Whether you are visiting or live here, there are so many things to do in New York this summer.
25 Things to Do With Kids in New York This Summer:
- American Girl fans will love lunch (0r celebrating a birthday) at the American Girl Cafe on 5th Avenue
- Dinosaurs, Barbies, Legos statues and an indoor Ferris Wheel, all things you can find at the Toys R Us Times Square.
- Enjoy a family friendly play at the New Victory Theater on Broadway
- See a real life rocket at the New York Hall of Science in Queens
- See some blue men at the iconic Blue Man Group show
- Wander the jungles at the Bronx Zoo
- Stars, dinosaurs and whales all can be found at the city’s most popular museum, The American Museum of Natural History
- FREE technology and entertainment at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab
- Enjoy the Seal show at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island
- Take a stroll on The Highline Park Chelsea
- Take in a Broadway play (Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Nice Work If You Can Get it and Kinky Boots just to name a few but of course some these depends on how old your kids are)
- Take a break and hang out the playgrounds
- Nurture your child’s inner Picasso and visit Children’s Museum of Arts in Soho.
- Visit Lady Liberty and Ellis Island (reopening July 4, 2013)
- Enjoy a family oriented program at the grandest museum in the city the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are programs for toddlers through teens.
- Free outdoor movies
- Walk aboard an aircraft carrier and see The Concorde and The Space Shuttle (opens July 10, 2013) at the Intrepid Museum
- Take a day trip to the iconic Coney Island Boardwalk
- See all of New York City from the Empire State Building
- Treat the kids to heavenly treat at Jacques Torres chocolate
- See the king penguins and the world famous Polar Bears at the Central Park Zoo
- Ride the Bryant Park Le Carousel and if you head to Coney Island visit the newly restored B&B Carousel
- Have tea at Alice’s Tea Cup
- Play detective in the Prospect Park Scavenger Hunt
- Get outdoors and go camping in one of the borough’s parks
Sad that Prospect Park is right in my backyard and I didn’t know about this scavenger hunt. Great list!
I know right, there are things I have found out in my own neighborhood too late as well.