New York City Attractions
by NYTP Staff

 

Attraction American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869 and can be found on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York. This museum is ones of the largest museums [...]

 

 

Attraction Bohemian Hall

The Bohemian Hall is much more than just a social club for the largely Czech and Slovak crowd. This massive relic has different types of side rooms and antechambers branching off from the [...]

 

 

Attraction Bronx Wildlife Conservation Park

The city of New York is better known for its greatest attractions like the Empire State Building and of course the Statue of Liberty. But in the very heart of the city there are certain things that people forget to [...]

 

 

Attraction Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is located about 25 minutes away from midtown, Manhattan. It houses 10,000 species of plants and attracts about 700,000 visitors every [...]

 

 

Attraction Brooklyn Bridge

It is absolute must to salute this great architecture of human kind – the oldest suspension bridge in the United States. The Brooklyn Bridge took thirteen years for an unbelievable dream to come true. It is today [...]

 

 

Attraction Central Park

The Central Park has been enjoying the National Historic Landmark status since 1963 even though it was opened in 1859. The park was designed Frederick Law Olmsted and [...]

 

 

Attraction Chrysler Building

New York is the proud city that houses an Art Deco skyscraper, the Chrysler Building which was built in 1930 at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street. When it was built in 1930 it was the [...]

 

 

Attraction Ellis Island

The Ellis Island was the place where immigrants who wanted to enter the United States of America were screened medically, financially and mentally. Around 2 percent were sent back [...]

 

 

Attraction Empire State Building

The 102 story tall Empire State Building at the intersection of the 5th Avenue and west 34th Street in New York is not only a famous landmark. It also houses one of the world’s most famous [...]

 

 

Attraction Federal Reserve Bank of New York

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York situated at 33, Liberty Street in New York is one of the twelve Reserve Banks of the United States of America. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is [...]

 

 

Attraction Flat Iron Building

Flat Iron Building is situated in Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The building was completed in1902. At that time it was known as the Fuller Building. At the time of completion it was [...]

 

 

Attraction Fort Tyron Park

The 66.63 acres spread Fort Tyron Park is one of the New York City’s most beautiful outdoor piece and a never miss place. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr built the park in 1935 and John D. Rockefeller [...]

 

 

Attraction Grand Central Station

The Grand Central Station is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in New York. The Grand Central Station in New York is the world’s largest of its kind in number [...]

 

 

Attraction Greenbelt Conservancy

The flagship park of New York City – the Greenbelt – is located in the heart of Staten Island. The park dedicates almost 3000 acres of land for recreational activities and caters to the needs [...]

 

 

Attraction Longacre Square

The Longacre Square in New York City is one of the important intersections where Broadway and Seventh Avenue meet. Actually Longacre Square is the old name.  From 1904, the name [...]

 

 

Attraction Metropolitan Museum of Art

Established in 1870 the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located on the eastern side of Central Park in New York.  With an astounding collection of more than two million works [...]

 

 

Attraction Museum of Modern Art

Midtown Manhattan has on 53rd Street the Museum of Modern Art that was founded in 1929 in New York. The Museum of Modern Art hoards many collections of modern and [...]

 

 

Attraction New York Aquarium

New York Aquarium is located in Coney Island occupying fourteen acres of land near the sea. It is the oldest, still running aquarium of the United States. This aquarium was first established in Battery Park [...]

 

 

Attraction Opera Company of Brooklyn

The city of New York has many things for a person who is in search of something. The things that you find in the city are different and none other than the Opera Company of Brooklyn [...]

 

 

Attraction Queens Zoo

The city of New York is better known for its pomp and luxury. But here at Queens Zoo you can have a totally different experience. The place is a small wildlife center devoted mostly [...]

 

 

Attraction Radio City Music Hall

It truly deserves its name – the Showplace of the Nation- as Radio City Music Hall spreads out over 12 acres in New York City’s Rockefeller Center. Since its grand inauguration in [...]

 

 

Attraction Rockefeller Center

The Rockefeller Center located in between 48th and 51st Streets in New York is built in 22 acres of land in this prime area of the Big Apple. Built back in 1939 by the Rockefeller family [...]

 

 

Attraction Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Located on the north shore of Staten Island in New York, the Snug Harbor Cultural Center is a collection of twenty six 19th century buildings set in a park and of great architectural importance [...]

 

 

Attraction Socrates Sculpture Park

Socrates Sculpture Park is situated in Long Island, New York City. It was built by the sculptor, Mark di Suverno in 1986. This sculpture park is open everyday from 10 am to [...]

 

 

Attraction St. Patricks’s Cathedral

St. Patricks’s Cathedral located on the east side of 5th Avenue between the 50th and 51st Streets in New York is where the Arch Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York can [...]

 

 

Attraction Staten Island Ferry

In New York the best way to have a total view of Lower Manhattan is to take Staten Island Ferry ride. During the ride not only you will get beautiful view of this part of Manhattan, you will also get [...]

 

 

Attraction Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was a present from the loving people of France to the Americans back in 1886. Standing all by herself Lady Liberty can be seen on Liberty Island in New York Harbor welcoming people [...]

 

 

Attraction The New York Hall of Science

The New York Hall of Science is a great place for people of all age. Your quests and queries will find a definite answer her. You are provided with a lot of opportunities at the Hall of Science. The Science [...]

 

 

Attraction United Nations

Ever since the United Nations was established to maintain world peace in 1945 it has had its headquarters in New York. Although the United Nations headquarters is in New York, the land it occupies [...]

 

 

Attraction Washington Square Park

The Washington Square Park in the neighborhood of the Greenwich Village in Manhattan is one of the New York City’s parks that is also a landmark. As it is well known, the Big Apple is as famous [...]