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New York is the most populous city in the United States of America and one of the most important world centres.

New York is also home to the Magical Congress of the United States or MACUSA, which presently meets in a hidden part of the famous Woolworth Building.[1]

History[]

Fantastic beasts newt running new york

newt running new york

In 1926, Newton Scamander travelled to New York, while returning from a year long trip to research magical creatures that led to his authorship of wizarding bestseller Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in 1927.[2] He had originally intended to only stay for a few hours, but ended up staying in the city much longer.[3]

NSPS crowd

Demonstrations against wizards in New York

An anti-witchcraft organisation called the New Salem Philanthropic Society held rallies in 1920s New York City, led by charismatic leader Mary Lou Barebone and her three adopted children.[1]

While in New York Scamander brought a case full of fantastic beasts with him. When they escaped, he rounded them up again with the help of the Goldstein sisters and a No-Maj named Jacob Kowalski. Newt told Tina Goldstein that he came to New York to buy a rare Appaloosa Puffskein as a present for someone, but in reality he meant to travel on to the desert of Arizona to release his Thunderbird, which he rescued from captivity in Egypt.[1]

Obscurial attack

The Obscurial is rampaging through the streets of New York

Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald was also present in 1926, although as a wanted criminal he kept his identity concealed as Percival Graves. At the same time, an Obscurial caused havoc around New York, committing murder and tearing up buildings and streets. Scamander and ex-Auror Tina Goldstein helped MACUSA solve the mystery of who the Obscurial was and why the dark power was unleashed.[1]

During October of 1926, No-maj brooms were seeing a record breaking of sales, The New York Ghost saw this as a questionable investiment oppurtunity.

On 6 December, a entertainer was convicted after a public magical juggling display and a Idahoan foxtrot dancer was caught drunk while riding a broom after claiming a unknown brize. Also a family Poltergeist went missing after a house alteraction. The wizarding community entered in The New York Ghost, wondering if No-Maj literature was worth reading.[4]

New York in 1932

New York in 1932

Eulalie Hicks came in 1932 to New York with the aim of persuading Jacob Kowalski to join Dumbledore's army, Jacob at first resisted but Lebusch convinced him to go with her.

Queenie and Jacob's wedding took place in New York in or after 1932.

Behind the scenes[]

Steen National Bank concept art

Steen National Bank front

The façade of Steen National Bank pictured on the picture to the left of this paragraph seems to have been based on the that of the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, opposite Madison Square Park, in Manhattan, with minor differences (namely, the design of the doors, the length of the staircase, and the absence of the two statues flanking the stairs which are here replaced with elaborate streetlamps).

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New York, NY, USA
NewYork
Streets 43rd Street · 44th Street · 5th Avenue · 6th Avenue · Barclay Street · Broadway · Brooklyn Bridge · Canal Street · Centre Street · East 73rd Street · Lexington Avenue · Lispenard Street · Macdougal Street · Manhattan Bridge · Mercer Street · Monroe Street · Pike Street · Rivington Street · Times Square · W. Elsworth Street · West 24th Street
Boroughs The Bronx · Brooklyn · Manhattan · Queens
Neighbourhoods 11th District · Diamond District · Liberty Island · Broadway · Tribeca
No-Maj places of interest Alonzo Zema Paper & Twine (439 Rivington Street) · Blanchard & Gable · Brobeck Theatre · Brockman Theatre · C. D. McLeod's Bargain Store and Curiosity Shop · Central Park · Central Park Zoo · Clipper Building · Columbia Bank · E. Wheeler Multigraph Machine Co. · Garrice & Sonnleitner Co. (241 Barclay Street) · Ginzberg Delaunay · Glovers Comedy Theatre · Jacob Kowalski's apartment (435 Rivington Street) · Janek & Pelowski Co. Handkerchiefs · The Kingly Court · Kowalski Quality Baked Goods (443 Rivington Street) · L. Caruso Music · M. N. Hora Co. · M. Voltolini & Co. · Macy's · Moreton Dale Canning Factory · New York City Hall · Orpheum · Pegasi Theatre · S.J. Bernstein Watches · Second Salem Church · Shaw Tower · Singer Building · Sovereign Theatre · Statue of Liberty · Steen National Bank (1790 6th Avenue) · V. Hahn's antiques shop (239 Barclay Street) · Valerie Valion Perfumers · Voclain & Co. · W. C. Morritt Theatre · Warners' Theatre · Woolworth Building (233 Broadway)
Wizarding places of interest The Blind Pig (124 Macdougal Street) · Ebbingdales Wonders for Wizards · Fleury's Fancy Fauna (33 Centre Street) · Goldstein sisters' apartment (679 West 24th Street) · Magical Congress of the United States of America (233 Broadway) · McTawny Broomsticks · The New York Academy of House-Elf Training · Wizard Broadway
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