Bridges, Tunnels, Rivers, and Boroughs
Name the 5 boroughs of New York City
What is The Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens
St. Bernards is between what 2 avenues?
What is 5th Ave and Madison Ave
The disease of which crop caused many Irish people to immigrate to NYC.
What is potatoes
This neighborhood is home of Grand Central Terminal, Chrysler Building, United Nations, Rockefeller Center, Bryant Park, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall and more
What borough are LaGuardia Airport and JFK Airport in?
What is Queens
Name the 2 rivers that border Manhattan.
What is Hudson River and East River
Name the avenues that border Central Park on the east and west side.
What is Central Park West and 5th Avenue
Give three reasons why people immigrated to NYC.
What is escape wars or poverty, find religious freedom, and find new jobs/opportunities
Approximately 330,000 people pass through this neighborhood daily
What is Times Square
What does Mannahatta mean?
Island of many hills
Name one bridge that crosses the East River
What is the Queensboro Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and Brooklyn Bridge
Which avenue divides Manhattan into the east and west side below 59th street?
What is 5th Avenue.
What was Ellis Island used for?
Ellis Island was an immigrant inspection and processing station located in New York Harbor
This neighborhood was once the largest Jewish community in the world
What is Lower East Side
Name one bridge or tunnel in Manhattan that will take you to New Jersey.
What is the George W Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel, and Holland Tunnel.
What makes Broadway different from other avenues?
Broadway cuts across diagonally while other avenues do not.
What was the name of the colony the Dutch created that is now considered part of Manhattan
What is New Amsterdam
This neighborhood is where New York City began (it is the territory of New Amsterdam) – it was also our nation’s first capital
What is Financial District
Who was the first person to immigrate to NYC through Ellis Island
Who is Annie Moore.
This landmark is a 103-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan and stood as the worlds tallest building for nearly 40 years.
What is the Empire State Building