New York, United States - Travel Guide

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   Empire State BuildingSkyscraper · Midtown Manhattan
   600 m (🚶 10 min)
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   New York Public LibraryLibrary
   100 m (🚶 2 min)
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   Bryant ParkPark · Midtown
   550 m (🚶 9 min)
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   Grand Central TerminalRailway station · Midtown Manhattan
   700 m (🚶 11 min)
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   Fifth AvenueAvenue
   50 m (🚶 2 min)
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   St. Patrick's CathedralChurch · Midtown
   250 m (🚶 3 min)
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   Rockefeller CenterHistoric building · Midtown Manhattan
   550 m (🚶 10 min)
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   Times SquareSquare · Midtown Manhattan
   1.4 km (🚶 18 min)
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   BroadwayStreet · Theater District
   1.6 km (🚶 21 min)
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    Broadway Theatre DistrictNeighbourhood

Worth knowing: A day on foot in the heart of Manhattan: up the Empire State Building, then the Public Library and Bryant Park, Grand Central, and up Fifth Avenue to St. Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center. Most sources pick one or two observation decks per trip, not all of them. In the evening Times Square is lit up, and anyone with a show ticket goes on to Broadway.

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   Battery ParkPark
   2.9 km (🚶 42 min / 🚌 17 min)
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   Statue of LibertyStatue · Liberty Island
   1.1 km (🚶 36 min / 🚌 14 min)
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   Ellis IslandHistoric site
   2.5 km (🚶 27 min)
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   Trinity ChurchChurch
   300 m (🚶 5 min)
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   Charging BullStatue
   350 m (🚶 6 min)
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   Wall StreetStreet · Financial District
   700 m (🚶 10 min)
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   9/11 Memorial
   150 m (🚶 3 min)
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   Wtc OculusMetro station

Worth knowing: Start early at Battery Park: the only official ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island leaves from here, after an airport-style security check. The two islands take most of the day; to go up to the crown or the pedestal, book well ahead. In the afternoon, back in Lower Manhattan: the Wall Street bull, the Stock Exchange and the 9/11 Memorial.

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   Bethesda TerraceHistoric site
   900 m (🚶 12 min)
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   Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)Art museum · Upper East Side
   350 m (🚶 7 min)
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   Central ParkPark
   300 m (🚶 6 min)
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   Belvedere CastleCastle
   500 m (🚶 9 min)
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   American Museum of Natural HistoryNatural history museum · Upper West Side
   550 m (🚶 8 min)
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   Strawberry FieldsMemorial

Worth knowing: The morning at the Metropolitan Museum on Fifth Avenue. Then cross Central Park on foot from east to west: Belvedere Castle, Bethesda Terrace and its fountain, and Strawberry Fields in memory of John Lennon. The afternoon at the American Museum of Natural History. Both museums are huge; there is no point trying to see everything.

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   9/11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial · Financial District
   200 m (🚶 3 min)
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   One World ObservatoryViewpoint · Financial District
   400 m (🚶 6 min)
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   St. Paul's ChapelChapel
   1.3 km (🚶 17 min)
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   Brooklyn BridgeBridge
   650 m (🚶 13 min)
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   DUMBONeighbourhood
   1.5 km (🚶 22 min)
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   Brooklyn Bridge ParkPark
   600 m (🚶 13 min)
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   Brooklyn Heights PromenadePromenade

Worth knowing: The morning at the 9/11 Museum, best booked ahead. Then walk to the Brooklyn Bridge and cross it on foot from Manhattan to Brooklyn, with the skyline behind you. On the far side go down into DUMBO and Brooklyn Bridge Park, and end on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, facing Manhattan.

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   Little IslandPark
   300 m (🚶 6 min)
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   Whitney Museum of American ArtArt museum · Meatpacking District
   200 m (🚶 3 min)
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   Meatpacking DistrictNeighbourhood
   250 m (🚶 4 min)
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   Chelsea MarketMarket hall
   700 m (🚶 11 min)
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   High LinePark · Chelsea/Meatpacking District
   650 m (🚶 10 min)
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   The VesselViewpoint · Hudson Yards
   100 m (🚶 2 min)
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   EdgeViewpoint
   1.8 km (🚶 30 min)
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   One VanderbiltSkyscraper
   1 km (🚶 16 min)
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   Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Modern art museum · Midtown Manhattan

Worth knowing: Start at Little Island on the Hudson, continue to the Whitney Museum and Chelsea Market, then climb onto the High Line, an old railway turned into an elevated park. Walk it north to Hudson Yards and the Vessel, and end at the Edge observation deck, at its best at sunset.

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   Flatiron BuildingSkyscraper · Flatiron District
   1.3 km (🚶 16 min)
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   Washington Square ParkPark
   500 m (🚶 7 min)
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   Greenwich VillageNeighbourhood · Greenwich Village
   2.2 km (🚶 31 min)
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   ChinatownNeighbourhood · Chinatown

Worth knowing: A day of neighbourhoods on foot, north to south: the Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park, Union Square, Washington Square Park and its arch, then the streets of Greenwich Village. On to SoHo, its shops and cast-iron buildings, and end in Little Italy and Chinatown, right next to each other.