Fun Things to Do in NYC
Here’s a place to start your own list. No order.
- Central Park. Walk, watch, wonder. No better place to see the outrageous extravagance. Hop into a museum or four.
- Staten Island Ferry. It’s free. Goes right by the Statue of Liberty.
- Visit the NYC Public Library on 5th Avenue (the lions).
- Ice skating at Rockefeller Center, under the gold statue (Prometheus). Alternative: Bryant Park, behind the Library, followed by drinks at the legendary literary watering hole, the Algonquin.
- Fifth Avenue. Shop there, or act like you do.
- Visit the Bronx Zoo.
- Catch the taping of a TV show in Rockefeller Center or Chelsea.
- Coney Island or Rockaway. Go to the beach.
- See the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
- Broadway/Times Square/Theater District. Enjoy the lights. Watch the people. See a show. It’s quiet after about 2:00 a.m., and everything reflects.
- Walk the Highline. Fantastic and peaceful view of the City. Sun sets over the Hudson down concrete canyons.
- Hang out in the Chelsea Hotel. Act like you are in a band. Or a poet. Or make movies. Or just knew Andy Warhol.
- Take a fast ferry to Brooklyn at night.
- Empire State Building or Top of the Rock for big views.
- Clubs. Be careful.
- Dine on dim sum in Chinatown, or handmade ramen in Hell’s Kitchen, or Korean BBQ in NoMad.
- Sports. So many sports. Let’s say Knicks at the Garden?
- McSorley’s Old Ale House (Since 1854; Abe Lincoln; sawdust on floor)
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Finally get it.
- Pizza. Argue endlessly about which one is best. Dismiss all pizza from anywhere else.
- Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Nation of Immigrants.
- United Nations Plaza.
- Rooftop bars and restaurants abound. Argue over your favorite.
- Karaoke. “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere . . . “ “Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good . . . “ Sometimes the Broadway kids join in and make everybody sound better.