5 NYC Attractions That FIRST TIMERS Regret Missing
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5 NYC Tourist Attractions That Are Too Often Overlooked:
1) Prospect Park/Brooklyn Botanic Garden/Brooklyn Museum
2) New York Transit Museum
3) Flushing, Queens Chinatown: (See our Chinatown Playlist here: • NYC Chinatowns! )
4) Off-Broadway Shows
5) Governors Island
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The New York Transit Museum was the first museum I went to. I absolutely loved it. Flushing is also an awesome spot.
I was in Flushing, Queens on my first trip to New York and it reminded me China much more than any Chinatown in the World I have ever seen. Real China doesn't have any oriental vibe anymore and became highly developed and commercialised country. Chinatowns are cool but more like romanticized places from the past and Flushing is more authentic.
Love these tips. Thanks!
Native NY-er here & this is an excellent list!
I’d also throw in the Bronx Zoo & New York Botanical Gardens, the NYBG in The Bronx is only 20 minutes from Grand Central Station on the Metro North Railroad. It recently held a really cool exhibition by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama!
They don’t seem to have a joint ticket but I think they are free or discounted on Wednesdays.
You may need to reserve tickets online in the days before visiting them.
I didn’t know you could get there by train! Do you happen to have any tips to get there the quickest from the prospect park area? That’s the longest commute on my itinerary.
@@Wickedbutterfly8i8 you would have to the F to 63rd and Lexington than take the 5 but it doesn't run exactly to the botanical gardens so you most likely have to take a bus or walk
Native also Kansai. Bern to Bronx botanical many times . should I make trip.to brooklyns ??
We still have masking requirements for transit. Many shops also want it. Also, you should check (I have not been to theatre in a long time) masking and vaccine still in place to see a show.
And they don't get why the city has the highest unemployment in the country. No tourists want to deal with that on vacation. They'll go somewhere else
Many large concert venues and theatres around the country require vaccination and masks. It’s not unique to NYC.
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I hit the Brooklyn Botanical Garden on my first day in NYC and I can't wait to go again with my sister next time! I was killing time waiting on her to arrive into the city and it was sooo gorgeous I loved seeing the koi fish and a ton of plants I've never seen before! Sadly wasn't cherry blossom season but good gosh it was still just such a lovely way to spend my first ever afternoon in NYC. Sadly it won't be this year but I really hope to go back sometime during a cherry blossom season and and another time during the fall, my favorite time of the year, and see what's blooming then. And Off Broadway is so on our radar! We only had time for one show so we made it our favorite, good ol' Hamilton, but hopefully next time we're definitely getting to more shows next time! Love your content!
I felt the same way so I’m dragging my sister to the Botanic Gardens in a little over a week! ❤ Already planned to do everything in this video. 😂
Here is my top secret gem from when I was there, and it's so obvious but not really. I discovered this when I got on the wrong train and it took me on the opposite side of Central Park then where I needed to be and it was hot as hell outside to walk. Tourists always flock to take the Subway. But taking just a regular above ground bus gives you these amazing scenic views of the city and neighborhoods. Using it during business hours while New Yorkers were working means it's not overly busy and you can get a seat...with air-conditioning. All I needed (at the time) was a MetroCard (and I had a week pass). I mean, yes, it might take a bit longer (depending), and it takes a bit to understand the routing rules, so if you are in a rush to get to a site, then take a cab or the Subway. But for me, it was a perfect way to travel on the hot summer July day. I found the subway to be hot, sticky, stinky, crowded and I was generally uncomfortable, and at time felt unsafe, so I just ended up taking bus's for the rest of my trip. (I realize this isn't an attraction per se, but like I said, it's a great way to see the city).
My other gem, and maybe it's not a gem, was to hit up the small business/independent stores and restaurants and shops a block or two off the heavy tourist areas. I have friends who travel to NY and they eat at all these chain restaurants and over-priced tourist traps in the heart of the tourists areas. I go, and I find these pizza houses in brownstones, or bookstores in the middle of a residential area in Brooklyn, or a coffee shop a few further blocks away from Central Park, and you get value for your money and what feels like a local experience.
Great Tips! I'm from Brazil and I'II be in NYC by July. Thanks!
