PLANNER
Plan my outing
Date night, friends, solo or family. 2–3 verified stops, open that day, close together.
🗽 Your 1-day trip · All NYC
Day 1 · Thursday, Oct 29 · Midtown & Times Square
- from$449:30 AM – 11:15 AM1
Empire State Building Observatory
The 86th-floor open-air deck and museum floors. 102nd floor costs more.
- 🚶 ~6 min walk
- 11:21 AM – 11:51 AM2
Times Square
The lights, billboards and the red steps at Duffy Square. Free and open around the clock; best after dark.
- 🚶 ~18 min walk
- $3812:09 PM – 2:39 PM3
Intrepid Museum
An aircraft carrier with planes on deck, the space shuttle Enterprise and a submarine.
- 🚶 ~23 min walk
- 3:02 PM – 4:02 PM4
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The lions, the Astor Hall exhibitions and free docent tours. The Rose Main Reading Room is open to visitors only 10–11 AM, Mon–Sat.
- 🚶 Right nearby (~3 min walk)
- 4:05 PM – 5:05 PM5
Bryant Park
Midtown's lawn and reading room behind the library, with free programs most of the year.
- 🚶 ~10 min walk
- 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM6
Rockefeller Center plaza
The plaza, the Prometheus statue and the flags (and the tree from late November). Walking the plaza is free.