纽约是美国少数民族最为集中的地区。黑人有１００万以上，主要聚居在哈莱姆街区。着名的唐人街有１５万华人。还有众多的意大利人和犹太人。
New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States， and is at the center of international finance， politics， communications， music， fashion， and culture. New York City is among the world，s most important global cities， as it is home to a virtually unrivaled collection of worldclass museums， galleries， performance venuesvenue n.犯罪地点， 审判地， 集合地点， 会议地点， 比赛地点， 管辖地， media outlets， international corporations， and stock exchanges. The city is also home to all of the international embassies to the United Nations， itself headquartered in New York City.
Located in the state of New York， New York City has a population of over 8 million people contained within 309 square miles (800 km2)， and is the heart of the New York Metropolitan Area， which is one of the largest urban conglomerations in the world with a population of over 22 million. New York City proper comprises five boroughs： Brooklyn， the Bronx， Manhattan， Queens， and Staten Island - each of which could be a major city in its own right.
The city includes large populations of immigrants from over 180 countries who help make it one of the most cosmopolitan places on earth. Many people from all over the United States are also attracted to New York City for its culture， energy， cosmopolitanismcosmopolitanism n.世界大同主义， 四海一家， and by their own hope of making it big in the “Big Apple”. The city serves as an enormous engine for the global economy， and is home to more Fortune 500 companies than anywhere else in the United States. The city is estimated to have a Gross Metropolitan Product of nearly ＄500 billion. If it were a nation， the city would have the 17th highest gross domestic product in the world， exceeding that of Sweden (＄384 billion).
Tourism and Gecreation
Tourism is a major local industry， with hundreds of attractions. Many visitors make it a point to visit the Empire State Building， Times Square， Radio City Music Hall， the Statue of Liberty， Ellis Island， Wall Street， United Nations Headquarters， the American Museum of Natural History， St. Patrick，s Cathedral and the Brooklyn Bridge， among other attractions.
There are over 28，000 acres (113 km2) of parklandparkland n.公用场地， 温带之草木区 found throughout New York City， comprising over 1，700 separate parks and playgrounds. The best known of these is Central Park， which is one of the finest examples of landscape architecture in the world， as well as a major source of recreation for New Yorkers and tourists alike. Other major parks in the city include Riverside Park， Battery Park， Bryant Park， Prospect Park， Flushing MeadowCorona Park， Washington Square Park， and Forest Park. The city also has 578 miles of waterfrontwaterfront n.水边地码头区， 滨水地区 and over 14 miles of public beaches.
Maritime attractions include the South Street Seaport， site of a historic port， and the Intrepid SeaAirSpace Museum， housed in a World War II aircraft carrier docked on the Hudson River.
Shopping is popular with many visitors， with Fifth Avenue being a famous shopping corridor for luxury items. Macy，s， the nation，s largest department store， and the surrounding area of Herald Square are a major destination for more moderatelypriced goods. In recent years 23rd Street has become a major location for “bigbox” retailers. In southern Manhattan， Greenwich Village is home to hundreds of independent music and book stores， while the East Village continues to prevail as purveyors of all things “strange” and unusual which you can，t find anywhere else. The “diamond district” (located on 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) is the city，s main location for jewelry shopping， and SoHo， formerly the center of the New York art scene， is now famous for highpriced clothing boutiquesboutique n.专卖流行衣服的小商店， and the art galleries are now concentrated in Chelsea. There are also large shopping districts found in Downtown Brooklyn and along Queens Boulevard in Queens.
The first Macy，s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York on November 27， 1924. Since then this has been an annual event drawing tens of thousands of spectatorsspectator n.观众(指比赛或表演) and in later years millions of television viewers. Annually on New Year，s Eve， hundreds of thousands of people congregate in Times Square to watch the ball drop as millions watch on television.
The World Trade Center was an important tourist destination before the September 11， 2001 attacks， which devastateddevastate vt.毁坏 the city and its tourist industry. The city was nearly devoid of tourists for months， and it took two years for the numbers to fully rebound with fewer international， but more domestic visitors. Now the World Trade Center site has itself become an important place for visitors to see.
Many tourists only think of “New York” in terms of Manhattan， but there are four other boroughs which， if they can，t compete in skyscrapers， still offer other kinds of attractions. Brooklyn，s old Coney Island is still a center of seaside recreation， with its beach， boardwalk， and amusement parks. Many enjoy the spectacular views available from the deck of the Staten Island Ferry. The Bronx Zoo is worldfamous， and the Bronx Bombers don，t play in Manhattan. Flushing， Queens is home to the legacy of the 1964 New York World，s Fair (including the Unisphere)， the US Open in tennis and Shea Stadium.
Cultural Institutions
New York is a city of “great museums” with the Metropolitan Museum of Art，s assemblageassemblage n.与会者(集合称)， 集合， 集会， 装配 of historic art， the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum，s 20th century collection， and the American Museum of Natural History and its Hayden Planetarium focusing on the sciences. There are also many smaller specialty museums， from El Museo del Barrio with a focus on Latin American cultures to the CooperHewitt National Museum of Design. A number of the city，s museums are located along the Museum Mile section of Fifth Avenue.