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| image_caption = Clockwise, from top: [[Midtown Manhattan]], [[Times Square]], the [[Unisphere]] in [[Queens]], the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], [[Lower Manhattan]] with [[One World Trade Center]], [[Central Park]], the [[headquarters of the United Nations]], and the [[Statue of Liberty]]
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| leader_name = [[Bill de Blasio]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
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| population_blank2 = 23,632,722<ref name=2014combinedest>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2014/GCTPEPANNR.US41PR |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 – Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico – 2014 Population Estimates |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> ([[List of Combined Statistical Areas|1st]])
| population_demonym = New Yorker
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| area_code = [[Area code 212|212]], [[Area code 347|347]], [[Area code 646|646]], [[Area code 718|718]], [[Area code 917|917]], [[Area code 929|929]]
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{{Regions of New York}}

'''New York'''—often called '''New York City''' or the '''City of New York''' to distinguish it from the [[New York|State of New York]], of which it is a part—is the [[List of United States cities by population|most populous city]] in the [[United States]]<ref name=2014NYCest2>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2014/PEPANNRSIP.US12A |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 50,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2014 Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 – United States – Places of 50,000+ Population – 2014 Population Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref> and the center of the [[New York metropolitan area]], the premier gateway for legal [[immigration to the United States]]<ref name=Immigrants2013est>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 Supplemental Table 2 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Immigrants2012est>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2012/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Immigrants2011est>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2011/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref> and one of the most populous [[urban agglomeration]]s in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mongabay.com/cities_urban_01.htm |title=World's Largest Urban Areas [Ranked by Urban Area Population] |publisher=Rhett Butler |year=2003–2006 |accessdate=April 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm |title=Largest Cities of the World – (by metro population) |publisher=Woolwine-Moen Group d/b/a Graphic Maps |accessdate=April 26, 2011}}</ref> A [[global city|global power city]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp/english/research/project/6/pdf/GPCI2009_English.pdf |title=Global Power City Index 2009 |publisher=The Mori Memorial Foundation |accessdate=June 1, 2012}}</ref> New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace<ref name=FastPaceNYC1>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-11-19/features/0911180065_1_new-yorkers-fast-paced-big-apple|title=Adjusting To New York City|author=Shira Poliak|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|accessdate=November 1, 2015|quote=Additionally, the fast-paced lifestyle of New York City demands adjusting.}}</ref> defining the term ''[[New York minute]]''.<ref name=NewYorkMinuteDefinition>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20york%20minute|title=Dictionary - Full Definition of NEW YORK MINUTE|publisher=Merriam-Webster|accessdate=November 1, 2015}}</ref> Home to the [[headquarters of the United Nations]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://visit.un.org/wcm/content/ |title=United Nations Visitors Centre |publisher=United Nations |year=2011 |accessdate=April 26, 2011}}</ref> New York is an important center for [[international diplomacy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/ia/html/home/home.shtml |title=NYC Mayor's Office for International Affairs |publisher=The City of New York |accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref> and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.<ref name = "cultura1">{{cite web |url=http://www.iceland.is/iceland-abroad/us/nyc/cultural-affairs/ |title=Consulate General of Iceland New York Culture |publisher=Consulate General of Iceland New York |accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="culture2">{{cite web |url=http://www.latvia-newyork.org/english/ |title=Consulate of Latvia in New York |publisher=Consulate of Latvia |accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="culture3">{{cite web |url=http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/Culture/intro.htm |title=Introduction to Chapter 14: New York City (NYC) Culture |publisher=The Weissman Center for International Business Baruch College/CUNY 2011 |accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name = "culture4">{{cite web |url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/371497 |title=New York, Culture Capital of the World, 1940–1965 / edited by Leonard Wallock ; essays by Dore Ashton&nbsp;... [et al.] |publisher=NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA |accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name=WorldEconomicAndFinancialSuperCenter>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/top-8-cities-by-gdp-china-vs-the-us-2011-8 |title=Top 8 Cities by GDP: China vs. The U.S. |quote=For instance, Shanghai, the largest Chinese city with the highest economic production, and a fast-growing global financial hub, is far from matching or surpassing New York, the largest city in the U.S. and the economic and financial super center of the world. |publisher=Business Insider, Inc |date=July 31, 2011 |accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name = "culture5">{{cite web |url=http://www.philippineairlines.com/news-and-events/pal-advises-passengers-come-airport-early-2/ |title=PAL sets introductory fares to New York |publisher=Philippine Airlines |accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>

