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 Central
Park
59-110th Streets, Fifth Avenue-Central Park West 212.794.6564
Central Park was established in the mid-1800s and is the first landscaped
public park in the United States. The park encompasses 843-acres
of wooded and landscaped parkland in the heart of Manhattan extending
from 59th to 110th Streets and from Fifth Avenue to Central Park
West. The park is a jewel amongst the busy streets and skyscrapers
of Midtown Manhattan and offers an oasis to visitors with its abundant
gardens, woodlands, lakes and sculptures.
Grand
Central Terminal
42nd Street and Lexington Avenue 212.340.2210
Grand Central Terminal is one of the world's busiest train stations.
Originally, Grand Central was the principal station for transcontinental
railroads, but today serves as a suburban commuter station for Westchester
County and Connecticut. Grand Central Terminal was designed by architect
Whitney Warren and opened in 1913. The Beaux-Arts style is evident
in the structure's vaulted ceilings, murals, the grand staircase,
massive 40 foot windows of steel frame panes of glass, and the fifty
foot pediment with statues of Hercules, Minerva and Mercury surrounding
a thirteen foot clock seen on the south side of the station. Grand
Central has over a dozen floors serving as commuter rails, shops,
restaurants, the Vanderbilt Exhibition Hall, and the New York Transit
Museum. The Municipal Arts Society offers free tours every Wednesday.
For more information call 212.935.3960.
Rockefeller
Center
47-52nd Streets, Fifth-Seventh Streets 212.632.4041
Rockefeller Center is the largest private building enterprise in
the United States. Built during the Great Depression, the original
fourteen buildings were envisioned by Rockefeller Jr. as a large,
commercial development for the young network-broadcasting industry.
RCA, RKO, and NBC would be primary tenants. The complex was originally
named "the Radio City" and was intended to be a planned
modern community. Today Rockefeller Center is an alluring combination
of modernism with its soaring buildings and underground pedestrian
walkways; classical with its angelic sculptures; and organic with
its abundant landscaped gardens. There is something for everyone
to enjoy from the exclusive Fifth Avenue shops to dining for every
taste and budget to the entertainment and the world-famous ice-skating
rink.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue between 50th & 51st Streets 212.753.2261
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of New York,
Edward M. Egan. Designed in the Gothic tradition of European churches
of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, Renwick built the largest
Catholic cathedral in the United States with seating for 2,500 and
a spire that rises 330 feet. The Cathedral is noted for its purity
of style, originality of design, harmony of proportions, beauty
of material, and workmanship.
Times
Square
Times Square, also known as the Crossroads of the World, is an exciting,vibrant
area of Midtown Manhattan spanning 30 square blocks that are full
of theatres, restaurants, shopping and hotels. Times Square is also
the location for a number of outdoor festivals and concerts. Visit
the Times Square web site for an events
calendar and area
map.
United
Nations
First Avenue and 46th Street 212.963.1234
The United Nations is an international organization comprising 189
Member States. One hour guided tours of the United Nations Headquarters
are conducted seven days a week and include information on the functions
and activities of the United Nations and an explanation of the various
exhibits, architecture and decor of the building.
American
Craft Museum
40 West 53rd Street 212.956.3535
The American Craft Museum is the nation's premier museum specializing
in craft of the twentieth century. The Museum offers exhibits of
artistic handicrafts of fabrics, ceramics, metals, clay, glass,
fiber, wood and architecture. The Museum offers programs for children
and adults with hands-on workshops, lectures and forums to meet
the artists.
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue @ 82nd Street 212.879.5500
More than 3 million objects from more than 5,000 years make this
the most comprehensive collection in America. Represented cultures
are Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Near and Far East, Africa, the Pacific
Islands, Pre-Columbian and Native American. Special programs and
exhibits for children are available and there are free lectures,
concerts, films and gallery talks.
The
Morgan Library
29 East 36th Street 212.685.0610
The Morgan Library is a museum and research library with a renowned
collection of rare books, manuscripts, and drawings with a principal
focus on history, art, and literature of Western civilization from
the Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
Museum
of Television and Radio
25 West 52 Street 212.621.6800
The Museum of Television & Radio is dedicated to collecting
and archiving audio-visual artifacts, which includes more than 100,000
radio and television programs chosen for their artistic, cultural,
and historical significance. The collection covers news, drama,
public affairs programs, documentaries, the performing arts, children's
programming, sports, comedy, and advertising. The Museum organizes
major exhibitions and screenings and listening series that focus
on topics of social, historical, popular, or artistic interest.
