New York City, NYC, New York, the City, Nueva York, Nova York, whatever you call it, New York City really is the city that never sleeps.
New York City has been Latin since the first immigrant, Juan Rodriguez arrived in 1613. He was a multilingual African Portuguese sailor from Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) on a Dutch ship, who decided to stay instead of shipping on to the Netherlands.
The Five Boroughs
Borough is an old English word for “county.”
Manhattan
Manhattan is the heart of the city and what most people mean when they say, “New York City” or “The…
Brooklyn
Most of New York City’s cool stuff has moved to Brooklyn. Oy vey! Brooklyn Neighborhoods Places in Brooklyn New York…
Queens
Queens, New York City is the most diverse place on Earth. Over 200 languages are spoken here. Queens Neighborhoods Flushing…
Bronx
Sacred ground for Latin jazz, salsa, hip-hop, reggaeton and Latin trap
Staten Island
Staten Island is a suburban borough reached by the Staten Island Ferry from Manhattan or the Verrazzano Bridge from Brooklyn.…
Circus + Consulates + Government + Jazz Clubs + Museums + Night Clubs + Theaters
Metropolitan New York City
Metropolitan NYC includes parts of New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut.
International New York City
It’s a small world after all. Everybody is here.
This is New York
New York is a great diversity of interlocking purposes. We are not the biggest human city, but we are the world’s most diverse human city.
Everyone from everywhere is here. The best and worst of every good and bad idea are here.
If you look at how people live around the world, New York City shouldn’t function at all. Humanity’s investment in petty differences is too great. But on most days, New York does work, and it works surprisingly well.
Perhaps the hurry that is necessary to survive here forces us to let go of our baggage, to drop our differences. When you do that, the only thing left is our common humanity.
This is my city. This is your city. This is New York.