• Broadway
  

  
  Broadway, New York City thoroughfare that traverses the length of Manhattan, near the middle of which are clustered the theatres that have long made it the foremost showcase of commercial stage entertainment in the United States. The term Broadway is virtually synonymous with American theatrical activity.
  
  

• Central Park
  

  
  A combination escape hatch and exercise yard, Central Park is an urbanized Eden that offers residents and visitors alike a bite of the apple. And indeed, without the Central Park's 843 acres of meandering paths, tranquil lakes, ponds, and open meadows, New Yorkers might be a lot less sane.
  
  

• Statue of Liberty
  

  
  The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor, in Manhattan, New York City.
  
  

• Empire State Building
  

  
  With a pencil-slim silhouette, recognizable virtually worldwide, the Empire State Building is an art deco monument to progress, and a symbol for New York City. The 86th-floor observatory (1,050 feet high) has both a glass-enclosed area (heated in winter and cooled in summer) and an outdoor deck spanning the building's circumference. The views from 16 stories up on the 102nd-floor observatory are even more spectacular.
  
  

• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  

  
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the United States, and one of the ten largest in the world, with the most significant art collections. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works.
  
  

• Freedom Tower
  

  
  One World Trade Center a.k.a. Freedom Tower, at 1,775 ft (540 m) is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The 104-story building stands at the site of the original World Trade Center that was destroyed in the September 11 attacks.
  
  

• Musicals, shows and theater
  

  
  Broadway theatre includes 40 professional theatres in the Theater District along Broadway. Along with London, Broadway theatres are widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Off Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows often provide a more experimental, challenging and intimate performance than is possible in the larger Broadway theatres.
  
  

• Times Square
  

  
  Big is the buzz in Times Square, where neon-lighted billboards, ginormous television screens, towering skyscrapers, and Broadway theaters play starring roles alongside megastores like the Disney Store and Hershey's. Love it or hate it, Times Square throbs New York.
  
  

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