New York, NY

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New York, NY
New York City
Language(s) Spoken:	English
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New York City is the largest city in the United States, with a population of over eight million people. It is divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Staten Island. New York is the home of Peter Petrelli, Simone Deveaux, and Isaac Mendez, and the current residence of Mohinder Suresh.

Notable Locations

• An alleyway
• The building off which Peter jumps
• The NYPD precinct (where Angela is held)
• A parking garage
• Peter's playground
• Sheila's apartment building
• The subway

Manhattan

• Angelique Café (49 Grove St)
• Charles Deveaux's apartment (Central Park West)
• Charles Deveaux's rooftop (Central Park West)
• The Chelsea Cab Company (Cedar and Trinity)
• The Deveaux Gallery
• Isaac's apartment (Lower Manhattan)
• Museum of Natural History
• Nathan's campaign headquarters (Midtown)
• Nathan's office
• Newsstand
• Peter's apartment (Lower East Side)
• Peter's hospital
• Times Square

Brooklyn

• Chandra's apartment (now Mohinder Suresh's residence)
• Gray & Sons

Queens

• Sylar's apartment

Notable Residents

• David Berman
• Bus accident victim
• Chandra's super
• Chelsea Cab Company boss
• Brian Davis
• Oliver Dennison
• Charles Deveaux
• Simone Deveaux
• The exterminator
• Harry Fletcher
• Detective Furakowa
• Heidi's surgeon
• Eden McCain
• Isaac Mendez
• Mohinder the lizard
• Museum guard
• Newsie
• The NYPD detective
• Parking attendant
• Angela Petrelli
• Peter Petrelli
• Pigeons
• Claude Rains
• Sheila
• Chandra Suresh
• Mohinder Suresh
• Sylar

Notable Visitors

• Claire Bennet (in one of Peter's visions)
• Mr. Bennet
• FBI agent
• The Haitian
• D.L. Hawkins (in one of Peter's visions)
• Kaito's assistant
• Kaito's henchmen
• Ando Masahashi
• Hiro Nakamura
• Future Hiro
• Kaito Nakamura
• Matt Parkman (in one of Peter's visions)
• Micah Sanders (in one of Peter's visions)
• Niki Sanders (in one of Peter's visions)

About

New York City (officially the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and one of the major global cities of the world. The city's business, financial and trading organizations play a significant role in the economy of the nation and of the world and contribute to the largest regional economy in the country. The city is also one of the world's most important cultural centers and is the home of the United Nations.

New York City has a population of 8.1 million within a land area of 321 square miles (830 km²), making it the most densely populated city in North America. With a population of 18.7 million, the New York metropolitan area is one of the largest urban areas in the world. The city is also the center of the so-called BosWash megalopolis, an urbanized region containing 45 million people and approximately 16 percent of the population of the United States.

New York City has been a center of the world's financial system since World War II and home to many of the world's most influential stock markets and financial institutions. In addition, it is the birthplace of many American cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism in painting, and hip hop in music. The city's cultural vitality has been fueled by immigration since its founding by Dutch settlers in 1623. In 2005, 36.6% of the city's population was foreign born. New York City is also notable for having the lowest crime rate among the ten largest American cities.

Memorable Quotes

"It’s New York. Everyone runs into each other sooner or later."

- Peter (to Simone) (One Giant Leap)

"This city took me in. Everything important that ever happened to me happened here. Good. Bad. You. And now it's all gonna be destroyed because I can't stop it."

- Isaac Mendez

Gallery

• 
  Peter sees the eclipse from the back of Mohinder's cab in New York City.
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  In an attempt to fly, Peter jumps off a New York City building.
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  Mohinder walks the streets of New York, trying to understand the mystery of his father's death.
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  Chandra's apartment in New York is ransacked.
• 
  Hiro successfully teleports to New York, exclaiming "Yatta!".
• 
  After teleporting to Times Square, Hiro explores New York.
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  New York is predicted to fall victim to an explosion on November 8th.
• 
  Peter has a vision of an abandoned New York City. He then glows red and explodes.

See Also

• For other uses of New York, see New York (disambig).