If you get the chance, attend a concert or a movie screening on the deck of this amazing museum. It’s magical. We also love exploring the insides of this historical gem.
The finest key lime pies in NYC. You can get whole and single-serving pies as well as a frozen, chocolate-dripped pie on a stick: the Swingle.
Rocco DiSpirito wants it all at Tal Bagels in New York, NY, on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate, where his favorite is the Everything Bagel. Find more tips at Food Network Local. Read more.
Great music venue playing Jazz and African/Caribbean/South American music. Very mixed crowd of people from all walks of the world. Once you're here, you're in another (chilled out) galaxy.
Filled with huge barrels of pickley, crunchy goodness in one tiny store. Everything is pickled: garlic, beets, olives, string beans and okra. We recommend the hot sour pickles or the horseradish pickl
My absolute favorite is vanilla chocolate-chip. My dad always picks some up when he's in the neighborhood. You can't get any better than The Lemon Ice King!
Get the carrot-cake cupcake with cream cheese frosting. I usually go for more 'traditional' cupcakes, but this is an exception.
Amazing Mille Crepe Cakes and Green tea! Always have a long line and sold out in the afternoon.
The lobby is like sitting in a friend's living room. A roaring fire, a coffee or wine, and comfy seating. I hated to leave!!
Architect Daniel Libeskind’s plan strikes “a careful balance between commemorating the lives lost and reëstablishing the life of the site itself.” Read more.
The 2nd oldest cemetery in NYC (anyone know the first?). Open every Sunday for tours. Apparently there's another Marble Cemetery (not related!) around the corner (2nd Ave btw 2nd & 3rd Streets = extr
Just as formal and fancy as it ever was. Bergdorf type of department store is a dying breed that should be saved and enjoyed. Amazing layout, friendly staff and spectacular merchandise
Love that I can walk in and both feel at home & inspired all in one deeply drawn breath. The lacquered black decor, the crisp white lines, the mix of contemporary and classic. It's all right here!
I still don’t know whether it’s their texture, their flavor, or their size that makes these chocolate chip cookies so good, but they’re undeniably one of the most popular baked goods in NYC. Read more.
The right thing to do at Barney Greengrass is to order eggs scrambled with onions and sturgeon, which is the house specialty. If you hate white fish, the smoked salmon is also really, really good. Read more.
You order at the counter, then find a seat and get your food whenever your buzzer buzzes. The system is blessedly uncomplicated, which means everyone can just chill the hell out and focus on the view. Read more.
The pumpkin waffle is to die for, though a little dense because of pumpkins. Obviously. The service was great, very friendly and helpful. Line was a bit long but def worth it. Get there early. :)
One of the best meals I've had in NYC. Lobster mac & cheese is everything they've said it is and for dessert, don't miss the date pudding! It's absolutely amazing.
Try this East Village Japanese restaurant. Order the house-made white bread, generously sliced and spiked with tea smoked salmon or red bean butter. Read more.
One of the best bakeries in NYC. The must have is the delicious brownie. The dark chocolate explosion cookies are excellent, & although the chocolate chip cookie is not the best ever it is very good.
“Just about all of the eight venders are at the peak of food-world buzziness, and, most of the time, their outposts live up to the hype.” Read more.
Watch choo-choos go vroom-vroom at the Holiday Train Show. A dozen model trains traverse an incredibly detailed NYC scene, including landmarks like the Empire State Building & Radio City Music Hall. Read more.
Fantastic museum dedicated to film, video, and animation. Great for expert and casual visitors alike. Great for kids, too! Never crowded and always fascinating. Historical info plus pop culture fun.
Try the delicious tacos from Oaxaca, go for the Potato Poblano or Ceviche if you're vegetarian. Manducatis Rustica pizza has a great crust, thin but not too crispy, the guys making the pizza are hot!
Huge list of international vendors rotates every week--excellent food at very reasonable prices. Most dishes $5! Come with friends and try a bunch of cuisines.
This old factory is one of the most underrated spots to see new art in the city. Make sure to head to the dark, danky basement below.
The MTA 82nd St is awesome, brings you right to the heart of Jackson Heights, the most multi-cultural spot on planet Earth, one block from Terraza 7 Train, the ultimate chill-out bar w/Latin music.
This sprawling greenway is home to the 93-acre Meadow Lake, New York City’s largest lake and the perfect place to glide across the pond in a rowboat, paddleboat or hydrobike. Read more.
#StaffPick Lauren (Education): This is a great place for parents. Why? Kids of a wide age range (around 2 - 12) are so engaged. As a parent, it's a very low key, stress free place to take your kids.
Serving Italian water and cream ices for over 60 years. The lemon is peerless, but many fruit flavors excel. The peanut is especially peanutty and rich. Open during warm weather months.
A market with vendors selling cured meats and cheese from Italy, prepared food, butchers and hand rolled cigars. There are seating areas for designated restaurants.
The basement canteen at this temple makes New York's best dosas and some excellent homestyle south Indian food. All vegetarian, all very cheap.