Situated on [[New York Harbor|one of the world's largest natural harbors]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/new-york-city/videos/new-york-harbor |title=New York City |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Port in a Storm: The Port of New York in World War II |url=http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/history/hisportofnewyork.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429044423/http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/history/hisportofnewyork.html |publisher=New York State Museum |accessdate=August 5, 2015 |archivedate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> New York City consists of five [[Borough (New York City)|boroughs]], each of which is a separate [[List of counties in New York|county of New York State]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_NYBOROUGHS.html |title=Boroughs of New York City |publisher=Ben Cahoon |year=2002 |access-date=October 5, 2015}}</ref> The five boroughs – [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], [[Manhattan]], the [[Bronx]], and [[Staten Island]] – were consolidated into a single city in 1898.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/html/kbd_brnx.html |title=A 5-Borough Centennial Preface for Katharine Bement Davis Mini-History |publisher=The New York City Department of Correction |year=1997 |accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref> With a census-estimated 2014 population of 8,491,079<ref name=2014NYCest2/><ref name=2014NYCest>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2014/PEPANNRES/0400000US36.05000 |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 – 2014 Population Estimates – New York |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> distributed over a land area of just {{convert|305|sqmi|km2}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/landusefacts/landusefactshome.shtml |title=New York City Land Use |publisher=The City of New York |accessdate=March 27, 2014}}</ref> New York is the [[List of United States cities by population density|most densely populated]] major city in the United States.<ref name="density">[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_US9&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=&-format=US-25 US-25S&-_lang=en ''County and City Data Book:2007'' (U.S. Census Bureau), Table B-1, Area and Population], Retrieved July 12, 2008.</ref> As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elalliance.org/ |title=Endangered Language Alliance |year=2012 |accessdate=September 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name=800source2>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/21528592 |title=Linguistics- Say what? |publisher=The Economist |date=September 10, 2011 |accessdate=May 2, 2015}}</ref> making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.<ref name=800source2/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/nyregion/29lost.html?hpw |title=Listening to (and Saving) the World's Languages |accessdate=April 29, 2010 |work=The New York Times |first=Sam |last=Roberts |date=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://popanth.com/article/the-worlds-most-linguistically-diverse-location-new-york-city |title=The World's Most Linguistically Diverse Location? New York City |author=Mark Turin |publisher=PopAnth |date=August 9, 2013 |accessdate=May 2, 2015}}</ref> By 2014 census estimates, the New York City metropolitan region remains by a significant margin the most populous in the United States, as defined by both the [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Metropolitan Statistical Area]] (20.1&nbsp;million residents)<ref name=2014metroest>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2014/GCTPEPANNR.US24PR |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 – Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico – 2014 Population Estimates |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> and the [[List of Combined Statistical Areas|Combined Statistical Area]] (23.6&nbsp;million residents).<ref name=2014combinedest>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2014/GCTPEPANNR.US41PR |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 – Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico – 2014 Population Estimates |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, the MSA produced a [[gross metropolitan product]] (GMP) of nearly US$1.39&nbsp;trillion,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statista.com/statistics/183808/gmp-of-the-20-biggest-metro-areas/ |title=Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) of the United States in 2013, by metropolitan area (in billion current U.S. dollars) |publisher=Statista |accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> while in 2012, the CSA<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf |title=Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |page=106 |publisher=Executive Office of the President – Office of Management and Budget |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> generated a GMP of over US$1.55&nbsp;trillion, both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the [[gross domestic product|GDP]] of only twelve and eleven countries, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmayors.org/metroeconomies/2013/201311-report.pdf |title=U.S. Metro Economies (note CSA 2012 GMP total includes sum of New York, Bridgeport, New Haven, Allentown, Trenton, Poughkeepsie, and Kingston MSA 2012 GMP values cited) |pages=9 through 18 in Appendix Tables |publisher=IHS Global Insight, The United States Conference of Mayors, and The Council on Metro Economies and the New American City |date=November 2013 |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref>

