Visiting NYC - 102 Things To See
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Visiting NYC - 102 Things To See
If you are planning a trip to NYC the following can help you organize your sightseeing. This was prepared a few years backs so a couple of places may no longer exist.
The geological boundaries, for the most part, are my own creation . The d ividing line between the east and west sides is 5th Avenue.
Financial District - south of Chambers Street, river to river
1. City Hall
2. South Street Seaport (on the East River)
3. Battery Park - ferry to Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
4. Staten Island ferry - free ride
5. Ground Zero
6. World Financial Center -Winter Garden
7. Stock Exchange (20 Broad St.)
8. Museum of the American Indian (1 Bowling Green)
9. Museum of Jewish Heritage (near Battery Park, Wagner Park)
10. Castle Clinton National Monument. (Battery Park)
11. Brooklyn Bridge
12. Fraunces Tavern Museum (54 Pearl St.)
13. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (near 55 Water St.)
Lower East Side - Houston Street to Chambers Street
1. Little Italy
2. Chinatown
3. Lower East Side Tenement Museum (90 Orchard St.)
4. Orchard Street historic shopping district (Visitor Center, 261 Broome St.)
Soho and Tribeca - Houston to Chambers - west side (SoHo - south of Houston; Tribeca - triangle below Canal St.)
1. Guggenheim Museum (SoHo) - 575 Broadway
2. Pace Wildenstein Gallery (142 Greene St.)
3. Museum of African Art (593 Broadway)
4. New Museum of Contemporary Art. (583 Broadway)
5. Plenty of art galleries, restaurants and shopping
Greenwich Village - 14th Street to Houston St., west side
1. NY University
2. Washington Square Park
3. Washington Mews (just north of the Park)
4. Coffee houses, shopping and lots of restaurants
East Village - 14th to Houston, east side
1. Joseph Papp Public Theater 425 Lafayette St.)
2. Little India (restaurants 6th St. between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
3. Little Ukraine - a small neighborhood that is home to many Ukrainians - 6th to 12th Streets
4. 2nd Ave Deli (considered by many to be best deli in NYC - 156 2nd Ave - 10th Street)
5. Ukrainian Museum (203 2nd Ave.)
Lower Midtown - Below 40 St. Street to 14th Street - West Side
1. Macy?s (34th St. between 7th and Broadway)
2. Empire State Building (34th St. and 5th)
3. Garment district (40th to 34th)
4. Flower district (27th, 28th, 29th Streets - between 6th and 7th Avenues)
5. Madison Square garden (31st to 33rd Streets and 7th Ave.)
6. Chelsea Piers (sports complex on Hudson River and 23rd St.)
7. Chelsea Art Galleries ( most galleries feature modern art - between 18th and 27th Streets)
8. Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology (27th St. and 7th Ave)
Lower Midtown - below 40 Street to 14th Street - East Side
1. Morgan Library (36th St. and Madison Ave.)
2. Scandinavia House (37th St. and Park Ave.)
Midtown - 40th to 59th Streets - west side
1. Theater district
2. NY Public Library (42nd St. and 5th)
3. Bryant Park (40th to 42nd Streets on 6th Ave.)
4. Rockefeller Center (47th to 52nd Streets)
5. Museum of Modern Art (53rd St. west of 5th)
6. Radio City Music Hall (49th St. and 6th Ave)
7. Diamond Row (47th St.)
8. Carnegie Hall (57th St. and 7th Ave)
9. TKTS - theater discount ticket booth (47th St. and Broadway)
10. Museum of Radio and Television (52nd St. west of 5th)
11. Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum (46th and Hudson River)
12. American Craft Museum (53rd St.)
13. Madame Tussaud?s Wax Museum (42nd St. between Broadway and 8th Ave.)
14. Nasdaq Marketsite (tours - 43rd St. and Broadway)
15. Carnegie Deli (55th and 7th Ave.)
Midtown - 40th to 59th - east side
1. United Nations (43rd to 47th Streets, 1st Ave)
2. Chrysler Building (42nd St. and Lexington Ave)
3. Grand Central Terminal (42nd St. between Lexington and Vanderbilt Avenues)
4. St. Patrick?s Cathedral (50th St. and 5th)
5. Bloomingdales (59th St. and Lexington)
6. FAO Schwarz (toy store - 59th St. and 5th)
7. Atrium shops at Trump Tower (56th, 57th Streets on 5th)
8. Sony Wonder Technology Lab (55th St. and Madison Ave.)
9.. Roosevelt Island tram (60th St. and 1st Ave.)
