There are literally thousands of New York City Sites of interest. Museums are covered on our Museum page. For your viewing pleasure we have photographs of interesting sites in New York. You may sample them by going to . Some of New York's most popular sites are:
Manhattan Sites:
Federal Hall National Monument New York Stock Exchange Trinity Church & Cemetery
World Financial Center Battery Park South Street Seaport
Brooklyn Bridge St. Paul's Chapel Chinatown
Little Italy Orchard Street Singer Building
Jefferson Market Courthouse Flatiron Building Macy's
Madison Square Garden Chelsea Piers Complex Empire Diner
Theater District Times Square Lyceum Theater
Rockefeller Center Diamond Row The New York Public Library
International Center of Photography Paramount Building Shubert Alley
Carnegie Hall Alwyn Court Apartments Chrysler Building
Daily News Building Grand Central Terminal United Nations
Fred F. French Building Trump Tower St. Patrick's Cathedral
Waldorf-Astoria Central Synagogue Plaza Hotel
Gracie Mansion Asia Society Seventh Regiment Armory
Sylvia's Temple Emanu-El Society of Illustrators
St.Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cath. Henderson Place Central Park
Bethesda Fountain Strawberry Fields Belvedere Castle
Central Park Wildlife Center Lincoln Center Hotel des Artistes
Metropolitan Opera House Avery Fisher Hall Columbus Circle
The Dakota The Ansonia Columbia University
Cath. of St. John the Divine Low Library St. Paul's Chapel
Grant's Tomb Riverside Church Hamilton Grange National Mem.
CCNY Abyssinian Baptist Church Apollo Theater
And Outside Manhattan:
The Bronx, the only borough attached to the mainland. A population of over 1 million and an area of just over 43 square miles. Many sites in the Bronx can be reached by public transportation. A few worthy of the trip include;
Yankee Stadium -home of the NY Yankees. 2008 will be it's last year. A new stadium is being built across the street.
Bronx Zoo -A great zoo and the largest urban zoo in the United States. Some 265 acres are home to over 6,000 animals. Founded in 1895 as the NY Zoological Society, it is now the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The NY Botanical Garden - Founded in 1891, it's 250 acres are north of and next to the Bronx Zoo. The Metro-North train will take you right there.
City Island -An island located off of the Bronx. Was once know for building several Americas Cup winners. Great seafood. You feel like you're in a New England sea town.
Woodlawn Cemetery -Regarded by some as America's most beautiful cemetery. An assortment of who's who are resting here. To mention but a few-Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Victor Herbert, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Robert Moses, "Bat" Masterson, Herman Melville, Admiral Farragut, R. H. Macy, J. C. Penny, F. W. Woolworth, Joseph Pulitzer and more.
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Brooklyn covers an area of 78.5 square miles and has a population over 2.5 million. A classic melting pot, was once known as the City of Churches. Some interesting sites;
Brooklyn Children's Museum -first to be designed from the ground up as a children's museum. One of the most original and inventive museums of its type.
Brooklyn Academy of Music -great international arts, film and more-must go to.
Coney Island -Easily accessible by subway. Once known as the "world's largest playground". Still has amusements, including the famous "Cyclone" Roller Coaster. Must have hot dogs at Nathan's Famous.
Grand Army Plaza -The gateway to Prospect Park . The majestic oval was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1870.
Brooklyn Museum -Opened in 1897. A grand 560,000 square feet, housing over 1.5 million objects. Worth the trip to Brooklyn.
The Green-Wood Cemetery -Victorian tombstone architecture and many notable's final resting place. To mention a few-Samuel F. B. Morse, Nathaniel Currier, James Merritt Ives, "Boss Tweed", Peter Cooper, Horace Greeley Charles Ebbets (Brooklyn Dodgers Owner), Leonard Bernstein and more.
Queens the largest borough in New York City is 112.2 square miles. Some 2 million residents call Queens their home. Harry Houdini's final resting place is here at Machpelah Cemetery. The Society of American Magicians still hold an annual "Broken Wand" ceremony. Some sites of interest are;
New York Hall of Science -Was originally built for the 1964 World's Fair. Now it is a science & technology museum.
Flushing Meadow-Corona Park -Former site of two World's Fair and home to the US Tennis Center.
PS1 MoMa - An exhibition space for the arts. Affiliated with Museum of Modern Art (MoMa).
Staten Island -The third largest borough at 59 square miles, but the least populated at 477,000. Known for the ferry ride. Check out the following;
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art -A little known museum housing one of the largest collections of Tibetan Art outside of Tibet.