arts culture
AKC Museum of the Dog
📍 Murray Hill
Art museum all about dogs: paintings, sculpture and interactive digital displays, plus a kids corner and library. Pet dogs are welcome on Fridays.
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Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn
📍 Downtown Brooklyn
Dine-in cinema with strict no-talking rules, food and drinks at your seat, and themed special screenings.
Official site ↗arts culture
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan
📍 Financial District
Dine-in cinema at 28 Liberty with food served during the movie and a bar.
Official site ↗arts culture
Alpine Cinemas
📍 Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge's neighborhood movie theater on Fifth Avenue, showing current new releases.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
American Veterans Memorial Pier
📍 Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge fishing pier just south of Owl's Head Park that juts into the Upper Bay, with views of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.
Official site ↗arts culture
Angelika Film Center
📍 SoHo
Classic downtown art-house cinema for independent and foreign films, with a café upstairs.
Official site ↗arts culture
Anthology Film Archives
📍 East Village
An East Village archive and cinema for avant-garde, experimental and rare films in an old courthouse.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Archie Spigner Park
📍 St. Albans
Southeast Queens neighborhood park (formerly St. Albans Park) with a lawn called Musician's Oval that honors local musicians, paved constellation markers showing when each is best seen, a flagpole that works as a sundial
Official site ↗arts culture
Asia Society Museum
📍 Upper East Side
Park Avenue museum of traditional and contemporary Asian art, with free docent-led tours, family days, films and talks. Museum admission is free every Friday.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Astoria Park
📍 Astoria
A big waterfront park under the Hell Gate and RFK bridges, with trails, a track, tennis courts and the city's oldest and largest pool.
Official site ↗other
Avant Garden
📍 Manhattan
A restaurant on Avenue A in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: michelin (per its official site).
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Baisley Pond Park
📍 South Jamaica
A South Jamaica park around Baisley Pond, with fishing, a running track, cricket fields, shady picnic spots and natural habitat to explore.
Official site ↗arts culture
BAM
📍 Fort Greene
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, a Fort Greene arts center for theater, dance, opera and independent film across several historic venues.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Barretto Point Park
📍 Hunts Point
A small East River waterfront park in Hunts Point with fishing piers, a kayak launch, lawns and a volleyball net.
Official site ↗other
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
📍 Pelham Bay Park
A Greek Revival mansion and gardens in Pelham Bay Park with period rooms and walking trails along the water.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bennett Park
📍 Hudson Heights
Small, quiet Hudson Heights park on land bought by newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett in 1871 and opened as a park in 1929, with a playground and public restrooms.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bensonhurst Park
📍 Bath Beach
One of the bigger parks on the Brooklyn waterfront, with a round central lawn, busy handball courts, ballfields, eight tennis courts near the water and a playground. It's also a starting point for biking the Shore Parkwa
Official site ↗arts culture
Birdland
📍 Theater District
A Theater District jazz club named for Charlie Parker, with big bands, singers and dinner seating.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Blue Heron Park
📍 Annadale
A South Shore nature park with a nature center, a meadow boardwalk, woodland trails and great old trees.
Official site ↗arts culture
Blue Note Jazz Club
📍 Greenwich Village
The famous Village jazz club with two sets most nights and late-night shows.
Official site ↗other
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
📍 Astoria
New York's oldest beer garden, opened by Czech and Slovak immigrants in 1910, with long picnic tables under the trees and Czech beer.
Official site ↗other
Bolivian Llama Party
📍 Woodside
A modern Bolivian street food spot serving salteñas, smoked brisket and chola sandwiches on 48th Avenue in Woodside. Open seven days. What sets it apart: happy hour (per its official site).
Official site ↗arts culture
Bronx Documentary Center
📍 Melrose
Nonprofit photography gallery and education space in the South Bronx, with documentary exhibitions, film screenings, talks and photography classes.
Official site ↗other
Bronx Night Market
📍 Fordham
A seasonal Saturday open-air market on Fordham Plaza with local vendors, music and community events.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bronx Park
📍 Bronx Park
Large park along the Bronx River with forest, natural areas, hiking trails, a greenway and a kayak and canoe launch. The river runs through a gorge here, and it is home to plenty of birds and wildlife.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Brainery
📍 Prospect Heights
Casual, low-cost evening classes for adults on all sorts of topics, from soap making and fabric painting to watercolor and quirky history talks. Easy to book as a pair.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Children's Museum
📍 Crown Heights
The world's first museum built for children, founded in 1899, with hands-on exhibits for young kids in a bright yellow building.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Glass
📍 Gowanus
Glassblowing studio with three-hour beginner workshops where you blow your own drinking tumbler, bowl or stemless wine glass. No experience needed.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Museum
📍 Prospect Heights
One of the country's largest art museums, with Egyptian art, Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and themed First Saturday evenings.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Steel
📍 East Williamsburg
Big concert venue in a converted steel factory.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Brookville Park
📍 Rosedale
Southeast Queens park with natural areas on the Atlantic Flyway bird migration route, a greenway path, barbecue areas, bocce and tennis courts, ballfields and a playground.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Brower Park
📍 Crown Heights
Crown Heights park that is home to the Brooklyn Children's Museum, with a grassy picnic lawn, play areas, a skate park and two full basketball courts, plus a dog-friendly area.
Official site ↗other
Bryant Park Grill
📍 New York
A restaurant on West 40th Street in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: rooftop (per its official site).
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bush Terminal Piers Park
📍 Sunset Park
Quiet waterfront park on a former port complex, with an esplanade past tide pools and restored wetlands, a nature preserve, ballfields and views of the Bay Ridge Channel. Enter at 43rd St.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bushwick Inlet Park
📍 Williamsburg/Greenpoint
A waterfront park on the East River with a big multipurpose field, a green-roofed building, a viewing platform and Manhattan skyline views.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Calvert Vaux Park
📍 Gravesend
A Gravesend Bay park built from soil dug out for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, with a restored waterfront, water views, birds, trails and sports fields.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Canarsie Park
📍 Canarsie
A large park between Paerdegat and Fresh Creek basins, with natural areas and trails, cricket and soccer fields, a skate park and barbecue areas.
Official site ↗arts culture
Center for Architecture
📍 Greenwich Village
AIA New York's storefront galleries with free architecture and design exhibitions, plus talks and events (some ticketed).
Official site ↗other
Center for Brooklyn History
📍 Brooklyn Heights
A Brooklyn Heights library and museum in an 1881 landmark, with exhibitions on the borough's past.
Official site ↗arts culture
Children's Museum of Manhattan
📍 New York
A museum on West 83rd Street in New York. What sets it apart: interactive exhibits and programs built for kids ages 0–6 (per its official site).
Official site ↗arts culture
Cinema Village
📍 Greenwich Village
One of the city's oldest continuously running cinemas, showing indie films and documentaries.
Official site ↗arts culture
Cinemart Cinemas
📍 Forest Hills
Neighborhood movie house and theater café in Forest Hills showing new releases, with regular open-caption (on-screen subtitle) showings.
Official site ↗arts culture
City Island Nautical Museum
📍 City Island
A small museum in an old City Island schoolhouse covering the island's sailing, shipbuilding and fishing history.
Official site ↗arts culture
City Reliquary
📍 Williamsburg
A tiny, volunteer-run Williamsburg museum of New York curiosities: subway tokens, Statue of Liberty souvenirs and other civic memorabilia.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Claremont Park
📍 Claremont
Hilly neighborhood park in the West Bronx with lawns for picnics, barbecue areas, two playgrounds, a gazebo, ball courts, a dog-friendly area and an outdoor public pool in summer.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
📍 Charleston
A 265-acre nature preserve of ponds, wetlands, sand barrens and woods, with hiking and bridle trails and a free nature center. No pets.
