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30 Rockefller plaza, new york
Top of The Rock or simply "the deck" is an American Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York. It offers a 360-degree unobstructed view of the city, including New York harbor, Central Park, Hudson River, the outer boroughs, and beyond. There are two indoor viewing lounges on the 67th and 69th floors and one open-air deck on the 70th floor. Truly a photographer's delight; snap unobstructed views and feel like you're floating directly above Central Park's intricate pathways and reservoir. The visitor can also go through tons of other things during the holidays; the Christmas tree, the Saks Fifth Avenue windows, and the ice skating on the iconic rink. The best time to go to the top is slightly before sunset so you can see the city in daylight and at night. There is no limit to how long you can stay up there. The visitors can enjoy the spectacular views of the whole city at night, especially the colorful Empire State Building.
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285 Fulton St, new york
One World Trade Center or freedom center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the seventh tallest building in The World. It is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex with a cubic base footprint identical to the original Twin Towers. The “One World Observatory” is an enclosed observation deck in the building rising 1,250 ft. above street level. The highest quality of materials with state-of-the-art design; make this building the safest office building in the world. You can go on a beautiful day and spend at least 2-3 hours here just admiring the incredible views. The perfect time to go is around sunset, see the views in sunlight, dusk, and moonlight, the best of all worlds.
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89 E 42nd street, new york
The Grand Central Terminal is the world’s biggest railroad terminal with 44 platforms and 67 tracks. It’s home to many restaurants, shops, and heart-touching events. Every time is the right time to visit Grand Central Terminal. The basement of the grand central is the deepest basement in New York City. In fact, one can sink a ten-story office building down through the Main Concourse floor, and NOT reach the basement floor of Grand Central. The world’s largest Tiffany clock is at grand central. A great place for traveling, eating and shopping, or just sitting on a bench and watching people.
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10 Lincoln Center Plaza, new york
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is 16.3 acres building complex for music, dance, and theater performances. It is home to twelve institutions: The Chamber Music Society, The Film Society, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center Theater, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, School of American Ballet. Thousands of concerts and performances happen here each year, making it one of New York's most visited venues.
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battery park, new york
Battery Park, located at the Battery, New York, is 25-acre public park. It is within walking distance of many businesses - making it a popular lunchtime hangout. It is also in the proximity of many of the city's finest attractions, including South Street Seaport, The New York Stock Exchange, and the Staten Island Ferry. Within the park is Hope Garden, dedicated to AIDS victims. One of the perks of visiting Battery Park NYC is the surrounding area. Located right on the edge of the New York Harbor, you can walk along the water, see the ferry and tour boats sailing by, and even spot the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is visible, as is all of New York harbor. Helicopters take off and land, ships depart, and sometimes you can catch the giant Carnival Cruise Ships.
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1 E 161st Street, new york
Yankee Stadium is the home ballpark for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). The stadium has replicas of some design elements from the original Yankee stadium. In addition to baseball games, it also hosts additional events, including college football games, soccer matches, and concerts. Inside the stadium, there is a Ball Wall that features autographed balls by past and present Yankees. There is also an open-air monument park in the stadium which features the collection of monuments, plaques, and retired numbers honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees.
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1071 5th Avenue, new york
The Guggenheim is one of the most significant museums and UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is famous for its location, unique architecture, art collection from Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art. Visitors can also enjoy the special exhibitions throughout the year. Inside the building is a unique ramp gallery from ground level to the top in a long, continuous spiral along the outer edge of the building. It is the only landmark in new york that has been compared to the inverted cupcake, giant Jell-O mold & washing machine. The Guggenheim collection is an impressive collection of masterpieces - including the world’s largest collection of works by Russian artist Kandinsky, with almost 100 paintings and 60 works on paper. The building was built close to the park to ensure that it would fit into the surrounding natural environment.
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Queens Museum, Meridian Rd, new york
The Queens Museum is known for an international contemporary art exhibition that reflects the cultural diversity of the new york boroughs. The museum has focused on outreach and access for a wide range of audiences, presenting the highest quality visual arts and education programs. The Panorama of the City of New York is the best-known permanent exhibition at the Queens Museum. It is a 9,335-square-foot (867.2 m2) architectural model that includes every single building constructed before 1992 in all five boroughs; that is a total of 895,000 individual structures. A great place to take the family and spend an hour.
