There have been two World's fairs in New York City:
- 1939 New York World's Fair (1939-1940) at Flushing Meadow in Queens gave us Futurama and the Trylon and Perisphere. David Gelertner has written a fictionalized account of the fair 'The Lost World of the Fair'
- 1964 New York World's Fair (1964-1965), also at Flushing Meadow Queens. One of its more memorable structures was the Unisphere.