The longest single-span bridge in New York is the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island with a main span of 4,260 feet (1.3 kilometers), about as long as 14 football fields.
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Facts About New York (U.S. State)
The oldest operating lighthouse in New York is the Montauk Point Lighthouse, built in 1796 under authorization from President George Washington.
The iconic “I ❤ NY” logo was designed by graphic artist Milton Glaser in 1977 to promote tourism in New York State, and he did the work for free because he loved New York.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, was established based on the belief that Abner Doubleday invented baseball there in 1839, though historians now know this isn’t true.
New York is home to four of the world’s longest suspension bridges, including the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which was the longest in the world when completed in 1964.
The famous Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 didn’t actually take place in Woodstock, New York, but in Bethel, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) away.
The first American Santa Claus was a New Yorker, as the modern image of Santa was created in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore in his poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” written in New York City.
The highest waterfall in New York is Taughannock Falls near Ithaca, which drops 215 feet (66 meters), making it 33 feet (10 meters) taller than Niagara Falls, though much narrower.
The first American chess champion, Paul Morphy, played many of his famous matches in New York City in the 1850s, and today New York remains the chess capital of America.
New York has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other state, with over 70 laureates having lived or worked in New York.
