THE NYC BUCKET LIST: 50 THINGS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO IN THE CITY
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1. Eat pastrami while waiting for a pastrami sandwich at Katz\'s
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2. Spend the entire afternoon drinking on a rooftop
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3. Check out one of NYC’s abandoned subway stations
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4. Go gallery-hopping (and score free wine) in Chelsea
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5. Eat a late-night chopped cheese
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6. Do 3am karaoke in K-Town
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7. Go to a Russian supper club in Brighton Beach
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8. See a show at Radio City Music Hall
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9. Get a freshly baked bagel at Ess-a-Bagel
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10. Hear live jazz in Harlem
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11. Spend an obnoxious weekend in the Hamptons
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12. Spend a less-obnoxious weekend on City Island
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13. Wait in line for lox at Russ & Daughters
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14. Ride the Cyclone in Coney Island
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15. Hang out in Brooklyn Bridge Park on a weekend afternoon
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16.16. Ride the train out to Rockaway Beach
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17. Have a drink at a (real) hidden bar
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18. See the cherry blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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19. Get a Recession Special from Gray\'s Papaya
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20. Go to a baseball game in the middle of summer
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21. Eat a meal you really can’t afford
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22. Visit the 9/11 Memorial
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23. Travel for some of the city’s best pizza
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24. Go to a live TV show taping
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25. Hit a 24-hour spot at 5am to soak up the booze
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26. Cruise past the Statue of Liberty on the free IKEA ferry
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27. Get made fun of by a comedian at the Comedy Cellar
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28. Got to one of the last remaining peep shows in Times Square
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29. Visit NYC’s real Little Italy and get Bolognese
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30. Explore Central Park’s secret waterfalls
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31. Eat dumplings at Tianjin Dumpling House in Flushing
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32. Have a pint at an old-school dive bar
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33. Eat a black & white cookie
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34. Go to a concert at Madison Square Garden
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35. Have a fancy cocktail and pretend you’re a member of New York high society at a hotel bar
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36. Hit a food hall and try several different cuisines at once
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37. Drink your own booze on the Staten Island Ferry
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38. Visit all the museums on Museum Mile that you’ve never gotten around to
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39. Celebrate Christmas at Rolf’s
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40. Score cheap Broadway tickets
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41. Go to Gospel Sunday brunch at Sylvia’s
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42. Dance and get weird at the House of Yes
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43. Sell (and then browse) books at the Strand
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44. Get a Citi Bike and ride over the Brooklyn Bridge
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45. Explore Red Hook, Brooklyn
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46. Head upstate to Letchworth State Park
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47. Drink on a boat (or barge) in the summer
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48. Wander around Green-Wood Cemetery
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49. Buy produce from a rooftop farm
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50. Picnic in Prospect Park