Classic NYC Landmarks

Got friends visiting New York and unsure where to take them sightseeing? We know what that’s like. You can live in a city for years, feel like you know it backwards and forward and yet when it comes time to give a tour your mind goes blank. The list below should help.

1. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum located at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum
Address: 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
Hours:
Mon – Wed: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thu: Closed
Fri: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Sat: 10:00 am – 7:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Phone: (212) 423-3500

2. Madison Square Garden

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Madison Square Garden is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Located in Midtown Manhattan between 7th and 8th Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets, it is situated atop Pennsylvania Station.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden
Address: 7th Ave & 32nd St, New York, NY 10001
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
Phone: (212) 465-6741

3. Museum of Modern Art

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The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art
Address: 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
Hours:
Mon – Thu: 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Fri: 10:30 am – 8:00 pm
Sat – Sun: 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Phone: (212) 708-9400

4. Times Square

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Times Square is a major commercial intersection and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.
Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square
Address: 1 Times Sq, New York, NY 10036
Hours:
Mon – Sun: Open 24 hours (7 days in a week)
Phone: (212) 729-1991

5. United Nations Headquarters

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The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations
Address: 480 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017
Hours:
Mon – Fri: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Sat – Sun: Closed
Phone: (212) 963-8687

6. Carnegie Hall

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Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall
Address: 881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Hours:
Mon – Sat: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Phone: (212) 247-7800

7. Yankee Stadium

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Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It serves as the home ballpark for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and the home stadium of New York City FC of Major League Soccer.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium
Address: 1 E 161st St, Bronx, NY 10451
Hours: Not Available
Phone: (718) 293-4300

8. Radio City Music Hall

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Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city.
Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall
Address: 1260 Ave of The Americas, New York, NY 10020
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Phone: (212) 247-4777

9. Statue of Liberty

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The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
Address: Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Phone: (212) 363-3200

10. Central Park

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Central Park is an urban park in middle-upper Manhattan, within New York City. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with 40 million visitors in 2013. It is also one of the most filmed locations in the world.
Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park
Address: Central Park Conservancy, 14 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 6:00 am – 1:00 am
Phone: (212) 310-6600

11. Grand Central Terminal

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Grand Central Terminal is a commuter, rapid transit railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal
Address: 89 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 5.30 am – 2:00 am
Phone: (212) 340-2583

12. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially “the Met”, is located in New York City and is the largest art museum in the United States, and among the most visited art museums in the world.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
Address: 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
Hours:
Mon – Thu: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Fri – Sat: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sun: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Phone: (212) 535-7710

13. Bryant Park

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Bryant Park is a 9.603-acre privately managed public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Park
Address: 41 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Phone: (212) 768-4242

14. Brooklyn Bridge

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The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges of either type in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge
Address: Brooklyn, NY 11201
Hours:
Mon – Sun: Open 24 hours (7 days in a week)
Phone: Not Available

15. Flatiron Building

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The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story steel-framed landmarked building located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building
Address: 175 5th Ave & Broadway, New York, NY 10010
Hours: Not Available
Phone: Not Available

16. Rockefeller Center

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Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets in New York City.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center
Address: 45 Rockefeller Plz, New York, NY 10012
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 7:00 am – 12:00 am
Phone: (212) 632-3975

17. Empire State Building

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The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
Address: 350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118
Hours:
Mon – Sun: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Phone: (212) 736-3100

18. Ellis Island

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Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation’s busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island
Address: New York, NY 10004
Hours: Not Available
Phone: Not Available

19. Chrysler Building

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The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco-style skyscraper located on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in the Turtle Bay neighborhood.
Learn more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building
Address: 405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10174
Hours:
Mon – Fri: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sat – Sun: Closed
Phone: (212) 682-3070