Top Things To Do
50 top things to do in New York for someone who visits New York for the first time
I’ve curated, by order, a selection of the 50 best attractions, monuments, parks, neighborhoods, museums, buildings, events and other things to see in New York.

Monument
Statue of Liberty
Probably the most famous monument of New York C...
Probably the most famous monument of New York City, the Statue of Liberty is situated in Liberty Island, south of Manhattan. It... + More


Viewpoint
Top of The Rock Observation Deck
This observation deck is located on top of the ...
This observation deck is located on top of the Rockefeller Center, therefore its name. It reopened to the public on novemb... + More


Viewpoint
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge goes over the East River, j...
The Brooklyn Bridge goes over the East River, joining the districts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Its construction lasted fourteen... + More


Viewpoint
Empire State Building 86th Floor Observation Deck
The observation deck on the 86th floor of the E...
The observation deck on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building is probably the most famous observatory in the world. It is... + More


Viewpoint
Times Square
Probably the most visited place in New York Cit...
Probably the most visited place in New York City, Times Square attracts turists with its neon signs and many shops. The be... + More


Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
The memorial and museum of September 11 commemo...
The memorial and museum of September 11 commemorate the victims and people who helped to save others while risking th... + More


Green
Central Park
One of the most famous parks in the world, Cent...
One of the most famous parks in the world, Centra Park is also known as the green lung of New York City. In its grounds it incl... + More


Museum
MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the biggest a...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the biggest art museum in the US and it houses one of the biggest and most important collecti... + More


Viewpoint
Wall Street
Wall Street is the main street of the financial...
Wall Street is the main street of the financial sector of the United States, it has the most important stock exchanges: America... + More


Train
Grand Central Terminal
The historic Grand Central Terminal, also known...
The historic Grand Central Terminal, also known as Grand Central Station, is one of the most emblematic points of interest of N... + More


Museum
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History has 45 r...
The American Museum of Natural History has 45 rooms with permanent exhibitions, a planetarium and a library. The exhibitions&nb... + More


Monument
Charging Bull
The Charging bull sculpture, also refered to as...
The Charging bull sculpture, also refered to as "the Wall Street bull" was designed by Arturo Di Modica. The bull rep... + More


Green
Battery Park
Battery Park is known for having the build...
Battery Park is known for having the building that started functioning as the first immigration center of the State o... + More


Viewpoint
One World Trade Center
The One World Trade Center is part of the recon...
The One World Trade Center is part of the reconstruction of the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the terrorist att... + More


Monument
Ellis Island
This Island was the entrance door to the US for...
This Island was the entrance door to the US for over 12 million immigrants from the year 1892 to 1954. Those immigrants account... + More


Green
Liberty Park
Liberty Park is a public elevated garden that h...
Liberty Park is a public elevated garden that has views to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It was built o... + More


Shopping
Brookfield Place
Brookfield Place is a shopping mall that has lu...
Brookfield Place is a shopping mall that has luxury stores, restaurants and cultural spaces. It's located in Manhattan, in ... + More


Viewpoint
World Trade Center station (The Oculus)
The Oculus is the main transport station in the...
The Oculus is the main transport station in the World Trade Center area. It opened its doors on March 4th, 2016, and it was bui... + More


Shopping
Century 21 Department Store
Century 21 Department Store is a department sto...
Century 21 Department Store is a department store chain that has its flagship and two other stores in New York City. This shopp... + More


Monument
Strawberry Fields
The Strawberry Fields memorial was made in hono...
The Strawberry Fields memorial was made in honor of John Lennon, inspired by the song he wrote "Strawberry Fields forever&... + More


Monument
Bow Bridge
The Bow Bridge is the most famous bridge in Cen...
The Bow Bridge is the most famous bridge in Central Park. It has Classical Greek style and it was designed in the middle of the... + More


Monument
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain
The Bethesda Terrace has two levels: one from w...
The Bethesda Terrace has two levels: one from which there are views of the Lake of Central Park and another one that's belo... + More


Monument
Alice in Wonderland statue
With over 3 meters of height, the bronze statue...
With over 3 meters of height, the bronze statue of Alice in Wonderland was built in 1959. Unlike other statues, kids are allowe... + More


Green
The Pond in Central Park
The Pond is a mass of water in Central Park tha...
The Pond is a mass of water in Central Park that's beneath street level, so it's a place where all the noise of the cit... + More


Shopping
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Co.'s flagship store is locat...
Tiffany & Co.'s flagship store is located in Fifth Avenue, besides Trump Tower, in the intersection with 57th Street. T... + More


