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LaMarcus Adna Thompson opened the first roller coaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York in 1884.
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Peter Cooper, a B&O railroad worker of New York, engineered the first American-made steam engine in 1830.
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The first Aéropostale store was opened in 1987 in New York City, New York.
New York first public school was opened in 1839
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David Patterson was the first African-American Lieutenant Governor of New York State. Upon the resignation of Eliot Spitzer, he became the first African-American Governor of New York State.
Temple Emanu-El - 1 East 65th Street, New York, New York. (The same synagogue where the highly-decorated American composer Marvin Hamlisch was memorialized on August 14, 2012)