Popular New York City Attractions

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John F. Kennedy International Airport: Kennedy airport was opened in July 1948, and was originally called New York International Airport. Located in the borough of Queens, about 12 miles from lower Manhattan, it handled more than 42 millio...

LaGuardia International Airport: Eight miles from midtown Manhattan, this airport opened in December 1939, and was once called the world's greatest by officials in the aviation community. It's still an airport many prefer to the mad ...

Newark Liberty International Airport: Approximately 50 airlines operate out of Newark Liberty International Airport, which opened in 1928 and was, at one time, the world's busiest commercial airport. Continental dominates the airport and ...

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Brooklyn

Alias Restaurant

Zesty, imaginative American food in a neighborhood eatery with delicious comfort food at reasonable prices. Excellent salads and vegetables, some vegetarian. Recommended by the New York Times....

Broadway East

Great supporters of local farmers and quality ingredients, responsibly sourced. Large focus on vegetables, plus some seafood, chicken, beef. Vegetarian, vegan. A commitment to eco-living....

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

The work of Nature's diverse palette is on display at Brooklyn's Botanic Gardens, one of the city's more revered natural spaces and popular with locals and tourists alike. Take a group tour or just s...

Brooklyn Childrens Museum

Founded in 1899, the museum was the first in the country created just for children; its hands-on exhibits engage kids from pre-school to high school. Some 15,000 square feet of exhibition space are av...

Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Housed in a 560,000 square foot Beaux-Arts building, the museum has permanent collections from Egyptian masterpieces to...

Brown Cafe

Comfortable spot where the menu focuses on locally grown, seasonal, organic produce, free-range and grass fed meats, and includes delicious and original vegetable and seafood starters, plus seafood, c...

Coney Island

Coney Island conjures up two images. The first is from the the turn of the 20th Century to the 1950s, when it was New York's destination for fun in the sun. Along with the beach, the area's amusemen...

Jamaica Bay Equestrian Riding Acadamy

Jamaica Bay Riding Academy is a family-owned and operated horseback riding and boarding facility located in Brooklyn for over thirty years. Jamaica Bay offers private and group lessons and trail rides...

Little Giant

Neighborhood place serving an American menu prepared with handpicked produce, organic when possible, and artisanal meats and cheeses. Always includes several vegetarian dishes and will create accordin...

Park Slope

Park Slope is the parkside enclave where the upwardly mobile raise families, many in expensive brownstones bordering Prospect Park. An abundance of historic buildings dot the streets in this upscale ...

Peasant

Very simple but excellent Italian cooking. Good variety of starters, house-made pastas, pizza, fish and meat. Polite, attentive service. Recommended by the "Art of Eating" magazine, Eat Well Guide....

Prospect Park

A true oasis in the city, and popular with tourists and locals, these 585 acres of parkland in the middle of Brooklyn feature the 90-acre Long Meadow, a lake and Brooklyn's only forest. The park borde...

Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream

Great quality ice cream made from hormone-free milk and cream purchased from local farmers, egg yolks and cane sugar; flavors are derived from the best, natural ingredients. Purchase from one of thei...

Williamsburg

The world according to Williamsburg is a microcosm indeed. Home to the city's large Hasidic Jewish population, the area in northern Brooklyn is also home to the full range of ethnicities. Jammed with ...

Lower Manhattan

Century 21 Department Store

New Yorkers may be known for wearing the latest fashions but they also love a bargain. For years, Century 21 (known locally as Century's) has always been a bargain hunter's dream. Row upon row of to...

Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is famous for welcoming generations of immigrants coming by ship to the United States. The US is now a little less interested in immigrants and immigrants are much less intereste...

Little Italy

Little Italy is the remaining bastion of Italian culture in Manhattan. What was once an area that encompassed 50 square blocks has now been surrounded by an ever growing Chinatown. Today, all that r...

New York Chinatown

One of the largest Chinatowns in North America, this is a place to wander from one distinctive street to another. You'll see unusual stores, restaurants, and buildings with unique architecture. This...

OZOcar

New York's first hybrid luxury car service. It's an eco-friendly and stylish alternative to regular car service....

Savoy

A classy, comfortable country inn on 2 floors of an 1830's townhouse, with large fireplaces used for grilling meats. Huge emphasis on sourcing the best farm-fresh ingredients, and preparing them sim...

South Street Seaport

Long before New York became the Finance and Business Capital of the World, it was known as the largest shipping destination in the world. Today, very few goods are unloaded on Manhattan piers (most h...

