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Statue of LibertyParent rating:  Location: Liberty Island, Jersey City, NJ France's gift to America is an inspiring sight in the New York Harbor, and can be an inspiring site to visit as well. Of course, it also requires a LOT of stamina and patience, two things most childre...
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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space MuseumParent rating: Location: 12th Avenue & 46th Street , Pier 86, New York, NY The Intrepid, which was built in 1943, has a distinguished history of service - including tours of duty in both World War II and Vietnam. In 1982 the ship began her second career as the Intr...
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Queens County Farm MuseumParent rating:  Location: 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Glen Oaks, NY The Queens County Farm Museum is the only working historical farm in New York City. The 47 acre site includes the 18th century Dutch-flavored Adriance farmhouse, a greenhouse complex, barns, an...
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Voelker Orth MuseumParent rating: Location: 149-19 38th Avenue, Flushing, NY The Voelker Orth Museum is a Victorian house, garden, and bird sanctuary. House tours are given Saturdays and Sundays between 1pm and 4pm. Family programs in nature and history are sch... |
Ellis IslandParent rating: Location: Ellis Island, New York, NY Ellis Island is actually a better experience - for older kids - than The Statu...
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Flushing Meadows Corona ParkParent rating:  Location: Main Street to Corona Avenue to 111th Street, Flushing, NY This park, site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs, has the largest concentration of sports, recreational facilities, and cultural institutions of any park in New York City. The centerpiece is the sti...
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Fort HamiltonParent rating:  Location: Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY At present, the United States Army Fort Hamilton Garrison is the home of the New York City Recruiting Battalion, the Military Entrance Processing Station, the North Atlantic Division Headquarte...
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Tweed CourthouseParent rating: Location: 52 Chambers Street, New York, NY Tweed Courthouse is home to the NYC Department of Education. Designated as a New York City Landmark, ...
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Lower East SideParent rating: Location: Orchard Street, New York, NY Manhattan's Lower East Side is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city. It began as an immigrant neighborhood for the lower classes; the East Side Tenement Museum offers a gre...
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General Grant MemorialParent rating: Location: Riverside Drive & W 122nd Street, New York, NY Also known as Grant's Tomb, the General Grant Memorial is a white marble and granite rotunda perched on a bluff overlooking the Hudson. The memorial is, indeed, the tomb of both Ulysses S. Gra...
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African Burial Ground National MonumentParent rating: Location: Duane Street and Elk Street, New York, NY In 1991, during the construction of a Federal office building in Lower Manhattan, excavators unearthed the largest colonial-era cemetery for enslaved Africans in America. The African Burial Ground ...
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Irish Hunger MemorialParent rating: Location: Vesey Street and North End Avenue, New York, NY The mysterious little man-made tor at the end of Vesey Street in Battery Park City is actually the Irish Hunger Memorial - in honor of the Irish immigrants who made their way to America to esca...
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Fort Washington ParkParent rating: Location: Riverside Drive, West 155 - West 179 Streets, at the Hudson River, New York, NY Maybe you've noticed that little red lighthouse at the base of the George Washington Bridge and wondered, "what the heck is that?" What it is, indeed, is a lighthouse, and spectacular ... |
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