Seminars feature in-person discussions with writers, producers,
directors, actors, and others involved with landmark programming.
Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue 212.423.3500
The Guggenheim Museum houses 19th and 20th Century paintings and
sculpture along a spiral ramp more than 1/4 mile in length. The
Museum was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959. The
building was pioneering in design with its contrast to the rectilinear
grid of Manhattan. Frank Lloyd Wright conceived of its curving,
continuous space as a "temple of spirit" where viewers
could foster a new way of looking at art.
Whitney
Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue @ 75th Street 212.570.3676
The Whitney Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections
of twentieth-century American art. The Permanent Collection of some
12,000 works encompasses paintings, sculptures, multimedia installations,
drawings, prints, and photographs.
Carnegie
Hall
154 West 57th Street @ Seventh Avenue 212.247.7800
Built by Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Hall is one of America's greatest
concert halls. Known originally as the Music Hall, the Carnegie
Hall auditorium opened in 1891 with the American conducting debut
of Tchaikovsky and since then has hosted many of the world's leading
musicians, dancers and authors.
Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts
66th Street and Broadway 212.546.2656
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is home to the Metropolitan
Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Ballet and many other
performing companies.
Radio
City Music Hall
6th Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets
America's most popular entertainers have thrilled audiences at Radio
City Music Hall since its doors opened in 1932. Frank Sinatra, Ella
Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tony Bennett to mention only a few
of the celebrities and luminaries to grace the Great Stage. The
Music Hall premieres selected films, and is the country's leading
hall for popular concerts, stage shows, special attractions and
media events.
Al Hirschfeld Theater (formerly the Martin Beck Theatre)
302 West 45th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street.
Ambassador
Theater
219 West 49th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.677.1164
Transportation: Take the 1, 9, C, E trains to 50th Street.
American Airlines Theater
227 West 42nd Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.719.1300
August Wilson Theatre (formerly the Virginia Theatre)
245 West 52nd Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the 1, 9 trains to 50th Street.
Belasco Theatre
111 West 44th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the B, D, F trains to 42nd Street; N, R
trains to Times Square-42nd Street.
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (formerly the Royale Theatre)
242 West 45th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street;
1, 2, 3, 9, 7, N, R, S trains to 42nd Street-Times Square.
Broadhurst Theatre
235 West 44th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the 1, 2, 3, 9 trains to Times Square-42nd
Street.
Broadway Theatre
1681 Broadway
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take 1, 9, C, E trains to 50th Street.
Circle in the Square Theatre
1633 Broadway between 49th and 50th Streets
Box Office: 212.307.2700
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the 1, 9, C, E trains to 50th Street.
Cort Theatre
138 West 48th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the N, R trains to 49th Street; B, D, F,
Q trains to 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center.
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 West 47th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
Box Office / Tickets: 212.315.2120
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street.
Gershwin Theatre
222 West 51st Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the 1, 9 trains to 50th Street.
Golden Theatre
252 West 45th Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Helen Hayes
240 West 44th Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Henry Miller's Theatre
124 West 43rd Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Hilton Theater
213 West 42nd Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the 1, 2, 3, 9, 7, S, A, C, E trains to Times Square-42nd Street.
Imperial Theatre
249 West 45th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the 1, 2, 3, 9, N, R, S trains to Times
Square-42nd Street.
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Kit Kat Club
124 West 43rd Street
Box Office/Tickets: 212.819.0377
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
205 West 46th Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4747
Transportation: Take the N, R trains to 42nd Street-Times Square; 1, 9 trains to 50th Street.
Majestic Theatre
245 West 44th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street;
1, 2, 3, 9, N, R, S, 7 trains to 42nd Street-Times Square.
Marquis
Theatre
1535 Broadway
Box Office: 212.382.0100
Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the 1, 2, 3, 9, N, R trains to 42nd Street-Times
Square.
Minskoff Theatre
200 West 45th Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the 1, 2, 3, 9, N, R, S, 7 trains to 42nd
Street-Times Square.
Music Box Theater
239 West 45th Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street
1, 2, 3, 9, N, R, S, 7 trains to 42nd Street-Times Square.
Nederlander Theatre
208 West 41st Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street
1, 2, 3, 9 to 42nd Street-Times Square.
