New York City Caters To Everyone’s Needs

Magical Manhattan will keeps you entranced

Manhattan, the famous island located between the Hudson and East Rivers, has many diverse and unique neighbourhoods. Home to the historical Empire State Building in Midtown, right next to the world-famous Central Park, Manhattan is also host to Times Square, Wall Street, Harlem and the trendy neighbourhoods of Greenwich Village and Soho. One can spend their entire visit in Manhattan with its vast amount of tourist attractions, shopping streets and famous bars.

A must-do is a walk through Central Park from top to bottom, enveloping all the surroundings in it from the locals going for a run to tour groups being led and lost through the park. The Empire State Building is right next to Central Park and can be viewed easily from any of the exits from the park - be prepared to wait in line for hours if you want to enter the building unless you’re one of the first people there that day.

If you want to view the Empire State Building and other top-priority tourist attractions from the outside, but still want the authentic Big Apple experience, the museums and galleries NYC has to offer cannot be matched. Manhattan, in particular, has some of the grandest and most fascinating: the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in Midtown has one of the most popular collections of modern art in the world.

In Uptown, you’ll find the Guggenheim Musuem, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Museum of the City of New York and many more. The Financial district and Times Square also reside in Manhattan, making it one of the most diverse, eclectic neighbourhoods you’ll ever come across in the world.

Brooklyn is bustling

The most populous borough, Brooklyn is located south and east of Manhattan across the East River. To get there you have to take the famous Brooklyn Bridge and once in, it’s hard to leave due to the vast amount of music venues, artists, beaches and world famous Coney Island. For the artistically inclined, Brooklyn has become the hub of creative energy.

Home to the Brooklyn Nets as well, immerse yourself in all that Brooklyn has to offer. Go for a cheap beer at any of the dive bars that frequent the streets, or stroll around the borough for hours just people watching and popping in to all the little shops. Brooklyn, divided into several different neighbourhoods, offers great cafes in Williamsburg to quintessential New York bars in Bed-Stuy and getting down into Flatbush allows a traveler to witness the true New York Brooklyn scene: run-down homes, kids playing on the street and a real sense of community.

Queens diversity is absorbing

East of Manhattan, across the East River and surrounding Brooklyn, Queens is the most ethnically diverse region in New York and the United States. With over 170 languages spoken here, Queens is the best representation of New York one could ever wish for - you could spend your entire trip just walking around Queens and immersing yourself in the different cultures New York has to offer.