Staten Island Ferry

For over 100 years the Staten Island Ferry has transported commuters and visitors between Lower Manhatan and Staten Island. The ride provides excellent views of the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan and...

The Harrison

This beautiful restaurant with outside terrrace tempts guests with their very stylish, delicious, simply prepared food, based on the seasons and local purveyors' offerings. American menu with lots o...

Manhattan

5 Ninth

Charming 19th century brownstone located in the Maeatpacking District and offering American and Italian classic fare....

Angelica Kitchen

Excellent vegan menu, mostly organic, with lots of choice, including scrumptious desserts. Committed to relationships with growers, and ecological restaurant practices. BYOB--no corkage....

Babbo Ristorante E Enoteca

Seductive Italian menu full of fresh and seasonal produce, with a frequently changing menu including lots of interesting appetizers, seafood, meats, pasta, desserts. Extensive wine list from all over ...

Back Forty

Tavern style with simple menu of tasty classics: starters & salads, great burgers from grass-fed beef with home-made ketchup, lamb shank, chicken, made with locally sourced and fresh foods. Re...

Barbuto

Chic Italian-inspired bistro where the Chez Panisse trained chef changes the menu frequently to maintain the ultimate in freshness and seasonality; the simple preparations show them off best. Recommen...

Beacon

Classy, sleek dining room. Dynamite, gutsy menu for lovers of wood-fired cooking and roasting, including oysters and other seafood, steak, lamb, suckling pig, pizza, with a focus on seasonal ingredie...

Bellavitae

Excellent regional Italian dishes created by the top importer of fine Italian products using fresh, local, and seasonal produce. Comfortable and casual. Recommended by the New York Times, Internat...

Beppe

Gorgeous menu of Tuscan favorites. Chef learned early on to appreciate high quality, ingredients, buying at local green markets and from artisan meat producers....

Better Burger Chelsea

Natural, healthy burgers and hot dogs made using free-range beef, no hormones or fillers, baked "fries," organic bun and condiments, organic salads, smoothies. Veggie burger, chili....

Better Burger Murray Hill

Natural, healthy burgers and hot dogs made using free-range beef, no hormones or fillers, baked "fries," organic bun and condiments, organic salads, smoothies. Veggie burger, chili....

Blossom

Organic, vegan cuisine served in a warm, chic ambiance....

Blue Hill

Beautiful seasonal menus with ingredients fresh from their own farm and from local artisans. Apps, seafood, game, meats, vegetable dishes which all show off the bounty, plus cheese, desserts....

Blue Water Grill

Classy restaurant in a former bank space with an outdoor caf. Great choice of fresh and appealing seafood apps, sushi, sashimi, specialty rolls, creative side dishes, some chicken and meat. Zagat re...

Bobo

Modern American menu based on market fresh ingredients. Mostly European and U.S. wines. Hearty appetizers and salads, lots of seafood, meats and vegetarian dishes....

Bonobo's Vegetarian Restaurant

A casual natural foods restaurant serving vegan, raw food made from organic produce (when possible) purchased from local farmers. Delicious juices, soups, salads, entrees, crackers, and sweets....

Butter Restaurant

Elegant upstairs restaurant plus casual downstairs with DJ. Farm sourced local and seasonal ingredients. Mouth-watering American menu. One of New York's hot spots....

Cafe Cluny

Small, pretty and popular French bistro open all day. Simple French menu, well prepared, some natural or organic seafood and meats, local produce....

Caravan of Dreams Restaurant

All organic, vegan cuisine; all products are Kosher but the menu is Parve. Half of the menu is "live" food--not heated to more than 118 degrees. Extensive menu including apps, salads, sandwiches, main...

Colicchio & Sons

Craftsteak re-opened as Colicchio & Sons in 2010. Creative, American comfort food, seasonal menu with very fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The Tap Room with wood burning oven will include a...

Cookshop

Tasty, appetizing American menu with some European influence. Many items cooked on the grill, wood burning oven or rotisserie. Supporters of sustainable ingredients, local producers, and humanely rai...

Corner Shop Cafe

Attractive, casual caf open all day, serving delicious, organic food with flavors from around the globe. Lots of appealing apps and salads, paninis, burgers, mains, free-range chicken, grass-fed b...

Counter

Organic wine & martini bar, vegetarian bistro. Menu includes lots of well put together small plates, pizzas, large plates, made from local, sustainable and organic ingredients. Organic wines, be...

Eleven Madison Park

Exquisite, contemporary and creative French cuisine in a grand, art deco dining room, next to a convivial and busy bar. Seasonal menus with the freshest, highest quality products. 4 stars from the ...

