Star Picks: Andrew R Butler, Stereophonic
Prospect Park - Oh man, take a picnic to Prospect Park in particular. How come? It's the best park in New York City, if I can go out on a limb! Absolutely. Yeah, the Long Meadow on Prospect Park is just unbeatable. I mean, it was like the improvement on Central Park, right? Like, design -wise.
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| Category | Name | Address | Ages |
|---|---|---|---|
 Outdoor | Belvedere Castle | 79th St Transverse Rd, Central Park | All Ages |
| Outdoor | Wollman Rink | 830 5th Ave, | All Ages |
| Attraction | City Winery | 25 11th Avenue, | All Ages |
 Attraction | United Nations | 405 E 42nd St, Midtown East | All Ages |
 Museum | Madame Tussauds New York | 234 W 42nd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Tour | Charm Aviation- New York City Helicopter Tours | East River Greenway Bikeway, Lower Manhattan | 2+ |
 Tour | Port Authority Bus Terminal | 625 8th Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of Broadway | 145 W 45th St, Theater District | 6+ |
 Attraction | David Geffen Hall | 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | 6+ |
 Attraction | Metropolitan Opera | Lincoln Center, West Side | 8+ |
 Attraction | The Juilliard School | 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | 8-18 |
 Attraction | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | All Ages |
 Attraction | New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building | 476 5th Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Strawberry Fields | W 72nd St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor | The Great Lawn | 79th to 85th St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of Bronx History | 3266 Bainbridge Ave, Bronx | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Bow Bridge | Mid-Park at 74th St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Bethesda Terrace and Fountain | Mid-Park at 72nd St, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Central Park Conservancy Garden | E 105th St & 5th Ave, Central Park | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Central Park Zoo | E 64th St & 5th Ave, Central Park | All Ages |
 Attraction | Town Hall | 123 W 43rd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Attraction | The Shed | 545 W 30th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction | United Palace | 4140 Broadway, Washington Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction | Delacorte Theater | Central Park, Upper West Side | 5+ |
 Attraction | Lincoln Center | 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, West Side | -1+ |
 Attraction | Carnegie Hall | 881 7th Ave, Midtown | 5+ |
 Museum | Scandinavia House | 58 Park Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space | 155 Avenue C, East Village | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of Chinese in America | 215 Centre St, Chinatown | All Ages |
 Attraction | Grace Church | 802 Broadway, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Stone Street Historic District | Stone St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Gansevoort Market | 353 W 14th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction | Chelsea Market | 75 9th Ave, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Little Island | Pier 55, Hudson River Greenway, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction | Yeshiva University | 500 W 185th St, | 18+ |
 Attraction | Pace University | 1 Pace Plaza, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Barnard College | 3009 Broadway, Morningside Heights | 18+ |
 Attraction | Fordham University | 441 E Fordham Rd, Bronx | 18+ |
 Attraction | New York University (NYU) | 70 Washington Square S, Greenwich Village | 18+ |
 Attraction | Columbia University | 116th St & Broadway, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction | Church of the Ascension | 12 W 11th St, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Attraction | St. Malachy's – The Actors' Chapel | 239 W 49th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Bryant Park | New York, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church | 7 W 55th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue | 1 W 53rd St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | Marble Collegiate Church | 1 W 29th St, | All Ages |
 Attraction | St. Paul's Chapel | 209 Broadway, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction | The Cathedral of St. John the Divine | 1047 Amsterdam Ave, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction | Trinity Church | 75 Broadway, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Riverside Church | 490 Riverside Dr, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction | Lincoln Square | Columbus Ave &, Broadway, West Side | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Father Duffy Square | 7th Ave &, W 46th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Stuyvesant Square | Rutherford Pl &, E 15th St, East Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Tompkins Square Park | E 7th St &, Avenue A, East Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor | City Hall Park | Broadway &, Chambers St, Lower Manhattan | All Ages |
 Attraction | One World Observatory | 285 Fulton St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West & 79th St, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Museum | American Folk Art Museum | 2 Lincoln Square, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Attraction | St. Patrick's Cathedral | 5th Ave between 50th & 51st St, Midtown East | All Ages |
 Museum | The Frick Collection | 1 E 70th St, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Tour | Radio City Music Hall Stage Door Tour | 1260 6th Ave, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of Arts and Design | 2 Columbus Cir, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Tour | Central Park Bike Tours | 203 W 58th St, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | 11 W 53rd St, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum | The Morgan Library & Museum | 225 Madison Ave, Murray Hill | All Ages |
