Top Places to See in New York City
A great list of things to do when you visit New York City.
- Check out Rockefeller Center
- Go to Chinatown
- Check out the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island
- Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
- Visit The Frick Museum
- Tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Tour the Whitney Museum of American Art
- Visit the Guggenheim Museum
- Visit the Empire State Building (and another guide here!)
- Go to the zoo in Central Park
- Catch the Tribeca Film Festival
- Go Shopping on Fifth Avenue
- Visit Times Square
- Visit Ellis Island, the gateway for millions of immigrants during the late 1800s and early 1900s
- Catch the CBS Late Show with David Letterman at the historic Ed Sullivan Theater
- Tour Federal Hall where the first American President, George Washington, took the oath of office
- Catch a fly ball at Yankee Stadium or Shea Stadium
- Visit the Bronx Zoo
- Visit Madison Square Garden
- See a Broadway show
- Ride the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island
- See some of NYC’s public murals
- Go to the Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- Stop and smell the flowers at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (over 100 years old!)
- Take a tour of New York’s public sculptures
- Be part of the Studio Audience on a TV show
- Have some great Italian food at Fino Ristorante Italiano on Wall Street
- Stroll through the New York Botanical Garden, or the Wave Hill New York Public Garden
- The NY Public Library (the lions, architecture, Rose Reading Room, and Gutenberg Bible)
- Visit the Top of the Rockefeller
- Visit the 100 year old Grand Central Terminal!
- Visit the newly opened National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the former site of the WTC
- Visit One World Trade Center (formerly called the Freedom Tower)
- Drive and see Niagara Falls
- See the space shuttle Enterprise at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
- Check out the NY Museum of The American Indian
- Go for a long jog in Central Park
- Take in the architecture in New York City
- The Brooklyn Museum is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country (with several Ancient Egypt exhibits)
- Get over to the Prospect Park Zoo in the heart of Brooklyn
- Check out the toys at the one and only FAO Schwarz (founded in 1862) and check out the big piano show
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- Drink some hot chocolate at the City Bakery annual hot chocolate festival (every February)
- The six best places for donuts in New York City
- MoMA, or The Museum of Modern Art, is a terrific museum and store
- Check out Discovery Times Square to see some awesome science exhibits (rotated frequently) like LEGO, Body Worlds, and more
- Visit Madame Tussauds in New York and see wax figures!
- Go on a tour of the best pizza with Scott’s Pizza Tours
- Go ice skating on The Rink at Rockefeller Center
- Ice skate at Wollman Rink in Central Park
- Check out the amazing American Museum of Natural History
Welcome!
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!