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74      NE W   Y ORK  CIT Y   &   THE  MID-A TLANTIC  REGION


        1 New York City

        With its skyscrapers and bright lights, this is a    Key                                        RIVERSIDERIVERSIDE  WEST
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        city of superlatives. It covers an area of 301 sq miles       Place of interest                 PARK PARK  86TH   86TH   96th St 96th St
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        (780 sq km), and comprises the five distinct boroughs    Highway                           R I V E R S I D E               D R    WEST  Children's Children's   STREET         W E S T
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        of Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten                                    P A R K W AY P A R K W AY  Museum of Museum of
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                                                                                                              C E N T R A L             P A R K
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        Island. Most of the major sights lie within Manhattan,                                W E S T     E N D     A V E N U E I V E R S I D E               D R    AVENUE AVENUE  Reser voirReser voir
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                                                                                                      79th St       79TH    ST
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        the southern tip of which was the target of the                                      H U D S O N   H U D S O N    WESTWEST  C E N T R A L             P A R K      M I L E )  M I L E )
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                                                                                                                81st St 81st St
                                                                                                          COLUMBUS
        September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Glittering shops,                             Metropolitan AMSTERDAM                        AVE COLUMBUS   CENTRALCENTRAL  96th St 96th St
                                                                                           H E N R Y
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                                                                                                   SIDESIDE
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        museums, and theaters are located in Midtown and                                                           GREAT GREAT
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        along Central Park.                                                      Pier 95 Pier 95            The  The  THE   ( M U S E U M    E    U  E AVENUE AVENUE
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                                                                                             Opera Opera   66th St 66th St 72nd St 72nd St  RAMBLERAMBLE  A V E N U E S E U M   N  U  86th St 86th St
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        Sights at a Glance                                                       A V E N U E  57TH   57TH   State State   MEADOWMEADOW  A V E N U E   A  A V E N U E A V E N U E
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        1 Wall Street       j Times Square                               Pier 83 Pier 83  E L E V E N T H                 A V E N U E    ST    ST  59th St- 59th St-  65TH  ST  TRA NSVERSE RD   M A D I S O N   V E N U E    77th St 77th St
                                                                                                   Columbus
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                                                                                                   Circle Circle

        2 One World Trade Center    k The New York Public Library                   W E S T                         5 0 T H           S T  A V E N U E A V E N U E  F I F T H   F I F T H    K  SIDESIDE


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           and 9/11 Memorial   l Morgan Library & Museum                                          CENTRAL  PARK  SOUTH   68th 68th
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        3 Battery Park      z Grand Central Terminal                    T W E L F T H  WEST 42ND ST  WEST                   45TH         ST  MIDMID  57th St 57th St  Fifth Ave-  P A  P A  St T H I R D   T H I R D
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        4 Governors Island   x United Nations                     Pier 72 Pier 72       N I N T H TOWNTOWN  PlazaPlaza  59th–60th St  Lexington
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        5 Statue of Liberty   c Rockefeller Center                                   42nd St 42nd St  47–50th St AVE  HotelHotel  Lexington  Ave Ave
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                                                                            T E N T H     A V E N U E
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                                                                                                         Lexington
        6 Ellis Island      v St. Patrick’s Cathedral p87                      Bus Terminal  SEVENTH  SEVENTH   American American
                                                                                Port Auth.
                                                                                  Port Auth.
                                                                                 Bus Terminal
        7 St Paul’s Chapel  b Museum of Modern Art            Pier 64 Pier 64 ELEVEN T H             AVENUE T E N T H     A V E N U E  Times Sq-  AVE   OF  THE  AMERICAS
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        8 South Street Seaport   n Fifth Avenue                      WEST       28TH       ST      Folk Art Museum  EAST  57TH  STREET
        9 Brooklyn Bridge p78   m A Tour of Central Park pp88–9               WEST  34TH  ST  42nd St-  Fifth Ave-  M A D I S O N   A V E
                                                                                        42nd St-
                                                                                              Fifth Ave-
                                                                                                           EAST  56TH   STREET
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                                                                                                      51st St-Lexington Ave
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        0 Civic Center      , Intrepid Sea, Air & Space             WEST   WEST   Penn Station      51st St-Lexington Ave
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        q Museum at Eldridge Street   Museum               Pier 59 Pier 59  23RD   23RD   34th St- 34th St-  AVENUE A V E N U E A V E N U E
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        w Chinatown         . The Met Breuer                           STREET  STREET  AVE  AVE  Sixth Ave  FIFTH AVE FIFTH AVE Grand Central    A V E N U E A V E N U E  F I R S T   A V E
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        e Little Italy and Nolita   / The Frick Collection        W E S T   1 8 T H   S  23rd St- 23rd St-  42nd St   42nd St
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        r Lower East Side    ! The Metropolitan Museum             14th St- T  EIGHTH  EIGHTH  Eighth Ave  BROADWAY BROADWAY  LEXINGTON    LEXINGTON    S E C O N D      UN PLAZA UN PLAZA
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           Tenement Museum    of Art                R i v e r    R i v e r    E L E V E N T H       A V E N U E    WEST  14TH  ST Eighth Ave  33rd St- 33rd St-
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        t TriBeCa           @ The Solomon R. Guggenheim                 AV E   O F   T H E   A M E R I C A S   ( S I X T H   AV E )  EAST         28TH         ST V E N U E        EAST  34TH  STREET
                                                                   WEST  14TH  ST
        y SoHo Historic District   Museum p92                                 23rd St 23rd St  EAST         28TH         ST  DRIVE   DRIVE
        u East Village      £ American Museum of                           Sixth Sixth  23rd St 23rd St
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        i Washington Square   Natural History          Pier 45 Pier 45  Christopher St-   Ave Ave  T H I R D           A V E N U E        A V E N U E  ROOSEVELT  ROOSEVELT
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        o Greenwich Village   $ Lincoln Center                S T R E E T  S T R E E T  F I F T H     A V E N U E SQUARE I R V I N G   P L A C E T H I R D           A  A V E N U E
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        p Whitney Museum of                           Pier 40 Pier 40  Houston St-           S T R E E T  West 4th St  W      9TH ST  14th St14th St        BronxBronx
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        a The High Line     % Columbia University   H u d s o n     H u d s o n      Varrick St      Varrick St   Ave Ave  F I R S T   F I R S T
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        f Madison Square    * The Cloisters p96      S T R E E T   S T R E E T   H U D S O N I C H                    ST     ST  SOHO BROAD-      WAY  NEWNEW  La GuardiaLa Guardia
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        g Empire State Building p83   ( Brooklyn        G R E E N W     CanalCanal Prince St   B O W E R Y B O W E R Y  E A S T   1 4 T H   S T  Pier 67 Pier 67  JERSEYJERSEY  AirportAirport
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