Theater

Descriptions

Princetown Playhouse

Playhouse for kids

133 MacDougal St. Bet. 3rd & 4th

Call for current shows, times, and prices

NY, NY

(212) 998-5867

Subway: A, C, E, F, V to Grand St.

Sugar and Spice

A class on making candy

Kids Confectionary Classes

children get to take home creations

2398 Broadway Near 88th St.

(212) 874-7400

First Saturday of Every month 10-11:30AM

partistry.com

Vital Children's Theater

Call or check websites for schedule

432 W. 42nd St.

NY, NY

(212) 268-2040

vitaltheater.org

Places

Descriptions

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Learn about ecology while exploring 635 acres of woodlands,

228-06 Northern Blvd.

Fresh meadows and salt water marshes encompass this

Douglaston, Queens

Northeast side of Queens park.

(718) 229-4000

http://www.alleypond.com/home.html

Aquarium For Wildlife Conservation

The zoo for marine animals,  Shows, touch tanks, gift shops

Surf Ave. & West 8th St. Coney Island

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 769-5100

Subway: Q, F to West 8th St.

www.nyaquarium.com

Belverdere Castle

Learning Center for Children and adults.

Central Park near 79th St. and South of the Green Lawn

Education and entertainment Programs, nature exhibitions.

New York, NY

FREE

(212) 772-0210

www.centralparknyc.org/virtualpark/thegreatlawn/belvederecastle/

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

1000 Washington Ave. near Eastern Pkwy

(718) 622-4433

Subway: local or Q express trains to Prospect Park station; 2, 3 trains to Eastern Parkway.

Bodies…The Exhibition

Twenty -two whole body specimens and more the 260 organs and partial bodies illustrate the complex systems involves in daily activities.

The Exhibition Centre

South Street Seaport Fulton St. at Front St.

(212) 732-7678

Hours: 10AM-10PM

Subway: A,C Broadway Nassau
J,M,Z,2,3,4,5 Fulton St.

New York Botanical Gardens

200th St at Southern Blvd.

Bronx, NY

(718) 817-8700

Subway: B, D to Bedford Park

4 to Bedford Park Blvd.- Lehman College

www.centralparknyc.org/virtualpark/thegreatlawn/belvederecastle/

 Bronx Zoo

America's largest urban zoo

Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Rd.

FREE on Wednesday's

Bronx, NY

(718) 367-1010

Subway: 2, 5 to Pelham Parkway

Metro-North: to Fordham Rd. Take BX 9 or 12 to zoo

www.bronxzoo.com/

Bryant Park

Seven restored acres rich with history, greenery,

40-42nd St. & 5th Ave.

gardens fountain-food services, free entertainment

(212) 983-4142

Castle Clinton National Monument

Guided tours, 1811 fort, entertainment center,

Battery Park

 immigration depot, aquarium-walking tours.

NY, NY

(212) 344-7220

Central Park Visitor Center-The Dairy

Near West 64th St.

NY, NY

(212) 794-6564

Central Park Wildlife

Home to Polar Bears penguins, monkeys, sea lions

830 5th Ave.

 and more in natural habitats.

NY, NY

Chelsea Piers

Village featuring golf driving range, indoor/outdoor skating,

23rd & West Side Highway

Batting cages, restaurants, bowling, marina

NY, NY

(212) 336-6666

China Town

South of Canal St.

NY, NY

Chrysler Building

NYC'S First Skyscraper typifies 1930's art deco

405 Lexington Ave.

architecture-known for its unusual night lit skyscraper spire

NY, NY

Coney Island

Aquarium, Amusement Park, Food, Arcades

Coney Island Boardwalk

Brooklyn, NY

Ellis Island

Ferry departs daily from South Ferry at Battery Park

Ellis Island, NY

(212) 269-5755

Empire State Building

World renowned, indoor/outdoor observatories offer

350 5th Ave. & 34th St.

Spectacular views 9:30-11:30

NY, NY

Flushing Meadow- Corona Park

Central site of Worlds Fair, Shea Stadium, Marina, Museums,

Van Wyck Expwy-Union Tpke- Grand Central

 Zoo, carousel

Corona, NY

(718) 760-6565

Greenwich Village

An artist's haven, craft and curio shops, restaurants, galleries,

Houston St. north to 14St.; B'way west to Hudson river

jazz clubs, coffee shops, off B'way theaters

Grand Army Plaza Library

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 780-7848

Subway: 2,3 to Grand Army Plaza

Harlem

Museums, notable churches, historical landmarks and districts.