Thanks to your videos, I went to the NY Transit Museum yesterday on the eve of my 30th birthday. It was a sweet treat! It’s a must see! For anyone planning to visit, please go early because there’s lots to see. I also went to the breathtaking Brooklyn Bridge! It was amazing! I’m here in NYC for 9 more days and watching for more recommendations. Thanks for the helpful recommendations!
I walked to 371 East 10th Street in Alphabet City, Tompkins' Park Library and Tompkins Park to see where Disney Child Star Bobby Driscoll died and Andy Warhol's Factory where he made some of his art. I spent hours and hours at the New York Public Library. I took the cruise around Manhattan and spent 6 hours in the Metropolitan Museum. That filled up my week in
Also the Brooklyn museum does first Saturdays. Basically free admission and party every first Saturday of the month. It’s really really fun, also cool performances as well
A friend took me to the Brooklyn museum and botanical gardens in July. They had the Kaws exhibit which was awesome
Good to know the transit museum is open again! Will be in NY this September and definitely planning on visiting
I’m heading to see an Off Broadway show tonight! I’m a huge fan. People don’t realize that you get to see a lot the same actors that also perform on Broadway at a much lower price.
Also, Dear Evan Hansen is one of my favorites, and I am sooo jealous right now! 😮
Jon even though this will be my fourth visit to NYC this video is a good reminder that there are many places to see and explore.
Thanks
Visited NYC for the first time this week for the US Open. Stayed in Downtown Flushing to be close to the tennis despite people's recommendations to stay in Manhattan. So glad I stayed in Flushing. I loved it! The food was great, it felt completely safe, it was cheap, and it was so cool to immerse myself in another culture that didn't involve tourist traps. Will probably stay there again next time.
Very nice detailed vlog! I definitely going to governors Island for the third time this June because I love the views of there !
I would nix governors island. I have lived in NYC for 53 years and have toured so many around town and have been to all of these locations. Keep in mind that what appeals to a resident often does not appeal to a visitor. We often look for an element of respite, calm, quiet, escape from the intensity in NYC. But tourists come expecting that. They often want a culture fix, to be energized, to pack activities and sights in. They will relax when they return home. Some places offer both - like Central Park. Calming, yet alive with energy, activity with buildings framing the park. The other choices in the video are good, but I always try and read a visitor to tailor suggestions to their temperament. My father was always happiest to just relax on a park bench, the rest of the family wanted nonstop action.
That's a very interesting point! You know, I think for SOME that would apply. For others, taking the boat though, and a 1 hour bike ride around to see the Skyline views would be appealing. Just depends on the tourist. I do have a personal bias for sure :)
my usual in NYC is different as i don't like the massive crowds of tourists as i come from Orlando tourist hot spot. My usual is Chinatown as my parents always ask me to find one thing or another that you can't find in florida. I'll hit Williamsburg, the fountain in central park, madison square park if the musicians are gone and try flushing. My home base tends to be Chinatown as its a place that i know the language and can get my bearings around. Usually you have a neighborhood that you base or travel to a lot so you use that as a place to get used to a city i chose Chinatown as the subway is right there, i speak cantonese, and its a quick way to get somewhere.
I am going to have to check them all out when I go to New York next year❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank You for all the info
As a local I love Prospect Park and The Transit museum!
It’s great you that you give these reminders of new places to visit. Thanks
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This is an excellent video and so true. Was just in NYC over the weekend and while I didn't have time for Brooklyn botanical garden and prospect Park, i did visit the Brooklyn museum again and it again provided a memorable experience. Flushing is a nicer Chinatown than Manhattan. I gotta visit governor's island next time.
Due to your videos I feel my trip to NYC should be 3 weeks long. Great video, Thanks!!!
I would throw in Little Italy on Arthur Ave. in the Bronx. It's so amazing and unique that some of those businesses are passed down 5 generations.
I do want to note that off broadway tix aren't always cheaper. Depends on popularity and who stars in them. Good example is Suffs and Cyrano. Jersey Boys is sadly closing May 22. They have a lottery you can sign up for to score cheap tickets
Yes there's exceptions! Good point.
Thank you for sharing. I use to hang out at the Brooklyn museum and botanical gardens and prospect park, when I lived there it was beautiful then as is now and it was all free in the 1950s
A tour of your hometown would be kind of cool.
Main Street is where I take friends visiting NYC so good and cheap. If you time it right you can watch the Mets and top it off by having dinner on Main Street.
Thanks for the awesome shoutout! Storyblocks looks great, I'm going to go check it out right now.
