Things to do that cost money — not dinner. NYC first, then Lower New York (Long Island, Westchester & Rockland) and New Jersey near the city. Everything else on this site is free.
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📍 Rosebank, Staten Island
Closed · opens at 12 PM today (NY time)
A historic site in Rosebank. What sets it apart: the waterfront home of photographer Alice Austen (1866–1952), a nationally designated site of LGBTQ+ history (per its official site).
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2 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305 · Map
| Sun | Closed |
|---|---|
| Mon | Closed |
| Tue | Closed |
| Wed | 12 PM–5 PM |
| Thu | 12 PM–5 PM |
| Fri | 12 PM–5 PM |
| Sat | 11 AM–5 PM |
📍 Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
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A Greek Revival mansion and gardens in Pelham Bay Park with period rooms and walking trails along the water.
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📍 Flushing, Queens
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A 1661 Flushing home where John Bowne hosted banned Quaker meetings, an early milestone for religious freedom in America.
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📍 Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
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A Brooklyn Heights library and museum in an 1881 landmark, with exhibitions on the borough's past.
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📍 Bayside, Queens
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A Civil War-era fort on Little Neck Bay, with stone batteries, tunnels and waterfront views. Park rangers lead tours.
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📍 Richmondtown, Staten Island
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A living history village of restored buildings from the 1600s to the 1900s, with costumed demonstrations and seasonal events.
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📍 Jamaica, Queens
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The Jamaica home of Rufus King, a signer of the Constitution and an early opponent of slavery, set in a public park.
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📍 Flushing, Queens
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The Flushing home of Black inventor Lewis Latimer, who improved the light bulb filament, now a museum about invention.
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📍 NoHo, Manhattan
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An 1832 rowhouse with its original furnishings intact, home to one family for nearly 100 years and said to be haunted.
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📍 Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
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The oldest house in the Bronx, a 1748 Georgian manor in Van Cortlandt Park that George Washington used during the Revolution.
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📍 Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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Historic houses preserving Weeksville, one of the country's largest free Black communities before the Civil War, with tours and programs.
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📍 Woodlawn, Bronx
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A 400-acre National Historic Landmark cemetery with grand mausoleums and the graves of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, plus guided tours.
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📍 East Flatbush, Brooklyn
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New York City's oldest building, a Dutch farmhouse from around 1652, with tours, a garden and farm programs in East Flatbush.
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