New York City, NYC, the big apple or the city that never sleeps so many ways to qualify the third largest city on the American continent but also the most populous, with more than 8 million inhabitants. Its five boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island, total 1,700 parks and gardens, or 1/5 thof the total area of the city. There are more than 6,400 skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building, which has its own postal code. 13,200 taxis ply the city streets every day, while the metro operates 24/7 on a vast network of 1,355 km. Times Square, one of the most visited and lively places in the world, takes its name from the former headquarters of the New York Times, around 365,000 people come across it every day. The Line depicted the silhouette of New York seen from the shores of Jersey City.