| Admissions: Main film festival (Per year) |
120,000 |
2015 Tribeca Film Festival Fact Sheet — Ticketed attendance |
| Admissions: Theatre (Per year) |
13,790,000 |
The Broadway League — This figure only concerns Broadway productions |
| Art Galleries |
1,475 |
Crain's New York / Earl Bateman |
| Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival |
3,500,000 |
Macy's — Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival (Percentage of city population) |
42.00% |
Macy's — Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| Average daily visits: Top five art exhibitions |
4,447 |
The Art Newspaper "Exhibitions & Museum Attendance Figures 2017" |
| Bars |
2,113 |
New York On Tap |
| Bars (Per 100,000 population) |
25 |
New York On Tap |
| Book loans by public libraries (Per year) (Million) |
56.3 |
Center for an Urban Future |
| Book titles published (Per year) |
304,912 |
Bowker — Includes traditional & nontraditional publishers |
| Bookshops |
814 |
Yelp / BOP |
| Bookshops (Per 100,000 population) |
9.4 |
Yelp / BOP |
| Cinema screens |
374 |
Cinematreasures.org |
| Cinema screens (Per 100,000 population) |
4 |
Cinematreasures.org |
| Cinemas |
98 |
Cinema Treasures |
| Creative industries employment (Percentage) |
5.40% |
Center for an Urban Future Creative New York Report |
| Dance performances (Per year) |
6,292 |
Time Out — Sample based estimate |
| Education: Degree level & higher (Percentage) |
36.20% |
U.S. Census Bureau |
| Festivals & celebrations |
263 |
BOP |
| Film festivals |
57 |
NYC.gov |
| Foreign born population (Percentage) |
37.20% |
U.S. Census Bureau |
| Geographical area (Square kilometre) |
784 |
U.S. Census Bureau |
| Heritage & historical sites |
34,000 |
The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission/Historic House Trust of NYC |
| Households |
3,128,246 |
US Census Bureau |
| International students |
98,906 |
Institute of International Education |
| International tourists (Per year as percentage of population) |
147.30% |
NYC Go Tourism Trend Report 2017 |
| International tourists (Per year) |
12,700,000 |
NYC Go Tourism Trend Report 2017 |
| Libraries (Per 100,000 Population) |
2.4 |
Center for an Urban Future |
| Live music venues |
453 |
Alliance for the Arts/NYC-ARTS |
| Major concert halls |
16 |
BOP |
| Markets |
144 |
Farmer's Market Map 2015. NYC Government |
| Michelin star restaurants |
72 |
Eater.com |
| Museums |
140 |
Alliance for the Arts/NYC-ARTS |
| Music performances (Per year) |
36,192 |
Songkick — Scaled up from weekly figures |
| National museums |
7 |
BOP |
| Nightclubs, discos & dance halls |
498 |
Citysearch |
| Non professional dance schools |
682 |
NYC Performing Arts Spaces |
| Other museums |
135 |
Alliance for the Arts/NYC-ARTS |
| Percentage of national population living in the city |
2.70% |
US Census Bureau |
| Percentage of public green space: Parks & gardens |
27.00% |
New York City Department of City Planning Land Use |
| Population |
8,622,698 |
U.S. Census Bureau |
| Public libraries |
207 |
Center for an Urban Future |
| Restaurants |
26,697 |
Crain's New York |
| Restaurants (Per 100,000 population) |
309.6 |
Crain's New York |
| Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Private |
12 |
Center for an Urban Future |
| Theatres |
637 |
Alliance for the Arts/NYC-ARTS |
| Theatrical performances in theatres (Per year) |
30,576 |
New York Times — Scaled up from weekly figures |
| UNESCO World Heritage Sites |
1 |
UNESCO |
| Video game arcades |
32 |
Yelp |
| Visits to top five most visited museums & galleries |
16,000,000 |
NYC Go |
| Working Age Popluation |
5,492,659 |
U.S. Census Bureau — In Civilian Labor Force 16 and over |
