New York City itinerary
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- 1
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island - The Symbol of New York Harbour
No attraction says New York like the Statue of Liberty, the 93-metre copper figure that has welcomed arrivals to the harbour since 1886. A gift from France, Lady Liberty stands on Liberty Island and is reached by ferry…
- Address
- Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004
- Nearest transit
- South Ferry station (1) or Bowling Green (4, 5) to Battery Park, then the official ferry from Castle Clinton
- 2
Central Park - The City's 843-Acre Green Heart
Central Park is the 843-acre rectangle of designed landscape that keeps Manhattan sane, stretching about 4 km from Midtown to Harlem. Laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the 1850s, it folds meadows…
- Address
- Central Park, New York, NY 10024
- Nearest transit
- Subway stops ring the park, including 59 St-Columbus Circle (A, B, C, D, 1) and 72 St (B, C)
- 3
Empire State Building - The Original Art Deco Skyscraper
The Empire State Building has been New York's defining skyscraper since 1931, a 102-storey Art Deco tower that held the title of world's tallest building for almost forty years. Its 86th-floor open-air observatory…
- Address
- 20 W 34th St, New York, NY 10001
- Nearest transit
- 34 St-Herald Square station (B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W), 3-min walk
- 4
Times Square and the Broadway Theater District - The City That Never Sleeps
Times Square is the blazing crossroads where Broadway meets Seventh Avenue, wrapped in giant LED billboards that turn night into day. Love it or find it overwhelming, standing in the pedestrian plazas with the lights…
- Address
- Times Square, Manhattan, NY 10036
- Nearest transit
- Times Sq-42 St station (1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, S) and 42 St-Port Authority (A, C, E)
- 5
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - America's Greatest Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the finest in the world, holding more than two million works that span 5,000 years. Its collection runs from Egyptian temples and…
- Address
- 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
- Nearest transit
- 86 St station (4, 5, 6), then a 10-min walk west to Fifth Avenue
- 6
Brooklyn Bridge - A Walk Between Two Boroughs
Completed in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first steel-wire suspension bridge in the world and remains one of New York's most beautiful structures, its Gothic stone towers and cabled web instantly recognisable…
- Address
- Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY 10038
- Nearest transit
- Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station (4, 5, 6) on the Manhattan side; High St (A, C) on the Brooklyn side
- 7
The High Line - A Park in the Sky on an Old Railway
The High Line is a 2.3 km elevated park built on a disused freight railway running along Manhattan's West Side, about nine metres above the street. Planted with wild grasses and perennials that nod to the self-seeded…
- Address
- 820 Washington St, New York, NY 10014
- Nearest transit
- 14 St (A, C, E) or 23 St (C, E) stations, short walk to the access points
- 8
The 9/11 Memorial and Museum - Reflection at Ground Zero
Built on the site of the World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial centres on two enormous reflecting pools set within the footprints of the fallen Twin Towers, their bronze edges inscribed with the names of the 2,983…
- Address
- 180 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007
- Nearest transit
- World Trade Center station (E) or Cortlandt St (1, R, W), directly adjacent
- 9
Rockefeller Center and Top of the Rock - The Skyline with the Empire State in It
Rockefeller Center is a complex of Art Deco towers, plazas and the famous sunken ice rink that comes alive each winter beneath a giant Christmas tree. Its star attraction is Top of the Rock, the observation deck atop 30…
- Address
- 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111
- Nearest transit
- 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Center station (B, D, F, M), directly beneath
- 10
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - Modern Masterpieces in Midtown
The Museum of Modern Art holds one of the world's greatest collections of modern and contemporary work, and its galleries read like a roll-call of famous paintings: Van Gogh's The Starry Night, Monet's Water Lilies…
- Address
- 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
- Nearest transit
- Fifth Av-53 St station (E, M), 2-min walk
- 11
Grand Central Terminal - A Beaux-Arts Cathedral for Commuters
Grand Central Terminal is far more than a train station - it is a 1913 Beaux-Arts landmark and one of the most beautiful public spaces in the United States. The vast Main Concourse, with its teal ceiling painted with a…
- Address
- 89 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017
- Nearest transit
- Grand Central-42 St station (4, 5, 6, 7, S), within the building
- 12
American Museum of Natural History - Dinosaurs and the Cosmos
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest of its kind, a sprawling complex on the edge of Central Park best known for its towering dinosaur halls and the blue whale suspended over the Hall of Ocean…
- Address
- 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
- Nearest transit
- 81 St-Museum of Natural History station (B, C), directly beneath
- 13
The Staten Island Ferry - The Best Free View in New York
The Staten Island Ferry carries commuters between Lower Manhattan and Staten Island around the clock, and it is completely free - which makes it the best-value sightseeing in the city. The 25-minute crossing passes…
- Address
- 4 Whitehall St, New York, NY 10004
- Nearest transit
- South Ferry station (1) or Whitehall St (R, W), at the terminal
- 14
Greenwich Village and Washington Square Park - Bohemian Streets and a Famous Arch
Greenwich Village is the leafy, low-rise neighbourhood that has drawn writers, musicians and artists for more than a century, its tangle of tree-lined streets a deliberate break from the Manhattan grid. At its centre…
- Address
- Washington Square, New York, NY 10012
- Nearest transit
- W 4 St-Washington Square station (A, B, C, D, E, F, M), 2-min walk
- 15
Fifth Avenue - The City's Grand Shopping Boulevard
Fifth Avenue is New York's most famous shopping street, a procession of flagship stores, jewellers and department stores running through Midtown toward Central Park. The stretch from Rockefeller Center to the park takes…
- Address
- 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022
- Nearest transit
- Fifth Av-59 St (N, R, W) or Fifth Av-53 St (E, M) stations
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