The Student's City Guide

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