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High Line is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

1. High Line

9.5
btwn Gansevoort & W 34th St (btwn 10th & 12th Ave), New York, NY
Park · Chelsea · 1495 tips and reviews
Brooklyn Bridge Park is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

2. Brooklyn Bridge Park

9.6
Furman St (Plymouth St), Brooklyn, NY
Park · Brooklyn Heights · 418 tips and reviews
The Cloisters is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

3. The Cloisters

9.2
99 Margaret Corbin Dr (at Fort Tryon Pl), New York, NY
Museum · Hudson Heights · 250 tips and reviews
Smorgasburg Williamsburg is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

4. Smorgasburg Williamsburg

90 Kent Ave (at N 7th St), Brooklyn, NY
Street Food Gathering · Williamsburg · 412 tips and reviews
Chelsea Market is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

5. 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 Ultimate NYC tour guide.

6. Eataly Flatiron

9.2
200 5th Ave (at W 23rd St), New York, NY
Gourmet Store · NoMad · 1479 tips and reviews
Maialino is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

7. Maialino

2 Lexington Ave (at Gramercy Park N), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Gramercy Park · 460 tips and reviews

8. Asiate

80 Columbus Cir, New York, NY
American Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 56 tips and reviews

Meng H.Meng He: Go for the view...and the food.

Doughnut Plant is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

9. Doughnut Plant

220 West 23rd Street (btwn 7th & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Donut Shop · Chelsea · 634 tips and reviews

10. Jean-Georges

8.5
1 Central Park W (btwn W 60th & W 61st St), New York, NY
French Restaurant · Lincoln Square · 286 tips and reviews

Meng H.Meng He: Impress your parents' socks off without going broke with their $29 2-course lunch.

Spa Castle is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

11. Spa Castle

7.7
13110 11th Ave (at 131st St), College Point, NY
Spa · 154 tips and reviews
Queens Botanical Garden is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

12. Queens Botanical Garden

7.9
4350 Main St, Flushing, NY
Botanical Garden · 32 tips and reviews
Green-Wood Cemetery is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

13. Green-Wood Cemetery

9.2
500 25th St (at 5th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Cemetery · Greenwood Heights · 72 tips and reviews
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

14. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

9.4
990 Washington Ave (btwn President St & Empire Blvd), Brooklyn, NY
Botanical Garden · Prospect Park · 322 tips and reviews
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

15. Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao

38-12 Prince St (btwn 38th & 39th Ave), Flushing, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Downtown Flushing · 283 tips and reviews
White Bear 白熊 is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

16. White Bear 白熊

8.8
135-02 Roosevelt Ave (at Prince St), Flushing, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · 165 tips and reviews
Golden Shopping Mall is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

17. Golden Shopping Mall

41-28 Main St (41st Rd), Flushing, NY
Chinese Restaurant · 52 tips and reviews
Kissena Park is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

18. Kissena Park

8.9
Oak Ave (btwn Kissena Blvd & 164th St), Flushing, NY
Park · Flushing · 25 tips and reviews
New World Mall Food Court is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

19. New World Mall Food Court

8.0
136-20 Roosevelt Ave (at Main St), Flushing, NY
Food Court · 81 tips and reviews
Bowne Park is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

20. Bowne Park

8.5
29th Ave (156th St), Flushing, NY
Park · 5 tips and reviews
Xi'an Famous Foods is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

21. Xi'an Famous Foods

8.2
41-10 Main St (btwn 41st Ave & 41st Rd), Flushing, NY
Chinese Restaurant · 92 tips and reviews
Flushing Meadows Corona Park is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

22. Flushing Meadows Corona Park

9.1
Great Lakes Ct (Dwight Eisenhower Promenade), Queens, NY
Park · Flushing Meadows-Corona Park · 85 tips and reviews
Queens Museum is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

23. Queens Museum

8.4
Great Lakes Court (Kennedy Circle), Queens, NY
Art Museum · Flushing Meadows-Corona Park · 55 tips and reviews
The Unisphere is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

24. The Unisphere

9.2
Flushing Meadows Corona Park (Ave of the States), Queens, NY
Monument · Flushing Meadows-Corona Park · 46 tips and reviews
Fort Tryon Park is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

25. Fort Tryon Park

9.4
Margaret Corbin Dr (at Fort Tyron Pl), New York, NY
Park · Hudson Heights · 93 tips and reviews
Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

26. Metropolitan Museum of Art

9.5
1000 5th Ave (btwn E 80th & E 84th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · 1961 tips and reviews
American Museum of Natural History is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