Central Park - covers area 59th Street (Central Park South) to 110th St. (Central Park North) and from 5th Avenue to Central Park West.
1. Belvedere Castle (near 79th St.)
2 Wollman Skating rink (near 65th St.)
3. The Boathouse (near 72nd St.)
4. Central Park Zoo (near 64th St.)
5. Conservatory Garden (105th St.)
6. Carousel (mid park near 65th)
7. The Dairy (mid park at 65th St.
8. Carriage ride (can find carriages along Central Park South from 5th Ave. to Central Park West)
Upper West Side - 59th to 110th - west side of Central Park
1. Lincoln Center (62nd to 65th Streets and Broadway)
2. Children?s Museum (83rd St. east of Broadway)
3. Natural History Museum and Rose Center ( 77th to 81st Streets on Central Park West)
4. Museum of American Folk Art (66th St. and Columbus Ave.)
5. Cathedral of St. John the Divine (112th Street and Amsterdam Ave)
6. New York Historical Society (77th St. and Central Park West)
Upper East Side - 59th to 110th - east side of Central Park
1. China Institute (65th St.)
2. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (91st St.)
3. El Museo del Barrio (104th St.)
4. Metropolitan Museum of Art (82nd St.)
5. Museum of City of NY (103rd St.)
6. Jewish Museum (92nd St.)
7. Solomon Guggenheim Museum (89th St.)
8. Whitney Museum of American Art (75th St.)
9.. Frick Collection (70th St.)
10. National Academy of Design (89th St.)
(All the museums are either on 5th Avenue or just off 5th Avenue)
Harlem - 110th to 145th Streets - west side
1. 125th Street shopping district
2. Studio Museum in Harlem (125th St.)
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (515 Lenox Ave - 135th St. )
4. Apollo Theater (125th St. near Broadway)
5. Grant?s Tomb (122nd St. and Riverside Drive)
Other Boroughs
1. Bronx Zoo
2. NY Botanical Garden (Bronx)
3. Brooklyn Botanical Garden (Prospect Park)
4. Cloisters (northern end of Manhattan, Ft. Tryon Park)
6. NY Aquarium (Coney Island, Brooklyn)
5. Prospect Park Zoo (Brooklyn)
6. Staten Island Zoo
7. Wave Hill (Bronx) - Gardens
8. Brooklyn Museum
The geological boundaries, for the most part, are my own creation . The d ividing line between the east and west sides is 5th Avenue.
Financial District - south of Chambers Street, river to river
1. City Hall
2. South Street Seaport (on the East River)
3. Battery Park - ferry to Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
4. Staten Island ferry - free ride
5. Ground Zero
6. World Financial Center -Winter Garden
7. Stock Exchange (20 Broad St.)
8. Museum of the American Indian (1 Bowling Green)
9. Museum of Jewish Heritage (near Battery Park, Wagner Park)
10. Castle Clinton National Monument. (Battery Park)
11. Brooklyn Bridge
12. Fraunces Tavern Museum (54 Pearl St.)
13. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (near 55 Water St.)
Lower East Side - Houston Street to Chambers Street
1. Little Italy
2. Chinatown
3. Lower East Side Tenement Museum (90 Orchard St.)
4. Orchard Street historic shopping district (Visitor Center, 261 Broome St.)
Soho and Tribeca - Houston to Chambers - west side (SoHo - south of Houston; Tribeca - triangle below Canal St.)
