Star Picks: Debra Messing, Birthday Candles, Outside Mullingar
Central Park - I just it's very it's very cliche. I like to go to Central Park. I take my two dogs, usually wait till about 6:30 when it's breezy and the sun is still out, and I just go to the duck pond.
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| Category | Name | Address | Ages |
|---|---|---|---|
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Belvedere Castle | 79th St Transverse Rd, Central Park | All Ages |
| Outdoor | Wollman Rink | 830 5th Ave, | All Ages |
| Attraction | City Winery | 25 11th Avenue, | All Ages |
 Attraction |
United Nations | 405 E 42nd St, Midtown East | All Ages |
 Museum |
Madame Tussauds New York | 234 W 42nd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Tour |
Charm Aviation- New York City Helicopter Tours | East River Greenway Bikeway, Lower Manhattan | 2+ |
 Tour |
Port Authority Bus Terminal | 625 8th Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of Broadway | 145 W 45th St, Theater District | 6+ |
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David Geffen Hall | 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | 6+ |
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Metropolitan Opera | Lincoln Center, West Side | 8+ |
 Attraction |
The Juilliard School | 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | 8-18 |
 Attraction |
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | All Ages |
 Attraction |
New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building | 476 5th Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Strawberry Fields | W 72nd St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
The Great Lawn | 79th to 85th St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of Bronx History | 3266 Bainbridge Ave, Bronx | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Bow Bridge | Mid-Park at 74th St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain | Mid-Park at 72nd St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Central Park Conservancy Garden | E 105th St & 5th Ave, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Central Park Zoo | E 64th St & 5th Ave, Central Park | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Town Hall | 123 W 43rd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
The Shed | 545 W 30th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction |
United Palace | 4140 Broadway, Washington Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Delacorte Theater | Central Park, Upper West Side | 5+ |
 Attraction |
Lincoln Center | 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | -1+ |
 Attraction |
Carnegie Hall | 881 7th Ave, Midtown | 5+ |
 Museum |
Scandinavia House | 58 Park Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space | 155 Avenue C, East Village | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of Chinese in America | 215 Centre St, Chinatown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Grace Church | 802 Broadway, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Stone Street Historic District | Stone St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Gansevoort Market | 353 W 14th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Chelsea Market | 75 9th Ave, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Little Island | Pier 55, Hudson River Greenway, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Yeshiva University | 500 W 185th St, | 18+ |
 Attraction |
Pace University | 1 Pace Plaza, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Barnard College | 3009 Broadway, Morningside Heights | 18+ |
 Attraction |
Fordham University | 441 E Fordham Rd, Bronx | 18+ |
 Attraction |
New York University (NYU) | 70 Washington Square S, Greenwich Village | 18+ |
 Attraction |
Columbia University | 116th St & Broadway, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Church of the Ascension | 12 W 11th St, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Attraction |
St. Malachy's – The Actors' Chapel | 239 W 49th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Bryant Park | New York, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church | 7 W 55th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue | 1 W 53rd St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Marble Collegiate Church | 1 W 29th St, | All Ages |
 Attraction |
St. Paul's Chapel | 209 Broadway, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine | 1047 Amsterdam Ave, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Trinity Church | 75 Broadway, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Riverside Church | 490 Riverside Dr, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Lincoln Square | Columbus Ave &, Broadway, West Side | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Father Duffy Square | 7th Ave &, W 46th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Stuyvesant Square | Rutherford Pl &, E 15th St, East Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Tompkins Square Park | E 7th St &, Avenue A, East Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
City Hall Park | Broadway &, Chambers St, Lower Manhattan | All Ages |
 Attraction |
One World Observatory | 285 Fulton St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum |
American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West & 79th St, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
American Folk Art Museum | 2 Lincoln Square, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Attraction |
St. Patrick's Cathedral | 5th Ave between 50th & 51st St, Midtown East | All Ages |
 Museum |
The Frick Collection | 1 E 70th St, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Tour |
Radio City Music Hall Stage Door Tour | 1260 6th Ave, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of Arts and Design | 2 Columbus Cir, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Tour |
Central Park Bike Tours | 203 W 58th St, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | 11 W 53rd St, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum |
The Morgan Library & Museum | 225 Madison Ave, Murray Hill | All Ages |
 Museum |
Whitney Museum of American Art | 99 Gansevoort St, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Attraction |
The High Line | Gansevoort St to 34th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Museum |
The Rubin Museum of Art | 150 W 17th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction |
The Oculus | 185 Greenwich St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum |
National September 11 Memorial & Museum | 180 Greenwich St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Empire State Building | 20 W 34th St, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Attraction |
9/11 Tribute Museum | 92 Greenwich St, Financial District | 10+ |
 Attraction |
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island | Liberty Island, Financial District | 4+ |
 Museum |
National Museum of the American Indian | 1 Bowling Green, Financial District | All Ages |
 Tour |
Helicopter New York City | 6 E River Piers, Financial District | 2+ |
 Tour |
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Tour | Battery Park, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum at Eldridge Street | 12 Eldridge St, Lower East Side | All Ages |
 Tour |
Tenement Museum Tours | 103 Orchard St, Lower East Side | 5+ |
 Museum |
International Center of Photography | 79 Essex St, Lower East Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
New Museum | 235 Bowery, Lower East Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
The Tenement Museum | 103 Orchard St, Lower East Side | 8+ |
 Attraction |
The Edge | 30 Hudson Yards, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Madison Square Garden | 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Midtown West | 0-16 |
 Attraction |
The Vessel | 20 Hudson Yards, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum |
Guggenheim Museum | 1071 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Madison Square Park | Madison Ave &, E 23rd St, Midtown South | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Columbus Circle | 10 Columbus Cir, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Herald Square | Broadway & 34th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Union Square | E 14th St &, Union Square W, Midtown South | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Washington Square Park | Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Battery Park | State St &, Battery Pl, Financial District | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Hudson River Park | 353 West St, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Tour |
Harlem Gospel and Jazz Tours | Various Locations, Harlem | All Ages |
 Tour |
Foods of NY Tours | Various Locations, Greenwich Village | 5+ |
 Attraction |
Wave Hill | 675 W 252nd St, Bronx | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Bronx Zoo | 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Attraction |
New York Botanical Garden | 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum |
The Skyscraper Museum | 39 Battery Pl, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum |
The Jewish Museum | 1109 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
New-York Historical Society | 170 Central Park West, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Tour |
Top of the Rock Observation Deck | 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Rockefeller Center | 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
South Street Seaport Museum | 12 Fulton St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Tour |
CitySights NY | 234 W 42nd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Museum |
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | Pier 86, W 46th St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Tour |
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises | Pier 83, W 42nd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Times Square | Between 42nd & 47th St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Tour |
The Ride | 234 W 42nd St, Theater District | 6+ |
 Museum |
El Museo del Barrio | 1230 5th Ave, East Harlem | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of the City of New York | 1220 5th Ave, East Harlem | All Ages |
 Museum |
Neue Galerie New York | 1048 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1000 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Apollo Theater | 253 W 125th St, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction |
City Hall | Broadway and Chambers St, Lower Manhattan | All Ages |
 Museum |
Kaufman Music Center | 129 W 67th St, West Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
Japan Society | 333 E 47th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Museum |
Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick St, SoHo | All Ages |
 Museum |
Fraunces Tavern Museum | 54 Pearl St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum |
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | 2 E 91st St, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
Children's Museum of Manhattan | 212 W 83rd St, Upper West Side | 0-12 |
 Museum |
Bronx Music Heritage Center | 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum |
Bronx Museum of the Arts | 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum |
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum | 895 Shore Rd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum |
Bard Graduate Center Gallery | 18 W 86th St, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
Asia Society Museum | 725 Park Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum |
Museum of Sex | 233 Fifth Ave, Midtown South | 18+ |
 Museum |
Museum of Ice Cream | 558 Broadway, Lower Manhattan | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Chelsea Piers | 62 Chelsea Piers, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Eataly | 200 5th Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) | 11 Wall St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Wall Street | Wall St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Shubert Alley | W 45th St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Grant's Tomb | Riverside Dr &, W 122nd St, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Staten Island Ferry | 4 Whitehall St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Moynihan Train Hall | 8th Ave & W 31st St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Penn Station | 234 W 31st St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Grand Central Terminal | 89 E 42nd St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | 655 W 34th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction |
Hudson Yards | 20 Hudson Yards, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Outdoor |
Canal Street | New York, Chinatown | All Ages |
 Attraction |
TKTS | 47th St & Broadway, Theater District | All Ages |
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