New York contains New York City.
Columbia University ( Columbia ; officially Columbia University in the City of New York ) is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan , New York City . New York . New York 's higher education network comprises approximately 200 colleges and universities , including Columbia University , Cornell University , New York University , and Rockefeller University , which have been ranked among the top 35 in the world . New York University ( NYU ) is a private nonprofit research university based in New York City . The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ; [ La Liberté éclairant le monde , links = no ] ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City , in the United States . Times Square is a major commercial intersection , tourist destination , entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue .