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How New York Works

For most of us, the word vacation conjures up images of lounging on a Caribbean beach or touring the picturesque terrain of some European country. An urban center (like New York City) bustling with people, traffic and skyscrapers might not immediately come to mind. However, large cities often offer tourists an incredible variety of sites and activities. The City, as New York City is often referred to, is home to world-renowned museums and restaurants, exciting attractions, an array of entertainment and unbeatable shopping. If you are anything like the 29 million American travelers that visit "the Big Apple" annually, your next vacation spot just may be New York City.

紐約如何運行

對大部分的我們來說，假期這個字喚起我們印象中閒逛在加勒比海攤上或觀光旅遊在歐洲的一些如畫般的區域。一個都市的中心（如紐約市）忙碌的人們，繁忙的交通和摩天大樓大概不會緊接著出在腦海裡。然而，大城市通常提供遊客驚人的組合在地區和活動上。如同紐約市常被認為是，家到世界著名的博物館和餐廳。刺激的吸引力一連串的款待和打不垮的消費能力。如果你像兩千九百萬個美國旅行者每年拜訪紐約。

作為一個旅行的目的地，紐約有些東西可以提供幾乎大部分的拜訪者。雖然觀光從2001年9月11日開始減少，還是仍然有很多理由去拜訪這個很多人認為是世界上最好的城市。

在這篇文章中，我們會研究在每個拜訪者在到紐約之前必須要知道最根本的事情。我們會學到如何到達這個城市、它附近的城市、最大的（和很少人知道的）魅力、和許多非常有用的秘密。

城市的總結

紐約市坐落在美國東方大西洋沿岸的國家。它在哈德遜河的入海口。這個城市常被認為是「島上的城市」紐約市是由五個區域組成，稱為紐約行政區。紐約行政區包含曼哈頓、布魯克林、皇后區、斯塔騰島和克朗克斯區。紐約行政區被由許多主要的河分隔，被用地下鐵、橋和地道所連接。

根據紐約市的地理環境，最好想像成紐約區是個主要的中心島（曼哈頓）被在外的島嶼所圍繞著（其他的紐約自治區）：

l           皇后區剛好在曼哈頓的南方。

l           布魯克林在曼哈頓的東南方。

l           斯塔騰島在曼哈頓的西南方。

l           克朗克斯在曼哈頓的北方。

只有曼哈頓和斯塔騰島在它們自己的陸地上。克朗克斯市唯一連接紐約自治區的到紐約的大陸。

當人們想到紐約市，他們大概都談論到曼哈頓。大部分紐約市主要的吸引力被建立在紐約自治區，大部分的訪客花了他們假期大部分的時間在這裡。為了這個理由，我們來研究曼哈頓這個島上的組織。

曼哈頓                                                                   

曼哈頓在兩條河的中間，哈德遜河的西邊和東河的東邊。這個島是22.7平方英哩（58.8平方公里）13.4英哩（21.6公里）長，2.3英哩（3.7公里）寬。曼哈頓可以大概的分成四個象限：東邊、西邊、城鎮非中心區、商業區。最好去了解曼哈頓地理環境的方法就是根據城市街道的安排。

不論市走路或使用公共交通運輸工具，紐約是一個駕駛非常簡單的城市，對於大部分的地區，交叉的車道和街道如網狀。街道地圖看起來非常像一大片的方格紙。

車道是南北向的，從東邊的第一車道向西延伸直到第十二車道。街道是東西向的，從商業中心的第一街至北部頂端的城鎮非中心的第兩百二十街的曼哈頓。

記得車道的距離通常都比街道大（大概三倍）。所以，例如：從第一車道東邊走到西邊第三車道，會比從第一街南邊走到北邊第三街更遠三倍多。

當你在紐約常常會聽到人們大聲的說出他們的地址聽起來像是一串號碼。舉例來說：你想要去拜訪大城市的美術博物館，它在第82街和第52車道。如果你想跳上一台計程車，你可以只簡單的說：第82和第5，然後司機就會精確的知道你要去哪裡。那是因為當紐約人說出地址，他們大部分街道的號碼然後再說車道的號碼。不要從顛倒頭到尾號碼的順序。第一個號碼是你要去的目的地，第二個號碼是最近的十字路口。當拿到紐約的地址，詢問最近的十字路口總是有用的。

到紐約市

當在紐約旅行時有幾件重要的事要知道。如果你想開車到紐約市，注意這些事情：

l           收費公路、橋、隧道的收費是世界上最高的。

l           特別是在假日，交通會極度混亂。

l           找到一個停車位是非常困難的，停車要花的時間比任何別的地方多五倍。

如果你想像大部分到紐約的旅行者，你可能會通過三個地方機場中的任何一個，La　Guardia，John　F.　Kennedy和Newark機場都是服務著這個地區的地方機場。La Guardia是離城市最近的機場，只在曼哈頓的皇后區東方八英哩。大部分美國家庭式的飛機由此機場進入和出去。國際的飛機通常由John　F.　Kennedy機場，它在城市東方15英哩。Newark機場在新澤西，但是它沒有比John　F.　Kennedy機場離曼哈頓遠（大約15英哩），運用運輸工具到任何一個曼哈頓的機場很簡單，但是交通卻要消耗很多時間。想當然要花三十分鐘至一個半小時才能從機場進入曼哈頓。

How New York Works

For most of us, the word vacation conjures up images of lounging on a Caribbean beach or touring the picturesque terrain of some European country. An urban center (like New York City) bustling with people, traffic and skyscrapers might not immediately come to mind. However, large cities often offer tourists an incredible variety of sites and activities. The City, as New York City is often referred to, is home to world-renowned museums and restaurants, exciting attractions, an array of entertainment and unbeatable shopping. If you are anything like the 29 million American travelers that visit "the Big Apple" annually, your next vacation spot just may be New York City.

