🆒 Interesting things about New York (Part 1) 📚 1️⃣ City’s original name was New Amsterdam - name given by the Dutches when they first arrived in the area around 1624. But in 1664, the English’s took over and renamed the city in the Duke of York’s honor 📍 New York 2️⃣ Over 8 million people live in New York City 🏙️ : 1 in every 38 people in the United States call the city home 🏠 3️⃣ It’s the most linguistically diverse city in the world 🌎 with more than 200 languages spoken. After English, the top spoken languages are Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Italian 🗺️ 4️⃣ Times Square was originally called Longacre Square until the New York Times moved there in 1904 and it was named after it 🌃 #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorkcitylife #bigapple #america #visitusa #timessquare #empirestatebuilding #nycity #ilovenewyork #iloveny #statenisland #brooklynbridge #visitnewyork #travelnewyork #bestlocations #bucketlist #mustvisit #dreamcometrue #newyork_instagram #newyorkstateofmind #newyork_ig #explorenewyork