Geography and History of New York City on a Map

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Hint	Islands and Boroughs
Largest borough and the third most diverse county in the U.S	Queens
Island also known as Richmond County which was once part of New Jersey	Staten Island
Island home to Wall Street and the U.N Headquarters	Manhattan
Most populated borough also known as Kings County	Brooklyn
Only non-island borough, which is majority Hispanic	Bronx
Fortified island in the New York Harbor with many chestnut trees	Governors Island
Island in the Long Island Sound which had Nike missiles stationed on it	Hart Island
Island split between New York and New Jersey where immigrants were processed	Ellis Island

Hint	Battles
American Revolutionary battle which resulted in the British capture of New York City	Battle of Long Island
Battle in Morningside Heights as part of the New York and New Jersey campaign	Battle of Harlem Heights
Patriot defeat in the modern day Washington Heights neighbourhood	Battle of Fort Washington
British naval landing and defeat for George Washington	Landing at Kip's Bay

Hint	Religious Places
Oldest Anglican building in New York City named after one of the Twelve Apostles	Saint James Church
Parish church located in Broadway which was at one point the tallest building in the United States	Trinity Church
Neo-Gothic cathedral designed by James Renwick Jr. completed 1878	Saint Patrick's Cathedral

Hint	Bodies of Water
Estuary whose name derives from the Lenape word 'Yameco'	Jamaica Bay
Body of water which was historically the centre of maritime activities in New York City	East River
Longest river in New Jersey where US Airways Flight 1549 landed	Hudson River
Tidal strait separating Upper New York Bay from Lower New York Bay	The Narrows

Hint	Buildings
Art Deco style office building climbed by King Kong in 1933	Empire State Building
Largest museum in the Americas, also known as 'The Met'	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tallest building in the Americas, designed by David Childs	One World Trade Center
Busiest railway station in the Americas, located below Madison Square Garden	Penn Station

Hint	Town Squares
Intersection where one can find the statues of George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette and Mahatma Gandhi	Union Square
Plaza where the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch is located	Grand Army Plaza
Commercial junction where the New Year's Eve ball drop occurs	Times Square

Hint	Airports
Second busiest airport in New York City named after a former mayor of the city	LaGuardia Airport
Sixth busiest airport in the United States formerly known as Idlewild Airport	John F. Kennedy International Airport

Hint	Culture
Chewy food of Jewish origin boiled in water with barley malt	New York–Style Bagel
Breakfast or brunch dish usually containing an English muffin with Canadian bacon, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce	Eggs Benedict
Appetiser salad consisting of grapes, walnuts, apples, celery and mayonnaise which was created in a hotel	Waldorf Salad
Supernatural comedy franchise which started in the 1980s where the protagonists use equipment such as 'proton packs'	Ghostbusters
Psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese set after the Vietnam War	Taxi Driver
Tragedy novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald set in the Jazz Age	The Great Gatsby

Hint	Parks
Park where Battle Pass is located, and the last forest in its borough	Prospect Park
Most visited urban park, where one can find Strawberry Fields and Cleopatra's Needle	Central Park
Public park with a old-growth forest and the Shorakapok Preserve	Inwood Hill Park
The largest park in New York City containing the Rodman's Neck peninsula	Pelham Bay Park
Park located along the Hell Gate strait which contains the city's largest pool	Astoria Park
Park named after a Dutch family, with the oldest public golf course in the U.S.	Van Cortlandt Park

Hint	Landmarks or Monuments
Copper statue given by France owned by the National Park Service	Statue of Liberty
Spherical steel globe located in Flushing Meadows Park	Unisphere
Bronze statue of an animal symbolising financial prosperity	Charging Bull
Eccentric Ferris wheel on Coney Island	Wonder Wheel

Hint	Bridges
Busiest motor vehicle bridge in the world and fourth longest suspension bridge in the U.S.	George Washington Bridge
Bridge spanning across the Kill Van Kull connecting New Jersey to New York City	Bayonne Bridge
Complex of bridge which links three borough together	Robert F. Kennedy Bridge

Hint	Forts
Bastion fort on an New York Harbor island formerly named after a Founding Father	Fort Jay
Abandoned fort which used to be the longest continually guarded fort in the United States	Fort Wadsworth
Fort on the Rockaway Peninsula built during World War I	Fort Tilden

Hint	Stadiums
MLB stadium which is the home ballpark to the New York Mets	Citi Field
Ninth largest baseball stadium in the world, nicknamed 'The House That Jeter Built'	Yankee Stadium
Indoor arena in Pacific Park, home to the 'Nets' NBA team	Barclays Center

Hint	People
Lead singer of Aerosmith nicknamed the 'Demon of Screamin'	Steven Tyler
Stand-up comedian who came up with the 'seven dirty words'	George Carlin
Nobody builds walls better than this person, believe him	Donald Trump
Filmmaker who directed 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' and 'Annie Hall'	Woody Allen
Basketball player most often associated with the Chicago Bulls, achieving six NBA championships	Michael Jordan
Defining 70s and 80s musician with such tracks and 'Uptown Girl' and 'We Didn't Start the Fire'	Billy Joel
Cinematographer and director of 'The Shining' whose works inspired Star Wars	Stanley Kubrick
Leading investor of the railroad industry and one of the richest Americans in history	Cornelius Vanderbilt
26ᵗʰ president of the United States and founder of the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party	Theodore Roosevelt
Senator of Vermont, self-described as a democratic socialist	Bernie Sanders
Gangster during the Prohibition era, nicknamed 'Scarface'	Al Capone
'Ladies love' this rapper, hip hop artist and actor	LL Cool J
Democrat Senate majority leader and New York Senator from 1999 until now	Charles Schumer
Musical partner of Paul Simon known for 'Mrs. Robinson' and 'Bridge over Troubled Water'	Art Garfunkel

Hint	Nicknames
The City That Never Sleeps.
The Big Apple
The Empire City

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