14 Best Things to Do With Kids in New York, NY, USA

The city that never sleeps is actually quite family-friendly

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Pier 86, W 46th St, New York, NY 10036, USA
The Intrepid is a floating museum: a WWII aircraft carrier with a storied naval career home to some of the most famous air and spacecraft in the... 

Governors Island

Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Head for The Hills! That's actually the name of the new 30-acre park on this public island in New York Bay. With scrambles up to 70 feet high—built to... 

Serendipity 3

225 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022, USA
Serendipity 3, an Upper East Side restaurant-cum-soda fountain with marble-topped tables and Tiffany-style lamps, hasn’t changed all that much since... 

Bronx Zoo

2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10460, USA
The little animals in your family will love spending the day at the largest urban zoo in the country. At 265 acres, it’s best to choose the... 

Jane's Carousel

1 Old, Dock St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
There can’t be many other carousels with better views than Jane's, which sits between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge in Empire-Fulton... 

Empire State Building

20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001, USA
The Empire State Building may be the most recognizable building in the United States. The 102-story skyscraper was the tallest building in the world... 

American Museum of Natural History

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA
The museum has 150 years of history and scientific discovery to draw upon and wows kids every day with its terrific 3D experiences, tech-driven... 

Domino Park

15 River St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
Domino Park is a five-acre oasis on the edge of the always-hip neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Hipsters flock to it on weekends for fish tacos... 

FAO Schwarz

30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, USA
After nearly 80 years on Fifth Avenue, the famous toy store closed in 2015, but was brought back to life just a few years later in Rockefeller Center.... 

Statue of Liberty

New York, NY 10004, USA
The Statue of Liberty is a familiar figure to kids from an early age, so getting to see the real thing up close will thrill even the tweens and teens... 

New York Transit Museum

99 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
The New York Transit Museum, a small museum near Brooklyn's Borough Hall, is in a former subway station; to enter you have to descend from the... 

Ellis Island

Ellis Island, United States
Crowds board the ferries that sail from Castle Clinton in Manhattan’s Battery Park to Liberty and Ellis Islands, which together make up the Statue of... 

Eloise - The Plaza

1 W 58th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Afternoon tea under the greenery and domed glass ceiling of The Plaza's elegant Palm Court will likely impress your mini Eloise (12 and under only)... 

Luna Park in Coney Island

1000 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224, USA
A bit of a trek for those staying in midtown Manhattan, New York City's very own amusement park is a 45 minute train ride to the end of the line. But... 
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