NYC insider’s tips
Empire State Building is one of NYC insider’s tips.

1. Empire State Building

9.0
350 5th Ave (btwn 33rd & 34th St), New York City, NY
Bauwerk · Koreatown · 1175 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Through an unmarked (and locked, sorry) door on the 102nd-floor observation deck is a narrow terrace that was once intended to be a docking station for airships moored to the mast Mehr erfahren.

2. Brooklyn Bridge

9.5
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, NY
Brücke · 1012 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: The giant anchorages of this suspension bridge were supposed to double as shopping arcades. The inside of each features the same Gothic design as the towers, plus 50-foot-high cathedral ceilings. Mehr erfahren.

3. Bethesda Terrace

9.5
Terrace Dr (at Central Park), New York City, NY
Platz · Central Park · 34 Tipps und Bewertungen

4. New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

9.3
476 5th Ave (at W 42nd St), New York City, NY
Bibliothek · Midtown East · 531 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Your request for a book used to be shot throughout the building via giant brass pneumatic tubes. Now obsolete, the pipes can still be viewed at the clerk’s desk in the third-floor catalog room. Mehr erfahren.

Grand Central Terminal is one of NYC insider’s tips.

5. Grand Central Terminal

8.9
87 E 42nd St (btwn Vanderbilt & Park Ave), New York City, NY
Bahnhof · Midtown East · 1466 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Look left when inbound or right when outbound on the upper level to see Track 61, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt old private platform. His armor-clad train car is still there. Mehr erfahren.

6. Freiheitsstatue

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(Statue of Liberty)
Liberty Island, New York City, NY
Denkmal · Liberty Island · 700 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Thank publisher Joseph Pulitzer—yes, that Pulitzer—for stimulating enough American donations to pay for Lady Liberty’s pedestal. His statue is at the walkway near the left entrance to the statue. Mehr erfahren.

7. Macy's

7.7
151 W 34th St (btwn 7th Ave & Broadway), New York City, NY
Kaufhaus · Garment District · 1070 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Ride vintage wooden escalators dating back to 1902. Look for them on the Broadway side of the shop between the eighth and ninth floors. Mehr erfahren.

Times Square is one of NYC insider’s tips.

8. Times Square

8.4
Broadway & 7th Ave (btwn W 42nd & 47th St), New York City, NY
Platz · Theater District · 2359 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: When the New York Times moved into offices at Broadway and 42nd Street on Dec 31, 1904, it threw a party so legendary that New Yorkers started to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square every year. Mehr erfahren.

9. Times Square Museum and Visitor Center

1560 Broadway (btwn 46th & 47th St.), New York City, NY
Touristeninformationen und -service · Theater District · 33 Tipps und Bewertungen
Trinity Church is one of NYC insider’s tips.

10. Trinity Church

75 Broadway (at Wall St), New York City, NY
Kirche · Financial District · 87 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: New Yorkers used to celebrate New Year’s Eve here until the New York Times threw the mother of all ragers at their new Times Square offices in 1904. We’ve been going back ever since. True story. Mehr erfahren.

11. Radio City Music Hall

9.3
1260 Avenue of the Americas (at W 50th St), New York City, NY
Konzerthalle · Rockefeller Center · 390 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Take the Stage Door Tour to see the 20-foot-high domed ceilings and Art Deco flourishes of Roxy’s Suite, built for vaudeville producer Samuel Lionel “Roxy” Rothafel. Mehr erfahren.

12. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

9.5
70 Lincoln Center Plz (btwn Columbus & 10th Ave), New York City, NY
Darstellende Künste · Lincoln Square · 215 Tipps und Bewertungen

13. National September 11 Memorial & Museum

9.2
180 Greenwich St (btwn Liberty & Fulton St), New York City, NY
Gedenkstätte · Financial District · 870 Tipps und Bewertungen

14. Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

8.4
144 W 65th St (at Broadway), New York City, NY
Programmkino · Lincoln Square · 19 Tipps und Bewertungen

15. Greenlight Bookstore

9.3
686 Fulton St (at S Portland Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Buchhandlung · Fort Greene · 69 Tipps und Bewertungen
High Line is one of NYC insider’s tips.

16. High Line

9.4
btwn Gansevoort & W 34th St (btwn 10th & 12th Ave), New York City, NY
Park · Chelsea · 1499 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: The Spears Building on West 22nd Street featured loading docks that led right onto the High Line. Those docks now help support the 22nd Street Seating Steps in the park's second section. Mehr erfahren.

17. Federal Hall National Memorial

7.8
26 Wall St (at Nassau St), New York City, NY
Historische und geschützte Stätte · Financial District · 42 Tipps und Bewertungen

18. St. Patrick's Cathedral

9.5
14 E 51st St (at 5th Ave), New York City, NY
Kirche · 306 Tipps und Bewertungen

19. Booth Theatre

8.6
222 W 45th St (btwn Broadway & 8th Ave), New York City, NY
Theater · Theater District · 50 Tipps und Bewertungen
Grand Central Terminal is one of NYC insider’s tips.

20. Grand Central Terminal

8.9
87 E 42nd St (btwn Vanderbilt & Park Ave), New York City, NY
Bahnhof · Midtown East · 1466 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: The main concourse boasts a hidden staircase that’s used by Grand Central employees. You can see the brass cylinder that conceals the steel steps in the center of the information booth. Mehr erfahren.

