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Top Things to Do in New York: A Local's Guide

New York is the city that never sleeps, Central Park, the High Line, Brooklyn Bridge, the Metropolitan Museum, MOMA, the Whitney, world-class theatre on and off Broadway, and the most diverse food scene on earth.

Top Things to Do in New York: A Local's Guide
  1. 1

    High Line

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    Chelsea

    Elevated rail-trail park with public art and sweeping Hudson River views

  2. 2

    Chelsea Market

    Chelsea

    Food hall and retail complex in a converted Nabisco biscuit factory

  3. 3

    Brooklyn Bowl

    Williamsburg

    Bowling alley and live music venue in one, a Brooklyn institution

  4. 4

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Upper East Side

    America's largest art museum with encyclopedic global collections over five millennia

  5. 5

    Le Bernardin

    Midtown

    America's most acclaimed seafood restaurant, open and celebrated since 1986

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