Official site ↗arts culture
Clue Chase
📍 Midtown
Escape rooms with themes from a museum heist to a space mission.
Official site ↗arts culture
Cobble Hill Cinemas
📍 Cobble Hill
Neighborhood five-screen movie house on Court Street showing first-run films.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Coffey Park
📍 Red Hook
Shady neighborhood park in the middle of Red Hook, named for 19th-century local political leader Michael J. Coffey, with a playground, basketball and handball courts, barbecue areas, spray showers and a dog-friendly area
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Concrete Plant Park
📍 West Farms
A former concrete plant turned riverside park on the Bronx River, with re-established salt marsh and a kayak and canoe launch.
Official site ↗arts culture
Coney Island Museum
📍 Coney Island
Run by the nonprofit Coney Island USA, with exhibits on the neighborhood's amusement history, plus the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and the Mermaid Parade.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Conference House Park
📍 Tottenville
NYC's southernmost park: 265 acres with four historic buildings, Raritan Bay views, hiking and biking trails and a visitors center.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Cooper Park Dog Run
📍 East Williamsburg
A dog run in Cooper Park at Morgan Avenue and Sharon Street.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Crocheron Park
📍 Bayside
A Bayside park on Little Neck Bay with a scenic pond, winding paths, a footbridge to the waterfront and good fall color.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Crotona Park
📍 Crotona
A 127-acre Bronx flagship park with a 3.3-acre lake full of turtles and ducks, 28 tree species, a nature center and the borough's largest pool.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
📍 Hamilton Heights
Multi-level 28-acre park built 69 feet above the Hudson, with a river promenade, playgrounds, a running track, courts and picnic areas. Pool, skating and the carousel charge small fees. No pets.
Official site ↗arts culture
Dizzy's Club
📍 Columbus Circle
Jazz at Lincoln Center's club with a view of Central Park behind the band.
Official site ↗other
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
📍 Inwood
Manhattan's last surviving Dutch colonial farmhouse, a late-1700s home on a hill in Inwood with period rooms, exhibitions and a garden that's free to wander.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Dyker Beach Park Dog Run
📍 Dyker Heights
A dog run in Dyker Beach Park at 7th Avenue and 86th Street.
Official site ↗arts culture
Escape Room Madness
📍 Midtown
Escape rooms near Times Square with several themes.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Ewen Park Dog Run
📍 Riverdale
A dog run in Ewen Park, south of 232nd Street in Riverdale.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Ferry Point Park
📍 Throgs Neck
A mile and a half of Bronx waterfront with views of the East River, Long Island Sound, the Manhattan skyline and the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges.
Official site ↗arts culture
Film at Lincoln Center
📍 Upper West Side
Home of the New York Film Festival, with daily screenings of new art-house releases and repertory series.
Official site ↗arts culture
Film Forum
📍 Greenwich Village
A nonprofit cinema on Houston Street screening independent premieres and classic film series.
Official site ↗arts culture
Film Noir Cinema
📍 Greenpoint
Small Greenpoint cinema and video store screening cult, horror and noir films.
Official site ↗arts culture
Flushing Town Hall
📍 Flushing
An 1862 Romanesque Revival town hall that now hosts jazz jams, global music and dance performances in Flushing.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Forest Park Dog Runs
📍 Woodhaven
Two dog runs in Forest Park: the K9 Korral and the Overlook Dog Park ("The Barking Lot").
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Fort Greene Park
📍 Fort Greene
A historic hilltop park shaped by Olmsted and Vaux, with sloping hills, majestic trees, a visitor center and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Fort Totten Park
📍 Bayside
Waterfront park on the Long Island Sound side of Bayside, built around a preserved Civil War fortress, with historic buildings to explore, natural areas, a nature center and a summer pool. Winter is a good time to watch
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Fort Washington Park
📍 Washington Heights
A 160-acre ribbon of cliffs, meadows and woods on the Hudson, with the Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge and views of the Palisades.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Francis Lewis Park
📍 Whitestone
Whitestone waterfront park on land the British granted in 1765 to Welsh-born merchant Francis Lewis, with a kayak and canoe launch, bocce, basketball and pickleball courts and a playground.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Grand Ferry Park
📍 Williamsburg
Small waterfront park on the site of the old Grand Street ferry landing, with East River and Manhattan views and a quiet spot to sit by the water.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Great Kills Park
📍 Great Kills
A 523-acre national park on the South Shore with a beach, a multi-use path, hiking and biking trails and fishing spots.
Official site ↗arts culture
Grey Art Museum (NYU)
📍 East Village
New York University's fine-art museum, showing rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary art at Cooper Square.
Official site ↗other
Grimm Artisanal Ales
📍 Williamsburg
A Brooklyn brewery's taproom and rooftop in East Williamsburg, pouring creative sours and IPAs brewed on-site.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Harlem River Park
📍 East Harlem
Riverside greenway strip along the Harlem River in East Harlem, with a bike and walking path, natural areas, a playground and a soccer field.
Official site ↗other
Hart Bar
📍 Bushwick
A cocktail, beer and wine bar with a daily 5 to 8 PM happy hour on Hart Street in Bushwick. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Herbert Von King Park Dog Run
📍 Bedford-Stuyvesant
A dog run in Herbert Von King Park at Marcy and Lafayette Avenues.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Hermon A. MacNeil Park
📍 College Point
Waterfront park at the tip of College Point with a promenade for walking, running or biking, old shade trees, a kayak and canoe launch onto the East River and Flushing Bay, and low-flying planes heading to and from LaGua
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
High Rock Park
📍 Greenbelt
A natural-area park with wooded hiking trails in Staten Island's Greenbelt.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Highbridge Park
📍 Washington Heights
Cliffside woods along the Harlem River, home to the High Bridge (the city's oldest standing bridge) and its water tower, plus the city's first mountain-bike course and a skate park.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Highland Park
📍 Cypress Hills
Hilly park on the Brooklyn–Queens border with hiking trails and natural areas, plus playgrounds, ball fields, tennis courts and barbecue areas.
Official site ↗other
Hill Country Barbecue Market
📍 New York
A barbecue restaurant on West 26th Street in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: live music (per its official site).
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Hillside Dog Park
📍 Brooklyn Heights
A dedicated dog park at Columbia Heights and Middagh Street.
Official site ↗other
Historic Richmond Town
📍 Richmondtown
A living history village of restored buildings from the 1600s to the 1900s, with costumed demonstrations and seasonal events.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Hunter's Point South Park Dog Run
📍 Long Island City
A dog run in Hunter's Point South Park on the Long Island City waterfront.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Hunts Point Riverside Park
📍 Hunts Point
Former dumping ground turned Bronx River waterfront park, with a fishing pier, a kayak and canoe launch, barbecue areas and a link to the Bronx River Greenway.
Official site ↗arts culture
IFC Center
📍 Greenwich Village
A Sixth Avenue art-house cinema with indie premieres, documentaries and cult midnight screenings.
Official site ↗arts culture
Interference Archive
📍 Park Slope / Gowanus
Volunteer-run open-stacks archive of protest posters, zines, buttons and other social-movement materials, with exhibitions, workshops, talks and film screenings. Current show: Call and Response, songbooks from the labor
Official site ↗arts culture
International Center of Photography (ICP)
📍 Lower East Side
Photography museum and school with rotating exhibitions of documentary, art and news photography. Admission is reduced on Thursday evenings.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Isham Park
📍 Inwood
Hillside Inwood park on ground that played a part in the Revolutionary War battle of Fort Washington, with an outcrop of Inwood marble and a large ginkgo tree. Urban Park Rangers lead restoration work here with local stu
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
J. Hood Wright Park Dog Run
📍 Washington Heights
A dog run in J. Hood Wright Park at Fort Washington Avenue and 173rd Street.