New York City traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the [[Dutch Republic]] and was named [[New Amsterdam]] in 1626.<ref name="u-s-history.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2122.html |title=United States History – History of New York City, New York |accessdate=September 9, 2012}}</ref> The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664.<ref name="u-s-history.com"/><ref>and were renamed ''New York'' after King [[Charles II of England]] granted the lands to his brother, the [[James II of England|Duke of York]].</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm |title=KINGSTON Discover 300 Years of New York History DUTCH COLONIES |publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |accessdate=May 10, 2011}}</ref> New York served as the [[List of capitals in the United States#Former national capitals|capital of the United States]] from 1785 until 1790.<ref name=senate>{{cite web |url=http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm |title=The Nine Capitals of the United States |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |accessdate=September 7, 2008}}</ref> It has been the country's largest city since 1790.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/tab01.txt |title=Rank by Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places, Listed Alphabetically by State: 1790–1990 |date=June 15, 1998 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=February 8, 2009}}</ref> The [[Statue of Liberty]] greeted millions of [[immigrants]] as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/statue-of-liberty |title=Statue of Liberty |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |accessdate=May 21, 2011}}</ref> and is a globally recognized symbol of the United States and its democracy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statue of Liberty |work=World Heritage |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992–2011 |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307 |accessdate=October 23, 2011}}</ref>

Many districts and landmarks in New York City have become well known, and the city received a record 56 million tourists in 2014,<ref name=NYCTouristCount>{{cite web |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/02/us-usa-newyork-tourism-idUSKBN0L61XM20150202 |title=New York City tourism hit record high in 2014, officials say |publisher=Thomson Reuters |author=Ellen Wulfhorst, editing by Eric Beech |date=February 2, 2015 |accessdate=April 13, 2015}}</ref> hosting three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013.<ref name="Ann Shields">{{cite web |title=The World's 50 Most Visited Tourist Attractions – No. 3: Times Square, New York City – Annual Visitors: 50,000,000 |author=Ann Shields |publisher=Travel+Leisure |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions/2 |date=November 10, 2014 |accessdate=July 12, 2015 |quote=No. 3 Times Square,...No. 4 (tie) Central Park,...No. 10 Grand Central Terminal, New York City}}</ref> Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://petapixel.com/2013/12/27/google-maps-photographed-places-world/ |title=Google Maps Out the Most Photographed Places in the World |author=DL Cade |publisher=PetaPixel |date=December 27, 2013 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://petapixel.com/2013/12/13/liked-instagram-pic-2013-features-justin-bieber-confirms-fears/ |title=Most Instagrammed Locations and Cities of 2013 Revealed, as Well as Most-Liked Photo |author=DL Cade |publisher=PetaPixel |date=December 13, 2013 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43240059/ns/travel-travel_tips/#.Utnoezgo47o |title=The 25 most photographed places on Earth |author=Sean O'Neill |publisher=NBCNews.com |date=June 12, 2011 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}}</ref> [[Times Square]], iconic as the world's "heart"<ref name=TransformingTimesSquare>{{cite news |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/new-york-today-change-with-the-times/ |title=New York Today:Transforming Times Square |author=Noah Remnick and Tatiana Schlossberg |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 24, 2015 |accessdate=August 25, 2015}}</ref> and its "Crossroads",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timessquarenyc.org/index.aspx |title=Times Square – The Official Site of Times Square |publisher=Times Square District Management Association, Inc |accessdate=August 25, 2015}}</ref> is the brightly illuminated hub of the [[Broadway Theater District]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/596253/Times-Square |title=Times Square |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=May 10, 2011}}</ref> one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections,<ref name="Joshua Pramis">{{cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions/2 |title=World's Most-Visited Tourist Attractions No. 1: Times Square, New York City |author=Joshua Pramis |publisher=American Express Publishing Corporation |date=October 2011 |accessdate=March 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diserio.com/streetscapes.html |title=The Most Jivin' Streetscapes in the World |publisher=Luigi Di Serio |year=2010 |accessdate=May 10, 2011}}</ref> and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID-TimesSquare3.htm |title=New York Architecture Images- Midtown Times Square |publisher=2011 nyc-architecture |accessdate=May 10, 2011}}</ref> The names of many of the city's [[Bridges and tunnels in New York City|bridges]], [[Tallest buildings in New York City|skyscrapers]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/?do=city&city=NYC&country=US |title=Buildings in New York City |publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |accessdate=June 8, 2011}}</ref> and [[List of New York City parks|parks]] are known around the world. Anchored by [[Wall Street]] in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] of [[Lower Manhattan]], New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world,<ref name=WorldEconomicAndFinancialSuperCenter/><ref name=EconomicallyPowerful2015>{{cite web |url=http://www.citylab.com/work/2015/03/sorry-london-new-york-is-the-worlds-most-economically-powerful-city/386315/ |title=Sorry, London: New York Is the World's Most Economically Powerful City |author=Richard Florida |publisher=The Atlantic Monthly Group |date=March 3, 2015 |accessdate=March 16, 2015 |quote=Our new ranking puts the Big Apple firmly on top.