Population: 8,363,710 people spread over 305 square miles
Number of police officers: 35,284
Murders in 2008: 523
Estimated number of daily bicycle riders: 200,000
Average cost of a rent stabilized apartment in core Manhattan: $1,687
Number of officially recognized sister cities: 10, all of them the largest in their country except Beijing
Estimated tourist visitors in 2009: 45.25 million
Percentage of private sector jobs offered in foreign companies: 10
Time restaurants can begin serving alcohol on Sunday: 12 pm.
Total taxes on a $239 New York City hotel room: $36.17
Estimated number of languages spoken: 800
Number of high rise buildings: 5,538
Miles of public beach: 14
Number of daily newspapers published in Chinese: 7
Cost of an escort via the first provider listed on Google: $600 to $3,000 per hour cash
Number of Filipinos: 68,000
Approximate cost of Grey Goose vodka ordered via table service: $375
Number of yellow taxis: more than 12,000
2007 selling price of 450 Park Avenue, a 33-story office building: $510 million, or $1,589 per square foot
Percent of population born in a foreign country: 36 percent
Number of surveillance cameras planned below Canal Street: 3,000
Fare for one subway ride: $2.25
Starbucks stores: 171
Cost of unlimited subway card: $89 per month
Daily flights to Hong Kong: 12
As reported by Harper's magazine, the number of NYC wild pigeons illegally caught and sold to shooting clubs each year: 144,000