The sprawling 6,000-square-foot hall—decked out with reclaimed lumber, long picnic tables and dangling turquoise lights—doubles as a beer garden, drawing a boisterous, Southern-comfort lovin' crowd. Read more.
Burlesque, burners, human circus vibes, sparkles, unicorns, disco. You won't be disappointed
If there is a long line and you don't want to wait, get a pizza to go. Sit down in Brooklyn Bridge Park and enjoy your pizza with a view.. It will taste even better :-)
Formerly of The Modern at MoMA and Plaza Hotel, patissier and food stylist Ayaka Kurokawa creates French, Japanese and American influenced sweets in this hidden bakery in the lobby of 68 Jay. Read more.
Try the Peter Shelsky. A spin on the bagel-and-lox format with 3 kinds of fish—Eastern Gaspé salmon, soft sable & sweet pickled herring in cream sauce. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011 Read more.
My favorite view in all of manhattan and beyond. Very romantic in the evenings and never overcrowded. Still a pretty well kept secret and hidden gem.
The square pie is the best pizza I've had in my life. The circle pie is as good as any pie in New York.
A Leventine palace with ethereal hummus and baba ghanouj, eggplant napoleon, fattoush to change your world. Worth a detour.
Large water play area with sprinklers and raised platforms with water channels. Great for the kids to run around on a hot day. Located near the Carousel, too.
The huge slide in this hidden playground is so much fun for the kiddies, and their parents as well!
Fantastic park for everyone from infants to toddlers. The great thing about it is that it's really well shaded. Especially great in the summer when the huge lawn is open.
The Jewish Museum is the preeminent museum in the US, devoted exclusively to over 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. Artists include Marc Chagall, George Segal, Eleanor Antin, and Deborah Kass.
Fun interactive children's museum with lots of great spaces for kids to explore. Dora floor, fire engine, sand tables, painting on the white board and splash in the summer are our highlights.
Great park with a great view! Great way to cool the kiddos down with the water area.
One of the best spot of NYC where culture and architecture merge with nature. Not surprise why many films used this spot for romantic location.
Awesome find in Times Square, the miniatures are so cool and realistic and you can even get your own miniature of yourself made!
Designed by David Rockwell, the park encourages children to interact with the environment and create their own space within the playground.
Sweet hidden slide here that you should not miss. On your way to the Hudson? Zip down here first.
Gorgeous views of Brooklyn and the East River. A postage stamp sized oasis on Manhattan. Afterwords, walk over to Stone street for delicious food and drinks.
Really fun child centered museum where kids can play with every type of art material and jump in a giant ball room.
A beautiful place to get lost. Feels more like going for a hike than walking through the city.
You’ll spend all day here. Bringing young humans here will spare a lot of the headache for you if you just take them to the 4th floor to see the dinos.
Great experience in the planetarium. Great little bit in dark energy and dark force. Must see!
There's a playground type area on the second, third and fourth floors - the third floor one is the best for tiring your kid out. But avoid the sand pit! Fun, but low energy play hides there.
Bring your children of all ages it's fun for all.
The garden has lots of interactive exhibits for children. There is a tiny children's maze, musical instruments and an arts center.
I loved it here! Best time to go I’d during the week so that you have the entire place to yourself. The Georgia O’Keeffe collection is astounding. I’m coming back for seasonal collections.
There’s a small bridge on the south end of the park that has cold steam vents that go off every few minutes. Nice on a hot day!
Gorgeous building with ongoing contemporary exhibits, make sure to dedicate at least an hour.
Escape the city and feel like you're in an entirely different world here. The outside bar is great to stop in for a drink after rowing your way through The Lake.
Such a beautiful book store. They don’t have as many options as the Strand, but still I love it.
A great spot for photography and photo lovers to realize that it’s truly an art form.
Great selection of authentic Japanese goods and foods, but it comes with a bit of a price tag.
“Sands of Persia, a new dessert bar and hookah lounge, is serving up Turkish sand coffee brewed in a pan filled with sand and heated over an open flame.”
Definitely the coolest NY rooftop experience. They do a retinal scan and probably save all your info but you get so see how you would look as a cloud so prob worth it?
Lesser visited: "Strawberry Fields, Sheep Meadow, Cherry Hill, Bow Bridge, Bethesda Fountain, Naumburg Bandshell, Loeb Boathouse, HC Andersen Monument, Conservatory model boats, Alice in Wnld statue."
The exhibits are like none I’ve seen elsewhere and the architecture of the building itself is worth the visit!
The City Reliquary looks like the inside of a crazy collector’s apartment. It's not so surprising that it got its start as the window display of founder Dave Herman’s Williamsburg home ten years ago. Read more.
What a gem. Grab a drink and listen to people play piano and sing show tunes, Broadway. (And do it well.)
This place has really become a staple in the LES. Pseudo-healthy ingredients then smothered in not-so-healthy ingredients. Very vegetarian friendly!
This was such a fun vibe - the signing waitstaff were definitely a highlight. The food was pretty decent as well so I would come back. I did think it was a little overpriced.
