New York City Travel Guide – Wow! New York City is the apple of many an eye. This is the city that never sleeps and that houses our nation’s freedom symbol, The Statute of Liberty , which stands at 305 feet tall from her foundation to her torch and weighs in at 450,000 pounds. Her waist is 35-feet, and her index finger is 8 feet long.

New York City is made up of five boroughs-Manhattan and Staten Island are islands; Queens and Brooklyn are on the western tip of Long Island and the Bronx is part of the mainland.

This monumental powerhouse of a city has 6,374.6 miles of streets and 578 miles of waterfront and is proud to boast that The New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest exchange doing an annual volume of trading at $5.5 trillion. The subway in New York is the world’s largest carrying over 4.5 million people per day on its 656 miles of system. The world's largest gothic cathedral under construction since 1882, Church of St John the Divine, 215 different bird species in Central Park, and amazing boardwalks at Coney Island and other places. Beach’s boardwalk is 2 ½ miles long.

On Friday, January 1, 1892 Ellis Island opened its doors and from 1892 to 1924, 12 million immigrants entered the United States. It’s no wonder that 8,000,000 people, 1.5 million in Manhattan alone (that amounts to 67,000 people per square mile), call New York City their home.

Wonder of Wonders, New York, NY encompasses Broadway and Times Square and the best nightlife and entertainment in the nation. There’s all this and much more in one big city that never sleeps. On September 11, 2001 3,000 of our fellow Americans died tragically in the bombing of the World Trade Center so be sure to pay respects as you visit the newly erected memorial. Remember our troops fighting for our freedom with a moment of silence and prayer.

If that’s not enough to keep you coming back again and again then think of the best restaurants and shopping this nation has to offer. Come see New York, it’s all this and a whole lot more! After you’ve decided to extend your stay you’ll be walking around singing, “I love New York”!

In your search for great New York Hotels don’t forgot to get some information at the local tourism office. They can help you if you have any questions.