I literally use them every visit.
Man, I wished you did this video 2 weeks back! Just came back from NYC-Washington DC trip and missed the cherry blossoms in DC because of the weather. Definitely adding this park on my to-do list next time.
Very nice video and thank you for sharing it.
It's the Bronx Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Actually, the one in the Bronx is the NY Botanical Garden but I have almost never heard anyone call it that.
Yes, Flushing made it! Also can't believe Prospect Park is still underrated!
Because of you two!
Thank you for this fun video. I've logged 3-1/3 out of 5 in my last couple trips to NYC. When I start traveling again (not yet) I'll definitely have to hit the rest.
Thank you! Planning our trip and want to mix it up for the family.
And that Storyblocks suggestion is great. As a writer, I need more flare with my posts. :)
Nice! Many of my favs! And finally made it to Brooklyn botanical gardens and museum! 🎉Really great places! Couple of adds: Assuming still there really enjoyed bonsai collection at Botanical gardens - not something usually see. For museum least in past used to have really cool expos brought from outside and even from other countries. As for park it also has horse riding :)
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Flushing Queens heck yeah thats like Chinatown # 2 for real, they got food spots. Citi Field and the iron triangle too if you wanna get your car worked on and pick up some Spanish pan de bono from the food vans driving around and carts getting pushed around
I’m here for my 21st birthday! The rooftop bars are amazing!
Flushing Chinatown is great AND you can check out flushing meadow park with the Unisphere, The tennis center, the zoo and queens museum. And if you want to spend a little extra get a city ticket for $5 and take the Lirr to Flushing and it will only take 1O MINUTES
Flushing is awesome! I always take friends who visit there. Great food and lots of shops with K-Beauty items and cute Sanrio/kawaii things!
Great spots, I myself haven’t been to any of those but they are on my list for the next trip
I LOVE Off-Broadway. I've seen some really unique and entertaining shows. One was even Off-off Broadway in a
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As a native New Yorker of 26 years, sometimes I think I’ve seen it all, but Here be barr, & tomdnyc, always remind me how much I don’t know. Alway loved they don’t just focus on the hotspots of nyc, but branch every corner of all 5 boroughs just to give us the content they do. Truly amazing!
I went to New York City in 2019 and actually regret not going to the transit museum. I am super into public transportation for whatever reason. I have been dying to ride the vintage holiday train.
Great video as usual. Love NYC.
I am coming to Manhattan next Sunday (1st time ever) your videos have helped plan my itinerary
Nice to see you with ActionKid.
Coney Island during the Spring and Summer. Rides including the Cyclone and Wonder Wheel. Brooklyn Cyclones. A class "A" affiliate team property of the NY METS.
NY Aquarium. The Beach and Nathan's.
The transit museum is cool. We went the last time we were there!
I was happy that the caption phrased it correctly as "Brooklyn Botanic Garden", but the you said it completely incorrectly- "Brooklyn Botanical Gardens". A huge pet peeve.
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Can anyone please provide the title of the song that begins at 4:50?? Thank you. ❤️ it’s so nice.
5:02 Found the Kid cameo
What about walking around the Greenwood Cemetery, right nearby Prospect park. really nice too.
It’s very great that you added the price of the spa in governors to your video, which saves people’s time when we don’t want to research that much. Just let u know that benefits me ;)
Of course.
Just went to NYC for the first time last week, one place we visited which was nice and free is "Little Island"
For a faster way to Flushing, Take the LIRR on the Port Washington line. If traveling off peak, buy a $5 City Pass. 25 minutes from Penn Station 34th st to Flushing downtown.
Did this one weekend when the 7 was using shuttle buses to Flushing due to construction. Not as frequent, but worked really well.
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done it all except the transit museum. Nice Panda and Penguin btw.
Great places!
just saw you on News12 NJ on a thing called cable
Anyone remember which video it was where he showed a elevated outdoor like park to have a picnic. And there were food trucks right by it on the street.
Elevated Acre :) But that's only lunch time.
@@HereBeBarr thanks man. Love your videos. I’ve watched soo many couldn’t remember which one. Can’t wait to visit. Coming in august.
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wow actually got really excited about NYC lol
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I see that you did a collab with Pizza Reviews on the Go! Can't wait for the video!
Coming tomorrow!
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I had heard that Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing is the third busiest intersection in the entire city. I don’t know if that is still true.