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234 W 42nd Street, new york
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum that showcases a collection of more than 200 painstakingly created wax figures of celebrities, historical leaders, and cultural icons. The wax figures look lifelike; artists apply each hair by hand and use red silk thread for veins to get the look. Some celebrities donate their clothes and accessories for their wax figure to give an extra-realistic display. The hair of the statues is regularly washed and conditioned to keep the look fresh. The visitors can also enjoy the 4D Marvel movie experience at an extra cost.
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bryant park, new york
Bryant Park is a French classic style green oasis near time square, a perfect break from the concrete jungle of manhattan. Park is a complete enjoyment spot with family-friendly events all year long, plenty of space for reading books, ping pong tables in the summer, a skating rink during holidays, free movie nights, yoga and other classes, and free wifi spots in the park, and so much more.
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99 Gansevoort Street, new york
Whitney Museum exhibits a wide range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, especially the works by living artists. There are more than 21,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, videos, and artifacts of new media by more than 3,000 artists.
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1220 5th Ave at 103rd Street, new york
The Museum of the City of New York is a history and art museum with a vision for a populist approach to the city. It engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city’s past, present, and future. Today the Museum’s collection contains approximately 750,000 objects, including prints, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, paintings, sculptures, toys, and theatrical memorabilia. The Museum holds exhibitions regularly covering a broad range of topics such as trade, design, preservation, architecture, and anything else related to the city of New York.
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Prospect Park, Brooklyn, new york
Prospect Park is a 585-acre largest public park in Brooklyn. The main attraction of the park includes a 90-acre long meadow, the picnic house, the prospect park zoo, the pre-existing home of Edwin Clark Litchfield, the prospect lake, and the old arches & bridges. The park also boasts a large number of historic buildings such as a restored 1912 carousel, the concert grove - also known as the Oriental Pavilion, the historic eighteenth-century Lefferts House, the Music Pagoda, the colonnaded Grecian Shelter. The park also has sports facilities including seven baseball courts, a tennis center, a basketball court, a soccer field, and much more. The park zoo is a 12-acre zoo, presently offers children’s educational programs, is also engaged in the restoration of endangered species populations, runs a wildlife theater. The zoo houses about 630 animals and with over 300,000 visitors annually visiting the zoo. This park has beautiful gardens and a boat club. There is also 2 ice skating center. The trees are beautiful besides the charming lake.
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coney island, new york
Coney Island is an ideal summer spot. It is known for famous amusement parks, including the original Luna Park, Astroland, and Steeplechase Park. The visitors can enjoy playing beach volleyball, handball, and basketball as well as playgrounds and amusement rides, the beach and boardwalk can provide hours of entertainment. Coney Island is also a great place to visit in the off-season. There are also New York Aquarium, The Abe Shark ice skating rink.
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1424 Avenue J, brooklyn
Domenico De Marco, or "Dom", opened Di Fara Pizza in 1965 after emigrating to Brooklyn from the Province of Caserta in Italy. Each pie of pizza is handcrafted by the master himself, Dom, who spent over 53 years perfecting his pizza. With several of his children supporting him in the kitchen, this legend still cooks at the age of 82. Many of the ingredients are imported from Italy and form a taste that can't be replicated. In his piping hot retro oven, Dom has each mouthwatering pie ready to be devoured in just minutes.
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205 E Houston St, new york
Katz’s Delicatessen, a popular destination for gastronomers, visitors, and locals since 1888, was founded by the Iceland brothers. They are famous for serving the meats (Pastrami, corned beef, etc.) cured using a slower method, which best flavors the meat, without injecting chemicals, water, or other additives to speed the process. The finished product can take up to a full 30 days to cure, while commercially prepared corned beef is often pressure-injected (or “pumped”) to cure in 36 hours. There is plenty of seating and great pictures all over the walls of famous customers.
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159 Lexington Ave, new york
Penelope is a cafe, bakery, and wine bar created and run by Jennifer Potenza, and named after her pet turtle. It offers the best breakfast, a cute atmosphere, and fresh ingredients. Penelope features food and ambiance similar to a New England country kitchen offering painted wainscoting and house-baked confections. From breakfast to dinner, bakery to bar Penelope has something for everyone and anytime. The cute and cozy atmosphere, open space layout of the table, and wooden flooring add something more to the delicious meal.
