United Nations Headquarters and Pier 57 built. October 7: New York Yankees tied the record, winning their fourth straight World Series championship, and 15th overall in franchise history, by defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. 1953 October 5: New York Yankees won a record fifth consecutive World Series championship, and 16th overall in franchise history. Hulan Jack elected Manhattan borough president. 1954 January 1: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. became the city's 102nd mayor. January: Arthur C. Ford becomes the first African American to be appointed commissioner of a New York City agency. Shakespeare in the Park begins. Veselka diner, Second Avenue Deli, and Fairway Market in business. 1955 The Village Voice newspaper begins publication. Sotheby's branch office in business. 1956 Sbarro opens the first store Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. 1957 January 21: George Metesky, a.k.a. the "Mad Bomber" is arrested in his Waterbury, Connecticut home. February 1: Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island on takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing 20 of the 101 on board. September 26: Premiere of musical West Side Story. Bronx Community College established. New York is left with only one MLB team with the departure of the Giants and the Dodgers. 1958 Puerto Rican Day Parade begins. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company formed. Seagram Building constructed. August 12: Great Day in Harlem musicians' portrait photographed. 1959 February 3: American Airlines Flight 320 crashes in the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport, killing 65 of the 73 people on board. Guggenheim Museum building opens. Cafe Wha? and The Four Seasons Restaurant in business. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts construction begins. Premiere of play A Raisin in the Sun. 1960s 1960 October 2: The "Sunday Bomber" began placing and detonating bombs on successive Sundays from October 2 through November 6, injuring dozens, killing a young teenager, and involving over 600 NYPD officers. December 16: Mid-air collision between TWA Flight 266 (inbound to Idlewild Airport, now JFK) and United Airlines Flight 826 (inbound to LaGuardia Airport) over Miller Field, Staten Island. The TWA aircraft crashed at the site, killing all aboard, while the United aircraft continued flying for about eight miles until it crashed in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, narrowly missing a school. All 128 aboard both aircraft died, along with six persons on the ground in Brooklyn. Bleecker Street Cinema active. Sister city relationship established with Tokyo, Japan. Population: 7,781,984. 1961 1961