You should do a video about Woodlawn in the bronx
Well done Jon.
What happened to Off Off Broadway?
That’s an option too. Really small theaters
I’m going to NYC in late August Saturday Sunday Monday and leave on Tuesday.
What sites and activities should I do?
I hope you're having a great day Jon! Once again, another amazing video! Please do a tour of the freedom tower or top themed NY lounges! 🙂
I'd say most of these ideas are more for people who stay in NYC for a longer period. I mean, Prospect Park is nice, but so are many other parks. Over here in The Netherlands in Amsterdam we have lots of great city parks like the famous Vondelpark. When the weather is nice, everyone goes and chill out there. And the best thing is, we can legally drink outside so many bring a cooler with beers or a nice rose wine. So yeah, while Prospect Park seems nice, I'm not gonna spend thousands on flights and hotels to do something I can do at home just as well, if not better.
What tourists look for, or at least I look for, are experiences unique to the place I'm visiting. That's why locations like the MoMA are so busy. NYC is a center of modern art with artists like Warhol. It's a unique NYC experience. If I want to see old European art or Roman statues or whatever I'll just go to the Rijksmuseum here in Amsterdam... What I did like very much was the free exhibition in the main branch library. Such cool and important pieces on display there, many unique to NYC or the US in general.
Check out the transit museum, you won't find anything like that ANYWHERE else. Going into old subway cars, if you have to pick one for the most unique.
I went to either the Transit Museum Store or the NYC MTA Store, I don't know if the store I went to is two separate things I'm getting them mixed up, the store i went to wasn't in a museum or in an old subway station, it didn't have old subways cars to look at, the store i went to might have been in Grand Central Station, I tired on boots that had the different subway lines on them letters and numbers, the small were too small the medium were too big, darn I wanted those boots, I wouldn't have worn the boots in NYC need to be more subtle than that but wearing them around DC would have been cool, I love walking around Governors Island, hanging out, and taking the boat
I think there is a transit museum annex in times Square. It's not as nice
@@EscapingtheEmptyNest Whatever it was it was a mini satellite type store
@@EscapingtheEmptyNest There's a transit museum at Grand Central Terminal.
I'm not a tourist -I am a native but I like watching for ideas!
Yes I agree with viewer below
Bronx Zoo, Bronx Botanical Gardens - add in Wave Hill and City Island.
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I like the penguin.
I wouldn't really count Governors island anymore. There are some plans actually every plan that will expand Manhattan calls for it to be landfilled all the way through the island and more to create new useable land for building and what will left is just a minor park like a small green space. its something that the City really wants to do but its not a vote or anything just drawings right now but if it happens Governors Island will be gone. just letting you know.
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Awesome timing. I will be in Brooklyn for my first month back to NYC! Can you make a video about dog friendly places to take your dog in NYC?
Oooh! Pretty much anything that has outdoor dining is dog friendly along with most breweries ( as long as they don’t serve their own food). There’s also a few dog friendly cafes one is Boris & Horton in Manhattan and Chateau Le Woof in Astoria queens.
@@sarahbae21 thanks just found out about Boris & Hortons today 🥰🐩
Look up NYC Parks dog play areas. If the one on Madison Square Park is open it's great spot and near original Shake Shack.
@@stevenj2380 Thanks, I have been doing research
If you’re going to go all the way out to Flushing, you should just spend the entire day on Roosevelt Avenue stuffing your face. Get off in Woodside or Jackson Heights, and then eat your way down the street all the way until you get to flushing.
Dude you look like Berlin from the Netflix serie la Casa de Papel!
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Hi, sorry for the off topic, i'll be in NYC with my family in early June. Could anyone suggest a Broadway show suitable for a 5 years old kid? thank you and keep going!!!
Lion king is worth it.
@@ElenyM ok good. where can we see it? forgive my silly question, it's my first time in the big apple!
I second lion king. Google tickets
@@HereBeBarr great, thank you guys, see you in NY!
Due our first visit later this year and Prospect Park was already on my list, so not everyone stays in Manhattan!
Consider yourself ambitious ;) hahaha. Great choice.
Park Slope also on the list. Loved your vid with the Brownstones.
Why would you do this to us in Flushing? 😩
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Authentic chinese food... roasted BATS?
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Governor's Island was a disappointment for me and wasted a lot of time. Feels more like a escape for people living in a big city than a tourist site. No great views even.
The Bronx zoo duh 🙄