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  2. Metropolitan College of New York - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .mcny .edu. Metropolitan College of New York ( MCNY ), formerly Audrey Cohen College, is a private college in New York City. [3] MCNY is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and consists of three schools: The Audrey Cohen School for Human Services and Education, the School for Public Affairs and ...

  3. Museum of the City of New York - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .mcny .org. The Museum of the City of New York ( MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City, New York. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown, [1] [2] in 1923 [3] to preserve and present the history of New York City, and its people. It is located at 1220–1227 Fifth Avenue between East 103rd to 104th Streets ...

  4. New-York Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the ...

  5. Gracie Mansion - Wikipedia

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    May 12, 1975 [1] Designated NYSRHP. June 23, 1980. Designated NYCL. September 20, 1966. Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of New York City. Built in 1799, it is located in Carl Schurz Park, at East End Avenue and 88th Street in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan. The Federal-style mansion overlooks Hell Gate channel in ...

  6. List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

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    Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, closed in 2012, collections now part of the Society of Illustrators. Museum of Primitive Art, closed in 1976, collections now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010. New York Jazz Museum, Manhattan. New York Tattoo Museum.

  7. Museum of Modern Art - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .moma .org. The Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The institution was conceived in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan. Initially located in the Heckscher Building on Fifth Avenue, it ...

  8. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    New York, sometimes called New York State, [b] is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada and the Great Lakes. [c] With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023. [5]

  9. Montgomery County, New York - Wikipedia

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    Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,532. [2] The county seat is Fonda. [3] The county was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 at the Battle of Quebec. The county is part of the Mohawk Valley region of the state.