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Name Category Location
 
American Museum of Natural History
Member Rating: 3.4
Map | With 45 exhibition halls and more than 32 million artifacts and...
Museums / Galleries Upper West Side
 
Bethesda Fountain
Member Rating: 4.2
Map | Few New York views are more romantic than the one from the top...
Fountains Central Park
 
The Bronx Zoo
Member Rating: 3.9
Map | When it opened its gates in 1899, 843 animals were exhibited...
Zoos / Aquariums The Bronx
 
Brooklyn Bridge
Member Rating: 4.7
Map | "A drive-through cathedral" is how the critic James Wolcott describes...
Bridges / Tunnels Lower Manhattan
 
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
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Map | Stretching from Cranberry Street on the north to Remsen Street...
Promenades / Boardwalks Brooklyn Heights
 
Carl Schurz Park
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Map | Astride the East River, the park, named for a German immigrant...
Parks Upper East Side
 
Chelsea Market
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In the former Nabisco plant, where the first Oreos were baked...
Markets / Bazaars Chelsea
 
Columbia University
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Map | Wealthy, private, coed, Ivy League -- all describe New York's...
Educational Institutions Morningside Heights
 
Columbus Park
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Map | People-watching is the thing in this newly restored park. If...
Parks Chinatown
 
Empire State Building
Member Rating: 2.8
Map | Bittersweet though it is, this landmark is once again the city's...
Historic Districts / Sites Murray Hill
 
Grand Central Terminal
Member Rating: 4.9
Map | Grand Central is not only the world's largest (76 acres) and...
Architectural Sites Midtown East
 
Historic Richmond Town
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Map | These 27 buildings, some constructed as early as 1695, others...
Museum Village Staten Island
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Member Rating: 3.4
Map | One of the world's greatest museums, the Met is also the largest...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Member Rating: 5.0
Map | The masterpieces -- Monet's Water Lilies, Picasso's Les Demoiselles...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
Museum of Television & Radio
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Map | Three galleries of photographs and artifacts document the history...
Museums / Galleries Midtown West
 
New York Botanical Garden
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Map | Considered one of the leading botany centers of the world, this...
Gardens / Arboretums The Bronx
 
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
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Map | A pioneer in the "alternative-space" movement, P.S.1 rose from...
Museums / Galleries Queens
 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Map | Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark museum building is visited as much...
Museums / Galleries Upper East Side
 
South Street Seaport Historic District
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Map | Had this charming cobblestone corner of the city not been declared...
Nautical Sites Lower Manhattan
 
St. Marks Place
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Map | The longtime hub of the edgy East Village, St. Marks Place is...
Neighborhoods / Streets East Village
 
The Strand
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Serious book lovers make pilgrimages to this secondhand shop...
Stores / Malls East Village
 
Times Square
Member Rating: 5.0
Map | Before the 1900s, this was New York's horse-trading center, known...
Squares Midtown West
 
Top of the Rock
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Map | Rockefeller Center's multifloor observation deck, first opened...
Viewpoints Midtown West
 
Washington Market Park
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Map | This landscaped recreation space with a gazebo and playground...
Parks TriBeCa
 
Washington Square Park
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Map | NYU students, street musicians, skateboarders, jugglers, chess...
Squares Greenwich Village


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