New York City Geography

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1. Tom’s Restaurant (of television’s ‘Seinfeld’ fame), Columbia University, and many of the exterior shots seen in television’s ‘Law and Order’ can all be found in what Manhattan neighborhood? Upper East Side Greenwich Village The Battery Morningside Heights

2. Bordering on Alphabet City, what neighborhood contains many of the buildings that house NYU, as well as the police station used for the exterior shots for television’s ‘N.Y.P.D. Blue’ and the buildings found on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Physical Graffiti’? The Bowery The East Village The Upper West Side Tenderloin

3. Where does Tribeca derive its name? The Triangle Below Canal Street Tammany, Bedford, and Canal Streets The Tri-Borough Commonwealth The Tammany Boss Corridor

4. In what neighborhood did former President Bill Clinton first operate his private office following his presidency? Morningside Heights Greenwich Village The Upper East Side Harlem

5. What is the only borough of New York City, in the 20th century, never to have had a Major League Baseball stadium? Queens Manhattan Staten Island The Bronx

6. What well known building can be found at the intersection of 23rd Street, 5th Avenue, and Broadway? The Pan Zoe Tower The Empire State Building The Flatiron Building The Chrysler Building

7. What building am I: I am arguably the most sought after address in New York City. Located on Central Park West, I have been featured in several movies, and the list of my residents reads like Hollywood credits. My unique design makes me appear like no other. Who am I? The Carolina The Dakota The Michigan The Maine

8. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge directly connects which two New York City Boroughs? Queens and Manhattan Manhattan and Staten Island Brooklyn and Manhattan Brooklyn and Staten Island

9. What would you find on Central Park West, directly across the street from West 79th Street? The Chrysler Building The Staten Island Ferry The Ed Sullivan Theater The American Museum of Natural History

10. In what neighborhood would you have found the punk-rock club CBGB's? Hell's Kitchen Washington Heights The Upper West Side The Bowery