Ivy Preparatory School League. In 2023–2024, tuition fees totaled $63,400 per year. [4]
This is a list of buildings held by the New York City Housing Authority, a public corporation that provides affordable housing in New York City, U.S. This list is divided geographically by the five boroughs of New York City: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) originates in the Government of New York City attempts to control rising crime in early- to mid-19th-century New York City. The City's reforms created a full-time professional police force modeled upon London's Metropolitan Police, itself only formed in 1829.
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.The area's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, the Hudson River and West Street to the west, and Sixth Avenue to the east, with its northern boundary variously described as near the upper 20s [4] [5] or 34th Street, the next major crosstown street to the north.
The Jewish population in New York City went from about 80,000 in 1880 to 1.6 million in 1920. By 1910, more than 1 million Jews made up 25 percent of New York's population [7] and made it the world's largest Jewish city. As of 2023, about 960,000 residents of New York City, or about 10% of its residents, were Jewish. [8]