6. New York has
five boroughs:
Manhattan,
Brooklyn, the
Bronx,
Queens and
Staten Island
7. Manhattan is
the most
famous
borough and
it’s where the
tourists go!
8.
9. Four hundred years ago, the
Algonquin Indians owned the
island of Manhattan.
In 1626, a Dutchman called Peter
Minuit gave the Indians 24 dollars to
buy the island.
In about 1650, five hundred people
lived there and it was called New
Amsterdam.
10. In 1664 the British took the town from
the Dutch and changed its name to
New York.
At the end of the eighteenth century,
many immigrants started to come to
America..
They first came from Germany and
Ireland, later from Italy, Poland, Russia,
Africa and China.
29. It has a big lake, hundreds of trees
and beautiful gardens
30. The Empire State
Building is NY’s
tallest skyscraper.
It’s 381 meters tall
and it has 102
floors
31. The Chrysler
building was
built by the
famous car
maker. It was
finished in 1930.
32. The Rockefeller
Center includes
many buildings, but
it is most visited in
winter.
33. A huge Christmas tree and a
crowded skating rink attract New
Yorkers and tourists.
34.
35. But on the 11th of September 2001,
(9/11) for Americans, radical Islamists
crashed two planes into the towers.
Today this site is called “Ground Zero”.