New York

Broadway, world-class museums and the skyline everyone knows.

New York is a city of neighbourhoods, each with its own rhythm: the museums of the Upper East Side, the jazz clubs of the Village, the food halls of Chelsea and the brownstones of Brooklyn.

Best time to visit: April to June and September to November. Language: English. Currency: US dollar (USD).

Did you know?

As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City.
Central Park covers 843 acres, larger than the principality of Monaco.
Broadway’s 41 professional theatres each seat 500 people or more.

Things to do in New York

Times Square (Square, free): Times Square is one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, tourist destinations, and entertainment hubs.
Museum of Modern Art (Museum): The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Cultural venue): Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3-acre complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum (Museum): The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is a memorial and museum that are part of the World Trade Center complex, in New York City, created for remembering the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks which killed 2,977
The Battery (Park, free): The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.
Trinity Church (Church, free): Trinity Church is a historic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
Radio City Music Hall (Concert hall): Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
Studio 54 (Theatre): Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S.
Whitney Museum of American Art (Art museum): The Whitney Museum of American Art is a modern and contemporary American art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.
Bryant Park (Park, free): Bryant Park is a 9.6-acre, privately managed public park in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
Riverside Church (Church, free): Riverside Church is an interdenominational church in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Castle Clinton (Aquarium): Castle Clinton is a restored circular sandstone fort within Battery Park at the southern end of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Riverside Park (Park, free): Riverside Park is a scenic waterfront public park along the Hudson River on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (Church, free): The St.
Museum of the Moving Image (Museum): The Museum of the Moving Image is a time-based media museum located in a former building of the historic Astoria Studios, in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City.
Museum of the City of New York (Art museum): The Museum of the City of New York is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City.
American Folk Art Museum (Art museum): The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street.
Zuccotti Park (Square, free): Zuccotti Park is a 33,000-square-foot publicly accessible park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
New Amsterdam Theatre (Theatre): The New Amsterdam Theatre is a Broadway theater at 214 West 42nd Street, at the southern end of Times Square, in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Bowling Green (Park, free): Bowling Green is a small historic public park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City, at the southern end of Broadway.
Minskoff Theatre (Theatre): The Minskoff Theatre is a Broadway theater on the third floor of the One Astor Plaza office building in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Gershwin Theatre (Theatre): The Gershwin Theatre is a Broadway theater at 222 West 51st Street, on the second floor of the Paramount Plaza office building, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States.
Broadway Theatre (Theatre): The Broadway Theatre is a Broadway theater at 1681 Broadway in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
David Geffen Hall (Concert hall): David Geffen Hall is a concert hall at Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Little Island @Pier55 (Park, free): Little Island at Pier 55 is an artificial island and a public park within Hudson River Park, just off the western coast of Manhattan in New York City.
Downtown Manhattan Heliport (Pier, free): The Downtown Manhattan Heliport is a helicopter landing platform at Pier 6, on the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Palace Theatre (Theatre): The Palace Theatre is a Broadway theater at 1564 Broadway, at the north end of Times Square, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S.
Belasco Theatre (Theatre): The Belasco Theatre is a Broadway theater at 111 West 44th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater (Theatre): The Ambassador Theatre is a Broadway theater at 219 West 49th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Ed Sullivan Theater (Theatre): The Ed Sullivan Theater is a theater at 1697–1699 Broadway, between 53rd and 54th streets, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, U.S.
Metropolitan Opera House (Opera house): The Metropolitan Opera House is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
New York Historical (Museum): The New York Historical is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Liberty Park (Park, free): Liberty Park is a one-acre elevated public park at the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City, overlooking the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan.
Shubert Theatre (Theatre): The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theater at 225 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Majestic Theatre (Theatre): The Majestic Theatre is a Broadway theater at 245 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Winter Garden Theatre (Theatre): The Winter Garden Theatre is a Broadway theatre at 1634 Broadway in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, U.S.
David H. Koch Theater (Opera house): The David H.
Barnum's American Museum (Museum): Barnum's American Museum was a dime museum located at the corner of Broadway, Park Row, and Ann Street in what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, from 1841 to 1865.
Tompkins Square Park (Park, free): Tompkins Square Park is a 10.5-acre public park in the Alphabet City portion of East Village, Manhattan, New York City.
Richard Rodgers Theatre (Theatre): The Richard Rodgers Theatre is a Broadway theater at 226 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (Theatre): The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, originally the Globe Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 205 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Lyceum Theatre (Theatre): The Lyceum Theatre is a Broadway theater at 149 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Imperial Theatre (Theatre): The Imperial Theatre is a Broadway theater at 249 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Theatre): The Bernard B.
