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THE ULTIMATE NEW YORK CITY BUCKET LIST (101 Unique Things to Do in NYC)

Newyork city bucket list

• TOURIST ATTRACTIONS 

• 1.Bronx Zoo, Bronx Park

• 2.Brooklyn Bridge, BK

• 3.Chinatown

• 4.Chrysler Building, Midtown

• 5.Columbia University, Morningside Heights

• 6.Empire State Building, Midtown

• 7.Flatiron Building, Flatiron

• 8.Grand Central Station / Terminal, Midtown

• 9.Greenwich Village / West Village

• 10.Hell Gate Bridge, Astoria, Queens (QNS)

• 11.Library Hotel (stay for a night or happy hour at their rooftop bar)

• 12.Mahayana Buddhist Temple, Chinatown

• 13.New York Public Library, Midtown

• 14.New York Wheel

• 15.The Oculus (World Trade Center Transportation Hub), Financial District

• 16.One World Observatory

• 17.Rockefeller Center, Midtown

• 18.St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Midtown

• 19.Staten Island Ferry (and drink a Staten Island. Cheers!)

• 20.Times Square, Midtown (If you want to stay in the area but have a place to escape to, the Casablanca Hotel is a great spot. Also to avoid the crowds, you will have to go at either 2 am or during a snowstorm.)

• 21.Top of the Rock has the best views!

• 22.Victorian Gardens Amusement Park

• MUSEUMS + MEMORIALS + MONUMENTS 

• 23.African Burial Ground National Monument, Financial District (National Park Unit)

• 24.American Museum of Natural History, UWS

• 25.Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BK

• 26.Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park (National Park Unit)

• 27.The Cloisters, the Heights (part of the Met)

• 28.Chelsea Galleries (David Zwirner Gallery to see Yayoi Kusama’s exhibit)

• 29.Ellis Island

• 30. Federal Hall National Monument, Financial District (National Park Unit)

• 31.Frick Collection, UES

• 32.General Grant National Memorial, Morningside Heights (National Park Unit)

• 33.Governors Island National Monument (National Park Unit)

• 34.The Guggenheim (Solomon R Guggenheim Museum), UES

• 35.Hamilton Grange National Memorial (National Park Unit)

• 36.Intrepid (Intrepid Sea and Air Museum) – for Stargazing or Movie Nights

• 37.Lower East Side Tenement Museum, LES

• 38.The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Central Park / UES

• 39.MoMa / Museum of Modern Art (Free Fri 4-8PM)

• 40.MoMa PS1, LIC, QNS

• 41.Morgan Library and Museum, Murray Hill

• 42.Museum of Moving Image, Astoria, QNS

• 43.National 9/11 Memorial and Museum

• 44.New York Transit Museum, BK

• 45.The Noguchi Museum, LIC, QNS

• 46.Statue of Liberty National Monument

• 47.Stonewall National Monument, West Village (National Park Unit)

• 48.Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, Flatiron (National Park Unit)

• 49.Tibet House, Flatiron

• 50.Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District

• SPECTATE: SHOWS + EVENTS 

• 51.Apollo Theater, Harlem – Jacob is actually in an episode he gets boo’d off stage!

• 52.Barclay’s Center – Brooklyn Nets

• 53.Broadway Show or Off-Broadway Show

• 54.Brooklyn Bowl, Williamsburg, BK

• 55.Carnegie Hall, Midtown

• 56.Comedy Cellar, Greenwich Village

• 57.Film Forum, South Village

• 58.Las Chicas Locas for Salsa Dancing

• 59.Late night show taping / SNL

• 60.Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Square

• 61.Madison Square Garden, Midtown West

• 62.Metropolitan Opera House, UWS

• 63.MetLife Stadium, NJ – New York Giants

• 64.National Tennis Center, Flushing, QNS – for the US Open

• 65.New York Philharmonic, UWS

• 66.Nitehawk Cinema, Williamsburg, BK

• 67.The Public Theater, NoHo – an iconic theater and is famous for their logo design. We went and saw the play, Office Hour, which our friend was in.

• 68.Radio City Music Hall, Midtown

• 69.Shakespeare in the Park

• 70.Yankee Stadium, Bronx

• URBAN PARKS + OUTDOORS 

• 71.The Battery Conservancy, Financial District

• 72.Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (BK)

• 73.Brooklyn Boulders

• 74.Brooklyn Bridge Park

• 75.Coney Island Boardwalk + Brighton Beach, BK

• 76.Bryant Park, Midtown

• 77.Central Park

• 78.Conservatory Garden, East Harlem

• 79.DUMBO view of Manhattan Bridge

• 80.Fort Washington Park’s Little Red Lighthouse, the Heights

• 81.The High Line, Chelsea

• 82.New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park

• 83.The New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden, Staten Island

• 84.Prospect Park, BK

• 85.Rockaway Beach, QNS

• 86.Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, QNS

• 87.Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village

• 88.West 4th Street Courts

• SHOPPING + FOOD EXPERIENCES 

• 89.Afternoon tea at the Plaza, Midtown West

• 90.Arthur Ave, Bronx – the real Little Italy if you want real Italian

• 91.B&H Flagship Store – This is a photographer’s heaven and was high priority on my very first NYC trip. Before you go make sure it isn’t a Jewish holiday.

• 92.Brooklyn Flea Market, DUMBO

• 93.Chelsea Market

• 94.Coffee at Birch Coffee, A Little Taste, or Piccolo Cafe

• 95.Eataly Market, Flatiron

• 96.Fifth Avenue, Midtown – one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world

• 97.New York bagel at one of these spots

• 98.New York-style pizza at any of these iconic spots

• 99.Smorgasburg at East River State Park, Williamsburg, BK – largest open-air food market in the US.

• 100.Strand Bookstore, Union Square

• 101.Union Square Farmer’s Market