21. Radio City Music Hall

9.3
1260 Avenue of the Americas (at W 50th St), New York City, NY
Konzerthalle · Rockefeller Center · 390 Tipps und Bewertungen
American Museum of Natural History is one of NYC insider’s tips.

22. American Museum of Natural History

9.2
200 Central Park W (btwn W 77th & W 81st St), New York City, NY
Wissenschaftsmuseum · Upper West Side · 1397 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: The museum sponsored Robert Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, and in Greenland he discovered the largest buried meteorite in the world, Cape York. Three chunks of it are on display here. Mehr erfahren.

Metropolitan Opera is one of NYC insider’s tips.

23. Metropolitan Opera

9.3
70 Lincoln Center Plz (at Columbus Ave), New York City, NY
Opernhaus · 218 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: The chandelier in the lobby of the Metropolitan Opera was a gift from the Austrian government in 1966, when the building opened. Mehr erfahren.

Carnegie Hall is one of NYC insider’s tips.

24. Carnegie Hall

9.3
881 7th Ave (at W 57th St), New York City, NY
Konzerthalle · Theater District · 110 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Hey, 20 to 40 year olds: Put down $20 annually for the Notables Program to score a pair of $20 tickets for every performance throughout the year. Mehr erfahren.

Carnegie Hall is one of NYC insider’s tips.

25. Carnegie Hall

9.3
881 7th Ave (at W 57th St), New York City, NY
Konzerthalle · Theater District · 110 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Stop by the box office at least a half hour before it opens to snag $10 day-of discount passes. Just make sure to arrive extra early for popular or sold-out shows. Mehr erfahren.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of NYC insider’s tips.

26. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

9.5
1000 5th Ave (btwn E 80th & E 84th St), New York City, NY
Kunstmuseum · Central Park · 1954 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Get access to the exclusive Members Dining Room when you buy a Met Net membership ($70). Mehr erfahren.

Metropolitan Opera is one of NYC insider’s tips.

27. Metropolitan Opera

9.3
70 Lincoln Center Plz (at Columbus Ave), New York City, NY
Opernhaus · 218 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Weekday rush tickets (if you can spare four hours to wait in line) or standing-room tickets cost a mere $20. Or click through to find out how to enter the online weekend-rush lotto. Mehr erfahren.

New York Botanical Garden is one of NYC insider’s tips.

28. New York Botanical Garden

9.5
2900 Southern Blvd (at Bronx Park Rd), Bronx, NY
Botanischer Garten · Bronx Park · 198 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Fed up with the lines for the Holiday Train Show? Get a year’s membership ($75) to get access to special members-only days for the garden’s big exhibits. Mehr erfahren.

MTA Subway - Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall/Chambers St (4/5/6/J/Z) is one of NYC insider’s tips.

29. MTA Subway - Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall/Chambers St (4/5/6/J/Z)

Centre St (Chambers St), New York City, NY
U-Bahnhof · Downtown Manhattan · 24 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: See the old City Hall stop, one of NYC’s most majestic stations with vaulted ceilings and Art Nouveau skylights. Stay on the downtown 6 as it passes through the station on its way to the uptown track. Mehr erfahren.

MTA Subway - Newkirk Plaza (B/Q) is one of NYC insider’s tips.

30. MTA Subway - Newkirk Plaza (B/Q)

Newkirk Ave. (btwn 16th St. & Marlborough Rd.), Brooklyn, NY
U-Bahnhof · Flatbush · 11 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: On the Q line, gaze up to spot David Wilson’s blue-and-red patterned Transit Skylight installed in the ceiling. Mehr erfahren.

MTA Subway - DeKalb Ave (B/Q/R) is one of NYC insider’s tips.

31. MTA Subway - DeKalb Ave (B/Q/R)

DeKalb Ave (Flatbush Ave), Brooklyn, NY
U-Bahnhof · Downtown Brooklyn · 15 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Take a ride on a Manhattan-bound B or Q train to see Bill Brand’s Masstransiscope, a zoetrope created from 228 hand-painted panels. It’s on the right between Dekalb Avenue and the Manhattan Bridge. Mehr erfahren.

MTA Subway - Utica Ave (A/C) is one of NYC insider’s tips.

32. MTA Subway - Utica Ave (A/C)

Utica Ave (at Fulton St), Brooklyn, NY
U-Bahnhof · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 5 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Stand on the platform and look up, you’ll be able to spot the underside of disused tracks, part of a planned expansion of the IND subway line that ran out of money. Mehr erfahren.

33. Cortlandt Alley

Cortlandt Alley (btwn Canal & Leonard St), New York City, NY
Straße · Downtown Manhattan · 5 Tipps und Bewertungen
Rockefeller Center is one of NYC insider’s tips.

34. Rockefeller Center

9.2
Rockefeller Plaza (btwn W 49th & W 50th St), New York City, NY
Platz · Rockefeller Center · 850 Tipps und Bewertungen

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: A vacant storefront was transformed into a makeup shop for The Smurfs movie. It was so convincing that passersby actually tried to enter it. Mehr erfahren.