New York City (Earth-3934)

**New York City** is the largest city in the state of New York. It neighbors its sister cities Gotham City and Metropolis in New Jersey and Delaware, respectively.

New York City is famed as a center for culture, business, entertainment, and politics, though in recent years it has become increasingly overshadowed by its contemporaries in the Delaware Bay. This has earned New York the nickname of "Cinderella City", in reference to its "ugly step-sisters" Gotham and Metropolis.

New York City has a high concentration of superheroes and vigilantes, including Spider-Man, Daredevil, the Punisher, Moon Knight, the Manhattan Guardian, and formerly Nightwing and Wonder Woman. The Avengers and the Fantastic Four are also based in the city.

## Locations

### Landmarks

* Imperial Tower: A spiritual successor to the Empire State Building, the Imperial Tower was constructed to dwarf the tallest buildings in Gotham and Metropolis. It is the tallest building in the United States.
* Empire State Building: An iconic Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, the sister of the Monarch Building and Gotham State Building, first opened to the public in 1931. Besides being a famous tourist destination, it also serves as a docking station for airships. In 1933, a giant mutated gorilla scaled the side of this building while terrorizing Manhattan, before it was shot down by a small squadron of bi-planes.
* Chrysler Building: This iconic skyscraper on 405 Lexington Avenue was made sentient when a magical stone was placed into its foundation. It was mounted onto an anti-gravity platform by Damage Control, and is allowed to move wherever it wants for the entirety of August every year.
* Grand Hotel: A luxurious hotel in Lower Manhattan, originally designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí in the early 1900's, a gift from Barcelona to New York. The 1,181 feet tall hotel features restaurants, museums, art galleries, and concert halls spread throughout its numerous conjoined towers, and a room dedicated to American culture that features a miniature Statue of Liberty. The hotel is crowned with a star-shaped observation tower featuring a view of the entire city.
* Fisk Towers: The headquarters of Fisk Industries, the foundation of Wilson Fisk's criminal empire, located at 439 West 38th Street.
* Manhattan Museum of Superhumanity: A museum dedicated to the rich history of superheroics, from Captain America and the Justice Society of the Golden Age to the heroes of the modern era, one of New York's premier tourist destinations.
* Museum of Unnatural History: A museum dedicated to things that would've once been considered supernatural before the emergence of superheroes. Exhibits include Atlantean and Themysciran artifacts, alien skeletons, and supervillain paraphernalia, such as Dr. Sivana's time pills

### Superhero Bases

* Stark/Avengers Tower: The headquarters of Stark Industries that sometimes serves as the Avenger's HQ. Located in Columbus Circle.
* Baxter Building: The headquarters of the Fantastic Four.
* Titans Tower: The famous T-shaped headquarters of the Teen Titans, located on a small island in the East River.
* Sanctum Sanctorum: The mystical mansion of Dr. Stephen Strange, located on the corner of Bleecker Street in the heart of Greenwich Village.
* Manhattan Guardian Building: The headquarters of the Manhattan Guardian newspaper and the superhero of the same name.

### Prisons

* Ryker's Island
* The Raft

### Miscellaneous

* The Triskelion: The island headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the East River. It was designed by the architect Norman Foster.
* The Alley: A series of abandoned military tunnels built in the 1950's, used by the Morlocks to travel through the city.
* Century Hollow: A science park on Ellis Island. Its design was based on Frank Lloyd Wright's Ellis Island key.
* Dark Side Club: A nightclub in Manhattan owned by Darkseid, appealing to the filthy rich and the supernatural.
* Limbo Town: Deep below the Manhattan subway stations is an underground city that resembles a warped version of Puritanica, complete with necromancy, witches, and familiars. It was founded four hundred years ago by the lost colonists of Roanoke. Klarion Bleak, the Witch Boy, was born here.

#### *Landmarks*

Imperial TowerMuseum of Superhero History
## Notes

* This version of New York City is based on the Cinderella City depicted in Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory, featuring many proposed architectural concepts that were never built in real life, including Frank Lloyd Wright's key project for Ellis Island, the Hotel Attraction proposed by Antoni Gaudí, Hans Hollein’s Chase Manhattan bank, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, Robert Moses' Mid-Manhattan Expressway, and the Hyperboloid designed by IM Pei.
	+ Other buildings in this version's skyline include the MetLife North Building, the Larkin Tower, the Battery Park Obelisk, and the South Ferry Plaza.