New York City an bayyana shi a matsayin babban birnin al'adu na duniya ta hanyar diplomasiyya na diplomasiyya na Iceland da Latvia da kuma Baruch College na New York. Littafin da ke dauke da jerin litattafai mai suna New York, Babban Al'adu na Duniya, 1940<unk>1965 an kuma buga shi kamar yadda aka nuna ta National Library of Australia. A cikin bayanin New York, marubucin Tom Wolfe ya ce, "Al'adu kamar dai yana cikin iska, kamar wani ɓangare na yanayin". Yawancin manyan al'adun Amurka sun fara a cikin birni, kamar Harlem Renaissance, wanda ya kafa kundin littattafan Afirka na Afirka a Amurka. Birnin ya kasance cibiyar jazz a cikin 1940s, abstract expressionism a cikin 1950s, da kuma wurin haifuwa na hip hop a cikin 1970s.
Ƙungiyar jazz