Official site ↗other
Jack's Fire Department
📍 Queens
A pub on Skillman Avenue in Queens, family-run since 1986. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: in business since 1986 (per its official site).
Official site ↗arts culture
Jackie Robinson Museum
📍 New York
A museum on Varick Street in New York. In its own words: “Learn about the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson through artifacts, historical imagery and multilayered storytelling.” (official site)
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Jacob Riis Park
📍 Rockaway
A national park beach with a 1932 bathhouse, picnic area and playgrounds. Lifeguards Memorial Day–Labor Day.
Official site ↗arts culture
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
📍 Lighthouse Hill
A hilltop museum built like a Himalayan monastery, with a meditation garden and Tibetan and Buddhist art.
Official site ↗arts culture
Japan Society Gallery
📍 Turtle Bay
Japanese art gallery near the UN, now showing Gen'ichirō Inokuma's NYC Salon (Oct 6, 2026–Jan 10, 2027). Free First Fridays 5–7 PM (Nov 6, Dec 4, Jan 8).
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Juniper Valley Park
📍 Middle Village
A busy neighborhood park in Middle Village, with a running track, tennis, bocce and shuffleboard courts and wide lawns.
Official site ↗arts culture
Kew Gardens Cinemas
📍 Kew Gardens
Independent neighborhood cinema near the LIRR showing first-run and art films.
Official site ↗other
King Manor Museum
📍 Jamaica
The Jamaica home of Rufus King, a signer of the Constitution and an early opponent of slavery, set in a public park.
Official site ↗other
Kingsland Homestead (Queens Historical Society)
📍 Flushing
Late-1700s farmhouse in Weeping Beech Park, home of the Queens Historical Society, seen on guided tours with Queens history exhibitions. Advance timed tickets only.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Kissena Park
📍 Flushing
A 237-acre Flushing park around Kissena Lake, with weeping willows, trails, and a historic grove of exotic trees that began as a 19th-century nursery.
Official site ↗arts culture
Komnata Quest
📍 Midtown
Escape rooms in Midtown, from beginner puzzles to scarier live-actor games.
Official site ↗other
L&B Spumoni Gardens
📍 Gravesend
A Gravesend institution since 1939, known for square Sicilian slices with sauce on top and tri-color spumoni eaten at outdoor picnic tables.
Official site ↗arts culture
Le Poisson Rouge
📍 Greenwich Village
A Bleecker Street venue on the site of the old Village Gate, mixing concerts, classical music and comedy.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Leif Ericson Park
📍 Dyker Heights
Long neighborhood park running between 66th and 67th Streets, with ballfields, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts, fitness equipment, playgrounds and a dog-friendly area.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Lemon Creek Park
📍 Prince's Bay
A 105-acre South Shore waterfront park with natural areas, trails, fishing, a kayak launch, a marina and birdhouses.
Official site ↗other
Lewis Latimer House Museum
📍 Flushing
The Flushing home of Black inventor Lewis Latimer, who improved the light bulb filament, now a museum about invention.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Little Bay Park Dog Run
📍 Bayside
A dog run in Little Bay Park off the Cross Island Parkway at Utopia Parkway.
Official site ↗arts culture
Louis Armstrong House Museum
📍 Corona
The Corona home where Louis and Lucille Armstrong lived for nearly 30 years, preserved as they left it, with a center across the street.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Macombs Dam Park
📍 Concourse
Sports park beside Yankee Stadium. Its southern ballfield sits on the footprint of the original stadium, so you can bat where the Yankee greats once did, and the Joseph Yancey Track and Field has a 400-meter track, a tur
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Madison Square Park Dog Run
📍 Flatiron
A dog run inside Madison Square Park, between 23rd and 26th Streets.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Magnet Theater
📍 Chelsea
Improv theater and school with low-cost improv and sketch shows most nights.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Manhattan Beach Park Dog Run
📍 Manhattan Beach
A dog run in Manhattan Beach Park, east of Ocean Avenue.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Marcus Garvey Park
📍 Harlem
A Harlem park with the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater for summer plays and concerts, playgrounds built for all kids, a pool and great old trees.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Marsha P. Johnson State Park
📍 Williamsburg
Seven-acre East River waterfront park with Manhattan skyline views, native meadows among old rail-yard remnants, a play area and picnic spots. Entry and public programs are free.
Official site ↗arts culture
Metrograph
📍 Lower East Side
A Lower East Side cinema showing 35mm repertory and new releases, with a bookshop and restaurant.
Official site ↗arts culture
Minton's Playhouse
📍 Harlem
The Harlem room where bebop was born, with live jazz and dinner.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Morningside Park Dog Run
📍 Morningside Heights
A dog run in Morningside Park off Morningside Avenue.
Official site ↗other
Morris-Jumel: Uncovering Uptown History Walking Tour
📍 Washington Heights
Guided walking tour of uptown history starting from Manhattan's oldest house. The mansion itself is temporarily closed, but the tours and surrounding Roger Morris Park continue.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Msgr. McGolrick Park
📍 Greenpoint
Quiet, tree-shaded Greenpoint park with a historic 1910 central pavilion, World War I and USS Monitor monuments, a gated playground with spray showers and a Sunday farmers market. NYC Parks lists dog-friendly areas.
Official site ↗arts culture
Museum of Arts and Design
📍 Columbus Circle
A Columbus Circle museum of craft, art and design, with artist studios and a restaurant overlooking Central Park.
Official site ↗other
Museum of Bronx History (Valentine-Varian House)
📍 Norwood
Bronx County Historical Society museum in a 1758 fieldstone farmhouse, with exhibitions on Bronx history.
Official site ↗arts culture
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
📍 Chinatown
Museum of Chinese American history and culture, with exhibitions and public programs. NYC residents can pay what they wish in person with residency ID.
Official site ↗arts culture
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
📍 Battery Park City
Holocaust history museum with core exhibition The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do and Andy Goldsworthy's Garden of Stones. Free admission Thursdays 4–8 PM with an advance reservation.
Official site ↗other
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS)
📍 East Village
Small storefront museum on the East Village's history of squats, community gardens and grassroots activism, in the historic C-Squat building.
Official site ↗arts culture
Museum of the City of New York
📍 East Harlem
A Fifth Avenue museum about New York's past and present, with a film on the city's history and rotating exhibits.
Official site ↗arts culture
National Lighthouse Museum
📍 St. George
A museum near the ferry terminal on the former U.S. Lighthouse Service depot, telling the story of America's lighthouses.
Official site ↗other
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts
📍 Central Park
A free summer classical series on the Naumburg Bandshell, the stone shell at the end of the Central Park Mall. It is one of the oldest outdoor concert series in the park.
Official site ↗arts culture
Neue Galerie
📍 Upper East Side
A Fifth Avenue mansion museum for German and Austrian art, home to Klimt's Woman in Gold and a Viennese café.
Official site ↗arts culture
New Museum
📍 Lower East Side
Contemporary art museum on the Bowery showing new work by living artists from around the world, with exhibitions, talks and public programs.
Official site ↗arts culture
New York Hall of Science
📍 Flushing Meadows
A hands-on science museum built for the 1964 World's Fair, with interactive exhibits for kids and a science playground.
