101 Reasons To Visit New York City

The Big Apple, the Empire City, the City That Never Sleeps, the Capital of the World.  People love visiting New York City so much, they’ve given it 101 nicknames (but that’s another post).  Here’s a list of 101 reasons why you should visit NYC:

1. Many tours available that go around the city as well as to major cities nearby.
2. Statue of Liberty, officially named as Liberty Enlightening the World, was a gift from
   

   2. Statue of Liberty

   France to America to represent their friendship during the American Revolution.
3. Ellis Island, the port where over 12 million immigrants entered America from 1892 to 1954.  Here, you can visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum where you can retrace your immigrant roots.
4. Grand Central Terminal, a train station with 44 platforms and 67 tracks, more than any other in the world.
5. Staten Island Ferry, the biggest bargain in New York City.  Free of charge, you can take a 25 minute ferry ride to Staten Island from Manhattan Island.
6. American Museum of Natural History.
7. Macy’s, home of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
8. Television studios, where you can watch your favorite tv shows being filmed.
9. Madison Square Garden.
10. Apollo Theater.
11. Central Park, which consists of several lakes and ponds, a carousel, carriage horses, many famous sculptures, playgrounds, 2 ice skating rinks, a theater, and The Plaza Hotel.  Much of Home Alone 2 was filmed there.
12. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
13. Carnegie Hall.
14. An abundance of fine art museums and galleries, like The Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum,  Ana Tzarev Gallery, China Institute Gallery, Animazing Gallery, SculptureCenter, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Babcock Galleries, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Mark Murray Fine Paintings, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, El Museo Del Barrio, and Dahesh Museum of Art, just to name a few.
15. Nintendo World Store.
16. American Girl Place, a store for buying dolls and accessories.
17. NY Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
18. Javits Convention Center.
    

    22. Times Square

19. World Financial Center.
20. SONY Wonder Technology Lab.
21. FAO Schwarz.
22. Times Square, famous for its New Year’s Eve ball drop as well as several Broadway shows and other attractions.
23. Prospect Park.
24. Battery Park.
25. Union Square Park.
26. Hudson River Park.
27. Bryant Park.
28. Fort Tryon Park.
29. Washington Square Park.
30. Socrates Sculpture Park.
31. Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
32. Wolfe’s Pond Park.
33. Clove Lakes Park.
34. Opera Company of Brooklyn.
35. South Street Seaport.
36. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
37. Bronx Zoo.
38. New York Botanical Garden.
39. The Bronx County Historical Society.
40. New York Hall of Science.
41. Aqueduct Race Track (the Big A).
42. Alley Pond Environmental Center.
43. Queens Botanical Garden.
    

    46. Empire State Building

44. Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden.
45. Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead.
46. Empire State Building, a 102-story (1,250 foot-tall) skyscraper that was formerly the world’s tallest building for 36 years until the completion of the Ostankino Tower in Moscow in 1967.  The tallest building in the world now is Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 2,717 feet, over twice the size of the Empire State Building.
47. Skyscraper Museum.
48. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
49. Brooklyn Philharmonic.
50. Central Park Zoo.
51. Prospect Park Zoo.
52. Coney Island, a peninsula with an amusement area.
53. New York Aquarium.
54. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts.
55. Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
56. Governors Island.
57. Historic Richmond Town.
58. Conference House.
59. Snug Harbor Cultural Center.
60. Greenbelt Conservancy.
61. RollerJam USA, an indoor skating rink and inflatable park.
62. St. George Theatre.
63. Staten Island Botanical Garden.
64. Staten Island Zoo.
65. Chinatown.
66. Themed restaurants, such as Peanut Butter & Co, Mickey Mantle’s, Mars 2112, Hard Rock Cafe, and Planet Hollywood.
67. Fancy restaurants, like Lattanzi (Italian), Natsumi (Japanese), Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Taj (Indian), and Jungle Lime (Mexican).
68. Famous bars, like Old Town Bar and Grill, AYZA Wine and Chocolate Bar, 21 Club, The Four Seasons, and Jazz Standard.
69. Night clubs, like Marquee, Pacha, and Touch.
70. New York City Police Museum.
71. Museum of Sex.
72. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
    

    75. Rockefeller Center

73. Ground Zero Museum Workshop.
74. The Jewish Museum.
75. Rockefeller Center, built by the Rockefeller family, is home of Radio City Music Hall, where you can see The Rockettes dance; The GE Building, where several NBC shows are filmed, like Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock; an ice skating rink, Statue of Atlas, and a gigantic Christmas/Holiday Tree.
76. Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, which faces Rockefeller Center.
77. Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
78. American Folk Art Museum.
79. New York City Fire Museum.
80. Museum of Jewish Heritage.
81. New York Historical Society.
82. National Museum of the American Indian.
83. Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
84. Museum of the City of New York.
85. Yeshiva University Museum.
86. Center for Jewish History.
87. Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology.
88. Morgan Library & Museum.
    

    95. Brooklyn Bridge

89. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
90. Sports Museum of America.
91. Tenement Museum.
92. Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum.
93. En Foco Photography Exhibition.
94. The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art.
95. Brooklyn Bridge.
96. Giants Football Games.
97. Jets Football Games.
98. Knicks Basketball Games.
99. Rangers Hockey Games.
100. Yankees Baseball Games.
101. Mets Baseball Games.

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