Lesser-known NYC attractions

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Lesser-known NYC attractions

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Go to night court (not as a defendant). Fun as hell.

+1 on the Cloisters
the Tenement Museum on the lower East side LINK, which showcases life when the LES was the most densely settled place on earth. Requires a guided tour, so you've got to book it.

Big Onion does a great Multi Ethnic Eating Tour of the LES--you learn about the waves of immigration to NYC and make stops along the walking tour to taste things from the various ethnicities (Italian, eastern European Jewish, Chinese, etc) LINK

Some of my favorite NYC things aren't tourist attractions, but rather food/shopping experiences:
Kalustyan's, for an incredible array of spices & dry ingredients from all over the world; LINK
The Union Square Greenmarket; LINK
La Boite a Epices in Hell's Kitchen; LINK

Tenement Museum was really neat.

I'm fond of walking the Highline to Chelsea Market and the Whitney Art Museum...

Lombardi’s Pizza. It’s the first pizzeria in America.

Grant’s Tomb. I took the train up north of Central Park, walked through Columbia University area, and visited the tomb. There is a small ranger station with a short film. I was the only viewer on a Tuesday morning. The tomb itself is open only on even hours or something like that, so verify that and time it right. It has some busts of his famous generals, map of major battles, and the like. Definitely an adult stop. Kids would be bored to tears.

The ranger lady tipped me that the Grange, Alexander Hamilton’s country home, was nearby in Harlem. I rode the bus there and watched another film. There were quite a few people there. The play has stirred interest. Not a must do at all. Just something different.

Go to Turntable Chicken Jazz in Koreatown and enjoy some damned fine fried chicken while listening to jazz on the turntable. This KFC is great.

Buy the wife a knockoff Louis Vuitton or other designer bag in Chinatown. Watch for the ladies on the sidewalk with a shoulder strap across their chest. They are the dealers. Show them a pic on your phone of what you want. They’ll go, or send a runner, to fetch it from their stash. Negotiate on the price. They’ll come way off the initial ask.

I actually enjoyed the free tour at the New York Public Library.

Hook & Ladder Company 8. aka,the Ghostbuster firehouse.

Sleep No More is definitely a unique experience!

No offense, but the Statue of Liberty is the biggest waste of time especially for the wait.

You can see it from across the water and that was enough for me.