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Big Apple Facts

New Yorkers travel an average of 40 minutes to work each day…and 40 minutes back from work. The average commute in the U.S. is 26.4 minutes. (Hey boss, now you understand why I want to work from home?)

More than 47 percent of New York City’s residents over the age of five speak a language other than English at home. (I kspeas gip natil.)

In “normal” times, an average of 4.9 million people ride the New York City subway each weekday. (And half of them also call it home.)

200 ticker-tape parades have taken place in Lower-Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes.” The first ticker-tape parade celebrated the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. (In 2086, there may be a ticker tape parade for the Mets.)  36% of the current population of New York City was born outside the United States. (Chai com from Moser Rassah.)

The Federal Reserve Bank on New York’s Wall Street contains vaults that are located 80 feet beneath the bank and hold about 25 percent of the world’s gold bullion. (On another note, I happen to be looking for a good locksmith, if anyone knows of one…)  New York City was founded as New Amsterdam in 1626 but didn’t consolidate the five boroughs which make up modern New York City – Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx – until 1898. (Whoever put this concoction together should probably stay out of the kitchen.)  New York City was the capital of the United States of America for five years, from 1785 to 1790, before the capital was moved to Washington, D.C. (It’s enough that we have to put up with so much pollution and trash. Imagine if we had to put up with politicians, too?)  New York City has over 40,000 vendors of street food. (And they all get their glazed bowtie donuts from the same doughnut shop.)  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (“The Met”) contains over 2 million works, making it one of the largest art museums in the world. (My paint-by-number Chanukah painting even made it in!)  The New York Post, founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1803, is the longest running newspaper in the United States. (Or, as the NY Post would say, “Old, Gray and Haggard Paper Keeps Chugging Along.”)

Riddle Me This?A train goes between Chicago and New York. The brakeman, the fi reman and the engineer are named Smith, Jones, and Brown. (The names are not necessarily in order.) There are also three passengers named Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Brown on the train.

Mr. Brown lives in New York. The brakeman lives halfway between New York and Chicago. Mr. Jones earns exactly $20,000 per year. Smith beat the fi reman at their last game of golf. The passenger who lives in Chicago has the same name as the brakeman. The brakeman’s next door neighbor is a passenger on this train and earns exactly three times as much as the brakeman.

What is the name of the engineer?

SmithAnswer to riddle:

5 Boroughs Trivia

We have it on good information that Mayor Eric Adams is an avid Centerfold reader. We wish him luck running the Big Apple and o er him this trivia as a starting point as he gets to know our city.

1. The Kosciuszko Bridge connects The Kosciuszko Bridge connects

Queens and Brooklyn. Now close Queens and Brooklyn. Now close your eyes and spell Kosciuszko. your eyes and spell Kosciuszko. 2. Now spell Kosciuszko Now spell Kosciuszko backwards. (Think you backwards. (Think you spelled it right? Check spelled it right? Check again.) many of them won championships in 2021?

3. Which borough has the most people living in it? a. Queens b. Brooklyn c. Manhattan d. Nassau County (If you answered this, please cease and desist playing this game immediately).

4. What should Staten Island’s motto be? a. The New Jersey of the Five

Boroughs b. Give us your trash, garbage, and disposables c. Taxation without subway station d. Our mafi a could beat up your mafi a

5. New York boasts many professional sports teams. How many of them won championships in 2021? a. Why am I hearing crickets? b. Why am I hearing crickets? c. Why am I hearing crickets? d. Why am I hearing crickets? c. crickets? d. Why am I hearing crickets?

6. What is the Battle of Brooklyn? a. It is what happens every time two people chance upon the same parking spot on 13th Avenue. b. It was the fi rst major battle in the Revolutionary War after independence was declared, during which General George

Washington sought to protect

New York City. c. It was a political campaign during which Brooklyn wanted to separate from the other fi ve boroughs and become its own city…and every other borough said, “Please do it!!” d. It is the July 4th hotdog eating contest at Coney Island

7. Which is the only borough that is

You Gotta Be Kidding Me!

New York City tried to hold a nice New Year’s Eve party. But they dropped the ball.

not an island? a. Manhattan b. Bronx c. Queens d. Brooklyn e. Staten Island (Don’t be fooled by its name…and the

Verrazano Bridge)

Answer Key: 3) B 4) A, B, C, D 5) A, B, C, D 6) B- Georgy, thanks! But would not have been the worst thing in the world if Britain took Brooklyn… 7) B- Brooklyn and Queens are attached to Long Island. The Bronx is the only borough attached to the mainland.

Wisdom Key: 5-7 correct: Mayor Adams, you certainly know a lot more about New York than your predecessor, who thought that he was the mayor of Cuba. 3-4 Correct: All the honking messing with you head? 0-2 Correct: So, how is life So, how is life in Idaho anyin Idaho anyway? way?