Top Places to See in New York City

A great list of things to do when you visit New York City.

  1. Check out Rockefeller Center
  2. Go to Chinatown
  3. Check out the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island
  4. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
  5. Visit The Frick Museum
  6. Tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  7. Tour the Whitney Museum of American Art
  8. Visit the Guggenheim Museum
  9. Visit the Empire State Building (and another guide here!)
  10. Go to the zoo in Central Park
  11. Catch the Tribeca Film Festival
  12. Go Shopping on Fifth Avenue
  13. Visit Times Square
  14. Visit Ellis Island, the gateway for millions of immigrants during the late 1800s and early 1900s
  15. Catch the CBS Late Show with David Letterman at the historic Ed Sullivan Theater
  16. Tour Federal Hall where the first American President, George Washington, took the oath of office
  17. Catch a fly ball at Yankee Stadium or Shea Stadium
  18. Visit the Bronx Zoo
  19. Visit Madison Square Garden
  20. See a Broadway show
  21. Ride the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island
  22. See some of NYC’s public murals
  23. Go to the Snug Harbor Cultural Center
  24. Stop and smell the flowers at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (over 100 years old!)
  25. Take a tour of New York’s public sculptures
  26. Be part of the Studio Audience on a TV show
  27. Have some great Italian food at Fino Ristorante Italiano on Wall Street
  28. Stroll through the New York Botanical Garden, or the Wave Hill New York Public Garden
  29. The NY Public Library (the lions, architecture, Rose Reading Room, and Gutenberg Bible)
  30. Visit the Top of the Rockefeller
  31. Visit the 100 year old Grand Central Terminal!
  32. Visit the newly opened National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the former site of the WTC
  33. Visit One World Trade Center (formerly called the Freedom Tower)
  34. Drive and see Niagara Falls
  35. See the space shuttle Enterprise at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
  36. Check out the NY Museum of The American Indian
  37. Go for a long jog in Central Park
  38. Take in the architecture in New York City
  39. The Brooklyn Museum is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country (with several Ancient Egypt exhibits)
  40. Get over to the Prospect Park Zoo in the heart of Brooklyn
  41. Check out the toys at the one and only FAO Schwarz (founded in 1862) and check out the big piano show
  42. What are the top places to get photos in New York City? Check out this list of 10 hotspots.
  43. Drink some hot chocolate at the City Bakery annual hot chocolate festival (every February)
  44. The six best places for donuts in New York City
  45. MoMA, or The Museum of Modern Art, is a terrific museum and store
  46. Check out Discovery Times Square to see some awesome science exhibits (rotated frequently) like LEGO, Body Worlds, and more
  47. Visit Madame Tussauds in New York and see wax figures!
  48. Go on a tour of the best pizza with Scott’s Pizza Tours
  49. Go ice skating on The Rink at Rockefeller Center
  50. Ice skate at Wollman Rink in Central Park
  51. Check out the amazing American Museum of Natural History

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Welcome to our web site! We’re a small crew of writers who are intent on sharing our favorite places to see in New York City. We’ve been working on this site since 2007 and will be growing it quite a bit. Enjoy!

Places to See in New York City