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956 2nd Ave, new york
The Smith is a casual Brasserie with four locations in New York City, one in Chicago and one in Washington D.C. Their menu features bistro classics, seasonal food, and great cocktails. They work with the local farmers and purveyors to serve delicious and authentic food and drinks. The Smith's CEO and founder, Jeffrey Lefcourt, has worked with top restaurants in New York City and all of his experience has been applied to this place when he opened it in 2007. It has been a favorite place for food lovers since the time it opened, no wonder this place is very popular, packed with patrons all the time. The place also features a bar where people can enjoy a great variety of cocktails and regular drinks.
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132 W 31st St, new york
Friedmans, which opened in 2009, is a family-run business serving American comfort food and gluten-free options. The name Friedman is named after the famous economist Milton Friedman who popularized the phrase “there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” Friedman’s serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. The restaurant follows the simple mantra "Eat good food". They work with local farmers and serve antibiotic-free meats & local vegetables.
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120 HUDSON STREET, new york
Opened in 1990 on Thanksgiving Day, Bubby's started as a home-baked, made-from-scratch pie place selling pies to restaurants and neighbors out of a small kitchen at the corner of Hudson and North Moore St. in Tribeca. Customers enjoy its simple and fresh comfort food, Bubby’s is dedicated to cooking traditional American food with thoughtful ingredient sourcing and an “off the commercial food grid” philosophy. The mission is to raise awareness of the beauty of American food - its ethnic contributions and regional and geographic abundance and to celebrate the patchwork of American culture.
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64 W 39th St, new york
Parker & Quinn is the signature restaurant of the Refinery Hotel at Refinery Hotel in NYC. It showcases classic design that spans a century of New York City history, from the building’s early life as a working factory to a chic, present-day meeting place for fashionable locals and guests. It is conveniently located steps away from Bryant Park in the heart of NYC’s Garment District. The chefs here take a straightforward and rustic approach in the kitchen, relying on high-quality and locally-sourced ingredients to produce balanced, approachable American dishes.
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2357 Arthur Ave, bronx
Opened in 2008 and named after Chef Roberto Paciullo's hometown area code (089) of Salerno, Italy, Zero Otto Nove is an antique-style Italian restaurant. The place is famous for not only its authentic Italian fare but also the overall "Salerno" experience with exposed brick, whitewashed arches, and a huge pizza oven in the center. It's one of the prettiest restaurants in New York City. It serves many Italian staples such as antipasti, salads, pasta & risotto, fish, meat, and side dishes but Pizza is the must-try dish. The mozzarella comes from the famed "Casa Della Mozzarella" on the daily basis. The interior of the restaurant offers a vibrant, courteous, and welcoming experience to the guests but their location in Little Italy takes the overall experience up a notch.
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349 E 12th St, new york
Motorino, rated as one of the best pizza places in New York City, is known for serving fluffy Neapolitan pies. It has three locations in New York and a few in Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai ). The perfectly chewy and charred crust has the perfect balanced taste. Motorino is more than a pizzeria, it is also famous for serving salads, desserts, and much more. Ingredients used in Motorino are authentic and selected from the local source. The pizzeria is often visited by many TV personalities and celebrities.
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38 W 36th St, new york
Located in the Garment District, Trademark bar + kitchen is surrounded by centuries of rich, New York and fashion industry history. Since its opening in 2016, Trademark Taste + Grind has paid homage to the strong, independent women ruling the Big Apple with details in hospitality, decor, and talent. This approachable American Bistro is helmed by Executive Chef Adrienne Guttieri, whose menu is laced with family recipes passed down for generations. These Italian signatures are featured alongside lighter twists on affordable steakhouse classics for lunch, dinner, and brunch services. Trademark bar + kitchen is operated by IGC Hospitality, the team behind other notable NYC venues such as Park Avenue Tavern, Parker & Quinn, Refinery Rooftop, and The Wilson.
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10 Columbus Circle, new york
Momofuku Noodle Bar is a famous noodle bar founded by celebrity chef David Chang in 2004. It also has its locations in Washington DC, Sydney, Toronto, and Las Vegas. The menu is inspired by street food in Korea, Japan, and the USA. Momofuku is known for creative ramen dishes, pork bun, and many seasonal dishes. They also serve the famous Fried Chicken Meal, a celebratory mainstay, inspired by Southern-style Fried Chicken. The food here continues to evolve raising the bar.
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919 Fulton Street, brooklyn
Emmy is the result of a romantic love story. Guy meets the girl in the college, share Pizza on their first date, move to New York, eventually get married, the guy opens his wife's namesake restaurant. It is a cozy, gourmet eatery serving signature wood-fired pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, pasta, burritos, and tacos. They have been featured in many publications for their famous wood-fired pizzas and burgers.