Energy Kitchen-- Chelsea

Mini-chain with mostly take-out food. All calorie counts listed; nothing fried. Interesting dishes including bison and ostrich burgers, salmon and tuna, wraps, salads, smoothies....

Energy Kitchen-- Mid-town East

Mini-chain with mostly take-out food. All calorie counts listed; nothing fried. Interesting dishes including bison and ostrich burgers, salmon and tuna, wraps, salads, smoothies....

Energy Kitchen-- West Village

Mini-chain with mostly take-out food. All calorie counts listed; nothing fried. Interesting dishes including bison and ostrich burgers, salmon and tuna, wraps, salads, smoothies....

Esca

Seductive menu of authentic Italian seafood dishes. Raw bar, cooked apps, pasta, mains, vegetables, with some interesting and unusual twists. All Italian wine list. James Beard Award, for Best Chef:...

Five Points Restaurant

Zesty American food with a bit of European influence, from a chef committed to fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. Very well done simple dishes, in a comfortable ambiance. Good bar....

Free Foods

Take-out breakfast, lunch or dinner--or have it delivered to Mid-town Manhattan--Monday through Friday. Made from mostly organic ingredients, well-prepared. Recommended by the New York Times,and The N...

Gobo West Village

Beautiful, classy country style caf serving organic, vegetarian foods from around the world. Large, tempting menu with quick bites, small & large plates, soups and salads....

Gotham Bar and Grill

Long-lived and well-loved eatery. Modern, American menu with French techniques, chef an early devote of high quality, seasonal products from small farms. 3 stars New York Times; James Beard Outstan...

Gottino Wine Bar

Italian gastro pub serving an inventive menu of small plates, created using local, seasonal ingredients to produce true Italian seasonal dishes. Great European ambiance, though crowded. Recommended b...

Gradisca

Seductive, creative, authentic Italian menu, made with the freshest local produce, with some key products (salami, cheeses, olive oil) imported from Italy. Terrific pasta, all home-made, like Mama in...

Gramercy Tavern

Classic American tavern in an historic building, offering full-flavored dishes and "must-have" desserts, changing according to the seasons and availability. Vegetarian dishes available. Many James B...

HanGawi

Vegetarian restaurant focusing on providing a complete and healthy meal. Large menu of appetizers, salads, rice and noodles, mains, desserts, plus an organic menu. Almost spiritual ambiance. Zagat 20...

Hearth

Lovely, seasonal, market-driven American menu with strong Italian influences, including a special "Cucina Povera" (humble cooking) menu. Great wine list, according to Saveur Magazine, 2009....

Hundred Acres

Excellent American cuisine, menu driven by the restaurant's farm fresh market sources and seasonality. Natural, pasture raised beef. Recommended by New York magazine....

Il Buco

Formerly a rustic, European antique store, now an elegant, country restaurant. European apps, tapas, great seafood, mains--the specifics change daily depending on market availability. Busy, can be n...

Inside Park at St. Bart's

The converted Community House of St. Bartholomew's Church, is now a grand room with the original stained glass windows. Chef is a strong advocate of locally sourced products and sustainability, as wel...

Jimmy's No. 43

Restaurant-Bar with excellent, seasonal, produce from local farms. Lots of very appealing small and large plates. Large selection of bottled beers, smaller choice of wines. Recommended by Slow Food ...

Josie's Restaurant East

Chic spot caters to just about everyone with their dairy-free, fresh, organic cuisine. Menu includes lots of options for vegetarians, fish, meat and poultry lovers, with sources printed on the menu....

Kajitsu

Following an ancient tradition, the restaurant features exquisite "shojin" cuisine, a vegan cuisine that originated in Zen Buddhism and uses fresh, seasonal vegetables and grains. Menus change mon...

Le Pain Quotidien on Broadway

Cafe and bakery. Organic ingredients where possible, prepared freshly everyday. Open breakfast, lunch and dinner. Communal table. Environmentally friendly construction practices. Zagat recommended....

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Lupa

Fabulous trattoria serving excellent, seasonal Roman dishes at reasonable prices. The "salumeria" serves artisanal meat, cheeses, and other products while the chefs create regional Roman food with th...

Market Table

Market and comfortable restaurant with large picture windows looking over the West village. Strikingly simple, but inspired, delicious food including some appealing apps and salads, dazzling fish an...

Mas

Though the name "Mas" is French, the seductive daily-changing menu is New American; the chef's French training shows up in the style and techniques used. Dishes are composed of organic, seasonal, sust...

