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Things to See in New York City

Ask New Yorkers about their feelings for their city, and they will often respond, “There’s just one New York.” By that they mean: one city so full of museums (more than 40 major ones); historical sites; world-famous institutions; parks; zoos; universi... Read more >

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	Name	Type
	9/11 Memorial and Museum	Attraction
	A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours	Tour
	Abyssinian Baptist Church	Religious Site
	African Burial Ground	Landmark
	American Folk Art Museum	Museum
	American Museum of Natural History	Museum
	Astor Row Houses	Landmark
	Barbara Gladstone Gallery	Gallery
	Bateaux New York	Tour
	Battery Park	Park
	Belvedere Castle and the Delacorte Theater	Performing Arts
	Big Apple Jazz Tours	Tour
	Big Onion Tours	Tour
	Bow Bridge	Landmark
	Bronx Zoo	Zoo
	Brooklyn Botanic Garden	Garden
	Brooklyn Bridge	Landmark
	Brooklyn Bridge Park	Park/Garden
	Brooklyn Children's Museum	Museum
	Brooklyn Heights Historic District	Neighborhood
	Brooklyn Museum	Museum
	Brooklyn Navy Yard	Historic Site
	Brooklyn Tabernacle	Religious Site
	Bryant Park	Park
	Castle Clinton National Monument	Historic Site
	Cathedral of St. John the Divine	Cathedral
	Central Park	Attraction
	Central Park Information Center	Landmark
	Central Park Zoo/Tisch Children’s Zoo	Zoo
	Chelsea Piers	Sports Venue
	Children’s Museum of Manhattan	Museum
	Chrysler Building	Landmark
	Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises	Tour
	Citi Field	Sports Venue
	City Island	Neighborhood
	Cleopatra’s Needle	Landmark
	Coney Island	Landmark/Beach/Amusement Park
	Conservatory Gardens	Gardens
	Conservatory Waters	Park
	Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum	Museum
	David Zwirner	Gallery
	Dime Savings Bank	Landmark
	Domino Park	Park
	Dyckman Farmhouse Museum	Historic Site
	Edge	View/Landmark
	El Museo del Barrio	Museum
	Ellis Island	Historic Site
	Empire State Building	Landmark
	Federal Hall National Memorial	Historic Site
	Flatiron Building	Landmark
	Fotografiska	Museum
	Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park	Park
	Fraunces Tavern	Historic Site
	Free Tours by Foot	Tour
	Gagosian Gallery	Gallery
	Governors Island	Park/Historic Site
	Gracie Mansion	Historic Building
	Grand Central Terminal	Landmark
	Green-Wood Cemetery	Cemetery
	Hall des Lumieres	Arts
	Hamilton Grange National Memorial	Historic home
	Harlem Heritage Tours	Tour
	High Line Park	Park
	Hispanic Society Museum & Library	Museum
	Hudson River Park	Park
	Hudson River Park Carousel & Skatepark	Park/Garden
	Hudson Yards	Neighborhood
	Industry City	Cultural complex
	Inside Out Tours	Tour
	International Center of Photography	Museum
	Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum	Museum/Historic Site
	Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum	Art museum
	Jackie Robinson Museum	Museum
	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir	Sports Venue
	Jumel Terrace Historic District	Neighborhood
	Lasker Rink and Pool	Sports Venue
	Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art	Art museum
	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts	The Performing Arts
	Little Island	Park
	Loeb Boathouse	Activity
	Louis Armstrong House Museum	Historic home/museum
	Madison Square Garden	The Performing Arts
	Matthew Marks Gallery	Gallery
	Merchant’s House Museum	Museum
	Metropolitan Museum of Art	Museum
	Mmuseumm	Museum
	Morris-Jumel Mansion	Historic Site
	Mother A.M.E. Zion Church	Religious Site
	Museum at Eldridge Street	Museum/Historic Site
	Museum of Arts and Design	Museum
	Museum of Broadway	Museum
	Museum of Chinese in America	Museum
	Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust	Museum
	Museum of Modern Art	Museum
	Museum of Sex	Museum
	Museum of the City of New York	Museum
	Museum of the Dog	Museum
	Museum of the Moving Image	Museum
	National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center	Museum
	Neue Galerie New York	Museum
	New Museum of Contemporary Art	Museum
	New York Aquarium	Aquarium
	New York Botanical Garden	Garden
	New York City Fire Museum	Museum
	New York Hall of Science	Museum
	New York Like a Native	Tour
	New York Public Library	Library
	New York Transit Museum	Museum
	New-York Historical Society	Museum
	Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral	Tour
	On Location Tours	Tour
	One World Observatory	View/Landmark
	P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center	Museum
	Pace Gallery	Gallery
	Paula Cooper	Gallery
	Pelham Bay Park	Park/Garden
	Prison Ship Martyrs Monument	Landmark
	Prospect Park	Park
	Queens Museum	Museum
	Radio City Music Hall	The Performing Arts
	Rise NY	Attraction
	Riverside Park	Park
	Rockefeller Center	Landmark
	Rubin Museum of Art	Museum
	Sheep’s Meadow	Meadow
	Skyscraper Museum	Museum
	Smorgasburg	Market
	Socrates Sculpture Park	Park/Garden
	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum	Museum
	South Street Seaport Museum	Museum
	St. Patrick’s Cathedral	Cathedral
	St. Paul’s Chapel	Religious Site
	Staten Island Ferry	Tour
	Statue of Liberty	Landmark
	Strawberry Fields	Memorial
	Strivers’ Row	Landmark
	Studio Museum in Harlem	Museum
	Sugar Hill	Neighborhood
	SUMMIT One Vanderbilt	View/Landmark
	Temple Emanu-El	Religious Site
	The Brooklyn Children’s Museum	Museum
	The Carousel	Carousel
	The Cloisters	Museum
	The Dairy	Tours
	The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage	Historic Site
	The Frick Collection	Museum
	The Jewish Museum	Museum
	The Mall, Bethesda Terrace & the Loeb Boathouse	Park
	The Morgan Library & Museum	Museum
	The Museum at FIT	Museum
	The National Museum of Mathematics	Museum
	The Riverside Church	Architecture/Historic Site
	The Shed	Cultural complex
	The Tenement Museum	Museum
	Times Square	Landmark
	Tompkins Square Park	Park
	Top of the Rock	View/Landmark
	Town Hall	The Performing Arts
	Trinity Church	Church
	Turnstile Tours	Tour
	U.S. Customs House	Historic Site
	Union Square Park	Park/Market
	United Nations	Architecture/Historic Site
	Vessel	Architecture
	Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange	Landmark
	Washington Square Park	Park
	Wave Hill	Park/Garden
	Whitney Museum of American Art	Museum
	Williamsburg Art & Historical Center	Gallery
	Wollman Rink	Skating Rink/Park
	Yankee Stadium	Sports Venue
	Artechouse	Arts