St. James Theatre (Theatre): The St.
Morosco Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The Morosco Theatre was a Broadway theatre near Times Square in New York City from 1917 to 1982.
Hudson Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The Hudson Theatre is a Broadway theater at 139–141 West 44th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre is a Broadway theater at 236 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
John Golden Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The John Golden Theatre, formerly the Theatre Masque and Masque Theater, is a Broadway theater at 252 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Longacre Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theater at 220 West 48th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Todd Haimes Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The Todd Haimes Theatre is a Broadway theater at 227 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Hippodrome Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The Hippodrome Theatre, also called the New York Hippodrome, was a theater located on Sixth Avenue between West 43rd and West 44th Streets in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
August Wilson Theatre (Theatre, hidden gem): The August Wilson Theatre is a Broadway theater at 245 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
Kosciuszko Bridge (Bridge, free, hidden gem): The Kosciuszko Bridge, originally known as the Meeker Avenue Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge over Newtown Creek in New York City, connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Maspeth in Queens.
Park East Synagogue (Synagogue, hidden gem): The Park East Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue originally called Congregation Zichron Ephraim at 163 East 67th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.
Morningside Park (Park, free, hidden gem): Morningside Park is a 30-acre public park in Upper Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.
El Museo del Barrio (Art museum, hidden gem): El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo, is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City.
Chelsea Art Museum (Art museum, hidden gem): The Chelsea Art Museum was a contemporary art museum located at 556 West 22nd Street on the corner of Eleventh Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
The Kitchen (Cultural venue, hidden gem): The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary avant-garde performance art and experimental art institution located at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, N
Fort George (Fort, hidden gem): Fort George was the name of five different forts in what is now the state of New York.
Statue of Liberty (Observation tower): The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman located on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Art museum): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
Central Park (Park, free): Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Art museum): The Solomon R.
Brooklyn Museum (Art museum): The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Bronx Zoo (Zoo): The Bronx Zoo is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City.
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (Park, free): Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S.
Madison Square and Madison Square Park (Square, free): Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
Prospect Park (Park, free): Prospect Park is a 526-acre urban park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
High Line (Park, free): The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
The Frick Collection (Art museum): The Frick Collection is an art museum on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Central Park Zoo (Zoo): The Central Park Zoo is a 6.5-acre zoo located at the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Botanic garden): Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
New Museum (Art museum): The New Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum at 235 Bowery, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (Museum): Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile.
Strawberry Fields (Memorial, free): Strawberry Fields is a two-and-a-half-acre landscaped section in New York City's Central Park, designed by the landscape architect Bruce Kelly, that is dedicated to the memory of former Beatles member John Lennon.
Eldridge Street Synagogue (Synagogue): The Eldridge Street Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 12–16 Eldridge Street in the Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City.
Grand Army Plaza (Square, free): Grand Army Plaza is a public square at the southeast corner of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South.
Queens Museum (Art museum): The Queens Museum is an art museum and educational center at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.
Tenement Museum (Museum, hidden gem): The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a museum and National Historic Site located at 97 and 103 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
The Bitter End (Concert hall, hidden gem): The Bitter End is a 230-person capacity nightclub, coffeehouse and folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village.
Jeffrey's Hook Light (Lighthouse, free, hidden gem): The Little Red Lighthouse, officially Jeffrey's Hook Light, is a small lighthouse located in Fort Washington Park along the Hudson River in Manhattan, New York City, under the George Washington Bridge.
Forest Park (Park, free, hidden gem): Forest Park is a park in the New York City borough of Queens.

Where to eat and drink in New York

Peter Luger Steak House, Williamsburg: Brooklyn institution since 1887; porterhouse for two.
Keens Steakhouse, Midtown: Mutton chops beneath thousands of clay pipes, since 1885.
Katz’s Delicatessen, Lower East Side: Pastrami on rye, sliced by hand since 1888.
Chelsea Market, Chelsea: Food hall in the former Nabisco factory.
Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village: Legendary jazz club with sets most nights.
Le Bernardin, Midtown: Eric Ripert’s seafood temple, three Michelin stars.
Joe’s Pizza, Greenwich Village: The classic New York slice since 1975.
Balthazar, SoHo: A Parisian brasserie in SoHo; superb for brunch.
Lei, Chinatown: A Chinese American wine bar with a menu worth the trip.
Frevo, Greenwich Village: An intimate tasting counter that earned a Michelin star soon after opening.
Sirrah, Meatpacking District: One of the Meatpacking District’s most talked-about openings.
Limusina, Hudson Yards: Mexican cooking in a dramatic Hudson Yards room.

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