Pret a Manger at Rockefeller

Caf/coffee shop serving hand-made, natural, preservative and chemical free meals: sandwiches, salads & sushi, filled baguettes, breakfast fare, smoothies, desserts. Many locations in New York an...

Pret a Manger on Broadway

Caf/coffee shop serving hand-made, natural, preservative and chemical free meals: sandwiches, salads & sushi, filled baguettes, breakfast fare, smoothies, desserts. Many locations in New York an...

Pret a Manger on Park

Caf/coffee shop serving hand-made, natural, preservative and chemical free meals: sandwiches, salads & sushi, filled baguettes, breakfast fare, smoothies, desserts. Many locations in New York an...

Pret a Manger on Seventh

Caf/coffee shop serving hand-made, natural, preservative and chemical free meals: sandwiches, salads & sushi, filled baguettes, breakfast fare, smoothies, desserts. Many locations in New York an...

Prune

Tiny, simple eatery with a small, efficient menu and sumptuous, homey cooking. Very popular. Week-days lunch and dinner, week-end brunch and dinner. Recommended by the International Herald Tribune a...

Quantum Leap Restaurant East Village Location

Excellent vegetarian and vegan cuisine, reasonably priced. Quick lunch, lunch entrees, delicious Mexican platters, very popular apps, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers....

Quantum Leap Restaurant West Village Location

Excellent vegetarian and vegan cuisine, reasonably priced. Quick lunch, lunch entrees, delicious Mexican platters, very popular apps, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers....

Tabla

New Indian cuisine: sensuous Indian spices combined with New York's best local and seasonal ingredients yield an outstanding fusion cuisine. Not the typical Indian restaurant. Top service. Recommend...

The Little Owl

Small neighborhood restaurant offering a seasonal, zesty American menus. Famous for the cheese burger, gravy meatball sliders, and the porkchop, plus great pastas and seafood specials. Dinner nightly,...

The Spotted Pig

A gastro-pub serving seasonal British and Italian food, sourcing as much locally as possible. One Michelin Star, Best New Chef 2007, Food & Wine magazine....

Think Coffee on Bleecker

Serves only organic coffee and teas, grown in an eco-friendly way, and one that helps improve the lives of the farmers. The caf also serves baked goods, sandwiches and salads, soups. Vegetarian and...

Think Coffee on Mercer

Union Square Cafe

Possibly New York's most popular restaurant, where award-winning Italian influenced American food is prepared with fresh and local ingredients. Amazing wines from around the world. Recommended by ...

Manhattan-Midtown

Diamond District

Rumor has it that 90% of all diamonds and other gemstones coming into the United States passes through this one block on 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues (also known as the Avenue of the Am...

Empire State Building

The ESB was the tallest building in the world from when it opened in 1931, until the World Trade Center was completed in 1972. While it has now been eclipsed by modern glass towers in other cities, it...

Fifth Avenue

No other block in the world beckons high end shoppers like Fifth Avenue. Starting at 34th Street and heading north to the Plaza Hotel on 59th Street, is a trove of sophisticated shops with solicitous...

Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center was one of the first major urban developments in the United States. John Rockefeller envisioned towering office buildings with inviting public spaces rising up from the midtown str...

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art, or MOMA, is the premier modern art museum in the US. But it is not all paintings. You'll see architecture and design, film, prints, and, its most recent department, media, ...

Manhattan-Upper East Side

Atlantic Grill

All seafood, simply prepared, including sushi, sashimi, house rolls, with some changes by seasons. Token nod to non-fish eaters. Recommended by Zagat; Wine Spectator Award of Excellence....

Candle 79

Upscale sister of Candle Caf with local, organic, vegan cuisine and often rated New York's top vegan restaurant. Flavors from around the world; organic and biodynamic wines. Gluten free menu....

Candle Cafe

Farm-to-table organic, sustainable vegan cuisine. Large menu with great apps, interesting salads, sandwiches, "burgers," desserts, smoothies. Gluten free menu....

Central Park

New Yorkers cannot imagine life without Central Park. This 843 acre rectangular plot is their source for culture, socialization, exercise, relaxation and nature. Although it looks like it has been t...

Energy Kitchen-- Upper East Side

Mini-chain with mostly take-out food. All calorie counts listed; nothing fried. Interesting dishes including bison and ostrich burgers, salmon and tuna, wraps, salads, smoothies....

Fishtail by David Burke

Historic townhouse with oyster bar downstairs and more formal dining upstairs, though with a comfortable feel. Extremely fresh fish, mostly sustainably caught on the East Coast, with an outstanding ch...

