Archive for the 'New York' Category
Rikers Island
Filed under: New York, Prisons
Rikers Island is New York City’s largest jail facility. It houses over 15,000 inmates at one time. It is not used as a long-term hold facility for offenders, but rather it is used to house offenders awaiting trial and those serving sentences of one year or less. It is located in the East River between Queens and Brooklyn. The island which the facility sits on is also called Rikers Island is over 413 acres.
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Madison Square Garden
Filed under: New York, Stadiums
Madison Square Garden is located at 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd streets in Manhattan, New York. It is the 4th arena in New York to go by this name. It is also known as MSG, The Garden and “The World’s Most Famous Arena”. It sits on top of Pennsylvania Station.
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American Museum of Natural History
Filed under: Museums, New York
The American Museum of Natural History is located at Central Park West at 79th Street in Manahattan, New York. For over 125 years, the museum has been one of the world’s preeminent science and research institutions, renowned for its collections and exhibitions that illustrate millions of years of the earth’s evolution, from the birth of the planet throught the present day.
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Unisphere
Filed under: Landmarks, New York
Unisphere is a 140-foot high steel globe found in Flushing Meadows park in Queens, New York. It was built for the 1964/65 World’s Fair. It was donated by the United States Steel Corporation. It has been used as a back-drop for many TV shows and movies including Men in Black, The King of Queens and The Amazing Race 1.
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Niagara Falls
Filed under: Canada, Nature, New York
Niagara Falls is a set of three waterfalls located on the Niagara River on the border between Ontario, Canada and New York State. The three falls are the Horseshoe Falls (Canadian), the American Falls and the small Bridal Veil Falls. 6 million cubic feet of water fall over the falls every minute. It is the most powerful waterfall in all of North America.
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Ellis Island
Filed under: Historical, Landmarks, New York
From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island. Ellis Island is located in New York Harbor just of the New Jersey coast. It is within viewing distance of the Statue of Liberty. The original 3.3 acre island now stands at 27.5 acres through expansion by the use of landfill.
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