Nyc Tour Guide License Exam Questions with Verified Solutions

Nyc Tour Guide License Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Where is the diamond District? 47th St between 5th & 6th Avenues What is unusual about the diamond trade? There are no contracts only handshakes Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District Canal Street Where are the great Works of Picasso found? Gasosian Gallery - Which has 3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide Where does the New York Ballet perform the Nutcracker Suite during Christmas time? David H Koch Theater - formerly the NY State Theater - which is part of the Lincoln Center for performing Arts What book did photographer/reformer Jacob Riis write? "How the other Half Lives" that was a look at impoverished life in the tenement houses that motivated social reform Who was Elizabeth Ann Seton? The first American born saint in the US & NY Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? 7 State St facing Battery Park Why was she canonized? Helped establish the Catholic Church and schools in the U.S. What are the addresses of: Madison Square Garden? Grand Central Station? Time Square? Madison Square Garden: 4 Penn Plaza Grand Central Station: 42nd and Park Ave Time Square: Junction of Broadway & 7th Ave between W 42th and W 47 St What style music in the 1970's blended Latin Puerto Rican and African American style music? Salsa What is the current neighborhood name where the original St. Patrick's Church was built? Notita (In Manhattan) - Mott Ave across from Prince St. During what war did the battleship USS Maine Sink Spanish-American War, Mast of battleship is at Arlington Cemetery What 6 items would you find on Roosevelt Island? Renwick Smallpox Hospital Blackwell Farmhouse - 6th oldest 18th Century house Lihthouse Park - Northern tip Chapel of the good Shepherd Strecker Memorial Laboratory - pathological bacteriological search FDR's Four Freedoms Park - speech, worship, want, and fear Where is Roosevelt Island? Between Manhattan & Queens in the East River 2 miles long & 800 ft wide, total 147 acres. What is the name and purpose of the colorful Brooklyn parade that is held on Labor Day? Brooklyn Labor Day Parade - West Indian American Day Parade & Carnival Where is the largest Carillon in NYC Riverside Church - installed 1925 with additional bells later 490 Riverside Dr & W 120th St Who financed the Carillon at Riverside Church and Why? John D Rockefeller, Jr, in memory of his mother Laura Rockefeller Who were the architects of the Riverside Church? Allen & Collens & Henry Pelton What was the inspiration for the design of the Riverside Church? The Cathedral of Chartres (Gothic Catherdral) Whats the biggest cultural attraction in NYC? Broadway Plays What was the building before the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque was converted? Lenox Casino Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz mosque Sabbath Brown Where is it located? Harlem - Malcolm X was assassinated here What park displays Greek Revival houses with old iron fences surrounding the properties and has the city's only private residential square? Gramercy Park by Samuel B Ruggles Where did the Huxtables of the Bill Cosby Show live? St. Luke's PL in Greenwich Village Where is the Empire State Building? 5th Ave & 34th St What are the dimensions and style of Empire State Building? 102 Stories and 1250 ft tall. Art Deco What is Art Deco ??????????? When was the ESB completed? 1931 When has the ESB been the tallest in NYC? Before and after WTC Where can one find 1st biggest collection of Egyptian arts? MET @ 1000 5th Ave Where is the 2nd biggest collection of Egyptian Art? The Brooklyn Museum NY Major League sports teams and where they play? Baseball NY Yankess - Yankee stadium in the Bronx NY Mets - Citi Field in Queens Football Jet&Giants - both teams share New Meadowlands stadium in East Rutherford NJ Basketball Ny Knickerbockers - Knicks - Mandison Square Garden, Manhattan Hockey NY Rangers - Madison Square Garden NY Islander - Nassau Coliseum on long Island Where is the apt where Audrey Hepburn's blind character from "wait until Dark" lived? Greenwich Village What is the new elevated park called? where is it located? The high Line 1.5 Mile Park is on the west side of Manhattan from Gansevoort St in the Meatpacking District to W 34th St between 10th & 11th Avenue What was the old elevated 9th Avenue railroad called? 9th Ave Elevated Describe the residents of the Lower East Side (LES) Oldest immigrant NYC neighborhoods. Originally Irish, Italian, polish, Ukrainians, AKA Little Germany Currently home to Puerto Ricans & Dominicans What type of architecture can be found in LES Greek Revival & Italinate Where is the Hispanic Society of America located? 613 W 115th St What famous artists worked at the Hispanic Society of America? (5 artists) El Greco Francisco Goya Diego Valazquez Joaquin Sorollo Bastida What and where is the campbell Apartment? Tycoon John W campbells' 1920's private office and Salon in Grand Central Station which has been fully restored to its original splendor and reborn as a cocktail lounge Who sold Manhattan to the Dutch? Algonquin Lenape Indians, Wappinger Federation Who made the purchase of Manhattan from Indians? Dutchman Peter Minuit How many people pass thru Grand Central Station daily? 500,000 Who funds public arts in the subway? MTA Arts for Transit (Metropolitan Transit Authority) Whats is the oldest Jewish newspaper? Jewish Daily Forward also called The Forvitz Whats the Salmagundi Club? Describe the club? Where is the club located? A club for artists(not night club) Only surviving mansion - on Natl Reg of Historic Places Lower 5th Ave in Greenwich Village Name some famous artists from Salmagundi Club Louis Comfort Tiffany Charles Dana Gibson John LaFarge Stanford White What is the 21 Club and where is it? A bar that was most upscale speakeasy during prohibition 21 W 52nd St What did the law of 1879 concerning tenement construction affect in terms of architecture? Required that windows face a source of fresh air to combat the dumbbell style construction Is what Museum would you find 2 surviving Dutch Farm houses Brooklyn Museum Who originally owned the Dutch farm houses in the Brooklyn Museum? Jan Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk Where can buses stop when picking up or dropoff pax? White actively unloading or loading pax, buses May stop in: No parking, No standing, No standing-Except trucks loading & unloading zones. Note - buses may NOT top in a no stopping zone, red zone bus lanes or bus stops Name