New York City, Global metropolis in United States.
Five boroughs - Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island - form this urban center with an iconic skyline featuring skyscrapers and architectural landmarks.
Founded in 1624 as a Dutch trading post named New Amsterdam, the city came under British control in 1664 and was renamed New York.
The city hosts 800 different languages, numerous theaters in Broadway, world-class museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art.
The extensive public transportation network includes 472 subway stations, 5,700 buses, and multiple ferry routes connecting the five boroughs 24 hours daily.
Wall Street in Lower Manhattan functions as the global financial epicenter, housing the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock market worldwide.
Location: New York
Inception: 1624
Elevation above the sea: 25 m
Shares border with: Westchester County, Union County, Hudson County, Nassau County, Bergen County
Address: New York, NY, USA 11600–11699 New York
Website: https://nyc.gov
GPS coordinates: 40.71273,-74.00602
Latest update: November 1, 2025 18:35
This list presents the 50 most populous cities in the United States according to the official estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau as of July 2024. These metropolitan areas showcase the country's diversity in economic, cultural, and geographic aspects. From New York with 8.48 million residents, a global hub of finance and media, to Los Angeles, the center of cinema, through Chicago with its notable architecture, Houston with its space industry, and Philadelphia, the city that founded American independence, each destination has its own identity. San Antonio preserves traces of the colonial era around the Alamo, while Phoenix is experiencing rapid growth in the Arizona desert. These large American cities, spread from Texas to California and from Florida to Illinois, offer a comprehensive view of the country's urban realities. Together, they host several tens of millions of inhabitants and are the main drivers of the national economy, each developing specialties from the energy sector to new technologies, maritime trade, and medical research.
Discover historic sites, parks, and cultural centers beyond the main tourist areas in New York. From green spaces like the High Line to historic sites like the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the city offers hidden locations across all five boroughs.
Statue of Liberty
4.2 km
One World Trade Center
632 m
Empire State Building
4.3 km
New York Stock Exchange
774 m
Central Park
8.5 km
Madison Square Garden
4.3 km
Studio 54
6 km
Times Square
5.3 km
Brooklyn Bridge
1.1 km
MetLife Stadium
12.6 km
Chrysler Building
5 km
Ellis Island
3.2 km
7 World Trade Center
509 m
Trump Tower
6.2 km
Metropolitan Museum of Art
8.3 km
432 Park Avenue
6.2 km
Grand Central Terminal
5.1 km
Rockefeller Center
5.6 km
Flatiron Building
3.4 km
Plaza Hotel
6.4 km
Headquarters of the United Nations
5.2 km
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
658 m
Museum of Modern Art
6 km
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
8.8 km
The Dakota
7.5 km
George Washington Bridge
16.1 km
Vessel
4.6 km
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
5.6 kmReviews
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