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New York for Kids and Teens - Ideas of (Mostly) Free Things to Do From Central Park down to Wall Stret; and the four Boroughs. The number in (parentheses) is the Cross Street. ($) means there is admission. You can see the original Winnie the Pooh and friends, once owned by the author A. A. Milne, in the ground floor Children's Library of the Main NYPL Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Ave. (free) 
CENTRAL PARK 90th St) Reservoir (east side) 85th St) Ancient (Kids) Playground 81th St) Turtle Pond Dock 80th St) Belvedere Castle 80th St) Swedish Cottage Marionette Show 79th St) Stuart Little Boating Pond (Conservatory Water) 79th St) Alice in Wonderland Statue - FIfth and 79th Street next to the Sailboat Pond 79th St) Hans Christian Andersen Statue 75th St) Lady's Pavillion Rocks 73th St) Bow Bridge 73th St) Bethesda Fountain / Lake 73th St) Loeb Boathouse / rent boats / gondola ride ($) 72th St) John Lennon "Imagine" Mosaic next to Strawberry Fields area 71st St) Mother Goose Statue (next to Ramsey Playground) 68th St) The Dene's (i.e. Hill) Rustic Shelter on a hill 67th St) Balto Statue (heroic dog/Disney movie) 66th St) The Children's Zoo ($) 65th St) Carousel ($) 64th St) The Central Park Zoo - Gift Shops / Fast Food Restaurant 64th St) The Delacourt Clock 63th St) Wollmam Rink - Seasonal: Skating / Amuisement Park ($) 62th St) Heckscher Playground / Umpire Rocks (giant rock hill s for children to walk over) 62th St) Central Park Carriage Rides ($) Food 64th St) The Central Park Zoo - has burgers, etc . Alice in Wonderland Statue - FIfth and 79th Street next to the Sailboat Pond 
UPPER EAST SIDE (North of 59th Street) • Lexington Candy Store (old fashioined ice cream/burger place with old Coke bottle in window) • Guggenheim Museum - spiral walkway • Metropolitan Musem of Art • Temple of Dendur • 360 degree painting • Astor Court (Chinese • Polynesean Room • Washington Crossing Delaware • See places (the bookcover, the Cat) from"From the Mysterious Files of Mrs. Felix ". . .) Telling secets in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 
UPPER WEST SIDE (North of 59th Street) 102nd St) Hiroshima Sculture - Shinran 105th St) Nicholas Roerich Museum (Asian Painting) - Museum/Cool Townhouse - Free 116th St) Columbia University (Ghostbusters) Alma Mater Statue on Stepes has Hidden Owl in robe 123rd St) Grant's Tomb 72nd St) The Dakota (John Lennon) / Imagine Mosaic 64th St) Lincoln Center - Fountain 64th St) Lincoln Center - Elevated lawn' 59th STREET and FIFTH AVENUE area 59th St) Plaza Hotel - Eloise painting / gift shop 59th St) Apple Store, 59th Street 59th St) Roosevelt Island Tramway - 59th and 2nd 58th St) Trump Tower/ escalator ("You're fired") Food: 60th St) Dylan's Candy Store (Third Ave) 60th St) Serendipity 3 - longtime Ice Cream Store (favorite of Warhol) TIMES SQUARE area (42nd-47th and Broadway) 44th St) Go up open-view elevator in Millenium Hotel 49th St) Get on Times Sq Webcam (google Times Square Webcams) 46th St) Sound Sculpture in Middle of Bowtie (where 7th and Broadway cross) under grating 42th St) See the Ball that drops on New Year's on the old TIme Building 47th St) New York tourist stores 47th St) Costumed Movie Characters will pose with you for tips ($) 47th St) The Naked Cowboy will pose for you - (seasonal) 44th St) Hard Rock Cafe has 1964 matching Beatles outfits in lower level; other rock memorabilia 44th St) James Dean - famous photo 44th. The V-Jay Day Kiss photo same spot 46th St) View from 2nd floor window American Appearl 45th St) ABC News window on Second floor at 43rd Street 44th St) AMEX (American Stock Exchange) window 44th St) M&M World 44th St) Hershey Store 44th St) Discovery Times Square ($) 44th St) Gulliver's World (miniature worlds) ($) 44th St) Guitar Center Food: 44th St) Times Square plaza areas - large, permanent outdoor food carts 42nd St) Giant McDonalds in old theater (42nd and 7th) 46th St ) Giant McDonalds (7th Ave between 46th and 47th) 42nd St) Coldstone Ceamery (ice cream) (between 7th and 8th Aves) 42ND STREET/LOWER TIMES SQUARE (betwen 7th and 8th Avenue; west of Times Square) 42nd St) Ripley's Believe it or Not ($) Gift Shop is fun and free 42nd St) Madame Taussaud's Wax Museum ($) 42nd St) Upstairs in Dave and Busters (many video games) ($) 42nd St) Yankeesteam products Store 42nd St) Giant McDonalds in an old theater 42nd St) Drawings of your NAME by Chinese artists in flowing flowerlike letters 42nd St) Your face photogrqphed on a magazine 42nd St) Your face handprinted on a baseball hat ROCKEFELLER CENTER and SURROUNDING area (Fifth Ave and 50th Street) 52th St) 21 Club - see Jockey Statues on Steps 51st St) American Girl Store (75 Rockefeller Plaza bet 5th-6th)) 50th St) Rock Center Skating/Prometheus Statue 50th St) Roof Tour RCA Bulding ($) 50th St) St. Patrick's Cathedral ("pig-like" gargoyle out back/southwest corner of 51st and Madison) 49th St) NBC Store (in 30 Rock) (tour) - 49th St) Look in NBC Studios windows 48th St) Look in FOX Studios windows (6th Ave) 47th St) 47th Street diamond district - closed Saturday (bet 5th-6th Aves) 45th St) NBA Store (545 FIfth Ave at 45th St) 38th St) Astro Gallery of Gems (417 FIfth Ave at 38th St.) Food: 53rd St) Halal Chicken Carts - 6th Ave and 53rd Street - popular - food eaten outside on plazas NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Main Library=THE SCHWARTZMAN BUILDING) (Fifth Ave bet 41st-42nd Sts) 42nd St) Winnie the Pooh & Friends toys (the originals) in ground floor Library children's room - easiest to enter from 42nd st. 42nd St) Library Lions out front are named "Patience" and "Fortitude" 42nd St) Ghostbusters filmed here 42nd St) Giant reading room 3rd floor (Rose Room) GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL(42nd Street at Park Avenue) 42nd St) Tour of Grand Central highlights is free download by cell phone available. Or by rental there. 42nd St) Whisper Gallery downstairs - whisper in corners and hear across room 42nd St) See dark spot on ceiling 42nd St) See tiny hole in ceiling from when it held up a rocket 42nd St) Ceiling is painted inside out - as viewed from above 42nd St) Transit Museum and Store 42nd St) Trivia: The proper name is Grand Central Terminal, not Grand Central Station. Stations are betwen terminals. GRAND CENTRAL AREA (near 42nd Street at Park Avenue) 42nd St) View Chrystler Building (automobile-like) Gargoyles and Pointed Top / also Lobby 42nd St) Giant globe of Earth locatied inside ground floor New York Daily News Building (by Third Ave) BRYANT PARK (42nd Street and Sixth Avenue) 42nd St) Carousel ($) 42nd St) Skating in Winter ($) 42nd St) Movies -free- Monday nights in summer PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL (42nd-40th Streets and EIghth Ave) 41st St.) Elevator to Roof - see Times Building from parking deck 41st St.) New York TImes Building Across the Street - walk throgh lobby to see art installation/ lecture hall with trees 41st St.) Ralph Kramden Statue out front 41st St.) Funny "Rube Goldberg"-like Clock/Art Piece (inside right entrance 41st St.) Bowling Alleys ($) FAR WEST 42ND STREET NEAR THE RIVER 42nd St) Bowling Alleys 42nd St) The Intrepid (planes, Space Shuttle, Submarine) ($) EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (5th AVE and 34th ST.) and AREA 34th St) Empire State Building observation decks ($) 34th St) Empire State Building exhibits Ground Floor 34th St) New York Skyride ($) inside EMpire State Building 34th St) Big comic book store on 32 East 32nd (JHU Comics) near FIfth Ave 34th St) Houdini Exhibit with authentic artifacts in Fantasma Magic Shop on 213 West 35th near 7th Ave MADISON SQUARE / FLATIRON AREA (5th AVE and 23RD ST) 23rd St) Spin (Sprawling basement ping pong (table tennis) club and bar co-owned by Susan Sarandon) 23rd St) Flatiron Building (23rd and Fifth) ("23 SKidoo" was the term used when women's dresses blew up from the wind) 23rd St) Eataly - gigantioc Italian food food hall and restaurant 23rd St) Lego Store (23rd and FIfth) 21st St) Abracadabra - Lage costume and Magic Store 19 West 21st Street Food: 23rd St) 1st Shake Shack (outdoors at FIfth Ave and 23rd in Madison Square Park) UNION SQUARE (14th-17th ST and BROADWAY) 17th St) Large 3-Story Barnes and Noble with large Kids & Toys Departent . 14th St) WeSt Plaza: Large public space with people selling homemade things including weekend market on North Plaza 14th St) Mahatma Ghandi statue - on grassy island on west plaza 14th St) The Hari Krishnas often chant on the west plaza. GREENWICH VILLAGE / WEST VILLAGE (SOUTH OF 14th ST and WEST OF BROADWAY) • Chumleys - former Speakeasy at BEdford/Barrow (see old entrance on Barrow St) • Sex and the City steps (Perry St) • Washington Square Park (End of FIfth Ave) • MacDougal around west 3rd MacDougal Street clubs and restaurants • Statue of "Sylvette" by Picasso (South of Bleecker in New York University Silver Towers apartment complex • Commerce Street / Cherry Lane Theater area (picturesque walking area) • Pier 25 Mini Golf on Hudson River . 