Welcome to Manhattan in New York City!! Manhattan is home to some of the world's finest hotels (The Peninsula New York, The Helmsley Carlton House), attractions (Empire State Building, New York Public Library, Central Park), restaurants (find the best Italian restaurants in New York City), museums (Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Metropolitan Museum of Art or simply "The Met", Guggenheim Museum), colleges and universities (Manhattan College, NYU - New York University, Columbia University, Fordham University, The Juilliard School), entertainment venues (Broadway, Madison Square Garden) and is home to some of the most recognizable sports teams including the New York Knicks (buy discounted New York Knicks tickets), the New York Liberty and New York Rangers (get cheap Rangers tickets) who all play in Madison Square Garden.
Manhattan is one of NYC's five boroughs and is recognized as a major commercial, financial, entertainment, tourism and cultural center of the world. The majority of Manhattan actually sits on Manhattan Island and is the most densely populated county in the US with over 1.6 million residents as of 2009 (which represents about 19% of New York City's total population and approximately 8% of the population of New York state).
Manhattan is known for its many famous neighborhoods, each with its distinct culture and diverse features. The most notable are Chelsea, Central Park (not really a neighborhood but more of a landmark), Chinatown, Civic Center, East Village, Garment District, Gramercy Park, Greenwich Village ("The Village), Financial District (Wall Street), Harlem, Little Italy, NoLita ("NOrth of Little ITaly"), Lower East Side, Manhattan East, Midtown East, Morningside Heights, Murray Hill, Lower Manhattan Midtown, SoHo ("SOuth of HOuston"), TriBeCa (for "TRIangle BElow CAnal Street"), Times Square, Union Square, Flatiron, Upper East Side, and the Upper West Side.