Official site ↗arts culture
New York Transit Museum
📍 Brooklyn
A museum on Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn. In its own words: “Founded in 1976, the New York Transit Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of New York’s mass transportation.” (official site)
Official site ↗arts culture
New York Transit Museum Gallery
📍 Midtown
A small gallery and shop inside Grand Central Terminal with exhibits on the city's subways and buses.
Official site ↗arts culture
New-York Historical Society
📍 Upper West Side
New York's oldest museum, on Central Park West, covering American and city history, with Tiffany lamps and Hudson River School art.
Official site ↗arts culture
Nicholas Roerich Museum
📍 Upper West Side
Quiet townhouse museum devoted to the paintings of Nicholas Roerich, known for his vivid Himalayan landscapes.
Official site ↗arts culture
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park
📍 Windsor Terrace
Dine-in cinema in a restored 1920s theater by Prospect Park, with new films, midnight shows and themed brunch screenings.
Official site ↗arts culture
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
📍 Williamsburg
Independent dine-in movie theater: food and drinks served at your seat during new releases and cult repertory screenings.
Official site ↗arts culture
Noguchi Museum
📍 Long Island City
Isamu Noguchi's own museum and sculpture garden in Long Island City, a calm space of stone, wood and light.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Owls Head Park Dog Run
📍 Bay Ridge
A dog run in Owls Head Park at 68th Street and Shore Road.
Official site ↗arts culture
Paris Theater
📍 Midtown
The city's last single-screen movie palace, by the Plaza, showing new releases and classic series.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Peter Detmold Park Dog Run
📍 Turtle Bay
A dog run in Peter Detmold Park, just west of the FDR in Turtle Bay.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Pier 25 Mini Golf
📍 Tribeca
Manhattan's only 18-hole mini golf course, on a Hudson River pier, with waterfalls, streams, a pond, bridges, sand traps and a cave. Walk-ins only; kids under 12 need an adult.
Official site ↗arts culture
Pioneer Works
📍 Red Hook
Red Hook art and science center in a former ironworks: galleries, a garden, artist residencies and science talks.
Official site ↗arts culture
Poster House
📍 Chelsea
The first museum in the United States dedicated to posters, with shows on design, advertising and propaganda.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Pugsley Creek Park
📍 Castle Hill
Quiet South Bronx park of wetlands and salt marsh with hiking trails, a kayak and canoe launch, and wildlife in largely untouched natural areas.
Official site ↗arts culture
Quad Cinema
📍 Greenwich Village
Four-screen Village art house showing new independent and international films plus curated retrospectives, with a bar.
Official site ↗other
Queens County Farm Museum
📍 Floral Park
New York City's largest working farm, a 47-acre site with animals, orchards and seasonal events like a corn maze.
Official site ↗arts culture
Queens Museum
📍 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Art museum next to the Unisphere, home of the Panorama of the City of New York model. Admission is pay-what-you-wish; reserving a timed ticket is encouraged.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Ralph Demarco Park
📍 Astoria
Small East River waterfront park on Shore Boulevard in Astoria, created to open up the river to the neighborhood. NYC Parks lists a dog-friendly area.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Randall's Island Park
📍 Randall's Island
An island park between Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens, with sports fields, Icahn Stadium and public programs.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Roberto Clemente State Park
📍 Morris Heights
A 25-acre waterfront park on the Harlem River with a riverside promenade, ball fields, playgrounds and picnic areas. No pets.
Official site ↗other
Rosa's at Park
📍 Bronx
A restaurant on Park Avenue in the Bronx. Open seven days. What sets it apart: rooftop (per its official site).
Official site ↗arts culture
Roxy Cinema
📍 Tribeca
Single-screen cinema in the basement of the Roxy Hotel, mostly 35mm classics and repertory, with a bar.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Sakura Park
📍 Morningside Heights
Small, peaceful park between Riverside Church and International House, named for the Japanese cherry trees gifted to the city in 1912.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Sara D. Roosevelt Park
📍 Lower East Side
Long, narrow green strip running from Houston Street down to Canal on the Lower East Side, the neighborhood's biggest open space, with playgrounds, a turf soccer field, a running track, ball courts and a roller-skating r
Official site ↗arts culture
SculptureCenter
📍 Long Island City
A contemporary art space in a former trolley repair shop in Long Island City, with experimental shows in its brick basement galleries.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Seton Falls Park
📍 Edenwald
Northeast Bronx park with more than 30 acres of protected woods and wetlands. Hiking paths follow a stream from a small man-made waterfall through the forest, where about thirty bird species live, and there's a playgroun
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Seton Park Dog Run
📍 Riverdale
A dog run in Seton Park at 232nd Street and Independence Avenue.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Seward Park
📍 Lower East Side
One of the largest parks on the Lower East Side, named for the New York statesman behind the 1867 Alaska purchase. It holds the first permanent city-built playground in the country, plus basketball and volleyball courts.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Sherman Creek Park
📍 Inwood
Five small street-end parks on the Harlem River from W 202nd to W 206th St, with waterfront seating, picnic tables, fishing access and a kayak launch.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Shirley Chisholm State Park
📍 Spring Creek
A 407-acre park on Jamaica Bay with 10 miles of car-free bike and hiking paths, piers and skyline views. Free loaner bikes Thu–Sun in season (Apr 30–Nov 1 in 2026). No pets.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Shore Park and Parkway
📍 Bay Ridge
A 58-acre waterfront park and promenade in Bay Ridge, known for sunsets over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
Official site ↗arts culture
Smalls Jazz Club
📍 West Village
A small West Village basement jazz club with sets late into the night and a friendly, musician-heavy crowd.
Official site ↗arts culture
Smoke Jazz Club
📍 Upper West Side
Intimate Upper West Side jazz supper club with nightly sets.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Soundview Park
📍 Soundview
The 'Gateway to the Bronx River,' where the Bronx River meets the East River, with waterfront views, fishing, trails, a kayak launch and sports fields.
Official site ↗arts culture
Spectacle Theater
📍 Williamsburg
Tiny volunteer-run microcinema showing rare cult, genre and forgotten films for a few dollars.
Official site ↗arts culture
St. Ann's Warehouse
📍 DUMBO
A DUMBO theater inside a converted tobacco warehouse, known for bold international productions steps from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
St. Catherine's Park
📍 Upper East Side
Busy Upper East Side block park on First Avenue with a playground, running track, basketball and handball courts and a tennis wall. Its layout copies a church in Rome, down to elephant-shaped sprinklers.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
St. Mary's Park
📍 Mott Haven
The largest park in the South Bronx, with picnic lawns, a running track, ballfields, tennis and handball courts, a recreation center with an indoor pool, and a dog-friendly area.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
St. Nicholas Park
📍 Hamilton Heights
A long, sloping park between Harlem and Hamilton Heights, running from W 128th to W 141st St, with playgrounds, courts and barbecue areas.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Starlight Park
📍 West Farms
Rebuilt 13-acre park on the Bronx River Greenway with floating docks and a kayak launch, a picnic area, playgrounds and paths linking to nearby riverside parks.
Official site ↗arts culture
Staten Island Children's Museum
📍 Livingston
A hands-on children's museum on the Snug Harbor campus with play spaces about bugs, water and the city.
Official site ↗arts culture
Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor
📍 Snug Harbor
Natural science, art and history museum on the Snug Harbor campus, with fossils, local history and art exhibitions.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Sternberg Park Dog Run
📍 Williamsburg
A dog run in Sternberg Park on Leonard Street.