225 West Street at North Moore) • The High Line (elevated park from about 12th Street to 42nd Street) Food: • Magnolia Bakery (West 11th St) • Big Gay Ice Cream (Sheridan Square) • John's Pizza (slices) on Camine • John's pizza (pies) on Bleecker at Jones • Meatball Obsession window (Sixth Ave./13-14) EAST VILLAGE (GREENWICH VILLAGE, EAST OF BROADWAY) • Barnes and Noble (17th and Broadway) (large kids book department) • Strand Bookstore (12th and Broadway) (huge kids book department - new and used) • Alamo Sculpture (large tilted cube you can spin around) • Balloon Sculpture by Jeff Koons (in window across from Astor PLace Subway entrance • St. Marks Place (counterculture stores since the 1960's) Food • Criff' Dogs (Basement fried hot dog store near Tompkins Square Park) • Artichoke Pizza SOHO (SOuth of HOuston - to Canal West of Broadway, East of 6th Ave) • Earth Room - huge 2nd floor room of dirt artpiece (DIa Arts - ) • Small Stores on Prince Street from West Broadway to Bowery • Small Stores on Spring Street from West Broadway to Bowery LOWER EAST SIDE • Economy Candy (longtime candy store) - 108 Rivington Street • Cheese Grille (10 types of grilled cheese) - 188 Allen Street south of Houston CHINATOWN • The Central artery Chinatownis Mott Street south of Canal. • Chinatown Temple (Lafayette St - north of Chinatown) • Doyers Street - fun curved, movie-set like street Food • The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Company LITLE ITALY • Italian-themed gIft shops Food • Ferrara desserts DOWNTOWN - NEAR SOUTH STREET SEAPORT • Seaglass Carousel ($) - carousel where you ride inside large lit up fish (near Staten Island Ferry) • The Oculus - carousel where you ride inside large lit up fish (near Staten Island Ferry) • Water Taxi to Ikea (Red Hook, Brooklyn ($) • Water taxi between World FInancial Center and Soputh Street Seaporton opposite side of Island • The Beast Speedboat RIde ($) • See yachts (seasonally) at World Financial Center yacht basin • Ferry to Governor's Island (vast outdor park with long slides - a former navy base) • Walk across Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Heights from CIty Hall Park • PIC Movie Experience - eat and watch movies in lounge chairs (South St. Seaport) Food • It's Sugar - candy store - South St. Seaport • Pearl DIner - old skool diner from the 60's DOWNTOWN - NEAR WALL STREET / TIP OF ISLAND • New York Stock Exchange - Wall and Broad Street/ Washington Statue • Raging Bull Statue • Feartless Girl • Staten Island Ferry (free) to Staten Island and back, pasing the Statue of Liberty /Ellis Island • New York CIty Store (official items) In Metropolitan Tower • Elevated Acre park • See explosion marks from 1920's explosion acros from Federal Hall. • See 100+ copper markers embedded in the sidewalk listing tickertape parades - on Broadway from the Battery to City Hall DOWNTOWN - NEAR FREEDOM TOWER • Twin tower outlinnes (original World Trade Center) • Brooklfield Place foodcourt • Boat Harbor next to Brooklfield Place • Water taxi around end of Manhattan to South St Seaport • Teardrop Park (cool rocks, slide) (Warren St. near River Terrce) • Rockefeller Park - "The Real World" sculptures by Tom Oterness BROOKLYN • Brooklyn Botanical Garden - (Japanese Garden) ($) • Brooklyn Bridge • View from Brooklyn Heights to Lower Manhattan • Transit Museum ($) • Coney Island - Boardwalk/Beach • Coney Island - Old Fashiond "Freakshow" ($) • NYC Aquarium ($) • Brighton BEach Deep See FIshing ($) Food: • Coney Island - Nathan's Hot Dogs (the original). Also annual eating contect. • Di Fara's Pizza - (world famous, always top rated) (1424 Avenue J, Midwood, Brooklyn) QUEENS • Museum of Moving Image ($) • Roosevelt Island Tram ($) • Roosevelt Island (Park/Lighthouse) Food: • Jackson Heights - Indian/Columbian/Peruvian/Mexican and More Restaurants • Astoria - Greek restaurants • Flushing - Chinese restaurants • Corona - "The Lemon Ice King of Corona" (52-02 108th St., Corona) THE BRONX • Bronx Zoo ($) • Bronx Botanical Garden ($) Food: • Arthur Avenue (Little Italy) - Italian restaurants and pizza places and food markets STATEN ISLAND • Staten Island Ferry • Chinese Scholar's House (replica Chinese Mansion and water garden) MISCELLANEOUS THINGS TO DO OR EAT 1) On the Subway: Look out the front window of the front car of the Subway: example: E train: 8th Ave and 14th to Lex. It's like a ride back in time watching the metal support, and fun to see he people looking at the train as you enter the station. 2) Pretzel Cart 3) "Nuts for Nuts" - sugared nuts cart 3) Hot Dogs (the exact same hot dogs can cost 41 to $3 depending on where the cart is) 4) $1 Pizza 5) Halal Chicken - 6th Ave and 53rd Street - popular - food eaten outside on plazas |
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