The highly populated and celebrated city in America is the grand city of New York, and the central metropolitan area of the modern day State of New York. As state of the art leading global city, New York hold a powerful influential pressure over global economy, commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As it is the homeland of the United Nations Headquarters, it is also magnetic importance for international affairs. The city is simply called upon as New York City or the City of New York in order to ensure its separate entity from the state of New York, of which it is a part.

Born on one of the largest natural harbor on the Atlantic coast of the Northeastern areas of United States, the spectacular city consists of five boroughs which are four keystones of the historic city : The, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The five boroughs themselves are a tale worth speculating as each tells its own unique history of development and its role in holding together the wondrous city. The city's population was estimated over 8.4 million during the year 2009, and with a land area of 305 square miles, New York City is the most densely populated major city in the United States The New York metropolitan area's population is also the nation's largest, estimated at 19.1 million people over 6,720 square miles .

New York’s first presence dates back to 1624 as a simple but effective commercial trading post by the Dutch traders in 1624. The small but highly beneficial settlement was known as New Amsterdam until 1664 when finally the colony came under the claws mighty British Empire. The historic city of New York served as the capital of its motherly home country of United States between the years 1785 to 1790. New York holds the title for being the largest American city after 1790. Maximum 800 languages are spoken in the spontaneous New York City, granting it the most linguistically diverse city in historic and modern day world.

The New York City is famous for many of its districts and landmarks, which have made the city well known to outsiders. The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom and hope, fulfilled its promise of providing liberty, greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in order to be a part of new world order . Times Square, patronized as The Crossroads of the World, is the brightly illuminated hub of the historically evolved Broadway theater district, has been declared one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a widely acclaimed major center of the world's entertainment industry. Anchored stability by Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, New York vies with London as the financial capital of the world and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. The original Manhattan Chinatown attracts throngs of tourists to its bustling sidewalks and retail establishments. World-class schools and universities such as Columbia University and New York University also reside in New York City.