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Places of Interest

Places to Visit Stadiums & Arenas |  Area Beaches | Tours


Places to Visit

American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org

Central Park West & W. 79th St.

Bloomingdale's
http://www.bloomingdales.com

Between Lexington & Third Ave. and 58th & 59th St.
and
Broadway, north of Broome St.

Broadway Theatre District
http://www.playbill.com

Broadway & 42nd St. area

The Bronx Zoo
http://bronxzoo.com

East 180th St.

The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
http://bbg.org

Across from Prospect Park Station (D Train)

Central Park
http://www.centralpark.org

Central Park West, Central Park South, Central Park North, and Fifth Avenue

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
http://ndm.si.edu

91st St. & Fifth Avenue

Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu

W. 116 St.
El Museo Del Barrio
http://www.elmuseo.org
Fifth Avenue & 104th St.

Empire State Building
http://www.esbnyc.com

34th St. & Fifth Avenue

Grand Central Station
http://www.grandcentralterminal.com

42nd St. & Park Ave.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
http://www.guggenheim.org

Fifth Ave. & 89th St.
Herald Square (Macy's, etc.) 34th St. and Broadway

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
http://www.intrepidmuseum.com

46th St. on the Westside Waterfront

Jacob K. Javits Center
http://www.javitscenter.com

36th St. & 11th Ave.

Liberty State Park
http://libertystatepark.com

Take the NJ PATH Train to Journal Square and catch a bus to the park

Lincoln Center
http://lincolncenter.org

66th St. & Broadway

Madison Square Garden
http://www.thegarden.com

Above Penn Station at 33rd between 7th & 8th Ave.

The Merchant's House Museum
http://www.merchantshouse.com

29 E. 4th St.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org

E. 82nd St. & Fifth Ave.
Museum for African Art
http://www.africanart.org
593 Broadway (between Houston and Prince)
Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org
W. 53rd between 5th and 6th Ave.

Museum of Television and Radio
http://mtr.org

E. 53rd & Madison Ave.

New York University
http://www.nyu.edu

Washington Square Park area (main campus)

NYU Hospital and Medical School
http://www.med.nyu.edu

31st St. & First Ave.
Penn Station 34st St. and 7th Ave.

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
http://ps1.org

22-25 Jackson Ave., Queens

Rockefeller Center
http://www.rockefellercenter.com/home.html

47th St. & Fifth Ave.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
http://nypl.org/research/sc

135th St. (across from #2,3 train station)

Shea Stadium
http://www.nyc.gov/html/sports/html/sheaaccess.html

Willets Point in Queens
Sheridan Square W. 4th St. & Seventh Ave.

Studio Museum in Harlem
http://studiomuseum.org

125th St. & St. Nicholas Ave.

South Street Seaport Museum
http://www.southstreetseaport.com

Fulton St. & Eastside Waterfront

 

Visit gonyc.about.com/od/atozmuseums/ for more museums to try

 

For more fun ideas:

www.thingstodo.com/states/NY

www.nycvisit.com

 

Stadiums and Arenas

Madison Square Garden, (212) 465-6741 - 32nd St. and Seventh Ave.
Shea Stadium, (718) 507-8499 - 126th St. and Roosevelt Ave.
Yankee Stadium, (718) 293-6000 - 161st St. and River Ave.
Continental Area, (201) 935-3900 - Meadowlands Sports Complex
Giants Stadium, (201) 935-8222 - Meadowlands Sports Complex

 

Area Beaches

Brighton Beach - take the Q to Brighton Beach
Coney Island - take the F,M,Q, or W to Stillwell Avenue - Coney Island
Fire Island - see http://www.fireisland.com
Jones Beach - see http://jonesbeach.com
Long Beach - take the Long Island Railroad to Long Beach
Manhattan Beach - take the B1 or B49 to MB-Oriental Ave.
Orchard Beach - take the Bx12 or Bx5 to Pelham Bay Park

Tours

Big Onion Walking Tours - http://www.bigonion.com
Circle Line (Boat Tours) - (212) 563-3200
Gray Line (Bus Tours) - (212) 397-2600
NY Historical Society - (212) 873-3400
Westside Theatre - (212) 315-2302

 

 

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