 Museum | Whitney Museum of American Art | 99 Gansevoort St, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Attraction | The High Line | Gansevoort St to 34th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Museum | The Rubin Museum of Art | 150 W 17th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction | The Oculus | 185 Greenwich St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum | National September 11 Memorial & Museum | 180 Greenwich St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Empire State Building | 20 W 34th St, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Attraction | 9/11 Tribute Museum | 92 Greenwich St, Financial District | 10+ |
 Attraction | Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island | Liberty Island, Financial District | 4+ |
 Museum | National Museum of the American Indian | 1 Bowling Green, Financial District | All Ages |
 Tour | Helicopter New York City | 6 E River Piers, Financial District | 2+ |
 Tour | Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Tour | Battery Park, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum at Eldridge Street | 12 Eldridge St, Lower East Side | All Ages |
 Tour | Tenement Museum Tours | 103 Orchard St, Lower East Side | 5+ |
 Museum | International Center of Photography | 79 Essex St, Lower East Side | All Ages |
 Museum | New Museum | 235 Bowery, Lower East Side | All Ages |
 Museum | The Tenement Museum | 103 Orchard St, Lower East Side | 8+ |
 Attraction | The Edge | 30 Hudson Yards, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Attraction | Madison Square Garden | 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Midtown West | 0-16 |
 Attraction | The Vessel | 20 Hudson Yards, Midtown West | All Ages |
 Museum | Guggenheim Museum | 1071 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Madison Square Park | Madison Ave &, E 23rd St, Midtown South | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Columbus Circle | 10 Columbus Cir, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Herald Square | Broadway & 34th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Union Square | E 14th St &, Union Square W, Midtown South | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Washington Square Park | Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Battery Park | State St &, Battery Pl, Financial District | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Hudson River Park | 353 West St, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Tour | Harlem Gospel and Jazz Tours | Various Locations, Harlem | All Ages |
 Tour | Foods of NY Tours | Various Locations, Greenwich Village | 5+ |
 Attraction | Wave Hill | 675 W 252nd St, Bronx | All Ages |
 Attraction | Bronx Zoo | 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Attraction | New York Botanical Garden | 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum | The Skyscraper Museum | 39 Battery Pl, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum | The Jewish Museum | 1109 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum | New-York Historical Society | 170 Central Park West, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Tour | Top of the Rock Observation Deck | 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | Rockefeller Center | 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | South Street Seaport Museum | 12 Fulton St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Tour | CitySights NY | 234 W 42nd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Museum | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | Pier 86, W 46th St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Tour | Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises | Pier 83, W 42nd St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Times Square | Between 42nd & 47th St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Tour | The Ride | 234 W 42nd St, Theater District | 6+ |
 Museum | El Museo del Barrio | 1230 5th Ave, East Harlem | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of the City of New York | 1220 5th Ave, East Harlem | All Ages |
 Museum | Neue Galerie New York | 1048 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum | Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1000 5th Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Attraction | Apollo Theater | 253 W 125th St, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction | City Hall | Broadway and Chambers St, Lower Manhattan | All Ages |
 Museum | Kaufman Music Center | 129 W 67th St, West Side | All Ages |
 Museum | Japan Society | 333 E 47th St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Museum | Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick St, SoHo | All Ages |
 Museum | Fraunces Tavern Museum | 54 Pearl St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Museum | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | 2 E 91st St, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum | Children's Museum of Manhattan | 212 W 83rd St, Upper West Side | 0-12 |
 Museum | Bronx Music Heritage Center | 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum | Bronx Museum of the Arts | 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum | Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum | 895 Shore Rd, Bronx | All Ages |
 Museum | Bard Graduate Center Gallery | 18 W 86th St, Upper West Side | All Ages |
 Museum | Asia Society Museum | 725 Park Ave, Upper East Side | All Ages |
 Museum | Museum of Sex | 233 Fifth Ave, Midtown South | 18+ |
 Museum | Museum of Ice Cream | 558 Broadway, Lower Manhattan | All Ages |
 Attraction | Chelsea Piers | 62 Chelsea Piers, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction | Eataly | 200 5th Ave, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) | 11 Wall St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Wall Street | Wall St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Shubert Alley | W 45th St, Theater District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Grant's Tomb | Riverside Dr &, W 122nd St, Morningside Heights | All Ages |
 Attraction | Staten Island Ferry | 4 Whitehall St, Financial District | All Ages |
 Attraction | Moynihan Train Hall | 8th Ave & W 31st St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | Penn Station | 234 W 31st St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | Grand Central Terminal | 89 E 42nd St, Midtown | All Ages |
 Attraction | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | 655 W 34th St, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Attraction | Hudson Yards | 20 Hudson Yards, Chelsea | All Ages |
 Outdoor | Canal Street | New York, Chinatown | All Ages |
 Attraction | TKTS | 47th St & Broadway, Theater District | All Ages |
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