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New York
New York City is five boroughs of landmarks, museums and neighbourhoods; where you stay decides how much of it you walk.
Where to stay, by what matters to you
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- Within 30 minutes by car of LaGuardia Airport
- Within 30 minutes by car of Central Park
- Within 30 minutes by car of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Within 30 minutes by car of Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- Within 30 minutes by car of John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Within 30 minutes by car of Coney Island
- Within 30 minutes by car of Newark Liberty International Airport
- Within 20 minutes of Times Square
Best things to do in New York
The one thing not to miss
Take the boat to the Statue of Liberty, then on to Ellis Island, where about 12 million immigrants arrived between 1892 and 1954.
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island1. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
The copper-clad statue on Liberty Island was a gift from France, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with a metal framework by Gustave Eiffel. Nearby Ellis Island processed about 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954.
139,874 readers a month
Sam Valadi, Public domain 2. Empire State Building
A 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown South, built in 1930 and 1931.
84,734 readers a month
3. World Trade Center: One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial
One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States. At its foot, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum remembers the 2,977 people killed on 11 September 2001 and the six killed in the 1993 bombing.
82,800 readers a month
4. A Broadway show
Broadway is the 41 professional theatres of 500 or more seats in the Theater District and at Lincoln Center, in Midtown Manhattan.
53,029 readers a month
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5. Central Park
An 843-acre park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side, the first landscaped park in the United States and its most visited urban park.
43,309 readers a month
6. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
Opened in 1883, the first fixed crossing of the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened.
38,363 readers a month
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7. Chrysler Building
A 1,046-foot Art Deco skyscraper at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, and the world's first supertall skyscraper. A landmark to see on a Midtown walk.
35,707 readers a month
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8. Times Square
One of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, where Broadway, Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street meet in Midtown Manhattan.
33,075 readers a month
9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The largest art museum in the Americas, with over 5.7 million visitors in fiscal year 2025.
30,579 readers a month
10. Coney Island
A neighbourhood and entertainment area on Lower New York Bay in south-west Brooklyn.
25,546 readers a month
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Just missed the list: Grand Central Terminal (11th by readers); Rockefeller Center (12th by readers)
How we ranked these
By how many people read about each place on English Wikipedia in a typical month, measured October 2026. It is a popularity measure, not our opinion. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island leads with about 139,874 readers a month. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences; the author and licence are on each photo.
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