New York City One Day Walking Tour

Get off the train here and walk to 57th Street and Turn left. If you feel like you need a coffee. Zibetto is a true Italian espresso bar. It's small with a stand up bar on each side of the narrow shop.

Turn left here, walk to the end of the block. As you are walking look for the for 111 West 57th Street. It is a breathtaking example of classic NYC elegance and architecture. Composed of the landmark Steinway Hall and a stunning new tower,... Read more

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice or take the subway to 57th Street. Since it opened in 1891, Carnegie Hall has set the international standard for musical excellence as the aspirational destination for the world�... Read more

Turn right here and walk along the park. Central Park was established in 1857 on 778 acres of land acquired by the city. In 1858, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and architect/landscape designer Calvert Vaux won a design competit... Read more

The Grand Army Plaza, completed in 1916, is the primary east side entrance to Central Park. One of the four corners of Central Park, the Plaza takes its name from the Union Army in the Civil War. Following in this tradition, a bronze statue... Read more

It was once said, “Nothing unimportant ever happens at The Plaza.” One of America’s most celebrated hotels, The Plaza opened its doors on October 1, 1907, amid a flurry of impressive reports describing it as the greatest hotel in the ... Read more

It has been a little over a decade since Apple opened its iconic Fifth Avenue store in New York. The flagship store is mostly underground with the entrance being enclosed by a 32-foot glass cube that resides above ground. Now there are 10.... Read more

Enormous 13th-century-style Gothic church on Madison Avenue, with a seating capacity of 2,200, rose window reaching 26 feet across, pipe organ with more than 7,380 pipes and the graceful twin spires that reach 330 feet into the sky. Across ... Read more

30 Rockefeller Plaza is an American Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center. Home of NBC Studios (They still shoot the Tonight Show with Jimmy Falon and Saturday Night Live here). The plaza is where the Rockefel... Read more

Look to your right as you come out of Rockefeller Center and you will see Radio City Music Hall, the home of the Rockettes. At the height of the Great Depression, thousands turn out for the opening of Radio City Music Hall, a magnificent A... Read more

At Radio City Music Hall turn 50th Street and walk until you reach Broadway.

This unassuming building is the home of Marvel Entertainment at 135 W. 50th Street.

New York City's Theater District is an area in Midtown Manhattan where most Broadway theaters are located, as well as many other theaters, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other places of entertainment. It is bounded by West 40th St... Read more

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It stretches from West 42nd to Wes... Read more

Times Square Tower, the building from which the ball drops on New Year's Eve, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. 

Bryant Park is site of ice skating at Winter Village, free summer movies on the lawn, and endless meals and meetings at its tables, it serves its role well as a centrally located Manhattan park. Filled with office workers at lunch for some ... Read more

The New York Public Library Main Branch building, is easily recognizable by its lion statues named Patience and Fortitude that sit either side of the entrance, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 listed on the National Regis... Read more

Grand Central Terminal's distinctive architecture and interior design have earned it several landmark designations, including as a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The terminal is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with 21... Read more

The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco–style skyscraper located on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. At 1,046 feet (318.9 m), the structure was the world's tallest ... Read more

Park Avenue is also one of the most attractive boulevards in Manhattan. While it is not really an attraction, it is notable in that it is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the United States. It's not unusual to find that som... Read more

John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the United States of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The M... Read more

Follow the traffic down 5th Avenue keeping to the right side of the street to see nice views of the Empire State Building. 

The Empire State Building is a 102-story[b] Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931, the building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,4... Read more

One of the largest department stores in the world. Built in 1902, the building measures 2.2 million square feet and was the first building in the world to have the modern day escalator. The wooden escalators are still in use today! Macy's ... Read more

    The Flatiron Building has been called "one of the world's most iconic skyscrapers and a quintessential symbol of New York City. It is a triangular 22-story steel-framed landmarked building which is considered to be a groundbreakin... Read more

Give your feet a rest and head downtown. Hop on the Downtown R or W Train to City Hall

New York City Hall is the oldest city hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions, such as the office of the Mayor of New York City and the chambers of the New York City Council. While the Mayor's Offic... Read more

  The Woolworth Building was designed by architect Cass Gilbert and constructed between 1910 and 1912, is the first skyscraper built. More than a century after its construction, it remains, at 792 feet, one of the 100 tallest buildings in... Read more

  One World Trade Cente or Freedom Tower is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name ... Read more

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest roadway bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan... Read more