It's the most famous city in the world there are songs about it it's in hundreds of films and TV programmes think of American and you think of The Big Apple New York.
the centre of New York is the island of Manhattan today the island is full of Skyscrapers.
Over the next 300 years New York grew into the largest city in the USA people from countries like Germany Ireland Italy and China come to find a new life there. there are lots of in the New York.
why is it called to big apple the name comes from horse racing the prize for the winner was often called the Apple the prices in New York were always bigger than anywhere else so in New York you could win called The Big Apple soon it become a nickname for the city itself