Portal:New York City/Did you know/20

... that the United States Navy built the battleship USS Recruit (pictured) in New York City's Union Square?
... that some 9,000 weddings a year are held in Queens Borough Hall in New York City, and Friday is the most popular day?
... that the New York City government purchased the once-luxurious Concourse Plaza Hotel in The Bronx in 1974 and turned it into a senior citizens' residence?
... that the four large housing cooperatives that make up Cooperative Village on the Lower East Side of Manhattan were sponsored and financed by trade unions with ties to the Socialist Party of America?
... that at Masa, an elite New York City restaurant, no menus are available, because the chef, Masa Takayama, cooks whatever he wants?