From 97th St. to 168 St. Amsterdam Av to Lexington Av

NY, NY

Historic Orchard Street Bargain District

Historic Streets with 400 shops featuring some of

Orchard St.

the city's discount  shopping, tours and museums

NY, NY

(212) 266-9010

Little Italy

Canal Houston St. and Elizabeth Lafayette St.

New York Historic Society

2 W 77th St. at Central Park West

NY, NY

(212) 873-3400

Subway: B, C to 81st.- Museum of Natural History

New York Skyride

An exciting simulated flight thru NY-

350 5th Ave & 33rd-34th St.

located in the Empire State Building

NY, NY

(212) 564-2224

Pelham Arts Center

155 Fifth St.

Pelham, NY

(914) 738-2525

Pelham Bay Park

Off Bruckner Expwy

Bronx, NY

(718) 430-1890

Prospect Park

Brooklyn, NY

Prospect Park Wildlife Center

450 Flatbush Ave

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 399-7339

Queens Botanical Garden

Over 520 acres Including Zoo, Civil war Memorial,

43-50 Mains St.

 and 1776 Dutch Colonial Homestead

(718) 886-3800

Queens Wildlife Center

53-51 111th St.

Flushing, Queens

(718) 271-7761

Rockefeller Center

Sunken plaza for outdoor dinning or ice skating-underground

47th-52nd St.

shopping concourse, NBC Tours

Scandinavia House

Story telling call for dates and times. Free

58 Park Ave

NY, NY

(212) 847-9740

amscan.org

Show Me New York

Discover all of NYC's energy and passion at

42 E 58th St.

the city's only virtual tour attraction

NY, NY

212-307-4388

SoHo (South of Hudson)

Bounded by Houston-Canal St. and Ave of the Americas- Lafayette St.

NY, NY

architectural gem of cast iron buildings converted to house art galleries,

restaurants and shops

SONY Imax

1998 B'way & 68th St.

Featuring NYC in IMAX

NY, NY

212-336-5000

SONY Wonder Technology Lab

Unique hands on interactive experiences allow

550 Madison Ave. & 55-56th St.

visitors of all ages explore communication

NY, NY

and information technologies.

212-833-8100

South Street Seaport

Waterfront piers, historic ships, harbor boat tours,

East River at the foot of Fulton St.

shops, restaurants, entertainment

Pier 17

NY, NY

212-SEAPORT

Stuyvesant Cove Park

East River bet. 18th and 23rd Sts.

NY, NY

(212) 784-1444 ext.140

cecenter.org

New Solar power classroom

Transporter: Movies you can ride

Total immersion theater state of the art full motion seating,

Empire State Building

Thrilling adventure

350 5th Ave & 34th St.

NY, NY

212-947-4299

United Nations

1st Ave & 46th St.

NY, NY

212-963-7713

Van Cortlandt Park

Boating, horses, picnicking, tennis stadium

Bronx, NY

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Excerpts from letters, diaries, poems, news dispatches

Near 55 Water St.

and public statements etched into the memorial

Wall Street

The Dutch built a wall in 1663 to protect their colony-

Lower Manhattan

Now America's financial nerve center

NY, NY

Subway: 4,5 to Wall St.; A, C to Brooklyn Bridge

Wave Hill

Bronx acclaimed public garden and cultural institution

 675 W. 252nd St. (Independence Ave)

Free on Tues. and Sat. mornings

Bronx, NY

(718) 549-3200

wavehill.org

Museums

Descriptions

American Folk Art Museum

45 W 53rd St. between 5th and 6th

(212 )265-1040

folkartmuseum.org

Subway: B,D,F,V to 47-50th Sts. Rockefeller Center

American Museum of Natural History

Central Park West at 79th St.

NY, NY

(212) 769-5800

amnh.org

Subway: B, C to 81st.- Museum of Natural History

Asia Society

725 Park Ave. at 70th St.

(212) 288-6400

asiascoiety.org

Brooklyn Children’s Museum

145 Brooklyn Ave at St. Marks Ave.

(718)  735-4400

Brooklynkids.org

Subway: 3 to Kingston Ave.

Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway At Washington Ave.

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 638-5000

Subway: 2,3 to Eastern Parkway

Center for Architecture

536 La Guardia Pl. between Bleecker and W 3rd Sts.

(212) 683-0023

Aiany.org

Subway: B,D,FV to Broadway

Children's Museum of Arts

Free Thurs. and Fri.5-8: 30

182 Lafayette St. between Broome and Grand St.

NY, NY

(212) 274-0986

Subway: J, M, Z, N, Q, R, W to Canal St.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

2 E 91 St. At Fifth Ave.

NY, NY

(212) 535-2526

Subway: 6 to 96th St.

