New York City New York at night. (CC BY-SA 2.0 ©2014 Luca Temporelli) Sailing through New York Harbor from the sea, into the Upper Bay, the iconic Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island visible to the left. Moving up the harbor on the right is Manhattan, New York. (CC BY 2.0, ©2014 Phil Dolby) Grand Central Station (CC BY 2.0 ©2013 Victor Solanoy) The Empire State Building—once the tallest structure in the world—rises 1200 feet above the hustle and bustle below. (CC BY 2.0 ©2011 Yoann JEZEQUEL) View of Manhattan Island from Governor’s Island. As of 2018, the One World Trade Center, towering 1776 feet, is the tallest building in the Western hemisphere. (CC BY-SA 2.0, ©2014 Nestor Rivera Jr)