The New York Islanders are one of three professional hockey teams representing the New York metropolitan area. The sports team was founded in 1972 and is part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the NHL. The Islanders won the Stanley Cup four consecutive times between 1980 and 1983. Hall of Fame players include Al Arbour, Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Bill Torrey, Brian Trottier and most recently, Pat LaFontaine.
The Winter Garden Theater is located on Broadway in Manhattan. The theater and entertainment venue opened in 1811, hosting the musical La Belle Paree. Stories like Sinbad, Peter Pan, West Side Story, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Funny Girl, Much Ado About Nothing, Beatlemania, Othello, Cats and Mamma Mia! were all brought to life on the Winter Garden stage. The longest running production at the theater was Cats. The show opened in 1982 and was performed at the theater 7,485 times over 19 years.
Take a stroll through one of the premier botanical gardens in the nation at The New York Botanical Garden. This gorgeous floral attraction occupies approximately 250 acres of Bronx Park and is home to 50 different gardens and plant collections, and some of the world's leading plant laboratories. Tour the NYBG and see why over 800,000 visitors come to the garden annually.