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Arts & Culture NYC

Arts & Culture NYC

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Created by Meagan Kirkpatrick • Updated On: October 6, 2014

museums, galleries, food markets, fairs, etc.

MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

1. MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center

8.8
2225 Jackson Ave (at 46th Ave), Queens, NY
Art Museum · Hunters Point · 196 tips and reviews

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Chelsea Market is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

2. Chelsea Market

9.2
75 9th Ave (btwn W 15th & W 16th St), New York, NY
Market · Chelsea · 1218 tips and reviews
Eataly Flatiron is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

3. Eataly Flatiron

9.2
200 5th Ave (at W 23rd St), New York, NY
Gourmet Store · NoMad · 1479 tips and reviews
Smorgasburg Williamsburg is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

4. Smorgasburg Williamsburg

90 Kent Ave (at N 7th St), Brooklyn, NY
Street Food Gathering · Williamsburg · 412 tips and reviews
Limelight Shops is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

5. Limelight Shops

656 Avenue of the Americas (at W 20th St.), New York, NY
Department Store · Flatiron District · 79 tips and reviews
High Line is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

6. High Line

9.5
btwn Gansevoort & W 34th St (btwn 10th & 12th Ave), New York, NY
Park · Chelsea · 1495 tips and reviews

DensDens: Walk the whole thing (sunset = best). If its night time, look for the exhibitionists Doing Their Thing in the windows of the Standard Hotel. Sit in sunken mini-theater (you'll know it when you see it)

Rooftop Films @ New Design High School is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

7. Rooftop Films @ New Design High School

7.8
62-78 Ludlow St, New York, NY
Indie Movie Theater · Lower East Side · 2 tips and reviews
JINsoon Hand & Foot Spa West Village is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

8. JINsoon Hand & Foot Spa West Village

8.0
23 Jones St (Bleecker), New York, NY
Nail Salon · West Village · 15 tips and reviews
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

9. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

9.3
11 W 53rd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Midtown East · 1870 tips and reviews
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

10. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

9.4
990 Washington Ave (btwn President St & Empire Blvd), Brooklyn, NY
Botanical Garden · Prospect Park · 322 tips and reviews
Upright is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

11. Upright

547 Hudson St (at Perry St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · West Village · 111 tips and reviews
The Biergarten at The Standard is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

12. The Biergarten at The Standard

8.4
848 Washington St (btwn Little W 12th & W 13th St), New York, NY
Beer Garden · Meatpacking District · 383 tips and reviews
Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

13. Metropolitan Museum of Art

9.5
1000 5th Ave (btwn E 80th & E 84th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · 1961 tips and reviews
Whitney Museum of American Art is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

14. Whitney Museum of American Art

9.2
99 Gansevoort St (btwn 10th Ave & Washington St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Meatpacking District · 434 tips and reviews
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

15. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

8.7
1071 5th Ave (at E 89th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 567 tips and reviews
New Museum is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

16. New Museum

7.9
235 Bowery (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Lower East Side · 204 tips and reviews
The Frick Collection is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

17. The Frick Collection

8.9
1 E 70th St (at 5th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Upper East Side · 212 tips and reviews
The Armory Show is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

18. The Armory Show

12th Ave & 55th St (Piers 92 & 94), New York, NY
Art Gallery · Hell's Kitchen · 33 tips and reviews
Park Avenue Armory is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

19. Park Avenue Armory

9.3
643 Park Ave (btwn E 66th & E 67th St), New York, NY
Event Space · Upper East Side · 49 tips and reviews
Gagosian Gallery is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

20. Gagosian Gallery

9.1
555 W 24th St (btwn 10th & 11th Ave), New York, NY
Art Gallery · Chelsea · 52 tips and reviews
The Morgan Library & Museum is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

21. The Morgan Library & Museum

9.2
225 Madison Ave (btwn E 36th & E 37th St), New York, NY
Museum · Murray Hill · 179 tips and reviews
Museum of Arts & Design (MAD) is one of Arts & Culture NYC.

22. Museum of Arts & Design (MAD)

8.0
2 Columbus Cir (btwn 8th Ave & Broadway), New York, NY
Art Museum · Theater District · 81 tips and reviews