Official site ↗other
SummerStage in Central Park
📍 Central Park
City Parks Foundation's outdoor stage at Rumsey Playfield, where the summer season brings concerts in the park, from free shows to ticketed headliners, under the Central Park trees.
Official site ↗arts culture
Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen
📍 Bushwick
Bar and restaurant with a dine-in movie theater showing second-run hits and classics at low prices.
Official site ↗arts culture
Tenement Museum
📍 Lower East Side
Guided tours of restored Lower East Side tenement apartments that tell the real stories of immigrant families who lived there.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Django
📍 Tribeca
Cellar jazz bar under the Roxy Hotel with live music nightly.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Drawing Center
📍 SoHo
A SoHo museum devoted to drawing, from old masters to contemporary artists.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Jewish Museum
📍 Upper East Side
Museum Mile art museum of Jewish culture in a Fifth Avenue mansion. Admission is free on Saturdays and on Third Thursdays from 5–8 PM.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Museum at FIT
📍 Chelsea
Fashion Institute of Technology's fashion museum, with rotating exhibitions of clothing, textiles and accessories from its collection.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Skyscraper Museum
📍 Battery Park City
Small museum about tall buildings: exhibitions on skyscraper history, engineering and NYC's skyline. General admission is listed as free.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Studio Museum in Harlem
📍 Harlem
Harlem art museum with exhibitions, an artists-in-residence program, events and education programs in its new 125th Street building.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Ukrainian Museum
📍 East Village
East Village museum of Ukrainian art, folk art and culture, with rotating exhibitions, workshops and classrooms. Free entry on the last Thursday evening of each month.
Official site ↗other
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
📍 Flatiron
National Park Service site recreating the brownstone where Theodore Roosevelt was born, with a visitor center gallery and period rooms seen on ranger-led guided tours.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Theodore Roosevelt Park Dog Run
📍 Upper West Side
A dog run in Theodore Roosevelt Park on Central Park West at 81st Street.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Thomas Jefferson Park Dog Run
📍 East Harlem
A dog run in Thomas Jefferson Park at 112th Street and the FDR.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Udalls Park Preserve
📍 Little Neck
Quiet nature preserve on the edge of Little Neck Bay, with hiking trails through protected natural areas and the boulder-strewn North Shore landscape that local legend credits to battling giants.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Union Square Park Dog Run
📍 Union Square
A dog run in Union Square Park at 15th Street and Union Square West.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Valentino Pier
📍 Red Hook
Red Hook pier on the old shipping waterfront with harbor views toward the Statue of Liberty, plus fishing and a kayak and canoe launch.
Official site ↗other
Van Cortlandt House Museum
📍 Van Cortlandt Park
The oldest house in the Bronx, a 1748 Georgian manor in Van Cortlandt Park that George Washington used during the Revolution.
Official site ↗arts culture
Village East by Angelika
📍 East Village
Movie theater inside a landmark 1926 Yiddish theater, with an ornate main auditorium.
Official site ↗arts culture
Village Vanguard
📍 West Village
A basement jazz club open since 1935, where legends like Coltrane and Bill Evans recorded live albums. Two sets nightly.
Official site ↗other
Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary & Victorian Garden
📍 Murray Hill (Flushing)
1891 Victorian house museum with period rooms, exhibitions and a Victorian garden and bird sanctuary.
Official site ↗arts culture
VR World NYC
📍 Midtown
Large virtual reality arcade with dozens of experiences.
Official site ↗music nightlife
VSHOW Karaoke
📍 Flushing (Downing St)
Private KTV rooms in Flushing for groups of up to 12 to 50, with a food and drink menu. The hourly rate is a minimum spend on food and drinks.
Official site ↗arts culture
Waterfront Museum
📍 Red Hook
A 1914 wooden railroad barge docked in Red Hook, now a floating museum and performance space with sweeping harbor views.
Official site ↗arts culture
Webster Hall
📍 East Village
Historic East Village concert hall with shows most nights.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
West Harlem Piers
📍 Manhattanville
Landscaped Hudson River waterfront on the old Manhattanville shoreline, with fishing piers, a kayak and canoe launch and free Wi-Fi.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Williamsbridge Oval Dog Run
📍 Norwood
A dog run at the Williamsbridge Oval on Reservoir Oval East.
Official site ↗arts culture
Williamsburg Cinemas
📍 Williamsburg
Independent multiplex in Williamsburg with reclining seats and first-run films.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Willowbrook Park
📍 Willowbrook
A Greenbelt park with woodland trails and a five-acre lake that draws nesting birds.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
WNYC Transmitter Park
📍 Greenpoint
A small Greenpoint waterfront park on the site of the old WNYC radio towers, with a lawn, nature gardens, an esplanade and a fishing pier with skyline views.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Wolfe's Pond Park Dog Run
📍 Prince's Bay
A dog run in Wolfe's Pond Park off Cornelia Avenue.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
WWII Veterans War Memorial Ice Skating Rink
📍 Clove Lakes Park
NYC Parks outdoor ice rink in Clove Lakes Park with a snack bar and skate rentals. The 2026–27 season opens Saturday, Nov 7 and runs to Mar 28.
Official site ↗other
Wyckoff House Museum
📍 East Flatbush
New York City's oldest building, a Dutch farmhouse from around 1652, with tours, a garden and farm programs in East Flatbush.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
African Burial Ground National Monument
📍 Civic Center
A memorial and visitor center honoring the free and enslaved Africans buried here in the 1600s–1700s.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Alley Pond Park trails
📍 Douglaston
Marked woodland and wetland trails in northeast Queens.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
American Girl Place New York
📍 Rockefeller Center
Doll store with a doll hair salon and a café.
Official site ↗family kidsFREE
American Museum of Natural History: pay what you wish (NY State residents)
📍 Upper West Side
General admission is pay-what-you-wish for NY State residents with ID. Special exhibits cost extra.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Apple Fifth Avenue (the glass cube)
📍 Midtown
The glass cube on 59th St, open 24 hours. Free Today at Apple sessions.
Official site ↗arts culture
ARTE MUSEUM New York
📍 Chelsea
Immersive digital art halls of waves, flowers and light projected floor to ceiling.
Official site ↗arts culture
ARTECHOUSE NYC
📍 Chelsea Market
Room-sized digital art in an old boiler room under Chelsea Market. Now showing: Twilight Zone, an ocean show.
Official site ↗food giveawaysFREE
Arthur Avenue Retail Market
📍 Arthur Avenue
LaGuardia's 1940 covered Italian market in Bronx Little Italy: cheese, cured meats, cigars, a beer hall and Gene Bean's ices. Free to wander.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Big Apple Greeter
📍 All five boroughs
A free volunteer "greeter" shows you a neighborhood like a local. Request online in advance.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Books of Wonder
📍 Flatiron
NYC's classic kids' bookstore, with original illustration art and Oz rarities.
Official site ↗arts culture
BrainXcape
📍 Manhattan
Manhattan escape rooms for groups.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bronx Park & Bronx River paths
📍 Bronx River
Riverside paths along the Bronx River between the Zoo and the Botanical Garden.
Official site ↗family kids
Bronx Zoo
📍 Bronx Park
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗family kids
Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights: Opening Weekend
📍 Bronx Park
An after-dark walk through illuminated wildlife displays and interactive seasonal features. Opening weekend is Sat Nov 21 and Sun Nov 22; lights switch on at 4:30 PM.