Dahesh Museum

601 5th Ave Between 48th and 49th St.

(212) 759-0606

Subway: E to 5th Ave

B, D, F, V to 47-50th Sts. Rockefeller Ctr.

El Museo del Barrio

1230 5th Ave. between 104th and 105th

(212) 831-7272

elmuseo.org

Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Ellis Island

(212) 363-3200

Ellisisland.com

Subway: 4,5 Bowling green

Ferry info: (212) 269-5755

Flux Factory

38-38 43rd St. at Northern Blvd.

(718) 707-3360

Subway: G,R,V to Steinway

Frances Tavern Museum

54 Pearl St.

(212) 425-1778

Francestavernmueum.org

Subway: J,M,Z to Broad St.

Ground Zero Museum Workshop

420 W. 14th St. between Ninth Ave and Washington St.

(212) 802-7197

groundzeromuseumworkshop.org

Subway: A,C,E to 14th St.

Guggenheim Museum

1071 5th Ave & 89th St.

NY, NY

(212) 423-3500

Harbor Defense Museum

Fort Hamilton Army base 101st  St. at Fort  Hamilton Parkway

(718) 630-4349

Subway: R to Bay Ridge-95th St.

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Pier 86 &12th & W. 46th

NY, NY

(212) 245-0072

Jewish Museum

1109 5th Ave Between 92nd and 93rd St.

NY, NY

(212) 423-3225

Subway: 6 to 96th St.

Lefferts Homestead Children's Museum

Prospect Park, Flatbush Ave. Near Empire Blvd.

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 789-2822

Subway: Q to Prospect Park

Metropolitan Museum

5th Ave. & 82St.

NY, NY

(212) 535-7710

Morris Museum

6 Normandy Heights Rd.

Morristown, NJ

(973) 971-3700

morrismusemun.org

Museum of Chinese in the Americas

70 Mulberry St. at Bayard Ave.

(212)619-4785

moca-nyc.org

Subway: J,M,Z,N,Q,R to Canal St.

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (moCCA)

594 Broadway Between Houston and Prince St.

(212) 254-3511

moccany.org

Subway: B,D, F,V to Broadway-Lafayette

Museum of Modern Art

Long Island City, Queens

(718) 956-1819

moma.org

Museum of Modern Art

11 W. 53rd

NY, NY

Museum of the Moving Image

35th Ave. at 36th St., Queens

(718) 784-0077

movingimages.us

Subway: R,V to Steinway

Museum of the City of New York

1220 5th Ave. & 103rd St.

(212) 708-9500

mcny.org

Museum for Television and Radio

25 W 52nd St Between 5th and 6th Avenues

NY, NY

(212) 621-6600

Subway: E to 5th Ave

B, D, F, V to 47-50th Sts. Rockefeller Ctr.

New York City Police Museum

100 Old Slip Between South and Water St.

(212) 480-3100

nycpolicemuseum.org

Subway: J,M,Z, to Broad  St.

New York Hall of Science

47-01 111th St, at 48th Ave.

(718) 699-0005

nyscience.org

Subway: 7 to 111th St.

New York Tolerance Center

226 E 42nd St.

(212) 697-1180

Subway:S,4,5,6,7 to 42nd St. Grand Central

Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian

1 Bowling Green

NY, NY

(212) 514-3714

americanindian.si.edu

Staten Island Children's Museum

1000 Richmond Terrace

(718) 273-2060

Staten Island  Museum

75 Stuyvesant Place.

(718) 727-1135

statenislandmuseum.org

Two blocks from Ferry

Transit Museum

Corner of Boerum Pl. and Schermerhorn St.

(718) 694-1600

mta.info

Subway: A,C,G to Hoyt and Schermerhorn

Statue of Liberty

American museum of immigration in base of statue

212-269-5755

212-363-3200

Studio Museum in Harlem

144 W. 125 St. Bet. Malcolm X and Lenox

NY, NY

(212) 864-4500

Subway: 2, 3 to 125 St.

The Ukrainian Museum

222 E.6th St. between Second and Third

(212) 228-0110

ukrainianmuseum.org

Subway: F,V to Second Ave.

Water Front Museum

Columbia Street Marine Terminal, Gowanus Bay

699 Columbia St.

Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

(718) 624-4719

Free shuttle from various sections of Brooklyn.

Whitney Museum of Art

945 Madison Ave near 75th St.

NY, NY

(212) 570-7745

whitney.org/families