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==Crime and law enforcement==
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Organized crime has long been associated with New New York City, beginning with the Forty Thieves and the Roach Guards in the Five Points in the 1820s to the [[Robot Mafia]] in the 3000s. The New New York Police Department has also been featured in a documentary television series that follows police officers, sheriff's deputies, and constables during patrols and other police activities.
'''New New York Police Department'''
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New New York
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LocationEarth
First appearance"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)
Episode

New New York is a major city in the United States and the primary setting of Futurama. New New York is the reincarnation of the former New York city, upon which it is located.

History

In the year 3000, the name of the state of New York has been changed to New New York, presumably when it was rebuilt after one of Earth's periods of alien invasion. The city of New New York is built onto the ruins of Old New York. The city has seen some changes; the subways have been replaced with a tube transport network, and Ethnic neighborhoods like China Town and Little Italy have been joined by Little Neptune. But in many ways it has not changed much in 1000 years; people are still rude, public transportation is over-crowded, and it is a place where many cultures meet.

Geography

New New York is located in the Northeastern United States, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the Hudson River delta, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading city. Much of the city is built on the three islands of Manhattan, Staten Island, and Long Island, which are built above the Old New York, making land scarce and encouraging a high population density. The city's land has been changed considerably by human intervention, with substantial land reclamation along the waterfronts

Boroughs

Manhattan

Hell's Laboratory

Screenie

First Appearance: A Clone of My Own
Name Reference: New York has a real neighborhood called "Hell's Kitchen"
Description: "The nerdiest slum in New New York," Hell's Lab is where the Professor grew up.

Little Bitaly

Screenie

First Appearance: Bender Gets Made
Name Reference: Refers to Little Italy, a neighborhood in New York. As well as bits, a unit of memory in computer, and thereby robotic, systems.
Description: A robot neighborhood in NNY, also the home of the Robot Mafia.

Little Neptune

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First Appearance: My Three Suns
Name Reference: An immigrant neighborhood, like Little Italy or Chinatown
Description: A seedy neighborhood inhabited largely by Neptunian immigrants. It seems to be a somewhat vague reference to Chalmun's Cantina scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Both seem seedy, have a menagerie of robot and alien denizens, and both feature the main characters going into a place that sell food. Also, the scene where Fry is saved by Leela from the Organ Dealer and his accomplice is similar to when Obi-Wan Kenobi saves Luke Skywalker from Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba.


New New York Sewers

City of Sewer Mutants

See NNY Sewers.
Screenie

First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000
Description: A locale with two distinct areas: the ruins of Old New York and the city of Sewer Mutants.

Old New York

See Old New York.
Screenie

First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000
Description: It was one of the biggest cities in the world and produced more garbage than any other city. In the 31st century exists below the streets of New New York.


The Bronx


Brooklyn


Queens


Staten Island

Demographics

Neptunians are among the most notable Alien immigrants.

New New York is still one of the most diverse cities on earth. Throughout its history, the city has been a major point of entry for human immigrants; the term melting pot was first coined to describe densely populated immigrant neighborhoods. During the last 1000 years, robots (among them Bending Units), aliens (among them Neptunians and Decapodians), and mutants also began to settle down in New New York and live in peaceful coexistence with each other. Sewer mutants are an exception. They have to live segregated from the rest of the society in New New York Sewers.

Most of the population of New New York lives in apartments. Only a few can afford real estates. The city's population still has a large income disparity that applies to human beings as well as aliens and robots. However, it can be observed that aliens are among the wealthiest citizens due to better properties than human beings (e.g. four arms) while robots are among the poorest and most criminal citizens of the society (see Robot Mafia). Although almost all sewer mutants, except Leela, live segregated from the rest of the world, and appear dirty, poor, and unhealthy to beings living above New New York Sewers, this society consist of a wide range of white collar (doctors, teachers, etc.) and blue collar workers.

Leela's apartment building

Screenie

First Appearance: Parasites Lost (although there is a possibility that the bed in which Leela and Fry had sex in Anthology of Interest I is here).
Description: A fairly regular apartment building containing the flat in which Leela used to live until it got destroyed by the nudist alien scammers.

Robot Arms Apartments

See Robot Arms Apartments.
Screenie

First Appearance: I, Roommate
Name Reference: Variant of a classic name formula, such as "King's Arms Inn" or "Garfield Arms Apartments."
Description: A high-rise apartment community that caters to Robot residents. Home to Bender and Fry.

Economy

New New York is home of many big and small businesses.

Mom's Friendly Robot Company Headquarters

See MomCorp.
Screenie

First Appearance: A Fishful of Dollars
Description: The headquarters for MomCorp, a multinational robot corporation.

Planet Express Headquarters

See Planet Express headquarters.
Screenie

First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000
Description: The headquarters of a delivery company owned by Professor Farnsworth that employs Fry, Leela, and Bender among others.

GeneWorks, S.K.G.

See GeneWorks, S.K.G..
Screenie

First Appearance: Three Hundred Big Boys
Name Reference: A reference to DreamWorks, a computer animation company.
Description: A genetic lab where stem cells are available for retail purchase.