As a travel destination, New York has something to offer almost every visitor. Though tourism has dropped since September 11, 2001, there are still lots of reasons to visit what many consider the greatest city in the world.

In this article, we will explore the basics of what every visitor needs to know before planning a trip to New York City. You will learn about getting to and around the city, the neighborhoods, some main (and lesser known) attractions and some pretty useful secrets.

City Overview

New York City (NYC) is located on the Eastern Atlantic coast of the United States. It rests at the mouth of the Hudson River. The city is often referred to as a "city of islands." Greater NYC is made up of five distinct areas called boroughs. These boroughs include Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. The boroughs are separated from each other by various bodies of water and are connected by subways, bridges and tunnels.

In terms of the geography of NYC, it is best to imagine the Greater New York area as a main center island (Manhattan) surrounded by outer islands (the other boroughs):

• Queens is located just east of Manhattan.

• Brooklyn is situated to the southeast of Manhattan.

• Staten Island is located southwest of Manhattan.

• The Bronx is located north of Manhattan.

Only Manhattan and Staten Island are on their own land masses. The Bronx is the only borough that is attached to the New York State mainland.

When people refer to New York City, they are usually talking about Manhattan. Most of NYC's main attractions are located in this borough and the majority of visitors spend most of their vacation here. For this reason, let's examine the organization of the island of Manhattan.

ManhattanManhattan is located between the Hudson River on the west side and the East River on the east side. The island is 22.7 square miles (58.8 square kilometers), 13.4 miles (21.6 kilometers) long and 2.3 miles (3.7 kilometers) wide. Manhattan can be roughly divided into four quadrants: the East Side, the West Side, Uptown and Downtown. The best way to understand how the geography of Manhattan is organized is in terms of the city's street layout.

Whether walking or using public transportation, New York is a pretty simple city to navigate. This is because the city, for the most part, is a grid of intersecting avenues and streets.

looks very much like a sheet of graph paper.

The avenues run North and South, beginning with 1st Avenue on the East Side and spanning westward all the way to 12th Avenue. Streets run East and West, beginning with

1st street

downtown and going as far as

220th Street

at the northern tip of uptown Manhattan.

It's important to remember that the distance between avenues is generally much larger than the distance between streets (roughly 3 times as long). So, walking east to west from 1st Avenue to 3rd Avenue, for example, will be roughly 3 times farther than walking south to north from 1st Street to 3rd Street.

When in New York, it is common to hear people shout out addresses that sound like a list of numbers. For example, let's say you want to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's located at

82nd Street

and

5th Avenue

. If you were to hop in a taxi, you could simply say, "82nd and 5th" and the driver would know exactly where to go. That's because when New Yorkers give addresses, they most often just say the street number and then the avenue number. Do not reverse the order of the numbers, though. The first number is where your destination is located and the second number is the nearest cross-street. When getting addresses in New York, it is always helpful to ask for the nearest cross-street.

Getting to New York City

There are several important things to think about when traveling to New York. If you're thinking about driving into the city, consider this:

• Tolls for turnpikes, bridges and tunnels are the highest in the nation.

• Traffic, especially on weekdays, can be extremely heavy.

• Finding a parking space is a rarity and parking can cost five times what it costs anywhere else.

If you are like most travelers to New York, you will probably make your way through one of the area's three airports. La Guardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark Airport all serve the area. La Guardia is the closest airport to the city -- only 8 miles east of Manhattan in Queens. Most United States domestic flights enter and exit through this airport. International flights often go through John F. Kennedy Airport (also known as JFK), which is about 15 miles east of the city. Newark Airport is located in New Jersey, but is no farther from Manhattan (about 15 miles) than JFK. Transportation into Manhattan once you arrive at any of the airports is pretty simple, but can be time consuming depending on traffic. Assume it will take from thirty minutes up to an hour and a half to get from the airport into Manhattan.

 

 

紐約如何運行

      對大部分的我們來說，假期這個字喚起我們印象中閒逛在加勒比海攤上或觀光旅遊在歐洲的一些如畫般的區域。一個都市的中心（如紐約市）忙碌的人們，繁忙的交通和摩天大樓大概不會緊接著出在腦海裡。然而，大城市通常提供遊客驚人的組合在地區和活動上。如同紐約市常被認為是，家到世界著名的博物館和餐廳。刺激的吸引力一連串的款待和打不垮的消費能力。如果你像兩千九百萬個美國旅行者每年拜訪紐約。

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