Must See, Museums, Parks

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Open year round from 9:30-5:00pm with extended summer hours
Ferries depart from Battery Park
To obtain ferry information call 212-269-5755

Empire State Building
5th Avenue and 34th Street
This is Manhattan's most famous Art Deco landmark
Open daily 9:30am to midnight with the last elevator up at 11:30pm
212-736-3100

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
46th Street and 12th Avenue on the Hudson River
A WWII Aircraft Carrier turned museum has magnificent views of the Manhattan skyline
and New Jersey.
212-957-7342

South Street Seaport Fulton Street
between Water and South Streets
An 11 block landmark historic district, which includes a fleet of historic ships, and over 100 stores and eateries

Times Square
Intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue stretching from 42nd to 47th Streets
This is the theatrical center of the city surrounded by playhouses, nightclubs, hotels and tourist shops. Best time to visit is after dark when the marquee and neon lights illuminate the sky

Rockefeller Center
West of 5th Avenue from 49th through 51st Streets
This complex includes offices, stores, restaurants and gardens. Home to NBC Studios, Radio City Music Hall, the world's most famous ice-skating rink, and the country's most beautiful Christmas tree
212-632-3975

Museums, Historic Synagogues, and Churches

Guggenheim Museum
5th Avenue at 88th Street
(Also has a downtown branch, 575 Broadway)
Special exhibitions dominate this Frank Lloyd Wright designed building. Check out their
web site for more information on upcoming shows and events.
212-423-3500

Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
Home to the world's most comprehensive survey of 20th Century paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, etc.
For museum hours visit their web site or call 212-708-9480

Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Avenue at 82nd Street
This world-class museum boasts approximately three million works.
212-879-5500

American Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space
Central Park West at 79th Street
Dinosaurs, dioramas of African wildlife and a terrific collection of rocks and minerals are among the museum's 30 million treasures. Check out the just opened Rose Center for Earth and Space featuring the Hayden Planetarium.
Boasts an IMAX theater.
For museum hours 212-769-5100
For planetarium 212-769-5900
For IMAX 212-769-5034

Temple Emanu-El
5th Avenue & 65th Street
This landmark reform congregation is the largest house of Jewish worship in the world. Its Art Deco design includes Byzantine and Romanesque elements.
For tour information and hours call 212-744-1400

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street
This is the world's largest Gothic Cathedral with exceptional examples of architecture, stained glass, stone carving, a Biblical Garden and 13 acres of grounds.
Open 7:00am to 6:00pm
212-316-7540

St. Patrick's Cathedral
5th Avenue and 50th Street
The most famous church in Manhattan.
212-753-2261

St. Paul's Chapel
Broadway and Fulton Street
Built in 1766, this is the oldest public building in continual use in Manhattan.
212-602-0874

Trinity Church
Broadway and Wall Street
Contains one of Manhattan's oldest cemeteries, including the graves of Alexander Hamilton, William Bradford, and Robert Fulton.
212-602-0800

Central Park
From 59th Street to 110th Street, between Central Park West (8th Avenue) and Fifth Avenue.
Designed in 1858, it boasts various gardens, ponds, a zoo, an ice skating rink, a pool, an inline skating area, miniature golf, a boathouse, and unlimited people-watching.
Central Park Visitor Information Center 212-794-6564

Battery Park
Southern tip of Manhattan bordered by the Hudson River, the East River, Battery Place and State Street
This 23-acre park is where the colony of New Amsterdam first began more than three centuries ago.
Ferries for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island depart from here.
212-344-7220

Union Square Park
Between 14th and 18th Streets, and Broadway and Park Avenue South
It hosts a fruit, vegetable and fresh flower market, impromptu entertainment and a cafe

Washington Square Park
Between 4th & 8th Streets at the foot of 5th Avenue
Famous for it's arch, street performers and chess players. This is the perfect place to people watch.