Malfunctioning Eddie's Rocket Car Emporium

Screenie

First Appearance: Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Name Reference: The name refers to Crazy Eddie, a consumer electronics chain founded in Brooklyn, New York. Unlike his human predecessor, Eddie is merely a malfunctioning robot and not a felon convicted for fraud.
Description: The most expensive place in NNY to buy luxury rocket cars, including the Thundercougerfalconbird. They claim their prices are low because of Eddie's malfunctions, but this claim is not supported by the hard-sell tactics of their sales staff, particularly Victor.

Alien Overlord & Taylor

See Alien Overlord & Taylor.
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First Appearance: A Fishful of Dollars
Name Reference: Refers to the retail chain "Lord & Taylor"
Description: A New New York department store.

Hacking Jack's Fine Smokables

See Hacking Jack's Fine Smokables.
Screenie

First Appearance: Three Hundred Big Boys
Description: A Cigar store selling many Smoking brands

Crack Mansion

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First Appearance: Three Hundred Big Boys
Description: A very upscale crack house.

Diamonds Are Forever

See Diamonds Are Forever.
Screenie

First Appearance: Three Hundred Big Boys
Name Reference: Diamonds Are Forever is a James Bond movie.
Description: A jewelery store that has an ironic "Going Out of Business Sale."

Ed's Hiking Supplies & Spelunketeria

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First Appearance:Godfellas
Description: A hiking supplies shop that sells all the basic hiking equipment. Also sells loaded pack mules and sherpas off the wall.

Other smaller businesses in New New York City.

Government and Public Services

Citihall

Screenie

First Appearance: A Big Piece of Garbage
Name Reference: A joke, playing off the company Citibank.
Description: The seat of New New York's government.

Central Bureaucracy

See Central Bureaucracy.
Screenie

First Appearance: How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
Description: Central Bureaucracy regulates and controls all bureaucratic activities within New New York Notes: A bureaucrat beholder (A creature from Dungeons and Dragons which is pretty much a giant, floating cyclopean head with a large amount of eye-stalks sticking out of their head) guards part of the building, it was found sleeping on the job and begged the Planet Express crew not to tell his superiors.

Applied Cryogenics

See Applied Cryogenics.
Screenie

First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000
Description: A cryogenics lab that exists as far back as 1997.

Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium

See Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium.
Screenie

First Appearance: The Cyber House Rules
Description: The orphanarium where Leela grew up, and was honored as an adult.

Earth Army Recruiting Center

See Earth Army Recruiting Center.
Screenie

First Appearance: War Is the H-Word
Description: A recruiting center for all the civilians who want to join the DOOP Army.

Taco Bellevue Hospital

Screenie

First Appearance: Bender Gets Made
Name Reference: A combination of Taco Bell and Bellevue Hospital.
Description: Providing the finest in medical care and affordable Mexican food.

Education

Academy of Inventors Headquarters

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First Appearance: A Big Piece of Garbage
Description: The headquarters for the Academy of Inventors

Public Library

Screenie

First Appearance: The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
Description: The place from where the Big Brain was leading the Brain Spawns invasion of Earth. Contains, among others, the Ancient Literature room which houses many classical works of literature.

Transportation

Tube Transportation and hovercars.

Subway, buses and other forms of public transportation have been replaced by a Tube Transport System. Flying cars or Hovercars replaced wheeled automobiles as they are faster an are not stuck in traffic congestion on the ground, although most of them seem to follow specific airways.

Tube Transport System

See Tube Transport System.
Screenie

First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000
Name Reference: It is based on old pneumatic tubes, originally used to transport documents throughout offices.
Description: A user announces where he or she wishes to go, and the tube will activate and route them to their desired destination.

South Street Spaceport

See South Street Spaceport.
Screenie

First Appearance: A Flight to Remember
Name Reference: South Street Seaport is a locale in contemporary New York.
Description: A hub for incoming and outgoing spacecraft.

Climate

Since the 21st century, New New York's climate has not significantly changed. In the 31st century, most greenhouse gases are caused by robots, but the human population has found ways to deal with global warming. The city still has a humid subtropical climate. Summers are typically hot and humid and winters are cold, featuring prevailing wind patterns that blow offshore somewhat minimize the influence of the Atlantic Ocean.

Environment

Owls at the Planet Express entrance.
See Pests.

Pests remain a problem in the future. In hope to fight the rat and pigeons, owl were introduced. However, they filled the ecological niche becoming the most prevalent pest of New New York. Cockroaches have reached the size of human beings, rats although greatly diminished, can be seen in the New York Sewers. Despite the introduction of the owl to New New York, pigeons are still present, albeit with a greatly diminished population.

Other species have arrived in New New York, among them Golden Marmosets who, like owls, have been introduced to fight pests, harmless land squids, toilet snails and wall gophers.

Architecture

The building form most closely associated with New New York City is the skyscraper, whose introduction and widespread adoption saw New York buildings shift from the low-scale European tradition of the 19th century to the vertical rise of business districts in the 20th century to the vertical rise of apartments in the 30th century.

