New York City skyline at night

This city's influence on the globe and  has one of the largest and most famous skylines on earth, dominated by the iconic Empire State Building.

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886 as a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue has become an icon of freedom and of the United States.

Lower Manhattan skyline

Lower Manhattan is the home of the financial district of Manhattan, located at the southern tip of the island with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east and the New York Harbour to the south.

New York City by night

Spectacularly view from Top of the Rock Observation Deck - 70 floors high and unobstructed 360º city views.

The Brooklyn Bridge by night

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595 feet (486.3 m), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903.

The Brooklyn Bridge

Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in a January 25, 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Since its opening, it has become an iconic part of the New York skyline.

The Brooklyn Bridge

Connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Bridge offers fantastic views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn skylines. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.

The Brooklyn Bridge

View from the pedestrian walkway. The bridge's cable arrangement forms a distinct weblike pattern.

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Statue of Liberty

Picture taken from a helicopter. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, it was closed for reasons of safety and security; the pedestal reopened in 2004 and the statue in 2009, with limits on the number of visitors allowed to ascend to the crown.

The Statue of Liberty

Public access to the balcony surrounding the torch has been barred for safety reasons since 1916.

Ellis Island

Ellis Island is known best as the historical gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States. This site was the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954. It became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and since 1990, hosts a museum of immigration run by the National Park Service.

9/11 Memorial NYC

The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993.

9/11 Memorial NYC

The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil and the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history.

Never forget - 9/11

Reminder of the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history.

Times Square

Times Square, nicknamed "The Crossroads of the World" and "The Great White Way," has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and is a symbol of New York City and the United States.

Times Square

Formerly named Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in April 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, which is now called One Times Square and is the site of the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve.

Times Square

Times Square is a busy intersection of art and commerce, where scores of advertisements – electric, neon and illuminated signs and "zipper" news crawls – vie for viewers' attention. Examples: Coca-Cola sign, Budweiser, Disney Store.

Times Square - Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. There are 150 Hard Rock locations in 53 countries (2011).

Moonlight in New York

Spectacularly view from Top of the Rock Observation Deck - 70 floors high.

Manhattan skyline at night

Lower Manhattan viewed from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade - and The River Cafe - Brooklyn bridge.

Manhattan skyline

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City.

The Lower Manhattan skyline

The Lower Manhattan skyline

The Lower Manhattan skyline

The Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper. Standing at 319 meters (1,047 ft), it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.

Empire State Building

It stood as the world's tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York.

Downtown Jersey City

Everything is so big!

Beast

Pier 17 - The Seaport

The Seaport is a designated historic district. The Peking is a steel-hulled four-masted barque. A so-called Flying P-Liner of the German company F. Laeisz, it was one of the last generation of windjammers used in the nitrate trade and wheat trade around the often treacherous Cape Horn.

Pier 17 - The Seaport

The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum is a military and maritime history museum with a collection of museum ships. The museum showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, a Concorde SST and a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane.

New York skyline

Time Warner

Time Warner Center.

Empire S. Building

It has a roof height of 381 meters, and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 443.2 m high.

The New York Stock Exchang - Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010. Average daily trading value was approximately US$153 billion in 2008.

Central Park

Central Park, which has been a National Historic Landmark since 1963 receives approximately 35 million visitors annually, is the most visited urban park in the United States.

Central Park

Central Park, home to over 25,000 trees, has a stand of 1,700 American Elms, one of the largest remaining stands of in the northeastern U.S.

Central Park - Boathouse

Rowboats and kayaks are rented on an hourly basis at the Loeb Boathouse, which also houses a restaurant overlooking the Lake.

The Central Park Zoo

The Central Park Zoo is a small zoo located in Central Park. The zoo began in the 1860s as a menagerie, making it the first official zoo to open in New York.

The Central Park Zoo

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden and/or The World's Most Famous Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City.

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden is the third busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales.

The Manhattan bridge

The Manhattan bridge was opened to traffic on December 31, 1909. It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two roadways). The lower level has three lanes, four subway tracks, a walkway and a bikeway.