1. Guggenheim Museum (SoHo) - 575 Broadway
2. Pace Wildenstein Gallery (142 Greene St.)
3. Museum of African Art (593 Broadway)
4. New Museum of Contemporary Art. (583 Broadway)
5. Plenty of art galleries, restaurants and shopping
Greenwich Village - 14th Street to Houston St., west side
1. NY University
2. Washington Square Park
3. Washington Mews (just north of the Park)
4. Coffee houses, shopping and lots of restaurants
East Village - 14th to Houston, east side
1. Joseph Papp Public Theater 425 Lafayette St.)
2. Little India (restaurants 6th St. between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
3. Little Ukraine - a small neighborhood that is home to many Ukrainians - 6th to 12th Streets
4. 2nd Ave Deli (considered by many to be best deli in NYC - 156 2nd Ave - 10th Street)
5. Ukrainian Museum (203 2nd Ave.)
Lower Midtown - Below 40 St. Street to 14th Street - West Side
1. Macy?s (34th St. between 7th and Broadway)
2. Empire State Building (34th St. and 5th)
3. Garment district (40th to 34th)
4. Flower district (27th, 28th, 29th Streets - between 6th and 7th Avenues)
5. Madison Square garden (31st to 33rd Streets and 7th Ave.)
6. Chelsea Piers (sports complex on Hudson River and 23rd St.)
7. Chelsea Art Galleries ( most galleries feature modern art - between 18th and 27th Streets)
8. Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology (27th St. and 7th Ave)
Lower Midtown - below 40 Street to 14th Street - East Side
1. Morgan Library (36th St. and Madison Ave.)
2. Scandinavia House (37th St. and Park Ave.)
Midtown - 40th to 59th Streets - west side
1. Theater district
2. NY Public Library (42nd St. and 5th)
3. Bryant Park (40th to 42nd Streets on 6th Ave.)
4. Rockefeller Center (47th to 52nd Streets)
5. Museum of Modern Art (53rd St. west of 5th)
6. Radio City Music Hall (49th St. and 6th Ave)
7. Diamond Row (47th St.)
8. Carnegie Hall (57th St. and 7th Ave)
9. TKTS - theater discount ticket booth (47th St. and Broadway)
10. Museum of Radio and Television (52nd St. west of 5th)
11. Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum (46th and Hudson River)
12. American Craft Museum (53rd St.)
13. Madame Tussaud?s Wax Museum (42nd St. between Broadway and 8th Ave.)
14. Nasdaq Marketsite (tours - 43rd St. and Broadway)
15. Carnegie Deli (55th and 7th Ave.)
Midtown - 40th to 59th - east side
1. United Nations (43rd to 47th Streets, 1st Ave)
2. Chrysler Building (42nd St. and Lexington Ave)
3. Grand Central Terminal (42nd St. between Lexington and Vanderbilt Avenues)
4. St. Patrick?s Cathedral (50th St. and 5th)
5. Bloomingdales (59th St. and Lexington)
6. FAO Schwarz (toy store - 59th St. and 5th)
7. Atrium shops at Trump Tower (56th, 57th Streets on 5th)
8. Sony Wonder Technology Lab (55th St. and Madison Ave.)
9.. Roosevelt Island tram (60th St. and 1st Ave.)
Central Park - covers area 59th Street (Central Park South) to 110th St. (Central Park North) and from 5th Avenue to Central Park West.
1. Belvedere Castle (near 79th St.)
2 Wollman Skating rink (near 65th St.)
3. The Boathouse (near 72nd St.)
4. Central Park Zoo (near 64th St.)
5. Conservatory Garden (105th St.)
6. Carousel (mid park near 65th)
7. The Dairy (mid park at 65th St.
8. Carriage ride (can find carriages along Central Park South from 5th Ave. to Central Park West)
Upper West Side - 59th to 110th - west side of Central Park
1. Lincoln Center (62nd to 65th Streets and Broadway)
2. Children?s Museum (83rd St. east of Broadway)
3. Natural History Museum and Rose Center ( 77th to 81st Streets on Central Park West)
4. Museum of American Folk Art (66th St. and Columbus Ave.)
5. Cathedral of St. John the Divine (112th Street and Amsterdam Ave)
6. New York Historical Society (77th St. and Central Park West)
Upper East Side - 59th to 110th - east side of Central Park
1. China Institute (65th St.)
2. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (91st St.)
