NYC CITY ASSESSOR EXAM PREP 2 2026
FINAL PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION ALREADY PASSED
◉ Who was Malcolm Shabazz? What two locations on W 116th
Street are named for him?
Answer: Malcolm X's grandson; Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and
Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market (market for African goods and
clothes)
◉ The Kosciuszko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn
and Queens?
Answer: Newtown Creek
◉ Where is the New Wave Festival held each year?
Answer: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
◉ Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of
America?
Answer: El Greco, Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
◉ What is CBGB?
,Answer: A music club that opened in the East Village in 1973 and
helped launch punk and new wave music. "Country, BlueGrass, and
Blues." Police, the B-52s, the Talking Heads, and Blondie played here.
◉ What is a bialy?
Answer: A Jewish pastry similar to a bagel but without a hole.
Usually covered with onions.
◉ What is unique about wooden water towers?
Answer: Wood expands when wet, preventing leaks. Cheaper to
build and maintain. Water freezes later than in steel.
◉ Where is the New York City Panorama, the largest architectural
model in the world?
Answer: Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
◉ What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City?
Answer: Temple Emanu-El
◉ Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable
family supposed to live?
Answer: St. Luke's Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
, ◉ Where are the great works of Picasso found?
Answer: The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3 locations in NYC and
numerous worldwide
◉ Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque?
Answer: Sabbath Brown
◉ Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the
Brooklyn Museum?
Answer: Jan Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
◉ What is the Dahesh Museum?
Answer: Only museum in US devoted to collecting, exhibiting, and
interpreting works by Europe's academically trained artists of the
19th and early 20th century.
◉ What is the newest museum on Museum Mile?
Answer: The Neue Galerie at 1048 5th Avenue. Austrian and German
art, donated by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics mogul. In C.
Vanderbuilt's old house.
◉ What is the best example of Art Deco architecture in New York
City?
Answer: Chrysler Building
FINAL PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION ALREADY PASSED
◉ Who was Malcolm Shabazz? What two locations on W 116th
Street are named for him?
Answer: Malcolm X's grandson; Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and
Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market (market for African goods and
clothes)
◉ The Kosciuszko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn
and Queens?
Answer: Newtown Creek
◉ Where is the New Wave Festival held each year?
Answer: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
◉ Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of
America?
Answer: El Greco, Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
◉ What is CBGB?
,Answer: A music club that opened in the East Village in 1973 and
helped launch punk and new wave music. "Country, BlueGrass, and
Blues." Police, the B-52s, the Talking Heads, and Blondie played here.
◉ What is a bialy?
Answer: A Jewish pastry similar to a bagel but without a hole.
Usually covered with onions.
◉ What is unique about wooden water towers?
Answer: Wood expands when wet, preventing leaks. Cheaper to
build and maintain. Water freezes later than in steel.
◉ Where is the New York City Panorama, the largest architectural
model in the world?
Answer: Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
◉ What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City?
Answer: Temple Emanu-El
◉ Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable
family supposed to live?
Answer: St. Luke's Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
, ◉ Where are the great works of Picasso found?
Answer: The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3 locations in NYC and
numerous worldwide
◉ Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque?
Answer: Sabbath Brown
◉ Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the
Brooklyn Museum?
Answer: Jan Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
◉ What is the Dahesh Museum?
Answer: Only museum in US devoted to collecting, exhibiting, and
interpreting works by Europe's academically trained artists of the
19th and early 20th century.
◉ What is the newest museum on Museum Mile?
Answer: The Neue Galerie at 1048 5th Avenue. Austrian and German
art, donated by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics mogul. In C.
Vanderbuilt's old house.
◉ What is the best example of Art Deco architecture in New York
City?
Answer: Chrysler Building
