New York

New York (pronunciation in American English / nuːjɔɹk / pronunciation of the title in its original version Listen), officially City of New York, otherwise known as the name and abbreviation of New York City or NYC, is the largest city in the United States and one of the largest in the Americas. It is located in the Northeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast to the southeastern tip of the state of New York. The New York City consists of five boroughs called boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Its inhabitants are called New Yorkers.

Between 1785 and 1790 the city of New York was the capital of the US2. It is the largest city in the country since 17903, before feeding for a few decades the financial and political rivalry between New York and Philadelphia.

New York has a significant impact on global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education and entertainment. Gathering all the characteristics of a global city, it is sometimes considered the "capital of the world." If it is not the capital of the United States for more than two sièclesnotes 1, New York is not least the country's most populous city, with 8,336,697 inhabitants according to the Census Bureau of the United States (2012) 4. At the heart of the megalopolis of BosWashnotes 2, its agglomeration 19,069,796 habitants5 spans several counties of the State of New York (suburbs east and north) and impinges on two neighboring states. Indeed, the state of New Jersey has its western suburbs and south, and the Connecticut includes its suburbs northeast. Its urban area in turn had 22,201,312 inhabitants in 20096.

New York is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, with its many ethnic neighborhoods. The best known are Little Italy, Chinatown or that incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese population Amériques7,8,9,10.

New York hosts some 50 million visitors annuels11,12,13. Times Square, iconified as "the Crossroads of the World" 14,15,16,17,18, is the hub of the show in the entire country and the theater district Broadway19, one of the most populaires20 intersections and a major center of the entertainment industry worldwide.21. The city has a large number of bridges (78,822 in 2012), skyscrapers and parks renowned mondiale23. The financial district in New York, anchored by Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, functions as the "financial capital of the world" 24,25,26,27,28,29,30 and is home to the stock exchange and New York31 its future financial center One World Trade center. In addition, the Manhattan real estate market is among the highest in the world.32.

Finally, New York is home to institutions of global importance. These include the UN headquarters, but also many seats multinationales33 and cultural centers such as the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, Lincoln Center. Many famous universities are located in New York, including the University of the City of New York, Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller, which are classified among the top 50 universities in the University monde34.