27. American Museum of Natural History

9.2
200 Central Park W (btwn W 77th & W 81st St), New York, NY
Science Museum · Upper West Side · 1398 tips and reviews
The Noguchi Museum is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

28. The Noguchi Museum

9.2
9-01 33rd Rd (at Vernon Blvd), Long Island City, NY
Art Museum · 68 tips and reviews
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

29. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

8.7
1071 5th Ave (at E 89th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 567 tips and reviews
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

30. 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
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

31. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

9.1
Pier 86 (at W 46th St & 12th Ave), New York, NY
History Museum · Hell's Kitchen · 348 tips and reviews
The Morgan Library & Museum is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

32. 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
Rubin Museum of Art is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

33. Rubin Museum of Art

8.8
150 W 17th St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Chelsea · 102 tips and reviews
Museum of the Moving Image is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

34. Museum of the Moving Image

9.3
36-01 35th Ave (btwn 36th St and 37th St), Astoria, NY
Museum · Astoria · 185 tips and reviews
Stumptown Coffee Roasters is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

35. Stumptown Coffee Roasters

9.0
18 W 29th St (at Broadway), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · NoMad · 679 tips and reviews
One World Observatory is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

36. One World Observatory

9.0
1 World Trade Ctr (Floor 100), New York, NY
Scenic Lookout · Financial District · 205 tips and reviews
National September 11 Memorial is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

37. National September 11 Memorial

9.3
180 Greenwich St (btwn Liberty & Fulton St), New York, NY
Memorial Site · Financial District · 869 tips and reviews

38. The Ailey Studios (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)

9.3
405 W 55th St (at 9th Ave), New York, NY
Dance Studio · Hell's Kitchen · 66 tips and reviews
The Frick Collection is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

39. The Frick Collection

8.9
1 E 70th St (at 5th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Upper East Side · 212 tips and reviews
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

40. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

9.2
2 E 91st St (at 5th Ave), New York, NY
Art Museum · Carnegie Hill · 142 tips and reviews
Han Dynasty is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

41. Han Dynasty

8.8
90 3rd Ave (at E 12th St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · East Village · 346 tips and reviews
Her Name is Han is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

42. Her Name is Han

9.0
17 E 31st St (btwn Madison & 5th Ave), New York, NY
Korean Restaurant · NoMad · 196 tips and reviews
Ippudo is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

43. Ippudo

9.0
65 4th Ave (btwn E 9th & E 10th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 1164 tips and reviews
Kung Fu Little Steamed Buns Ramen is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

44. Kung Fu Little Steamed Buns Ramen

8.1
811 8th Ave (at W 49th St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Theater District · 151 tips and reviews
Grand Central Terminal is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

45. Grand Central Terminal

9.0
87 E 42nd St (btwn Vanderbilt & Park Ave), New York, NY
Rail Station · 1470 tips and reviews
Times Square is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

46. Times Square

8.5
Broadway & 7th Ave (btwn W 42nd & 47th St), New York, NY
Plaza · Theater District · 2356 tips and reviews
Brookfield Place is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

47. Brookfield Place

9.0
230 Vesey St (at West St), New York, NY
Shopping Mall · Battery Park City · 116 tips and reviews
One World Trade Center is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

48. One World Trade Center

9.3
1 World Trade Ctr (btwn Fulton & West St), New York, NY
Structure · Financial District · 314 tips and reviews

49. SoHo

New York, NY
Neighborhood · 146 tips and reviews

50. Union Square Park

9.1
Union Sq E/W & Broadway (btwn E 14th & E 17th St), New York, NY
Park · Union Square · 565 tips and reviews

HISTORYHISTORY: Union Square is home to four historical monuments: Mohandas Gandhi, the Marquis de Lafayette, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Can you find all of them?

51. St. Mark's Place

St. Mark's Pl (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Road · East Village · 46 tips and reviews

ArtNerdNewYorkArtNerdNewYork: The artistic spirit of the East Village of the 1980s was one I dream about, & live through movies like “Downtown 81”, “Slaves of New York” & modern movies such as “Basquiat” & “I Shot Andy Warhol.” Read more.

52. Washington Square Park

9.5
W 4th St (btwn MacDougal St & University Pl), New York, NY
Park · Greenwich Village · 711 tips and reviews

Paul L.Paul Lomax: If you're lucky and he's there when you are, you'll be able to listen to a guy in the middle of the park playing a grand piano that he wheeled in to busk with!

Stumptown Coffee Roasters is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

53. Stumptown Coffee Roasters

9.2
30 W 8th St (at MacDougal St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Greenwich Village · 323 tips and reviews

Mike S.Mike Singleton: Between the decor, music, and forced old-timey garb, this flagship store ends up feeling a bit like a set on sleep no more. If you hear loud techno music...head that direction.