Official site ↗family kidsFREE
Bronx Zoo: free Wednesdays
📍 Bronx Park
Free general admission every Wednesday with an advance date-specific ticket.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Brookfield Place Winter Garden
📍 Battery Park City
A glass atrium with 16 palm trees overlooking the Hudson marina. Free to enter.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
📍 Prospect Heights
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Brooklyn Boulders Queensbridge
📍 Long Island City
A climbing gym in LIC with bouldering and roped walls. Beginners are welcome; sign the waiver before your first visit.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Brooklyn Bridge Park
📍 DUMBO & Brooklyn Heights
85 waterfront acres of piers and lawns with the best Manhattan skyline views.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse: free kayaking
📍 Dumbo, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free kayaking in the calm water between Piers 1 and 2, under the Brooklyn Bridge. Book a slot two weeks ahead or try walking up.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Escape Room
📍 Industry City
Themed puzzle rooms in Industry City.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Brooklyn Go Karts & Mini Golf
📍 Gravesend
Outdoor go-kart track and mini golf.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bryant Park
📍 Midtown
Midtown's lawn and reading room behind the library, with free programs most of the year.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Bryant Park Winter Village Ice Skating
📍 Midtown
Skate in Midtown at Bryant Park's seasonal rink, where admission is free and you can bring your own skates or rent a pair. The 2026–27 season runs Oct 28 to Feb 28.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
CAMP Flatiron
📍 Flatiron
A "family experience" toy store with a secret door and themed play areas.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Carl Schurz Park Dog Runs
📍 Yorkville
Two fenced runs along the East River, from E 84th to 89th Streets near East End Avenue.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Castle Clinton National Monument
📍 The Battery
An 1811 fort in The Battery. Walk in free; it is also where Statue of Liberty ferry tickets are sold.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Central Park
📍 Midtown to Harlem
843 acres of lawns, lakes, bridges and paths. Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge and the Ramble are free anytime.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Central Park off-leash hours
📍 Central Park
Dogs may run off-leash in designated areas early morning and late night; leash them 9 AM–9 PM. Some spots, like the Ramble and Conservatory Garden, are always leash-only.
Official site ↗family kids
Central Park Zoo
📍 Central Park
Sea lions, penguins and snow leopards in the middle of Central Park. Sea lion and penguin feedings run through the day. Kids 2 and under free.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Chelsea Market
📍 Chelsea
A food hall in the old Nabisco factory. Free to browse; food is extra.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Chelsea Piers Bowling
📍 Chelsea
Lanes plus a bar and music; a classic date.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Chelsea Piers Golf Club
📍 Chelsea
Play-focused night out: games, golf or pinball.
Official site ↗tours walks
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
📍 Hell's Kitchen
City views from up high (or on the water). Tickets are timed, so book a slot.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Clove Lakes Park
📍 West Brighton
Lakes, waterfalls and woodland paths, a short bus ride from the ferry.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Conservatory Garden (Central Park)
📍 East Harlem
Central Park's only formal garden: Italian, French and English gardens behind a gilded gate.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Cunningham Park Dog Run
📍 Fresh Meadows
A fenced run on 193rd Street between Aberdeen Road and Radnor Road.
Official site ↗family kids
Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
📍 Coney Island
Rides and boardwalk-style fun. Seasonal hours.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Disney Store Times Square
📍 Times Square
Disney's two-floor Times Square store.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Domino Park
📍 Williamsburg
A waterfront park beside the old sugar refinery, with a long elevated walkway and skyline views.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
📍 Fordham
Poe's last home. No one is turned away.
Official site ↗tours walks
Edge
📍 Hudson Yards
The highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, with a glass floor 100 stories up. Sunset slots sell out first.
Official site ↗arts culture
Edge at Hudson Yards
📍 Hudson Yards
An outdoor sky deck 100 floors up with a glass floor and views across Manhattan.
Official site ↗drinks tastings
Egidio Pastry Shop (Arthur Ave)
📍 Belmont (Arthur Ave)
The oldest pastry shop on Arthur Avenue: cannoli, sfogliatelle and espresso in Bronx Little Italy.
Official site ↗family kids
Empire State Building Observatory
📍 Midtown
The 86th-floor open-air deck and museum floors. 102nd floor costs more.
Official site ↗drinks tastings
Enzo's of Arthur Avenue
📍 Belmont (Arthur Ave)
Old-school red-sauce dining room on Arthur Avenue in Bronx Little Italy, open Monday nights when most of the block is dark.
Official site ↗arts culture
Escape the Room NYC
📍 Flatiron
Eight themed rooms, from a spy mission to a submarine, with unlimited hints. Book the whole room if you want it to be just the two of you.
Official site ↗arts culture
Escapology Rockefeller Center
📍 Midtown
Private escape rooms near Rockefeller Center.
Official site ↗food giveawaysFREE
Essex Market
📍 Lower East Side
A city-run market hall since 1940 with 30+ vendors: Dominican produce, cheese, dumplings and free community events.
Official site ↗arts culture
Exit Escape Room NYC
📍 Garment District
Four private one-hour rooms, so your group never plays with strangers.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
FAO Schwarz
📍 Rockefeller Center
The classic toy store with the giant floor piano from "Big."
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Federal Hall National Memorial
📍 Wall Street
Where George Washington took the oath of office. A National Park Service site with free entry.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
📍 Flushing
The Unisphere and 1964 World's Fair grounds, with lakes and lawns.
Official site ↗drinks tastings
Foods of NY: Greenwich Village Food Tour
📍 Greenwich Village
A 3-hour walking tour with tastings at old-school Village shops, from pizza to cannoli, plus neighborhood history.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Ford Foundation atrium garden
📍 Tudor City
A 12-story glass-walled indoor garden, with a free art gallery next to it.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Forest Park trails
📍 Woodhaven
Wooded hiking trails in the eastern part of the park, one of Queens' biggest forests.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Fort Tryon Park
📍 Hudson Heights
Heather Garden, cliffside views of the Hudson and free year-round programs from the park conservancy.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Fort Tryon Park Dog Run
📍 Hudson Heights
A fenced run on Margaret Corbin Drive. Combine it with a leashed walk through the park.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park
📍 Roosevelt Island
A quiet granite memorial at the tip of Roosevelt Island with a head-on view of the UN.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Gantry Plaza State Park
📍 Long Island City
Old rail gantries, the Pepsi-Cola sign and a wide view of Midtown across the river.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
General Grant National Memorial
📍 Morningside Heights
The largest mausoleum in North America, overlooking Riverside Park.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Grand Central Terminal
📍 Midtown
Free to walk in: the celestial ceiling, the Whispering Gallery and holiday displays. Guided tours cost extra.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Green-Wood Cemetery
📍 Sunset Park
A 478-acre National Historic Landmark with hills, ponds and famous graves. Admission is always free.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Greenacre Park
📍 Turtle Bay
A 25-foot waterfall and shaded terraces between two buildings.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Guggenheim: Pay What You Wish
📍 Upper East Side
The spiral by Frank Lloyd Wright. Pay any amount in the late-afternoon window.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
📍 Hamilton Heights
Alexander Hamilton's only home, in St. Nicholas Park.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Harry Potter New York
📍 Flatiron
Three floors of wands, robes and Butterbeer, plus paid VR experiences.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Hudson River Park
📍 West Side waterfront
Four miles of piers, bike paths and sunset views along the Hudson from Battery Park City to 59th St.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Hunter's Point South Park
📍 Long Island City
A 30-foot cantilevered overlook facing the UN and Midtown.
