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Think you know the landmarks, legends and lore of the city that never stops reinventing itself? See how well you measure up.
Which of these New York pizzerias was the first to open?
John’s of Bleecker Street
What is TriBeCa shorthand for?
Triangle Below Chambers Street
Triangle Below Canal Street
Which New York City borough was its own independent city until 1898, when it consolidated into Greater New York?
Which New York City neighborhood is home to the block that Jennifer Lopez famously claims in her 2002 single “Jenny From the Block”?
Castle Hill, the Bronx
Which famous New York City skyscraper has metal eagles on its corners?
Bank of America Tower
What was the original name of Times Square?
Where is the “Whispering Gallery” located?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Knicks made it to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2025. Before that, when was the last time they advanced that far?
What does B.E.C. stand for?
Bacon, egg and cheese
Bridge and Expressway Commission
Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem” begins with the question, “What happens to a dream deferred?” The poem later inspired the title of which famous play?
“A Raisin in the Sun”
“Death of a Salesman”
“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
What’s the real name of the diner featured in “Seinfeld”?
Which is the only borough attached to the mainland United States?
What is Hot Duck?
The New York Liberty’s team mascot
A viral dance craze
A brightly colored duck that appeared in Central Park’s pond in 2018
A deep-fried delicacy sold in New York City’s Chinatown
Which legendary New York City nightclub did Bianca Jagger ride into on a white horse?
The Boom Boom Room
Which borough voted to secede from New York City?
New Yorkers who fail to pick up after their dogs can face fines of up to how much?
What does M.T.A. stand for?
How do you correctly pronounce “Houston Street” in Manhattan?
How about “Kosciuszko Bridge”?
What long New York street was once a Native American trail called Wickquasgeck?
Which Greenwich Village cafe is known as the birthplace of the folk music revival and hosted Bob Dylan in his early days?
The Cornelia Street Cafe
What color are taxis that operate primarily outside Manhattan?
Jackson Heights in Queens is among the most culturally diverse neighborhoods on the planet. Roughly how many languages are spoken there?
Which New York City neighborhood was once nicknamed Hell’s Hundred Acres?
The Lower East Side
In 2009, a US Airways flight made an emergency landing on the Hudson River, an event called “The Miracle on the Hudson.” What caused the plane to lose power?
A flock of geese
An earlier version of this quiz included a question that misstated which New York City boroughs are part of the mainland United States. Though the Bronx is the only borough to be on the mainland in its entirety, a small part of Manhattan, Marble Hill, sits on the mainland as well. In addition, the question previously implied that all of the Bronx is attached to the mainland; it includes a number of small islands.
An earlier version of this quiz referred imprecisely to the area of the Bronx where Jennifer Lopez grew up. Castle Hill is located in the southeast section of the borough; it is not generally considered to be part of the area known as the South Bronx.