Satellite Sisters Top 13 New York City Travel Must-Dos
Brookes TreidlerTo celebrate our special New York City Extravaganza Podcast, we asked the Satellite Sister Community to contribute their own favorite spots to see in the Big Apple. And You delivered. Below is a compiled list of must-dos, must-sees, must-eats and must-drinks. Plus a few extra activities for the kids in NYC.
Top Thirteen!
Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ride the free Staten Island Ferry for views of Manhattan
Explore Central Park, especially the Conservatory Garden
People watch in a park like Bryant Park or Washington Square Park or Prospect Park
Cruise the Highline
Make a stop at Grand Central and see the great room
Visit the Empire State Building at night for bright lights & no crowds
Take in a Broadway show, any show
Ride the Circle Line around the island of Manhattan
Take the Ferry to Governor’s Island and rent a bike to the see great views of Manhattan
See a ballet and opera or music at one of the Lincoln Center theaters
Christmas in New York, seeing the tree at Rockefeller Center, and visit the Top of the Rock, the Rockettes at Radio City and the Holiday Windows on Fifth Ave.
Museums
All the Biggies: The Met, MOMO, The Guggenheim, The Natural History Museum
The Specialty Museums: The Frick, The Cloisters, The New Whitney
The 9/11 Museum
For History Fans: The Tenement Museum, The Irish Famine Memorial, Ellis Island,
Schomburg Center for Black Culture in Harlem, The Lower East Side Museum
Restaurants & Markets
Luke’s Lobster
H&H Bagels
Katz Deli
The Oyster Bar in Grand Central
Pomme Frite in Greenwich Village
Chelsea Market
Arthur Ave. Market in The Bronx for an authentic Italian experience
LeVain Cookies
Balthazar
Jacob’s Pickles
Ellen’s Stardust Diner- touristy but fun
Wafels and Dinges
Meyers of Keswick for British specialities
Go for a Drink
The Algonquin
The Oak Room at the Plaza
The Brooklyn Brewery
McSorley’s, the oldest pub in NYC
Bemelmans Bar
Pizza
Artichoke Basil Pizza
Unregular Pizza
John’s Pizza on 44th
Architecture
St. John the Divine
Check out the tile arch system of Rafela Guastavino
For Kids
Seredipity 3 for Hot Chocolate
The Seaglass Carousel at Battery Park
The Intrepid
The Queen Museum with a miniature NYC
The Bronx Zoo
The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
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