Buildings
This 102-story Art Deco tower was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1970
What is the Empire State Building?
Folded in half and eaten on the go, this cheesy triangle is NYC's signature street food
What is a pizza slice?
This giant red neon sign has lit up the Long Island City waterfront since 1936
What is the Pepsi-Cola sign?
This agency runs the NYC subway, buses, and commuter rail
What is the MTA?
The theater district takes its name from this street
What is Broadway?
The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, it rose on the site of the original World Trade Center
What is One World Trade Center?
This cured-beef-on-rye sandwich is the star at delis like Katz's
What is a pastrami sandwich?
This waterfront state park is named for the old railroad transfer bridges it preserves
What is Gantry Plaza State Park?
A single subway ride tapped with OMNY now costs this much
What is $3.00?
This long-running musical features a crashing chandelier and a masked phantom
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This Hudson Yards tower is home to Edge, the highest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere
What is 30 Hudson Yards?
This Lower East Side appetizing shop, opened in 1914, is famous for its lox, bagels, and smoked-fish spreads
What is Russ & Daughters?
This former public school turned contemporary art museum became a MoMA affiliate in 2000
What is MoMA PS1?
This is the only NYC subway line that never enters Manhattan
What is the G train?
Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2015 smash tells the story of this Founding Father
Who is Alexander Hamilton? (accept Hamilton)
Its stainless-steel Art Deco spire made it the world's tallest building for just 11 months in 1930-31
What is the Chrysler Building?
Created in 2013 at a SoHo bakery, this pastry fuses a croissant and a donut
What is the cronut?
This Long Island City museum is dedicated entirely to a single Japanese-American sculptor
What is the Noguchi Museum?
This 7-line station, opened in 2015, was the first new Manhattan subway station in 25 years
What is 34th Street-Hudson Yards?
This irreverent musical follows two Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda; it won 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical
What is The Book of Mormon?
At 1,396 feet tall and only 60 feet wide, this Billionaires' Row tower is the skinniest skyscraper in the world
What is Steinway Tower? (accept 111 West 57th Street)
This West Village Italian-American restaurant's signature dish is its pinwheel-rolled 'lasagna for two,' baked in a cast-iron skillet
What is Don Angie?
Once called the world's premier 'graffiti mecca,' this Long Island City landmark was whitewashed overnight in 2013 and demolished the following year
What is 5Pointz?
The company that built the first subway line in 1904 was known by these three initials
What is the IRT? (accept Interborough Rapid Transit)
This 2017 musical tells the story of 38 planes grounded in Gander, Newfoundland on September 11, 2001
What is Come From Away?