Official site ↗family kids
Intrepid Museum
📍 Hell's Kitchen, Pier 86
An aircraft carrier with planes on deck, the space shuttle Enterprise and a submarine.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Inwood Hill Park
📍 Inwood
Manhattan's last natural forest and salt marsh, with hilly trails at the island's northern tip.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Jefferson Market Garden
📍 Greenwich Village
A free, volunteer-run flower garden behind the old courthouse library, open to visitors April through October.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
LEGO Store Fifth Avenue
📍 Midtown
Big LEGO NYC builds, a Pick & Build wall and a minifigure factory.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Lehman College Art Gallery
📍 Lehman College
A free contemporary art gallery in a Marcel Breuer building on the Lehman College campus.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Louis Valentino Jr. Park & Pier
📍 Red Hook
A quiet Red Hook pier facing the Statue of Liberty, good at sunset.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Lucky Strike Chelsea Piers
📍 Chelsea Piers
40 lanes on the Hudson, plus an arcade and laser tag. Weeknight unlimited bowling is the best deal.
Official site ↗family kids
Luna Park in Coney Island
📍 Coney Island
Rides and boardwalk-style fun. Seasonal hours.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Marine Park & Salt Marsh Nature Center
📍 Marine Park
530 acres of grassland and salt marsh with a nature-center trail run by Urban Park Rangers.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
McCarren Park Dog Run
📍 Williamsburg
A fenced run at North 12th Street, Driggs Avenue and Union Avenue.
Official site ↗arts culture
Mercer Labs
📍 Financial District
Immersive art-and-technology rooms of light, sound and mirrors near the WTC.
Official site ↗arts culture
Mission Escape Games
📍 Garment District
Private 60-minute rooms, so it's only your group. A cyberpunk room and a bank heist are the favorites.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Mmuseumm
📍 Tribeca / Chinatown
A tiny museum of odd everyday objects in a former elevator shaft. Free; donations welcome.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
MoMA PS1
📍 Long Island City
Contemporary art in a former public school. Admission is free for all.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
MoMA: UNIQLO Friday Nights (free for NY State residents)
📍 Midtown
Free Friday nights for NY State residents. Reserve tickets ahead.
Official site ↗family kids
MoMath (National Museum of Mathematics)
📍 Chelsea / Flatiron
Hands-on math exhibits, including a square-wheeled tricycle. Under 2 free.
Official site ↗arts culture
Museum of the Moving Image
📍 Astoria
Interactive film and TV galleries where you can dub a movie scene or make a stop-motion clip, then catch a screening in the theater.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Neue Galerie: free First Fridays
📍 Upper East Side
Klimt's gold "Woman in Gold" portrait for free once a month. Expect a line.
Official site ↗family kids
New York Aquarium
📍 Coney Island
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗arts culture
New York Botanical Garden
📍 Bedford Park
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Nintendo New York
📍 Rockefeller Center
Nintendo's flagship store, with game demos and a display of vintage consoles.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Noguchi Museum: Free First Friday
📍 Long Island City
Isamu Noguchi's own museum and garden, free the first Friday of each month. No reservation needed.
Official site ↗tours walks
NYC Ferry (scenic East River ride)
📍 Wall St / Pier 11 and other landings
The cheapest boat ride with a view after the free Staten Island Ferry. The East River route passes under three bridges between Wall St, Dumbo, Williamsburg and Long Island City.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
📍 Midtown
The lions, the Rose Main Reading Room (public visiting hour Mon–Sat 10–11 AM) and free docent tours.
Official site ↗family kids
One World Observatory
📍 Financial District
The top of One World Trade Center, with a fast elevator ride and views of the whole harbor.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Orchard Beach promenade (Pelham Bay Park)
📍 Orchard Beach
The "Bronx Riviera": a crescent beach and promenade on Long Island Sound, quiet and breezy off-season.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Paley Park
📍 Midtown
A tiny pocket park with a 20-foot waterfall that drowns out traffic. The water is off in January.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Pearl River Mart
📍 SoHo
An Asian-American emporium of lanterns, ceramics, slippers and snacks since 1971.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Pelham Bay Park
📍 Pelham Bay
NYC's largest park, with Orchard Beach, trails and shoreline.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Pelham Bay Park Dog Run
📍 Pelham Bay
A fenced run by the Middletown Road parking lot, off Stadium Avenue, with an off-leash area nearby.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Pelham Bay Park trails
📍 Pelham Bay
NYC's largest park, with hiking trails, bridle paths and about 13 miles of shoreline.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Pier 2 Roller Rink
📍 Brooklyn Bridge Park
Family-friendly outdoor roller rink under the Pier 2 canopy with skyline views.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Pier 57 Rooftop Park
📍 Chelsea, Hudson River Park
A free 2-acre rooftop lawn over the Hudson. Enter by the south gate, then take the stairs or elevator.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Poe Park (Poe Cottage grounds)
📍 Poe Park
The small park around Edgar Allan Poe's last home, with the 1797 cottage and a bandstand.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Prospect Park
📍 Park Slope
Brooklyn's big park: Long Meadow, the lake, the Ravine and the boathouse.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Prospect Park off-leash hours
📍 Prospect Park
Dogs can run off-leash on the Long Meadow (not the ballfields), the Nethermead and the Peninsula during off-leash hours. Leash them the rest of the day.
Official site ↗family kids
Prospect Park Zoo
📍 Prospect Park
A small, easy zoo for little kids: sea lion training sessions, a barn with farm animals and red pandas. Kids 2 and under free.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Public art: Camille Henrot, "Dogs"
📍 Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park
A free Public Art Fund sculpture at the southeast corner of Central Park.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Public art: Woody De Othello, "Guardian Spirit"
📍 Dumbo, Brooklyn Bridge Park
A free Public Art Fund installation on the Brooklyn waterfront, with the bridges behind it.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Queens Botanical Garden
📍 Flushing
39 acres of gardens next to Flushing Meadows.
Official site ↗family kids
Queens Zoo
📍 Flushing Meadows
A small Flushing Meadows zoo of North and South American animals, from bison to sea lions (fed at 11:15, 2 and 4), with a walk-through aviary dome and a petting zoo.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Riverside Park
📍 Upper West Side
A long waterfront park from W 72nd to W 153rd St, good for walks and sunsets.
Official site ↗tours walks
Roosevelt Island Tram
📍 59th St & 2nd Ave ↔ Roosevelt Island
A cable-car ride over the East River to Roosevelt Island; pay with OMNY or a MetroCard.
Official site ↗arts culture
Sandbox VR Times Square
📍 Times Square
Full-body, free-roam VR for up to six people per room. You book a game for your group. Opened in October 2026.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Silver Lake Park Dog Run
📍 Silver Lake
A fenced run on Victory Boulevard below the pavilion, across from the Parkview Apartments.
Official site ↗arts culture
Sloomoo Institute
📍 SoHo
A slime museum: hands-on slime bars, a slime-rain room and a DIY slime station.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Snug Harbor grounds & gardens
📍 Livingston
83 acres of historic buildings and gardens. The outdoor grounds are free and need no reservation.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Socrates Sculpture Park
📍 Long Island City
An outdoor sculpture park on the East River with rotating large-scale art.
Official site ↗arts culture
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
📍 Upper East Side
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Staten Island Ferry
📍 Whitehall Terminal
A free 25-minute harbor ride past the Statue of Liberty and the downtown skyline. Ride over and back.
Official site ↗family kids
Staten Island Zoo
📍 West Brighton
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗tours walks
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island (Statue City Cruises)
📍 Battery Park
City views from up high (or on the water). Tickets are timed, so book a slot.
Official site ↗markets shoppingFREE
Strand Bookstore
📍 Union Square
"18 miles of books," plus the bargain carts outside.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Studio Museum in Harlem: Studio Sundays
📍 Harlem
Free admission and family programs every Sunday at the new building on 125th St.
