New York City guide

Things to do in New York City

Things to do in New York City: start with Birdland Jazz Club, Blue Note Jazz Club, and Brooklyn Bridge. Use the 346 places below to build a plan around this theme; each place has source-backed details behind its description.

346 places

Places to start with

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)

Source-backed place · Museums

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)

A modern, LEED Gold-certified multi-arts facility in Brooklyn, the BAM Fisher features a 250-seat black box theater and flexible…

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Source-backed place · Landmarks

Brooklyn Borough Hall

A stately Greek Revival landmark and the oldest public building in Brooklyn, this former city hall now serves as the seat of the…

Brooklyn Historical Society

Source-backed place · Museums

Brooklyn Historical Society

Founded in 1863, this National Historic Landmark preserves Brooklyn's 400-year history within a stunning Romanesque Revival build…

Source-backed place · Theaters and music

Brooklyn Steel

A premier 1,800-capacity concert hall in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Steel is a 20,000-square-foot venue housed within a converte…

Source-backed place · Parks and outdoors

Cadman Plaza Park

A historic linear park on the border of Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn, featuring the monumental Brooklyn War Memorial an…

Cafe Wha?

Source-backed place · Theaters and music

Cafe Wha?

A legendary Greenwich Village music club founded in 1959, famous for launching the careers of icons like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix,…

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Carnegie Hill Historic District

Source-backed place · History

Carnegie Hill Historic District

An elegant Upper East Side enclave defined by limestone façades, tree-lined streets, and the grand Georgian Revival legacy of ind…

Center for Brooklyn History

Source-backed place · Museums

Center for Brooklyn History

Housed in a Romanesque Revival landmark, this urban history center preserves 400 years of Brooklyn's past through its comprehensi…

Central Park Carousel

Source-backed place · Landmarks

Central Park Carousel

A vintage wood-carved attraction located at the southern end of Central Park, featuring 58 hand-carved horses and two chariots dr…

Central Park North

Source-backed place · Parks and outdoors

Central Park North

Explore the serene northern reaches of the first landscaped park in the United States, where the urban bustle of Manhattan fades…

Source-backed place · History

Central Park West Historic District

A linear stretch of Manhattan's Upper West Side featuring an opulent collection of Neo-Renaissance and Art Deco residences, feder…

Chatham Square

Source-backed place · History

Chatham Square

A historic gateway to Manhattan's Chinatown, this complex intersection serves as a memorial plaza honoring Chinese-American soldi…

Cheim & Read

Source-backed place · Museums

Cheim & Read

A prestigious contemporary art gallery in Chelsea, founded in 1997, renowned for its museum-quality exhibitions of both recent an…

Chelsea Historic District

Source-backed place · History

Chelsea Historic District

A preserved pocket of Manhattan's West Side, featuring Greek Revival townhouses and Gothic Revival architecture, rooted in the fo…

Cherry Lane Theatre

Source-backed place · Theaters and music

Cherry Lane Theatre

Founded in 1923, the Cherry Lane Theatre is the oldest continuously running off-Broadway theater in New York City and is celebrat…

Source-backed place · History

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA)

Established in 1883, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association is the oldest service organization in Chinatown, serving as…

City College of New York campus

Source-backed place · History

City College of New York campus

Explore the historic 35-acre campus of the City College of New York, the first free public institution of higher education in the…

Color Factory New York

Source-backed place · Museums

Color Factory New York

A vibrant, multi-sensory immersive experience in Manhattan that celebrates the joy of color through interactive art installations…

Confucius Plaza

Source-backed place · Landmarks

Confucius Plaza

A towering brown brick landmark in Chinatown, this site combines a historic affordable housing complex with a heroic-scale statue…

Conservatory Garden

Source-backed place · Parks and outdoors

Conservatory Garden

Central Park's only formal garden, a six-acre secluded oasis featuring three distinct international styles of landscaping and the…

Conservatory Water

Source-backed place · Landmarks

Conservatory Water

A serene reflecting pool in Central Park's east side, famous for its miniature sailboats and whimsical statues of Alice in Wonder…

David Zwirner Gallery

Source-backed place · Museums

David Zwirner Gallery

A premier contemporary art destination in Chelsea, this world-renowned gallery represents blue-chip artists and showcases influen…

Source-backed place · Museums

Dia Chelsea

A pioneering contemporary art museum in Chelsea, focusing on long-term temporary exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects that…

Source-backed place · Markets

Diamond District

Known as Diamond Jewelry Way, this Midtown hub is the world's densest region for diamond exchange, where nearly 90% of all diamon…

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