The Museums & Parks of NYC

Time Out New York: The museum sponsored Robert Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, and in Greenland he discovered the largest buried meteorite in the world, Cape York. Three chunks of it are on display here. Read more.

Becka Simon: Let yourself be a kid again and climb those rocks!

Becka Simon: Cleanest public bathroom EVER. The games, library, and outdoor concerts in the summer and shops in the winter make this one of the best parks in NYC

Rolling Stone: Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, Dave Matthews Band, Diana Ross and Hall & Oates (among many others) have held massive shows in this thirteen-acre section of Central Park. Read more.

Becka Simon: An amazing place to sit and watch the sunset

City of New York: Originally named the Blackwell’s Island Bridge, the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge opened to traffic in 1909 and is the longest of the East River Bridges.

City of New York: In the third installment of the Die Hard series, Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), McClane drives through the park in a race to get to the bomb at a subway station near Wall Street.

City of New York: The movie Requiem for a Dream (2000) was predominately filmed in Coney Island and Brighton Beach.

City of New York: The 91st Street Garden in New York's Riverside Park was the location for the final scene of the movie You've Got Mail (1998) starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Time Out New York: At this museum devoted to medieval art, a path winds through the peaceful grounds to a monastery that appears to have survived from the Middle Ages. Don’t miss the famed unicorn tapestries. Read more.

Time Out New York: Explore this institution’s collection of titillating photographs, films and all manner of erotic ephemera. Stop by the souvenir shop and pick up a copy of Adult Mad Libs to play with your date. Read more.

Audrey Gray: All photography, always mind-bending.