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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
What is the state office that operates New York City parks?
National Park Service
What federal service operates New York City parks?
Minneapolis
What city was rated as having the best park system by The Trust for Public Land?
New York City
What city had the second highest ParkScore rating?
Minneapolis
The 2013 ParkScore rating for NYC made NYC second in best park system to what other US city?
10,521.83
How large is the Gateway National recreation Area in hectares?
9,000
About how large is the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in acres?
Fort Tilden
What fort is located on the Rockaway Peninsula?
Jacob Riis Park
What park is located on the Rockaway Peninsula?
Jamaica Bay
What body of water is Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge adjacent to?
over 26,000
How many acres of land does Gateway Nation Recreation contain?
National Park Service
What body administers the Ellis Island Immigration Museum?
Grant's Tomb
What is the common name for the General Grant National Memorial?
Greenwich Village
In what neighborhood is the Stonewall Inn located?
gay rights movement
What movement is the Stonewall Inn most famously associated with?
National Park Service
The Statue of Liberty is taken care of by what organization?
New Jersey
The Statue of Liberty is also in what other US state?
New Jersey
Ellis Island is considered in New York state and which other?
Stonewall Inn
Which landmark is considered the spark for LGBT rights?
Grant's Tomb
The landmark, General Grant National Memorial, is also called what?
seven
How many state parks exist in New York City?
28
How large is Riverbank State Park in acres?
21
How many meters is Riverbank State Park elevated above the Hudson River?
seven
How many New York state parks are within New York City?
69 feet
Riverbank State park's highest point is how high above the Hudson River?
28,000
New York has approximately how many acres of parks?
14
How many miles of public beach are located in New York City?
Pelham Bay Park
What is the biggest public park in the city?
1,093
How large is Pelham Bay Park in hectares?
over 28,000
New York City has how many acres of land dedicated to parks?
14
How long are all the public beaches together in miles?
Pelham Bay Park
What is the largest park in New York City?
2,700
How many acres of land does Pelham Bay park have?
Fort Hamilton
What is the name of the military base in New York City?
1825
In what year was Fort Hamilton founded?
Brooklyn
In what borough is Fort Hamilton located?
North Atlantic Division
What division is based at Fort Hamilton?
1179th Transportation Brigade
What brigade is headquartered at Fort Hamilton?
Fort Hamilton
The U.S. military has only one active location in NYC named what?
1825
When was Fort Hamilton built?
Brooklyn
Which borough can Fort Hamilton be found?
Queens
Fort Wadsworth and Fort Totten are located in which area of New York City?
8,491,079
What was the population of New York City in 2014?
Los Angeles
What is the US city with the second largest population?
316,000
How many people moved to New York City between April 2010 and July 2014?
40%
Approximately what percentage is New York City's population of the entire state's population?
40%
About what percentage is New York City's population of the New York metropolitan area's population?
8,491,079
What is the population of NYC as of 2014?
Los Angeles
The second largest city in the US is what?
40
What percentage of people that live in the state of New York live in New York City?
27,858
How many people live in a square mile of New York City?
27,673
What is the population density of Manhattan per square kilometer?
Hudson County
Some cities in what county have a higher population density than New York City?
44%
What percentage of the city's population is Caucasian?
25.5%
What percentage of the city's population is African-American?
Asians
What ethnicity is growing the quickest in New York City?
28.6%
What percentage of the population identifies as Hispanic?
3
By what percentage did the non-Hispanic white population decrease?
44
As of 2010, what percentage made up white people in NYC?
the Civil War
Since what event did the first time black people decline in living in NYC?
Asians
Which race of people made it the highest growing ethnicity between 2000-2010 in NYC?
25.5
What percentage of Africans make up NYC?
12 million
How many immigrants arrived at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924?
Lower East Side
'Melting pot' was first used to describe neighborhoods in what area of the city?
Germans
What ethnicity comprised the largest number of immigrants at the beginning of the twentieth century?
92%
What percentage of the population was Caucasian in 1940?
Irish
What was the ethnicity of the second largest group of immigrants in 1900?
more than 12 million
Between 1892-1924, how many immigrants came through Ellis Island?
92
In the year 1942, what percentage of white Americans made up New York City?
37%
What percentage of the population was born outside the United States?
Dominican Republic
From what country did the largest number of foreign-born immigrants originate as of 2011?
74,000
About how many immigrants from Bangladesh lived in the city in 2013?
China
What country was the second largest source of foreign-born New Yorkers in 2011?
37
What percentage of the population of NYC was born in another country?
Queens
What New York borough contains the highest population of Asian-Americans?
Manhattan
What borough housed the first Chinatown in New York?
6.3%
As of 2012, what percentage of the New York City population was ethnically Chinese?
Queens
What borough is home to a large Tibetan population?
0.3%
What percentage of the New York City population is Japanese?
2.7 million
How many non-Hispanic whites lived in New York City in 2012?
550,000
What is the non-Hispanic white population of Houston?
201,000
How many New Yorkers are of Polish ancestry?
65,000
How many New York City residents are of Greek heritage?
the Bronx
What borough has the largest population of ethnic Albanians?
2.7 million
NYC has the largest white population by how many people?
20 million
About how many people live in New York City's metropolitan area?
1.5 million
As of 2012, how many Jewish people lived in the New York metropolitan area?
20%
What percentage of the total Indian-American population of the United States lives in the New York metropolitan area?
4.8 million
How many Hispanic people live in the New York metropolitan area?
6
Approximately how many Chinatowns exist in New York City?
1.3 million
In 2013, how many people of Puerto Rican ancestry lived in New York City?
the Dominican Republic
What nation provided the most legal immigrants to New York City in the Caribbean?
Egypt
Out of all African nations, which provided the most legal immigrants in 2013?
El Salvador
Out of all nations in Central America, which provided the most legal immigrants in 2013?
Ecuador
Of all the countries in South America, which provided the most legal immigrants in 2013?
568,903
How many self-identified LGB people live in the New York metropolitan area?
June 24, 2011
On what date did New York legalize gay marriage?
30
How many days after gay marriage was legalized were gay marriages allowed to take place?
568,903
How many people identify as gay or bisexual in NYC?
June 24, 2011
Same-sex marriage became legal on what date in New York?