Save this list ↓🗽 1. Visit the Bronx Zoo on Wednesdays 🦁 2. Watch artwork take over Times Square billboards at midnight 🖼️ 3. Visit the September 11 Memorial & Museum during its free admission hours on Tuesday evenings 🕯️ 4. Visit the themed & immersive Harry Potter store ⚡️ 5. Walk the High Line for city views 🏙️ 6. Visit New York Public Library 📚 7. Ride the Staten Island Ferry ⛴️ 8. Enjoy Lincoln Center’s free concerts 🎶 9. Discover Bushwick’s street art 🎨 10. Explore Chinatown and Little Italy 🍝 11. Tour Grand Central Terminal 🚂 12. Walk Brooklyn Heights Promenade 🌆 13. Visit Harlem and the Apollo Theater 🎤 14. Explore the Money Museum 💵 15. Visit the Museum at Eldridge Street 🕍 16. Visit Chelsea art galleries 🎨 17. Explore the American Indian Museum 🏛️ 18. Tour Williamsburg’s street art 🎨 19. Watch movies at Bryant Park 🎥 20. Explore South Street Seaport 🌊 21. Visit MoMA on Fridays 🖼️ 22. Tour the United Nations 🌐 23. Visit NY Botanical Garden on Wednesdays 🌺 24. Enjoy Smorgasburg’s food market 🍔 25. Attend Battery Dance Festival 🩰 26. Visit African Burial Ground National Monument 🪦 27. Explore Coney Island and the boardwalk 🎡🏖️ 28. Walk the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 🌸 29. Attend Shakespeare in the Park 🎭 30. Listen to and watch street performers in Central Park 🎶 #NYCFreeThingsToDo #NYCFreeActivities #NYC #NewYorkFreeActivities #NYCOnABudget
Attraction
Bronx Zoo
Zoo
4.6
Metropolitan zoo with 265 acres that harbors 10,000 animals in replicas of their native habitats.
Times Square
Plaza
4.7
Bustling destination in the heart of the Theater District known for bright lights, shopping & shows.
The High Line
Park
4.7
Popular park 30 feet above street level on an old rail line, with river & city views.
New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Library
4.7
NYC's flagship library, in a beaux arts building next to Bryant Park, flanked by iconic stone lions.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Performing arts theater
4.8
Multi-venue complex home to many prominent groups like Metropolitan Opera & New York City Ballet.
Apollo Theater
Performing arts theater
4.6
Showbiz legends & amateurs alike take the stage at this longtime music hall.
Bryant Park
Park
4.7
Green space behind the NY Public Library's main branch, with 4 acres, a cafe and other food kiosks.
United Nations Headquarters
Attraction
4.5
18-acre complex on the East River where 193 member-nations participate in international diplomacy.
African Burial Ground National Monument
Monument
4.7
National Historic Landmark & monument to the 15,000 Africans buried here from the 1690s to 1794.
Coney Island
Natural feature
4.5
Fun Brooklyn seaside neighborhood with retro fairground rides, an aquarium, beaches & a pier.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Botanical garden
4.7
A kid-friendly annual cherry blossom festival, a Japanese garden & more, spread across 52 acres.
Central Park
Park
4.8
Sprawling park with pedestrian paths & ballfields, plus a zoo, carousel, boat rentals & a reservoir.
New York Botanical Garden
Botanical garden
4.7
Sprawling spot of 50 gardens, 30,000 trees & landmark glasshouse with rain forest & cactus displays.
Activity/Tour
Gospel Wednesday Music Concert in Harlem
Activity
4.4
Place
Staten Island Ferry
Landmark
Chinatown
Landmark
Little Italy
Landmark
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Landmark
Chelsea
Landmark
Williamsburg
Landmark
South Street
Landmark
Lower Manhattan street running along the East River & past the South Street Seaport district.
Battery Dance
Landmark
4.8
Transportation
Grand Central Terminal
Train station
4.7
Iconic train station known for its grand facade & main concourse, also offering shops & dining.
Museum/Gallery
Museum at Eldridge Street
Museum
4.7
Historic restored synagogue holds orthodox services & hosts tours, community classes & events.
9/11 Memorial & Museum
Museum
4.8
Plaza, pools & exhibits honoring victims of 1993 & 2001 WTC terrorist attacks. Free timed admission.
Restaurant
Smorgasburg WTC
Food court
4.4
Shopping
Harry Potter Shop New York
Store