New York By: Ciara Huckaby

Major Cities Albany is New York’s state capital. New York City was the first city to have a newspaper published. Rochester is known as the flower city.

New York The Blue Bird is the state bird. There state flower is the rose. Mt. Marcy is the highest point in New York. New York’s nickname is Empire State.

New York City Henry Louis Gehrig a baseball player was born in NYC. More than 250 feature films are shot on location in New York City each year. An average of 4.9 million people ride the New York City subway each weekday.

Timeline In 1624 New Amsterdam was founded. In 1637 the first school was founded. In 1964 New York held the world’s first fair.

Fun Facts New York’s state bird is the Blue Bird. Kareem Abdul Jabbar was a famous basketball player who lived in New York. New York has 722 miles of subway track. Babe Ruth hit the first home run at the Yankee Stadium.

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About Me My name is Ciara Huckaby and I am 12 years old. I love to play sports and sports are my favorite hobby. My birthday is December 19, 2000.