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As a NYC local, I figure it's time we shine a spotlight on this amazing city and all that it has to offer.
Whether you're trying to plan a visit and make the most of your time, or you're an NYC/ TriState area resident who's looking for local adventure, this one's for you!
Here's a list:
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge and tour Dumbo area (right off the bridge) along the water. Check out Empire Stores and Time Out New York for food and drinks and good vibes. The Brooklyn Historical Society museum is there too - It's a great little museum.
South Street Seaport area is near Dumbo and is also pretty cool. Go in evening for beautiful dusk/ unset and then grab dinner in the area.
If you’re into history, then go to the lower east side and walk around Check out the Eldridge Street Museum and the Tenement Museum for Jewish history. Then, stop at Erin McKenna's Bakery NYC for kosher, gluten-free treats.
Soho is really good for shopping and boutiques, and has some good restaurants (byChloe is vegan and delicious).
The FIT museum is small but great for fashion lovers.
Times Square (42nd street) is a classic if you've never been. Walk through!
Bryant Park and Rockefeller Center are amazing. During the winter, the holiday markets and ice skating are lovely. In the summer, Bryant Park is also nice.
Central Park is beautiful and good to chill. Explore midtown and start at the bottom of the park (59th street) for high-end shopping on 5th avenue, then continue on for a picnic in the park.
Go further up in the park toward Museum Mile which is where all the museums are. The Cooper Hewitt museum is super cool, American museum of national history is excellent, the Moma and the Met are classics. The Guggenheim is great for modern art. Afterward, stop at Russ and Daughters Cafe in the Jewish Museum for a kosher-style lunch and then hang out in the park. I also recommend The Frick Collection - beautiful building and gorgeous art.
The Whitney Museum in Chelsea is a great modern art museum. Afterward, hit up Highline Park, New York City which is close by. You can also stop at the Tesla store and test drive a Tesla (shoutout to Sasha Berkowitz for this nugget of info!). Walk around Chelsea, its a cool area! Stop at all the art galleries. then, head to Chelsea Market for lunch or dinner.
The Starbucks reserve is a cool new version of Starbucks, it’s a bar and a cafe in the Flatiron area
if you want to tour the Statue of Liberty make sure to book that in advance because the lines are crazy long otherwise.
From battery park you can catch a boat to governors island. lovely day trip. rent bikes there and bike around
the oculus by ground zero near freedom tower, it’s a beautiful area and it has good shopping
Industry City in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Domino park/north Williamsburg area is right along the water and it’s beautiful
Also there are lots of comedy clubs in the city
Broadway shows
Beacons closet and L Train Vintage are good vintage thrift shop, and the upper west side has lots of designer consignment shops too
East river ferry from lower Manhattan to north Williamsburg is a good way to get there because that train line is down)
transportation museum is great for kids! and adults too
house of Yes is always a fun night out (a club in Brooklyn). Same for Brooklyn Mirage.
This list is courtesy of longtime NYC transplant Fraidel Wolowik:
Yoga to the people- East village
Central Park (and boating)
Battery Park (and boating)
Museum of the moving image
Ripley's believe it or not
Napyork
9/11 museum
Cooper Hewitt museum
Tkts stand- Broadway
Campbell (speakeasy in Grand Central)
David's tea- Greenwich village
Brooklyn brewry
Kings distillery
Raaka chocolate factory tour and classes in red Hook
Federal reserve tour
sip and paint in parkslope
Game bar (coffee or drinks)
Spyscape museum
Division coffee shop in Williamsburg
Samsung 837 (flagship location, meatpacking district)
Escape room
Pottery
Slate Nyc
Brooklyn flea market- dumbo
YMCA
Got a car?
Here's a list of the destinations out of the city that are great for car trips. Courtesy of DL Gopin Hildeshaim, master of Sunday Fundays. These trips are suitable for families with small children's as well:
Farney State Park
Sterling Forrest State Park
Caumsett State Park
Harriman State Park
Ringwood Forest
Liberty Park
Norrington Green State Forest
David Weld Sanctuary
North Fork Long Island - schmitt family farm, lavender farm, beaches
Lord Stirling Park
Great Kills Park
Floyd Bennet Field
Now it's your turn!
Share your best tips and recs for NYC and the surrounding areas in the comments... leggo!
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