The Pan-Am Building is prominently featured. After Pan-Am relocated to Miami (and later went out of business) the iconic building at 200 Park Avenue was renamed the MetLife Building in January 1993.
The "Big Apple" as a nickname for New York City was popularized by sportswriter John Fitz Gerald in the 1920s. This episode's original title in Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983) was "New York Bebop."