Saturday, August 1, 2009

Statistics wasn't my best subject in school...

I wanted to find statistics on crimes in NYC to scare my mom but I came across these random facts instead...

Size

Central Park, total acres: 843
New York City, total area in square miles: 301
Manhattan, total area in square miles: 23.7
Manhattan, length: 13.4 miles (21.5 km) long
Manhattan, widest point: 2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Manhattan, narrowest point: 0.8 miles (1.3 km) at narrowest point
The Bronx, total area in square miles: 44
Brooklyn, total area in square miles: 81.8
Queens, total area in square miles: 112.2
Staten Island, total area in square miles: 60.2

Climate
Average temperatures:
January
Low 26 degrees F, -3.3 degrees C High 38 degrees F; 3.3 degrees C
July
Low 67 degrees F; 19.4 degrees C High 84 degrees F; 28.8 degrees C
Average rainfall:
January 3.1 inches
July 3.7 inches
Average snowfall:
January 7 inches
July 0 inches

Population
New York City: 8,214,426
Bronx: 1,361,473
Brooklyn: 2,508,820
Manhattan: 1,611,581
Queens: 2,255,175
Staten Island: 477,377

Entertainment Production
Location shoots: 40,000 annually (including commercials, feature films, television shows and series, music videos, documentaries, etc.)
Daily productions: 100
Feature films: over 250 a year
Television shows: 100+
Shooting days, 2006: 34,718
Direct expenditures: $5 billion
Entertainment production employment: 100,000
The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting (tel. 212/489-6710)

(http://www.nycgo.com/?event=view.article&id=78912)

1 comment:

  1. I am so excited you have a blog! I really did enjoy the facts on New York. I can't believe you are moving so,ewhere so cool and exciting!!

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