There are literally thousands of New York City Sites of interest.  Museums are covered on our Museums page. We will highlight New York's most popular sites.

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.