NYC Today!
Transit Trivia
Name that Borough
Famous New Yorkers
Neighborhood History
100

He's a graduate of Bronx Science High School and is running for NYC Mayor!

Zohran Mamdani - bonus if you can name where he went to college!

100

The name of the MTA's payment system.

OMNY

100

This borough is home to Yankee Stadium

The Bronx! 
100

She was born in the Bronx and became a member of congress after attending Boston University.

AOC! 

100

Term for an ideal or perfect city.

Utopia!

200
This river separates Manhattan from both Brooklyn and Queens.

The East River - bonus if you can name the river separating Manhattan from the Bronx!

200
This is the fastest train line, running up to 60 mph on your way between Howard Beach and JFK
A Train! 
200

This borough is home to neighborhoods like Coney Island and Flatbush.

Brooklyn!

200

This New Yorker directed the film "Do The Right Thing" and can be seen courtside at most Knick games! 

Spike Lee

200

This Lin-Manuel Miranda musical takes place in this Manhattan neighborhood (two answers)!

In the Heights/Washington Heights!

300

This borough has the highest percentage of parkland and green space. 

The Bronx! - bonus if you can name which borough has the most green space (per capita/per person).

300

Which borough has the fewest subway stations?

Staten Island!

300

Which park is closest to us after Riverside?

Morningside Park!

300

Famous Harlem Renaissance Poet who wrote "I, Too."

Langston Hughes

300

This neighborhood was demolished by Robert Moses and replaced with a public park.

Seneca Village

400

Name as many NYC parks as you can in 1 minute!

Tally up the points! 

400
Name the 5 busiest subway stations!

Competition round!

400

The only tram way (cable car system) in NYC connects Manhattan to which island?

Roosevelt Island

400

Legendary Jazz Trumpet player with his own museum in Queens (where he used to live)!

Louis Armstrong

400

This borough speaks over 160 languages!

Queens

500
NYC's estimated population as of 2025 - we'll go with the closest answer!

8 million!

500

This neighborhood is unreachable by train but easy to get to by ferry! 

Red Hook!

500

Name as many of NYC's Chinatowns as you can!

  • Manhattan
  • Flushing
  • Sunset Park 
  • East Village 
  • Bensonhurst 
  • Homecrest 
  • Little Neck
  • Forest Hills 
  • Elmhurst 
500

Name as many mayors as you can (can be a mix of current and former). Competition round! 

Tally up the points! 

500

This famous NYC location has it's own Zip Code! 

The Empire State Building! - Two bonus points: Name the tallest building in NYC - and how many feet tall is it (without the spire)?