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Most kids are tourists at heart, always exploring and discovering. Whether you're on a family trip or just finally planning to visit the historic, scenic, sublime, and ridiculous spots near you, we've got them all covered museums, parks, great views, tours by land, air, or sea, and more!Battery ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: State Street and Battery Place, New York, NY Located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, The Battery hosted Dutch settlers when they came to Manhattan Island and established New Amsterdam. Not one of our favorite... |
Lower East Side Tenement MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 108 Orchard Street, New York, NY Children love to interact, so best choice of the three possible tours at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is to "Visit the Confino Family Apartment." The Confino tour lasts app...
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TicketmasterParent rating: ![]() Location: New York, NY Ticketmaster, the ticketing agent of choice for most large-scale venues and events, sometimes has great deals. Click on the website to buy tickets to sporting events, concerts, family events, a...
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Historic Richmond TownParent rating: ![]() Location: 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY Colonial Williamsburg and Plymouth Plantation don't have a monopoly on historic villages. Historic Richmond Town offers 27 buildings and over 40 points of interest at its 100-acre complex and p...
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Plaza HotelParent rating: ![]() Location: Fifth Avenue at 59th Street , Central Park South, New York, NY Eloise's old haunt shut its doors for nearly three years, converting a large portion of its guestrooms to residential condominiums, before reopening in 2008. The Palm Court, fully rest... |
Central Park Conservatory GardenParent rating: ![]() Location: 105th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Central Park's only formal garden, the...
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Tisch Children's ZooParent rating: ![]() Location: 66th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Note: The Tisch Zoo is temporarily closed, due to storm damage. Check back here for updates! This sweet, small zoo is perfect for younger children and concentrates almost entirely on t... |
Macy'sParent rating: ![]() Location: Broadway and 34th Street, New York, NY Would Gimbel's tell Macy's? That's the question in Miracle on 34th Street, and maybe the answer is that Gimbel's is gone and Macy's lives on. If your little one is a fan of either film version,...
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Museum of the City of New YorkParent rating: ![]() Location: 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY The Museum of the City of New York just about covers the entire history of New York, from Yankee Stadium to the old fire bucket brigades, and, when museum sights have been sighted enough, the <...
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NYC and CompanyParent rating: ![]() Location: 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY The official marketing and tourism organization for the City of New York has a lot to offer both tourists and veteran New Yorkers. The office has multilingual visitor information counselors, brochures...
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Times Square Information CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 1560 Broadway, New York, NY Here you'll find a wide variety of services for tourists and New Yorkers including: Free brochures; theatre tickets; sightseeing tours; Internet stations; MetroCards; official NYC gifts; a video histo...
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