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-24/new-york-boosts-lead-on-london-as-leading-finance-center.html |title=New York Boosts Lead on London as Leading Finance Center |author=John Glover |publisher=Bloomberg L.P |date=November 23, 2014 |accessdate=November 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/ubs-may-move-us-investment-bank-to-nyc_556257.html |title=UBS may move US investment bank to NYC |publisher=e-Eighteen.com Ltd |date=June 10, 2011 |accessdate=February 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longfinance.net/images/GFCI17_23March2015.pdf |title=The Global Financial Centres Index 17 |date=March 23, 2015 |accessdate=March 23, 2015 |publisher=Long Finance}}</ref> and the city is home to the world's two [[List of stock exchanges|largest stock exchanges]] by total [[market capitalization]], the [[New York Stock Exchange]] and [[NASDAQ]].<ref name=NYSElargest>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lc_ny_overview.html |title=NYSE Listings Directory |accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=NYSEhighestcap>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-exchanges.org/files/2013_WFE_Market_Highlights.pdf |title=2013 WFE Market Highlights |publisher=World Federation of Exchanges |accessdate=July 20, 2014}}</ref> Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepinnaclelist.com/blog/directory/manhattan-new-york-some-of-the-most-expensive-real-estate-in-the-world-overlooks-central-park/ |title=Manhattan, New York – Some of the Most Expensive Real Estate in the World Overlooks Central Park |publisher=The Pinnacle List |accessdate=November 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45eddhg/6-new-york-city-u-s-a/ |title=The World's Most Expensive Billionaire Cities |author=Morgan Brennan |publisher=Forbes |date=March 22, 2013 |accessdate=July 6, 2013}}</ref> [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Manhattan's Chinatown]] incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html |title=The History of New York's Chinatown |author=Sarah Waxman |publisher=Mediabridge Infosystems, Inc. |accessdate=March 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.explorechinatown.com/PDF/FactSheet.pdf |title=Chinatown New York City Fact Sheet |publisher=explorechinatown.com |accessdate=December 18, 2011}}</ref> with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/dining/a-hungry-explorer-in-new-york-s-3-chinatowns.html |title=A Hungry Explorer in New York's 3 Chinatowns |work=New York Times |date=May 2, 2001 |accessdate=April 21, 2014 |author=Hesser, Amanda |location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304311204579509682923484324 |title=Metro Money: Comparing Three of New York City's Chinatowns |work=Wall Street Journal |date=April 18, 2014 |accessdate=April 21, 2014 |author=Kadet, Anne}}</ref> Providing continuous 24/7 service,<ref name=twentyfour>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/20security.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |title=With Terrorism Concerns in Mind, Police Prepare to Guard a Shuttered System |work=The New York Times |date=December 20, 2005 |accessdate=February 17, 2012 |first1=Al |last1=Baker |first2=Richard |last2=Pérez-Peña}}</ref> the [[New York City Subway]] is one of the most extensive [[rapid transit|metro]] systems worldwide, with {{NYCS const|number|total}} stations in operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/subway/howto_sub.htm |title=How to Ride the Subway |publisher=mta.info |accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://list25.com/25-most-extensive-metro-systems-in-the-world/2/ |title=25 Most Extensive Metro Systems in the World |publisher=list25.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://list25.com/25-most-extensive-metro-systems-in-the-world/2/ |archivedate=March 20, 2013 |accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://walksofnewyork.com/blog/nyc-subway-101/ |title=NYC Subway 101 |publisher=Walks of New York |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://walksofnewyork.com/blog/nyc-subway-101/ |archivedate=March 31, 2014 |accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nvkumar.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/worlds-best-metro-rail-systems/ |title=World's best Metro Rail Systems |publisher=Aarnav |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nvkumar.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/worlds-best-metro-rail-systems/ |archivedate=January 1, 2014 |accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref> New York City's [[List of colleges and universities in New York City|higher education network]] comprises over 120 colleges and universities, including [[Columbia University]], [[New York University]], and [[Rockefeller University]], which have been ranked among the top 35 in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2015.html |title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015 |publisher=ShanghaiRanking Consultancy |accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cwur.org/2015/ |title=CWUR 2015 – World University Rankings |publisher=Center for World University Rankings |accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>