3. El Museo del Barrio (104th St.)
4. Metropolitan Museum of Art (82nd St.)
5. Museum of City of NY (103rd St.)
6. Jewish Museum (92nd St.)
7. Solomon Guggenheim Museum (89th St.)
8. Whitney Museum of American Art (75th St.)
9.. Frick Collection (70th St.)
10. National Academy of Design (89th St.)
(All the museums are either on 5th Avenue or just off 5th Avenue)
Harlem - 110th to 145th Streets - west side
1. 125th Street shopping district
2. Studio Museum in Harlem (125th St.)
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (515 Lenox Ave - 135th St. )
4. Apollo Theater (125th St. near Broadway)
5. Grant?s Tomb (122nd St. and Riverside Drive)
Other Boroughs
1. Bronx Zoo
2. NY Botanical Garden (Bronx)
3. Brooklyn Botanical Garden (Prospect Park)
4. Cloisters (northern end of Manhattan, Ft. Tryon Park)
6. NY Aquarium (Coney Island, Brooklyn)
5. Prospect Park Zoo (Brooklyn)
6. Staten Island Zoo
7. Wave Hill (Bronx) - Gardens
8. Brooklyn Museum
Jan 6th, 2004, 06:27 PM
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I'd add Trinity Church, St. Pauls Chapel, The Museum of American Financial History, The Woolworth Building, South Street Seaport Museum, and the New York City Police Museum to downtown.
To SoHo I would add Pearl River and Prada.
I guess there are a few of things on your list I'd leave off (Carnegie Deli for example) and other things I think you've left off (Forbes Magazine Galleries, Takashimaya).
Overall, it is a pretty comprehensive overview of the best attractions in Manhattan. A great peice of tourist info.
To SoHo I would add Pearl River and Prada.
I guess there are a few of things on your list I'd leave off (Carnegie Deli for example) and other things I think you've left off (Forbes Magazine Galleries, Takashimaya).
Overall, it is a pretty comprehensive overview of the best attractions in Manhattan. A great peice of tourist info.
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Nice list, but as Rob says it's in need of updating, since it includes places that are closed (MOMA) or at least closed to the public (NYSE, Statue of Liberty).
American Craft Museum now calls itself the Museum of Arts & Design, but is still at 40 W 53.
The Museum of American Folk Art renamed itself the American Folk Art Museum and moved to 45 W 53 in December 2001.
Also, visitors should be aware that many new Yorkers take exception to the term "ground zero" when used for the site of the World Trade Center.
American Craft Museum now calls itself the Museum of Arts & Design, but is still at 40 W 53.
The Museum of American Folk Art renamed itself the American Folk Art Museum and moved to 45 W 53 in December 2001.
Also, visitors should be aware that many new Yorkers take exception to the term "ground zero" when used for the site of the World Trade Center.
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With people's updates and additions, this will make a great resource for travellers to NYC.
I've only been to NYC twice and you've really made me realise how much more there is I need to see there. Although I was surprised at quite how much I had been able to fit into my trips there. I guess I'd best get planning another trip then!
Thanks for posting this.
I've only been to NYC twice and you've really made me realise how much more there is I need to see there. Although I was surprised at quite how much I had been able to fit into my trips there. I guess I'd best get planning another trip then!
Thanks for posting this.
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I was going to add the Forbes gallery (one of my local favorite) but I see GoTravel already did. This is a great and very comprehensive list. Let me just add, for those who like to shop, Century 21, across the street from the WTC site. And if strolling thru the E. VIllage, St. Marks place and McSorley's Ale house.