Official site ↗arts culture
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
📍 Midtown East
Mirrored rooms and glass ledges above Grand Central.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Sunset Park (the hill)
📍 Sunset Park
A hilltop with views of the Manhattan skyline, the harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
The Bronx Museum (always free)
📍 Grand Concourse
Contemporary art with a Bronx focus; admission to the museum and its exhibitions is always free.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Escape Game New York City
📍 Midtown
Solve puzzles against the clock in a themed room.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Frick Collection
📍 Upper East Side
Old Masters (Vermeer, Rembrandt, Holbein) in a restored Gilded Age mansion. First Fridays turn it into a free evening out.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
The Frick Collection: First Fridays
📍 Upper East Side
Old Masters in a Gilded Age mansion, open late once a month.
Official site ↗arts culture
The Great Escape Room Queens
📍 Rego Park
Story-based escape rooms for groups.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
The Met: pay what you wish (NY State residents)
📍 Upper East Side
NY State residents pay any amount (min.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
The Morgan Library & Museum: free Fridays
📍 Murray Hill
J.P. Morgan's library (three tiers of books) is free on Friday evenings.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
The Oculus (World Trade Center)
📍 Financial District
Calatrava's white-ribbed station hall. Free to walk through and look up.
Official site ↗food giveawaysFREE
Time Out Market New York
📍 Dumbo
A Dumbo food hall with a rooftop that looks straight at the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Free to go up; food is extra.
Official site ↗arts culture
Timeline VR
📍 Bayside
Free-roam VR arcade and game rooms.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Tompkins Square Park Dog Run
📍 East Village
A busy fenced dog run near E 9th St and Avenue B, one of the city's best known.
Official site ↗arts culture
Top of the Rock
📍 Rockefeller Center
Open-air decks with the Empire State Building and Central Park both in view.
Official site ↗arts culture
Unreal Escapes
📍 Charleston
Staten Island's escape rooms. You get 60 minutes to beat a disco-club heist or a battleship mission, and it's never dark or scary.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
📍 East Village
Stand-up shows most nights. Expect a cover and usually a drink minimum.
Official site ↗food giveawaysFREE
Urbanspace Vanderbilt Market
📍 Grand Central
A food hall a block from Grand Central with pizza, tacos, sushi and a bar. Free Wi-Fi, free to sit.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Van Cortlandt Park
📍 Van Cortlandt
The Bronx's great woodland park: the Parade Ground, Van Cortlandt Lake and forest trails.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
📍 DUMBO to City Hall
The 1883 bridge's raised promenade is free to walk. About 30–45 minutes each way at a stroll.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Washington Square Park Dog Run
📍 Greenwich Village
A fenced run on the south side of the park, between MacDougal and Thompson Streets.
Official site ↗arts culture
Whitney Museum of American Art
📍 Meatpacking
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Whitney Museum: Free Friday nights & second Sundays
📍 Meatpacking District
American art with terraces over the Hudson. Book free timed tickets ahead.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Xanadu Roller Arts
📍 Bushwick
A roller rink on a hand-painted maple floor with a serious sound system. Saturday Day Disco is all ages.
Official site ↗drinks tastings
Zero Otto Nove (Arthur Ave)
📍 Belmont (Arthur Ave)
Salerno-style wood-fired pizza and pasta in a room built to look like an Italian piazza, steps from the Arthur Avenue Retail Market.
Official site ↗other
142 Sullivan
📍 SoHo
A small cocktail and wine bar with outdoor seating, on Sullivan Street in SoHo. Open seven days, until 1 AM on its latest nights. Drinks are 21+.
Official site ↗other
169 Bar
📍 New York
A bar on East Broadway in Manhattan. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: in business since 1916 (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
19 Cleveland
📍 New York
An Israeli and Mediterranean restaurant on Cleveland Place in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: michelin (per its official site).
Official site ↗music nightlife
233 Starr Karaoke & Eats
📍 Bushwick
Bushwick karaoke spot with 13 private rooms, an open bar area and a library of over 250,000 songs.
Official site ↗other
310 Bowery Bar
📍 NoHo
A NoHo cocktail lounge serving craft cocktails and pizza on Bowery in NoHo. Open 6 days a week, until 4 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Abilene
📍 Carroll Gardens
A corner bar known as "the blue place on the corner," serving food and weekend brunch on Court Street in Carroll Gardens. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Adda
📍 East Village
Indian restaurant now on First Avenue, known for its reinvented butter chicken; book its pre-ordered, share-the-table Butter Chicken Experience for a memorable dinner date.
Official site ↗other
Adyar Ananda Bhavan
📍 New York
An Indian restaurant on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: in business since 1950 (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Ako
📍 Williamsburg
A sushi restaurant and lounge on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: patio (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Alice Austen House
📍 Rosebank
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).
Official site ↗other
Alley Pond Environmental Center
📍 Douglaston
A nature center at the edge of Alley Pond Park with live animals, trails, wetlands and family nature programs.
Official site ↗other
American Cut
📍 New York
A restaurant on Greenwich Street in Manhattan. Open 5 days a week. What sets it apart: james beard (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Amy Ruth's
📍 Harlem
A Harlem soul food spot on 116th Street where dishes are named for notable Harlemites. Chicken and waffles is the order most people come for.
Official site ↗other
Amylos Taverna
📍 Queens
A Greek restaurant on Broadway in Queens. Open seven days. What sets it apart: live music (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Andrews NYC Diner
📍 New York
A diner on 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: in business since 1964 (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Angelo's Pizza
📍 New York
A pizzeria on Broadway in Manhattan. Open seven days, until 3 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: in business since 1930 (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
AOC East
📍 Upper East Side
A French wine bar and kitchen with live music on Wednesdays on 1st Avenue in Upper East Side. Open seven days, until 1 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Applejack Diner
📍 Manhattan
A diner on Broadway in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: in business since 1980 (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Aragvi
📍 Midtown East
A Georgian restaurant serving hand-folded khinkali, Adjarian khachapuri and charcoal-grilled dishes, on East 44th Street in Midtown East. Open 6 days a week, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Arden
📍 Brooklyn
An American restaurant on Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Open 5 days a week. What sets it apart: tiki (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Askili Orchard
📍 Greenwich Village
A Georgian restaurant on 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Asylum NYC
📍 Flatiron
Comedy club near Madison Square Park with stand-up and improv shows nightly.
Official site ↗other
At Cave
📍 East Village
A bar on East 2nd Street in the East Village. Open 5 days a week, until 12 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Atomix
📍 NoMad
A Korean tasting counter in NoMad, where each course comes with a card explaining its ingredients and story. Book well ahead.
Official site ↗other
Attaboy
📍 Lower East Side
No-menu cocktail bar where bartenders make a drink to your taste.
Official site ↗other
Bahari Estiatorio
📍 Astoria
An Astoria Greek taverna on Broadway serving home-style dishes like moussaka, stifado and grilled fish at modest prices.
Official site ↗other
Balthazar
📍 SoHo
SoHo French brasserie open from breakfast to late.
Official site ↗other
Balvanera
📍 Lower East Side
An Argentinean restaurant serving steaks, seasonal vegetable plates and family-style dishes on Stanton Street in Lower East Side. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: brunch (per its off
Official site ↗other
Bangkok Supper Club
📍 West Village
A Thai restaurant and cocktail bar inspired by Bangkok after dark on Hudson Street in West Village. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Bantry Bay Publik House
📍 Long Island City
An Irish pub on Greenpoint Avenue in Long Island City. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: outdoor seating (per its official site).
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