Neil Simon Theatre
250 West 52nd Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the C, E, 1, 9 trains to 50th Street.
New Amsterdam Theatre
214 West 42nd Street
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Palace Theatre
1554 Broadway
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the 1, 9 trains to 50th Street.
Richard Rodgers Theatre
226 West 46th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
Box Office / Tickets: 212.307.4100
Transportation: Take the 1, 9 trains to 50th Street;
1, 2, 3, 9, 7, S trains to 42nd Street-Times Square.
Schoenfeld Theater (formerly the Plymouth Theater)
236 West 45th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the 1, 9 trains to 50th Street.
Shubert Theatre
225 West 44th Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street;
1, 2, 3, 9, 7, N, R, S trains to 42nd Street-Times Square.
St. James Theater
246 West 44th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street;
1, 2, 3, 9, 7, N, R, S trains to 42nd Street-Times Square.
Studio 54
254 West 54 Street
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Walter Kerr Theater
219 West 48th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the 1, 9 trains to 50th Street.
Winter Garden Theatre
1634 Broadway between 50th and 51st Streets
Box Office: 212.239.6200
Tickets: 212.239.6200 or 800.432.7250
Transportation: Take the 1, 9 trains to 50th Street. |
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here to view a list of all Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres
and show listings.
Continental
Airlines Arena
50 Route 120, East Rutherford, New Jersey 201.935.8500
Continental Airlines Arena is home to the NBA team New Jersey Nets
and the NHL team New Jersey Devils. The arena has seating for over
20,000 and is host to a number of other sports teams including Seton
Hall University Men's Basketball; New Jersey Gladiators, Arena Football
League; and New Jersey Storm, Professional Lacrosse. Continental
Airlines Arena, along with Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack,
make up the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Complex was constructed on a 750-acre site and is considered
one of the greatest sports and entertainment complexes in the world.
There is parking for 4,000 vehicles on site and an additional 22,000
vehicles at the stadium and racetrack.
Giants
Stadium
50 Route 120, East Rutherford, New Jersey 201.935.8111
Giants Stadium is home to the NFL team New York Giants. The 76,000-seat
stadium opened in 1976 with the Giants vs. the Dallas Cowboys. There
is parking for over 26,000 vehicles. The Port Authority Bus Terminal
in Manhattan at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street offers load-and-go
bus service for all events at the Meadowlands Sports Complex (20
minute ride). For more information regarding parking, directions
and maps click
here.
Madison
Square Garden
Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, New York, New York
212.465.6741
Madison Square Garden is home to the NBA team New York Knicks and
the NHL team New York Rangers. With seating for over 20,000, the
Garden is host to over 600 events a year including college basketball
games, track meets and tennis tournaments. The Garden is also home
to a 5,600-seat theater, formerly called the Paramount, where events
include musical concerts, family shows, boxing, conventions and
trade shows.
Shea
Stadium
123-01 Roosevelt Avenue Flushing, New York 718.507.6387
Shea Stadium is home to baseball’s National League team, the
New York Mets. The stadium opened in 1964 with the Mets vs. the
Pittsburgh Pirates. The 55,000-seat ballpark was the first stadium
capable of being converted from baseball to football and back using
two motor-operated stands that moved on underground tracks. The
ballpark is easily accessible from all five boroughs, click
here for directions.
Yankee
Stadium
161st Street and River Avenue Bronx, New York 718.293.4300
Yankee Stadium is home to baseball’s American League Team,
the New York Yankees. The historic ballpark’s inaugural game
was April 18, 1923 vs. the Boston Red Sox. The ballpark seats over
74,000 and is host to numerous other sports, entertainment and cultural
events including college and pro football, soccer, political assemblies,
religious conventions, concerts and even the circus. The Yankee
Stadium Subway stop is located right outside the Stadium at the
corner of 161st Street and River Avenue. The Stadium is conveniently
reached by several subway lines and a trip from midtown Manhattan
takes less than 25 minutes. For information regarding directions,
parking and maps click
here.
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on CitySearch.com
Fifth
Avenue
On Fifth Avenue you'll find a large array of luxury goods and famous
brand names. Visitors who "live to shop" might begin their
trip starting at 52nd street, where the Cartier shop is located
and work their way along the avenue to the famous Tiffany's and
Bergdorf Goodman at 57th street. Such a trip will provide a view
of some of the most expensive and exclusive jewelry, clothing and
other items in the world.
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here to view a list of nearby shopping on CitySearch.com
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