Manhattan

 is one of the boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York. It consists of Manhattan Island and several small adjacent islands: Roosevelt Island, Randall's Island, Ward's Island, Governors Island, Liberty Island, part of Ellis Island, and U Thant Island; as well as Marble Hill, a small section on the mainland near the Bronx. The original city of New York began at the southern end of Manhattan, and expanded in 1898 to include surrounding counties. It is the smallest yet most urbanized of the five boroughs.

Points of Interest

 * Empire State Building: The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York, The Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. In 1933, the Empire State Building earned the attention of a giant ape known as Kong, who likened the building to the mountain peaks of his native African island. Kong took a captive, Ann Darrow, and scaled the Empire State Building, only to be shot down by fighter planes.


 * Hotel Dolphin: The Hotel Dolphin is a luxurious hotel located on 61st street in New York City. It has earned itself a rather bleak reputation over the past several decades, owing largely to rumors of Room 1408 being haunted. For more than sixty years, Room 1408 has allegedly been responsible for a string of bizarre, inexplicable occurrences including forty-two deaths, twelve of which were suicides and at least thirty "natural" deaths.

Films that take place in

 * 1408
 * Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
 * Gremlins 2: The New Batch
 * Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
 * King Kong (1933)
 * King Kong (1976)
 * King Kong (2005)
 * The Last Man on Earth
 * Maniac Cop

Comics that take place in

 * Ghost Rider, Volume 3

Characters from

 * Gerald Olin
 * J.P. Monroe
 * Joey Summerskill

People who were born in

 * Fred J. Lincoln
 * John H. Tobin
 * Viggo Mortensen

People who died in

 * Erland van Lidth