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1. Manhattan Bridge

Manhattan Bridge (English: Manhattan Bridge) is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension) in Long Island. It was the last to be built of the three suspension bridges on the lower East River, followed by the bridges of Brooklyn and Williamsburg. The bridge was opened to traffic on 31 December 1909 and was designed and built by Polish bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski with the diversion of cables designed by Leon Moisseiff, who later designed the unknown Galloping Gertie (the Tacoma Narrow Bridge that collapsed in 1940). It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two paths). The lower level has three lanes, four subway tracks, a pedestrian sidewalk and bike path. The upper level, originally used for streetcars, has two lanes in each direction, and the lowest is only one direction. Formerly the New York State Route 27 passed through the bridge and then was scheduled to spend the New York State Route 478. No tolls are charged for motor vehicles using the bridge from Manhattan. The original footpath on the south side of the bridge was reopened after sixty years, in June 2001. It was also used by bicycles until late summer of 2004 when he opened a bikeway on the north side of the bridge

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2. Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge (originally known as "Bridge of New York and Brooklyn") joins the neighborhoods of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City. It was built between 1870 and 1883 and, at the time of its opening was the largest suspension bridge in the world (measuring 1825 meters long, and piles of light is 486.3 meters, light record until 1889 is built the Forth Bridge, with a maximum span of 521 m. It also was the first suspended by steel cables. Since then it has become one of the most recognizable symbols of New York.

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3. Battery Park

Battery Park is a park of 25 acres (10 hectares), located at the southern tip of New York City in Lower Manhattan, overlooking the harbor. The name comes from the artillery of the Netherlands and British who settled there, in order to protect the port. At the north end of the park is Pier A, formerly a fire station. At the other extreme are the Battery Gardens restaurant, next to the Coast Guard of the United States. Along the coast, are the docks from where the ferries bound for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. There is also a stop on the New York Water Taxi, between the Statue of Liberty Ferry and Pier A. To the northwest is the neighborhood of Battery Park City, a planned community built between 1970 and 1980. Along with the Hudson River Park, a system of bikeways and walkways extending to the shore of the Hudson River. A bike path is being built through the park, which will connect the Hudson River and East River.

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4. Chelsea

Chelsea is located on the west side of Manhattan, New York. Is mid south of Hell's Kitchen and the Garment District. Its southern boundary is 14th Street West.

Chelsea takes its name from the Federal style house was the birthplace of "Clement Clarke Moore, who is credited with authorship of the book" A Visit From St. Nicholas ". "Chelsea" was surrounded by gardens between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, south of 23rd Street, then half of the nineteenth century began the construction of residential buildings.

"London Terrace" was one of the largest apartment buildings in the world when it opened in 1930, had a swimming pool, solarium, gym and doormen dressed as British guards.

Chelsea had a limited Traditionally Eighth Avenue, but in 1833 the apartment building that was later known as the "Hotel Chelsea helped extend up Seventh Avenue. Now comes to Broadway. The neighborhood is predominantly residential. Chelsea has a large gay population, also is getting a reputation as the district of art galleries.

Chelsea were on the cusp of the information shows when "Sid Vicious" (member of rock group Sex Pistols) was charged with the murder of his partner Nancy Spungen on October 12, 1978 while they were staying at the Hotel Chelsea. The hotel also owes its fame to some Leonard Cohen, who wrote a song with her name in 1967. Andy Warhol shot Chelsea Girls in the hotel and Jon Bon Jovi recorded the video for her song "Midnight in Chelsea" from his solo work Destination Anywhere.

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5. Central Park

Central Park is a large urban public park of 3.41 km ² located in the metropolitan district of Manhattan in New York City. The park has a rectangular shape and a size of 4,000 mx 800 m), being larger than two of the smaller nations of the world, is almost two times larger than Monaco and nearly eight times more than the Vatican City.

With some 25 million visitors annually, Central Park is the most visited park in the United States, The Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is 10 times larger than Central Park. Despite this, Central Park has 2.5 times more visitors. The 25 million visitors a year to get Central Park five times higher than those who visit the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Moreover, its appearance in many movies as well as television programs, has become one of the most famous city parks in the world. The park is run by the Central Park Conservancy, a private nonprofit, which has a contract with the Department of Parks and Recreation New York.

Central Park is bordered on the north by 110th Street, west to Central Park West Street, south to 59th Street and east of Fifth Avenue. The sections of these streets that go around Central Park are usually known by the name of Central Park North, Central Park South and Central Park West, respectively, while the Fifth Avenue retains its name by passing through the east side of the park. Central Park has its own section in the U.S. census, the number 143. According to the 2000 Census, the population of the park is eighteen persons, twelve men and six women, with a mean age of 38.5 years. The current real estate value of Central Park is estimated to be about 528,783,552,000 dollars according to Miller Samuel appraisal.

The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who later created Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

While much of the park looks natural, contains several artificial lakes, two ice rinks and grassy areas used for various sporting activities.

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