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Did you know …

that the New York City Subway's 7 train has been nicknamed the "International Express" due to the ethnic diversity of communities on its route?
that when a fire broke out at 1 Hanover Square's basement restaurant, engine crews simultaneously fighting a fire across the street got confused?
that the former ASCE Society House in New York City has been home to a tire showroom, a restaurant, and an art shop?
that in the 2000s, the Brooklyn Bridge Park was described as the "most important public space" to be built in Brooklyn in over a century?
that in 1999, donors to the American Airlines Theatre could pay US$75,000 for their name on a bathroom?
that a tenant of the Bryant Park Studios once tried to evict their landlord from the building's top floor?
that Albert H. Blumenthal jumped into the Asser Levy Recreation Center's pool while campaigning for the 1973 New York City mayoral election?
Did you know ... that of the thirty-six ornamental spans in New York City's Central Park, only the Bow Bridge (pictured) was intended to stand out from the surrounding environment?
that the runway at the Winter Garden Theatre (interior pictured) was nicknamed the "bridge of thighs" after lightly clothed showgirls paraded down it?
that L. P. Hollander & Company filed for bankruptcy less than two years after moving its New York City store to 3 East 57th Street?
that trains on the 42nd Street Shuttle, the shortest route in the New York City Subway system, run a distance of 2,700 feet (820 m) in 90 seconds?
that to demonstrate elevator safety in the Empire Building, eggs and light bulbs were loaded in a cab that was dropped past the third floor at 82 miles per hour (132 km/h), emerging undamaged?
that the Astor Place station was flooded by a subterranean river after firefighters extinguished a blaze at a building above it?
that the "fairy-tale palace" Harry F. Sinclair House (pictured), once home to magnates Isaac D. Fletcher and Harry F. Sinclair, later contained the Ukrainian American Institute?
Did you know ... that the driver killed in the Valhalla train crash (wreckage pictured)‍—‌the deadliest in Metro-North Railroad's history‍—‌had her Mercedes-Benz ML350 on the tracks for about 30 seconds before the train struck it?
that Black Rock (pictured) is mostly concrete?
that the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine (completed design shown) in New York City has been nicknamed "St. John the Unfinished"?
that a Forever 21 store at 1540 Broadway was expected to attract more daily visitors than the Statue of Liberty?
that an extension of New York City's Q27 bus route was discontinued because it was losing $120 a day?
that although New York City's Spring Creek Park was mostly built on a landfill, part of the park is located in a U.S. national protected area?
that the Morris–Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights, Manhattan, where the musical Hamilton was written, has been described as a haunted house?
that despite overcrowding at the Nostrand Avenue station in Brooklyn, two of its entrances remained closed for several decades?
that after the demolition of much of the elevated Myrtle Avenue Line, service on New York City's B54 bus route was increased by 700 percent?
that the New York World Building, once New York City's tallest building, was demolished to make room for a ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge?
that the 145th Street station in Manhattan was slated to be replaced with another subway station in the 1960s, but remained open following protests?
that 17 State Street, near the southern end of New York City's Manhattan Island, was described as "quite literally a beacon for Lower Manhattan"?
that 21 West Street in New York City is possibly the first commercial building in the U.S. to have windows wrapping around the corners?
that the William Ulmer Brewery, the first brewery to be designated a New York City landmark, produced up to 3,200,000 U.S. gal (12,000,000 L) of beer per year?
that a bust of Edward Snowden was erected next to a New York City monument to American Revolutionary War prisoners?
that the "awkward, cramped galleries" at 2 Columbus Circle later housed New York City government offices?
that artwork at the Jackson Avenue station in the Bronx depicts images from six Latin American stories?
that the Carroll Street Bridge is one of four remaining retractable bridges in the United States, and one of two in New York City?
that the LuEsther T. Mertz Library (pictured), one of the world's largest botanical libraries, had 6.5 million plant specimens and 75 percent of the world's systematic botany literature in 2002?
that after hairdresser Mr. Kenneth's salon in a converted New York City house burned down, he lamented that "nothing like it will ever exist again"?
that Morgan Stanley acquired 750 Seventh Avenue and 1585 Broadway after both buildings went bankrupt and their respective tenants refused to pay rent?
that Sheep Meadow in New York City's Central Park has been used as a sheep pasture, for festivals and concerts, and as a helicopter landing site?
that Irving Berlin, who co-owned the Music Box Theatre from its opening in 1921, still checked the theater's receipts before his death in 1989?
that subway riders formerly trying to exit the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in the evening found themselves trapped behind a locked gate?
that when the pastor of an African-American church bought the El Dorado, one newspaper wrote that "its occupants are white, and were white"?
that nearly US$700 million was allocated to the process of downgrading Interstate 895 in New York City from a freeway to a boulevard?
that New York City's Rattlesnake Creek was named after the rattlesnakes that once populated the Bronx?
that more than one million people are buried on Hart Island, the potter's field for New York City?