Landmarks
The crown of this copper lady has 7 rays, representing the 7 continents and 7 seas.
Statue of Liberty
Charging Bull
Civic Fame
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This island served as the primary federal immigration station for the U.S. from 1892 to 1954.
A) Governors Island
B) Ellis Island
C) Roosevelt Island
What is Ellis Island?
This neon-lit intersection in Midtown is known as "The Crossroads of the World."
A) Herald Square
B) Union Square
C) Times Square
What is Times Square
New Yorkers often refer to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) rail system by this name.
A) The Tube
B) The Subway
C) The Metro
What is the subway?
This long-running sketch comedy show is filmed at 30 Rockefeller Center in "Studio 8H."
A) The Tonight Show
B) Saturday Night Live
C) The Daily Show
What is Saturday Night Live?
Once the world's tallest building, this Art Deco skyscraper features a famous spire and observation deck.
A) Chrysler Building
B) Empire State Building
C) One World Trade
What is the Empire State Building?
Before being consolidated into "Greater New York" in 1898, this borough was its own independent city and remains the most populous borough to this day.
A) Queens
B) The Bronx
C) Brooklyn
What is Brooklyn?
This beach area is famous for its boardwalk, hot dogs, and rollercoasters.
A) Coney Island
B) Rockaway Beach
C) Staten Island
What is Coney Island?
You can take this bright orange boat for free to see the Statue of Liberty from a distance.
A) Staten Island Ferry
B) NYC Ferry
C) Circle Line
What is the Staten Island Ferry?
This musical genre was born at a house party in the West Bronx in 1973.
A) Jazz
B) Disco
C) Hip Hop
What is Hip Hop?
This terminal is famous for its "Whispering Gallery" and the celestial map painted on its main concourse ceiling.
A) Penn Station
B) Grand Central Terminal
C) Oculus
What is the Grand Central Terminal?
In 1626, the Dutch famously "purchased" this island from the Lenape people for goods valued at 60 guilders.
A) Manhattan
B) Long Island
C) Staten Island
What is Manhattan?
Historically known for its jazz clubs and the "Renaissance" of the 1920s, this neighborhood is a center of Black culture.
A) Harlem
B) Chelsea
C) Hell’s Kitchen
What is Harlem?
Before the "MetroCard" or OMNY, New Yorkers used these small metal discs to enter the subway.
A) Chits
B) Tokens
C) Nickels
What is Tokens?
This historic Harlem theater is famous for its "Amateur Night" and launching the careers of Ella Fitzgerald and Lauryn Hill.
A) The Palace
B) The Apollo
C) The Beacon
What is the Apollo?
This 1.45-mile long elevated park was built on a historic freight rail line on Manhattan’s West Side.
The High Line
Little Island
Hudson River Park
What is the High Line?
This 1911 industrial disaster in Greenwich Village led to massive improvements in factory safety standards.
A) General Slocum Steamship
B) Park Avenue Train Collision
C) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
This tiny, residential island in the East River is accessible by tramway from 2nd Avenue.
A) Governors Island
B) Roosevelt Island
C) Ellis Island
What is Roosevelt Island?
This Roosevelt Island transport method offers an aerial view of the East River and Midtown.
A) The Tramway
B) The Monorail
C) The Gondola
What is the Tramway?
The name of the festival that offers free performances at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
A) Summer Play Festival
B) Shakespeare in the Park
C) BroadwayCon
What is Shakespeare in the Park?
Located in Upper Manhattan, this is the largest Cathedral in the world, though it remains technically unfinished.
A) St. Patrick’s Cathedral
B) Trinity Church
C) St. John the Divine
What is St. John the Divine?
Wall Street gets its name from an actual wall built by the Dutch to protect against which group?
A) The British
B) Native Americans
C) Pirates
What is the British?
This Queens neighborhood was called the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world according to the New York Times, with over 150 languages spoken.
A) Astoria
B) Flushing
C) Jackson Heights
What is Jackson Heights?
This subway line is the only one that never crosses the East River (excluding the Shuttles).
A) The G Train
B) The L Train
C) The 7 Train
What is the G Train?
This iconic music venue in the East Village was the birthplace of American Punk.
A) The Peppermint Lounge
B) CBGB
C) Studio 54
What is CBGB?