The late 30th century faced a revival of the Populuxe or Googie style which shape the skyline of New New York in the 31st century. Various devices and architecture are similar to this form of architecture that originated in the mid-20th century. Upswept roofs, curvaceous, geometric shapes, steel and neon, and bold use of glass are some of the most notable characteristics of Populuxe architecture.

Other buildings are inspired by the Minimalist movement such as Central Bureaucracy. Objects are reduced to their necessary elements, in this case a cube. Madison Cube Garden is also minimalist while many other buildings are examples of Postmodern architecture which incorporates several styles of architecture.

Parks

The Jurassic Kiddie Park can be found in Central Park.

New New York offers several large recreational areas and attractions open to the public. Although the Central Park is not directly shown in the episodes, the Jurassic Kiddie Park reveals that the Central park is still present in the 31st century. Jurassic Kiddie Park, which is directed to children, offers rides on a living Tyrannosaurus Rex. People are also able to feed the carnivore with pigs for ¢5.


Monument Beach is a man-made beachside park in New New York that boasts a collection of many of the world's greatest monuments, stolen by an evil supervillan who was elected Governor of New New York. Some of the greatest monuments are the Sphinx, the White House, the leaning tower of Pisa, and the Mo'ai statues.

Monument Beach is a man-made beachside park in New New York.

Culture, contemporary life and recreation

Museum of Natural History

Screenie

First Appearance: Less than Hero
Description: Still presenting artifacts describing the history of the world, even in the year 3000.

Rocket Skating Rink

Screenie

First Appearance: The Why of Fry
Description: A rocket skating rink in the heart of New New York, seems to be in the same location as the rink outside Rockefeller Center in present-day New York.

Le Spa

See Le Spa.
Screenie

First Appearance: "A Fishful of Dollars" (1ACV06)

Episode


Description: A very elite day spa.

New New York Dumbbell Club

Screenie

First Appearance: Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?
Description: A large, successful gym, with numerous exercise machines and heath facilities, and hundreds of patrons.

O'Zorgnax Pub

See O'Zorgnax Pub.
Screenie

First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000
Description: A pub frequented by the Planet Express employees.

Entertainment and performing arts

Metropolitan House of Opera

Screenie

First Appearance: The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings
Name Reference: The name MHOp (Metropolitan House of Opera) is a reference to both IHOP (International House of Pancakes) restaurants and the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
Description: Venue for plays and operas; This is where Fry performed his Holophonor opera in The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings.

Radio City Mutant Hall

Screenie

First Mentioned: Space Pilot 3000
Name Reference: New York's "Radio City Music Hall"
Note: A building with robots performing Rockette-style high kicks was seen in The Lesser of Two Evils

Leow's ℵ0-Plex

Screenie

First Mentioned: Raging Bender
Name Reference: Loews Plex theaters/cinemas
Note: A building with robots performing Rockette-style high kicks was seen in The Lesser of Two Evils

Tourism

Past-O-Rama

See Past-O-Rama.
Screenie

First Appearance: The Lesser of Two Evils
Description: A 20th century themed amusement park.

Monument Beach

See Monument Beach.
Screenie

First Appearance: When Aliens Attack
Description: A popular beach that is home to several international monuments.

Brooklyn Aquarium

Screenie

First Appearance: When Aliens Attack
Description: A popular aquarium that is home to several organisms living in the ocean and extraterrestrial species living in water.

Cuisine

Guadalajara Brown Drip Gourmet Coffee

Screenie

First Appearance: Three Hundred Big Boys
Description: A coffee shop patronized by Bender and Fry.

Other restaurants:

Media

Large screen

See MomCorp.
Screenie

First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000
Description: Large screen on top of a building.

Sports

Madison Cube Garden

See Madison Cube Garden.
Screenie

First Appearance: Fear of a Bot Planet
Name Reference: Madison Square Garden is a performance center in New York.
Description: A performance center in New New York, featuring many events such as sports and concerts.

Crime and law enforcement

Smitty and URL are peace officers at the New New York Police Department

Organized crime has long been associated with New New York City, beginning with the Forty Thieves and the Roach Guards in the Five Points in the 1820s to the Robot Mafia in the 3000s. The New New York Police Department has also been featured in a documentary television series that follows police officers, sheriff's deputies, and constables during patrols and other police activities. New New York Police Department

Screenie

First Appearance: A Fishful of Dollars
Description: Headquarters of the Police force.

Commander Riker's Island Jail

Screenie

First Appearance: A Big Piece of Garbage
Name Reference: William Riker was a Commander from Star Trek, and there really is a jail on Rikers Island.
Description: A small island jail on the waters of New New York.

HAL Institute for criminally insane robots

See HAL Institute.
Screenie

First Appearance: Insane in the Mainframe
Name Reference: HAL 9000 is the name of the murderous artifical intelligence in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey saga. Description: an institute created for criminally insane robots.

Appearances

See also