Gobo Upper East Side

Beautiful, classy country style caf serving organic, vegetarian foods from around the world. Large, tempting menu with quick bites, small & large plates, soups and salads....

Rouge Tomate

Gorgeous caf and dining room serving inspired, modern, organic cuisine based on principles of SPE (Sanitas per Escam, Health through Food) and supports farmers using sustainable practices. One Mic...

Sfoglia

Italian trattoria, warm ambiance. Menu changes every 2 weeks depending on market seasonality and freshness. Same menu lunch and dinner: antipasti, pastas, meat or fish, contorni. Italian wines. Reco...

Slice: The Perfect Food

Fresh pizza made to order from all-natural and organic ingredients; all dough, sauces, and toppings made from scratch in-house. Interesting and creative toppings, or build-your-own. Gluten-free, whe...

The Guggenheim Museum

Oddly, the building housing the Guggenheim is more famous than the collection. We haven't heard of Jasper Johns ever attacking Frank Lloyd Wright, so hopefully there are no hard feelings. The interio...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The "Met" is the quintessential museum of everything, displaying artifacts of early man to abstract impressionism to Greek and Roman Statues to movie costumes. Just a list of the departments in the m...

Manhattan-Upper West Side

American Museum of Natural History

Along with the Smithsonian, the AMNH ranks as one of the top natural history museums in the world, and given the early sponsorship of Teddy Roosevelt, it is hard to imagine a better one. Whether you a...

BLT Market

Classy French country spot located in the Ritz Carlton. Seductive American menu with Mediterranean and Asian flavors, changing according to what is fresh, with the chef bringing the market to his gues...

Josie's West Original Josie's since 1994

Offbeat, casual spot caters to just about everyone with their dairy-free, fresh, organic cuisine. Menu includes lots of options for vegetarians, fish, meat and poultry lovers, with sources printed on ...

Nick and Toni's Cafe

Simple Italian menu, using local organic products. Thin crust pizza, pasta, wood-oven roasted fish and meats, good sides, some vegetarian. Supports local fishermen and farmers. Mostly European wine ...

PJ Clarke's Lincoln Square

Follows culinry traditions established over 10 years ago. Menu is traditional American with soups, salads, raw bar, apps, sandwiches, some organic meats and fish, lots of sides, and great, old-fashion...

Queens

Astoria

If there is one neighborhood in New York that defines the ethnic diversity of New York, it is Astoria. Founded by German and Czech immigrants, it has welcomed people from all over the world, arriving...

Flushing Meadow Corona Park

Popularly known for hosting the world's top tennis players at the U.S. Open in late August, this 1,255-acre park is the largest park in Queens and is one of the city's flagship parks.

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Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge

If there was ever an award for the most unlikely place to find a wildlife refuge, the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge would be the odds on favorite to win. A wildlife sanctuary located within the five bo...

Louis Armstrong House

Although jazz legend Louis Armstrong was wealthy enough to live anywhere, he settled, with his wife, Lucille, in a modest house in the working class neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Louis Armstrong l...

PS1 Contemporary Art Center

The oldest and second largest non-profit arts center in the U.S. solely devoted to contemporary art, P.S. 1 is a magnet for artists and the public. Founded in 1971, the center is allied with the Muse...

The Bronx

Arthur Avenue - The Little Italy of the Bronx

In New York, when looking for the authentic Little Italy, most native New Yorkers don't head to Mulberry Street in Lower Manhattan. Instead, they take the long journey to the Belmont section of the B...

Bronx Zoo

It's all happening at the zoo: This celebrated attraction, the biggest metropolitan zoo in the country, features more than 4,000 animals. View the Congo Gorilla Forest, come face to face with snow le...

The New Leaf Restaurant and Bar

Urban setting near the Cloisters and a project of the NYRP (New York Restoration Project.) Upstate farms, local markets are critical sources for the natural produce used in the seasonal menus. Local...

The New York Botanical Garden

Gardens of every description are found within this site, established in 1891, and still a botany lover's dream. The Garden houses an extensive collection of plants and has become an international cent...

Upper Manhattan

Community Food and Juice

Casual spot, seasonal American menu with organic, sustainable ingredients when possible. Grass -fed, antibiotic free beef, free-range chicken, and wild fish. Open daily, all day. Green restaurant ...

Picnic Market & Cafe

Casual neighborhood spot where the food is French, often Alsatian, at least at dinner. Chef prefers seasonal, organic ingredients. Early Bird $22 prix fixe before 6:30 pm. Wine list is from small p...

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