There are five boroughs in New York City: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan. Manhattan is not synonymous with New York, so keep that in mind. It is a 13-mile-long island bounded by the East River. Across the river are Queens and Brooklyn, and Staten Island is to the south. Brooklyn is best known for residential areas packed to the gills with people, while Queens boasts light industry and airport facilities. The Bronx is largely for commuters, home to Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo, but not a whole lot of caring neighborhoods.
Here's how to get around in Manhattan. Above 14th Street, avenues run from north to south, and streets crisscross, from east to west. The resulting grid is simple to master, making finding a general destination as easy as matching up two lines. As a general rule, traffic generally flows east on the even-numbered streets and west on the odd, although this is not always the case. Uptown begins at around 60th Street and higher (north), and Downtown begins at around 20th Street and lower (south). Anything in the middle is, appropriately enough, Midtown. Cross-town means east or west.
Finding a particular address can be a bit tricky. If at all possible, try to find the intersection of streets at your desired endpoint rather than its numeric full address. '51st Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues' goes a lot further with cab drivers than the property number and single street.
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