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Fiona Apple (born 1977) – singer-songwriter. Jacob Appel – (born 1973), short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City. Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer. Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player. Edward Arnold (1890–1956) – actor. Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actress.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens[ 4] OLY ( née Biles; born March 14, 1997) [ 5] is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history, [ 6] and she is considered by many to be one of the greatest female gymnasts of all time. [ 7]
Fats Waller – pianist, born at 107 West 134th Street [ 48] Ethel Waters – singer, actress; born in Chester, Pennsylvania. Margot Webb - professional dancer. Walter Francis White – civil rights leader [ 49] Bert Williams – vaudeville performer; born in Antigua; died in 1922, near the start of the Harlem Renaissance.
February 12, 2010. The Chinese American experience has been documented at the Museum of Chinese in America in Manhattan's Chinatown since 1980. Manhattan 's Chinatown[ a ] is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, bordering the Lower East Side to its east, Little Italy to its north, Civic Center to its south, and Tribeca to its west.
Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.
Rudy Giuliani (born 1944), 107th Mayor of New York City (1994–2001), mayor during the 9/11 attacks; David Dinkins (1927–2020), 106th Mayor of New York City (1990-1993), first African-American Mayor of New York City; Ed Koch (1924–2013) 105th Mayor of New York City (1978–1989) Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947), 99th Mayor of New York ...
Jews comprise approximately 10% of New York City's population, making the Jewish community the largest in the world outside of Israel.As of 2020, over 960,000 Jews lived in the five boroughs of New York City, [1] and over 1.9 million Jews lived in the New York metropolitan area, approximately 25% of the American Jewish population.
Yorkville is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Its southern boundary is East 79th Street, its northern East 96th Street, its western Third Avenue, and its eastern the East River. [ 4] Yorkville is one of the most densely populated city subdivisions in the world.