Thursday, May 21, 2009

NYC Trivia

This came in today from Eric G of Beyond TImes Square. I found it fun and interesting and hope you do, too!

"On my desk I have a lot of things. Papers, contracts, to do lists, maps, a computer, a phone, speakers, an ipod charger, last week's lunch & so on. I also have several books and many of course have to do with New York City I though this week I would share a few bits of NYC Trivia. They are good tid-bits for your itineraries and fun facts for the motorcoach ride.


New York has 660 miles of subway track.
There are over 18,000 eating establishment in NYC. Too bad we do not have as many public toilets.
The New York Post was established by Alexander Hamilton in 1803 and is the oldest running newspaper in the USA.
The real name of New York City is the City of Greater of New York, but tha takes too long to say.
There are 6,374.6 miles of streets in New York City.
During the time of slavery in the United States, New York City was second behind Charleston in how much slavery penetrated everyday life. (Not something we are proud of, but an important piece of history, not many people know).
The actual name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World, but that is also is too long.
The nation's largest public Halloween parade is the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. It is lots of fun.

There are almost 13,000 traffic lights in New York City. You will get stuck at one.
The Bronx is the only borough in the City of Greater of New York (seems long, right?), that is connected to the lower 48 states. The other four boroughs are all islands.
The best oysters in the world used to come from New York Harbor. (17th and 18th Centuries)
Oreo Cookies were developed and produced in 1912 in a factory in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea.
$362,201 is the cost for the city permit for one year to sell hotdogs outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Northside of the sidewalk. That's a lot of mustard.
Hellmann's Mayonnaise was introduced in Hellmann's Delicatessen in 1912 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
There are 55 species of bird in Central Park."