Big Apple Facts
Sep 13, 2007 1:00 PM
- At last count there were 8,643,437 people in the five boroughs. That’s why we always have room for a few more at the AES convention!
- High population density
The total area is 301 square miles, with Manhattan accounting for just 22.7 square miles. - Full of it
NYC produces a whopping 26,400,000 pounds of garbage per day. - Hot in the City
An average NYC city street has a surface temperature of 150 degrees on a hot summer day. Since eggs fry at 145 degrees or so, you need only crack one right onto Broadway for a hot, delicious breakfast. - First!
The first apartment house in NYC wasn’t built that long ago, if you think about it: 1869. It was on East 18th Street near Irving Place. - Mass Transit
There are currently 469 subway stations in el Big Apple. Apparently, an average of 80 women per year go into labor on said subways. - Bust-ted
Almost 3,700 buses crawl the streets of New York. Standards for driving are high, with 15% of bus-driver applicants failing their training period. Did you know that the MTA pays NYC delis $50 to allow their drivers to use their bathrooms along the way? NEITHER DID WE. - Death Cab So Cutie
About 200 million people ride in cabs each year, with cabbies picking up an average of 30 fares per day. With 12-hour shifts, cabbies travel an average of 141 days, grossing an average of $190 daily in fares and tips for their considerable trouble. Only 10% of cabbies are American-born. - Chess-ter
NYC was the location of the first-ever American chess tournament, held in 1943. - In the Toilet
And finally…the great Joseph C. Gayetty of NYC was the inventor of toilet paper in 1857. Now you’ll really feel at home in the great bathrooms of Javits.
