ISTs, are you planning to travel through New York City before heading back to your home? Here are some ideas for travel information, tourist destinations, and places to find more information.

New York City

Transportation

• Local Rail (the “MTA” or just the “subway”) https://new.mta.info/
• Uber https://www.uber.com/ or Lyft https://www.lyft.com/
• Times Square https://www.timessquarenyc.org/
• Grand Central Station https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/

Popular Sites or Neighborhoods to Visit

• Broadway Shows: https://www.broadwayworld.com/ OR http://www.playbill.com/
  • For ways to save on tickets, read this article: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/cheap-broadway-tickets
• Statue of Liberty https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
• Ellis Island / Immigration Museum https://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm
• Rockefeller Center https://www.rockefellercenter.com/
• Brooklyn Bridge https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/

Parks

• Central Park http://www.centralparknyc.org/
• Bryant Park https://bryantpark.org/
• Prospect Park (Brooklyn) https://www.prospectpark.org/

High-Rise Observatories

• One World Trade Center Observation Deck https://oneworldobservatory.com/
• Empire State Building Observation Deck https://www.esbnyc.com/
• Top of the Rock https://www.topoftherocknyc.com

Museums

• 9/11 Memoria & Museum https://www.911memorial.org/
• American Museum of Natural History https://www.amnh.org/
• New York Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/
• Museum of Modern Art https://www.moma.org/
• The Guggenheim Museum https://www.guggenheim.org/
• USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Complex https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/
• Hamilton Grange (Home of Alexander Hamilton)https://www.nps.gov/hagr/index.htm

Ferry Cruises

• Governor’s Island
• Roosevelt Island
• Staten Island Ferry

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