Leisure
Radio City Music Hall
This Music venue was very successful until 1970...
This Music venue was very successful until 1970, when it almost fell into bankruptcy. However, in 1978 it was declared a Landma... + More


Viewpoint
Flatiron Building
The Flatiron was given its nickname because of ...
The Flatiron was given its nickname because of its likeness to clothes irons of that time. Its one of New York's most ... + More


Green
Madison Square Park
This park is a public space located between Fla...
This park is a public space located between Flatiron District and NoMad. It has green spaces, benches to sit on and the conserv... + More


Shopping
Chelsea Market
Chelsea Market is a neighbourhood market known ...
Chelsea Market is a neighbourhood market known worldwide. In the stores that are located in its interior visitors can buy almos... + More


Green
High Line
The High Line is a public park located in the M...
The High Line is a public park located in the Meatpacking district, built on an elevated rail structure from Gansevoort St. to ... + More


Leisure
Madison Square Garden
The Madison Square Garden, also known as "...
The Madison Square Garden, also known as "The Garden" is a multi-purpose indoor arena. It's used for p... + More


Green
Bryant Park
Bryant Park is a garden created with french sty...
Bryant Park is a garden created with french style in Midtown Manhattan. Surrounded by skyscrapers and the New York Public Libra... + More


Other
New York Public Library
Located in Manhattan, New York's Public Lib...
Located in Manhattan, New York's Public Library was opened to the public in 1911. Its style is neoclassic and it was remode... + More


Viewpoint
Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building is one of the most iconic...
The Chrysler Building is one of the most iconic skyscrapers in New York City and its skyline. It was briefly the tallest b... + More


Monument
The Vessel
The Vessel is a sculpture created so that visit...
The Vessel is a sculpture created so that visitors could interact with it. It consists of 154 flights of stairs, almost 2.500 s... + More


Leisure
Jane's Carousel
Jane's Carousel is an antique carousel loca...
Jane's Carousel is an antique carousel located in DUMBO, in Brooklyn. It's covered by a glass box, so it doesn't ma... + More


Shopping
Empire Stores
The Empire Stores is a building that mixes a sh...
The Empire Stores is a building that mixes a shopping mall, offices, restaurants and the Brooklyn Historical Society. Th... + More


Green
Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Brooklyn Bridge Park is a waterfront park l...
The Brooklyn Bridge Park is a waterfront park located on Brooklyn's East River shoreline. It streches along the shorel... + More


Other
Chinatown
Chinatown is the biggest neighbourhood of asian...
Chinatown is the biggest neighbourhood of asian immigrants in New York City. It is located in Manhattan and it limits with Litt... + More


Monument
Mahayana Buddhist Temple
This is the largest buddhist temple of the city...
This is the largest buddhist temple of the city. It has a statue of a big golden Buddha sitting on a lotus flower and some pane... + More


Other
Little Italy
Little Italy's neighbourhood is located in ...
Little Italy's neighbourhood is located in Manhattan and was founded by italian immigrants. There are restaurants and ... + More


Other
SoHo
The name SoHo is the acronym of "South of ...
The name SoHo is the acronym of "South of Houston Street". In the past, the neighbourhood was inhabited by artists th... + More


Green
Washington Square Park
This park was named in honor of George Washingt...
This park was named in honor of George Washington. It has an arch, a fountain, chess tables, a kids playground, a canine p... + More


Leisure
Apollo Theater
The Apollo Theater is a music hall located in H...
The Apollo Theater is a music hall located in Harlem neighbourhood. It opened in 1914 as a whites-only venue, until 1934 w... + More


Monument
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine'...
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine's construction began in 1892 and, because of the two World Wars, a fire and bec... + More


Monument
Bethel Gospel Assembly
The Bethel Gospel Assembly is a church that off...
The Bethel Gospel Assembly is a church that offers Gospel masses. The masses can be in English or Frencha and they of... + More


Green
Harlem Meer
The Harlem Meer lake is a place where visitors ...
The Harlem Meer lake is a place where visitors can practice catch-and-release fishing, skating and swimming at Lasker Rink... + More


Museum
Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim museum has exhibition...
The Solomon R. Guggenheim museum has exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and it's located in Frank Lloyd Wright'... + More


Green
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir w...
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir was built in 1862 and it's the biggest water mass in Central Park. Its origin... + More


Monument
Belvedere Castle
The Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park...
The Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park, located in its highest part. It has some exhibitions and an observation deck.&... + More

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