New York city apart from sky touching skyscrapers also have preserved nature and great wildlife in Zoo and wildlife park areas like Alley Pond Park , in Queens with more than 300 species of birds, Central Park Zoo , Queens County Farm Museum , Bronx Zoo comprising of 4,000 animals representing around 650 species, New York Aquarium with around 300 marine species and many others.
Bronx Zoo (Pic: Flicker,benostrander )
While New York is full of endless skyscrapers and packed sidewalks in Manhattan an other part, the city also have some of the amazing lovely parks sprawling over acres of land with numerous facilities . Here you can come to rest, read, or just relax and watch the people streaming past. Some of the most famous park in the city are Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan, Central Park , Flushing Meadow Park in Corona, Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx and many others.
Pelham Bay Park (Pic: Flicker, Jo Sef )
Ice Skating will be an awesome activity that every tourist will love to do or will love to try out. Try Ice Skating in Rockefeller Center , Central Park, Prospect Park are some of the place with picturesque surroundings and an array of other activities to do.
Rockefeller Center (Pic: Flicker, Gary Burke )
Explore some of the finest museums in the world in New York City which have preserved various historical antiques and monuments in their age grand museums and galleries. Many galleries and museums in New York close on Mondays, so be sure to check hours before visiting. Visit Metropolitan Museum of Art , The Cloisters, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art , Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art , Museum of the Moving Image, New York Hall of Science, American Museum of Natural History and many others.
Guggenheim Museum (Pic:Flicker, Andrew Chen )
New York have some of the famous beaches at its outskirts area where you can enjoy water sports activities and like Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn , Midland Beach, Staten Island , New Dorp Beach , Orchard Beach, Bronx ,Plum Beach, Brooklyn , Rockaway Beach, Queens , Water Taxi Beach
Orchard Beach( Pic: Flicker, jag9889 )
Luxury is in New Yorks Heart and so in its restaurants that serves some of the best cuisines in United States with beautiful decor and architecture. Enjoy the great dining experience with some relishing cuisines from some world-class chefs , casual bistros, lounges for drinking and noshing .
Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel (Pic: Flicker, RenHotelsNYC )
Manhattan is an iconic destination in New York city with concrete canyons and the inimitable skyline. Central Park, Rockefeller Center, the Guggenheim Museum all the major tourist desination of the state is located in this part. Museums. Parks and Gardens, Roosevelt Island, Shopping arcades , restaurants and many more this part of the New York city offers some of the best of the State.
Manhattan Sunset (Pic: Flicker, Dennis Leung )
Located in Liberty Island in Manhattan the statue potraits the robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom. You can visit Statue of Liberty National Monument without any charges , you will find various plaques and dedicatory tablets in Statue of Liberty . It is one of the most famous spot in New York.
Statue of Liberty (Pic: Flicker, Philip Menke )
One of oldest suspension bridges in City and an awesome spot from where you can have fantastic views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn skylines. With a main span of 1,595.5 feet the bridge connects boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Bridge (Pic: Flicker, Thomas Bonte )
Enjoy some of the best musical shows of the country in best theaters and halls with enormous amount and variety of theatrical performances. Times Square , Rising Sun Performance Company , The People’s Improv Theater , Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera , New York City Ballet , New York Philharmonic , Radio City Music Hall are some of the theater for performing arts where you can go for some awesome shows.
New York – Carnegie Hall (Pic: Flicker, Allan )
Also known as fashion capital of the United States New York is a major shopping destination of the world and Country with wide numbers of stores, boutiques, and specialty shops. Century 21 , Duane Reade , Rite Aid, Manhattan are some of the popular areas where you can indulge in world class shopping.
Gurskyesque at Century 21 (Pic: Flicker, Erik Töyrä )
It is largest art museum in the United States that have in display most significant art collections in the world. The museum have collection of more than two million works from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures musical instruments, costumes and accessories, and antique weapons and armor from around the world.
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (Pic: Flicker, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York)
Sprawling over an area of 778 acres Central Park is located in Manhattan in New York City. It is a National Historic Landmark and one of the most famous sightseeing spots in New York. Millions of tourist every year visit this park that offers walking tracks, bridle paths, two ice-skating rinks, Central park Zoo, theater, restaurants, theaters and many other recreational facilities.
central park new york (Pic: Flicker, Michael McDonough )
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