Prospect Park is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

54. Prospect Park

9.7
Prospect Park W/SW (Flatbush Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Park · Prospect Park · 309 tips and reviews

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: NYC’s best collective backyard boasts prime people-watching spots such as the Long Meadow and Nethermead The woodland expanse of the Ravine is a towering forest within bustling Brooklyn. Read more.

Num Pang Sandwich Shop is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

55. Num Pang Sandwich Shop

21 E 12th St (btwn 5th Ave & University Pl), New York, NY
Sandwich Spot · Greenwich Village · 277 tips and reviews
Milon is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

56. Milon

93 1st Ave (btwn 5th & 6th St.), New York, NY
Indian Restaurant · East Village · 85 tips and reviews
Doughnut Plant is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

57. Doughnut Plant

9.2
379 Grand St (at Norfolk St), New York, NY
Donut Shop · Lower East Side · 429 tips and reviews

58. Back Room

8.3
102 Norfolk St (btwn Delancey & Rivington St), New York, NY
Speakeasy · Lower East Side · 204 tips and reviews

DensDens: Winter time + midweek + Backroom + fireplace = one of the better spots on a cold night in Lower East Side (backup plan: fireplace @ The Delancey). Just watch out for the dbags!

Artichoke Basille’s Pizza is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

59. Artichoke Basille’s Pizza

8.2
321 E 14th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Pizzeria · Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village · 567 tips and reviews
Angel’s Share is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

60. Angel’s Share

8 Stuyvesant St (at E 9th St & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Speakeasy · East Village · 491 tips and reviews
Roosevelt Island Tram (Manhattan Station) is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

61. Roosevelt Island Tram (Manhattan Station)

E 60th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Cable Car · Upper East Side · 79 tips and reviews
Irish Hunger Memorial is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

62. Irish Hunger Memorial

Vesey St & North End Ave, New York, NY
Memorial Site · Battery Park City · 38 tips and reviews
Jane's Carousel is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

63. Jane's Carousel

9.3
45 Main St (at Old Dock St), Brooklyn, NY
Attraction · DUMBO · 86 tips and reviews
Whispering Gallery is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

64. Whispering Gallery

7.6
Grand Central, New York, NY
Monument · Midtown East · 12 tips and reviews
Liquiteria is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

65. Liquiteria

170 2nd Ave (at E 11th St), New York, NY
Juice Bar · East Village · 177 tips and reviews
Shake Shack is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

66. Shake Shack

9.1
Madison Ave (at E 23rd St), New York, NY
Burger Joint · NoMad · 1234 tips and reviews
Bosie Tea Parlor is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

67. Bosie Tea Parlor

10 Morton St (btwn S 7th Ave & Bleecker St), New York, NY
Tea Room · West Village · 125 tips and reviews
Cha-An Teahouse 茶菴 is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

68. Cha-An Teahouse 茶菴

8.9
230 E 9th St Fl 2 (btwn 2nd Ave & Stuyvesant St), New York, NY
Tea Room · East Village · 198 tips and reviews
Spot Dessert Bar is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

69. Spot Dessert Bar

8.7
13 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 353 tips and reviews
Amorino Gelato is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

70. Amorino Gelato

9.0
60 University Pl (at E 10th St), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Greenwich Village · 200 tips and reviews
Burp Castle is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

71. Burp Castle

41 E 7th St (btwn 2nd Ave & Cooper Sq), New York, NY
Pub · East Village · 123 tips and reviews
McSorley's Old Ale House is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

72. McSorley's Old Ale House

9.0
15 E 7th St (btwn Cooper Sq & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Pub · East Village · 467 tips and reviews

73. Woodbury Common Premium Outlets

8.6
498 Red Apple Ct, Central Valley, NY
Outlet Mall · 402 tips and reviews

Meng H.Meng He: Make friends with the salespeople and they'll call/email you when new stock arrives or when prices are slashed. Some stores will even take phone orders and ship!

Century 21 Department Store is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

74. Century 21 Department Store

22 Cortlandt Street (btwn Church & Broadway), New York, NY
Department Store · Financial District · 460 tips and reviews
The Meatball Shop is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

75. The Meatball Shop

84 Stanton St (btwn Allen & Orchard St), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Lower East Side · 621 tips and reviews

Meng H.Meng He: Parmesan cream sauce over pork balls and risotto is way sexy

Dover Street Market is one of Ultimate NYC tour guide.

76. Dover Street Market

9.0
160 Lexington Ave (at E 30th St), New York, NY
Boutique · Rose Hill · 68 tips and reviews