10 New York City Fun Facts

1. Alexander Hamilton, genius, is buried New York City's Trinity Church cemetery.
2. Most Popular Baby Names in NYC Girls: 1898: Mary / 1948: Linda / 1998: Ashley
   Boys: 1898: John / 1948: Robert / 1998: Michael
3. New York City's first theater was on Beaver Street.
4. Bowling Green is NYC's oldest park.
5. Phillippe Petit walked a tightrope between the rooftops of the World Trade Center towers in 1974.
6. As late as the 1840s, thousands of pigs roamed Wall Street to consume garbage, an early sanitation system
7. In 1664, the city's tallest structure was a 2-story windmill.
8. The Bronx was settled in 1639 and is named for the Swedish settler Jonas Bronck.
9. John Hertz, who founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1907, chose yellow because he had read a study conducted by the University of Chicago that indicated it was the easiest color to spot.
10. Opened in 1633 in the Market Field, which is now the financial district, was the first public brewery in America. Colonists loved their beer and often had a mug with their breakfast.

*Fun facts from NYCvisit.com