There are a lot of ways that you can spend your summer days, and there are definitely some great ways you should spend your summer if you are in New York. Here are 27 things that you should do in New York City this summer.
1. Walk the High Line
2. See a free concert through Good Morning America or the Today Show
3. Get ice cream at Ample Hills Creamery
4. Visit Governors Island
5. Take a ride on the Roosevelt Island Tramway
6. See a rooftop movie through the Rooftop Cinema Club
7. Spend an afternoon relaxing in Central Park
8. Take a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge
9. Catch a matinee performance of a Broadway play
10. Visit the Bronx Zoo or Central Park Zoo
11. Ride the Cyclone and get a Nathan’s hotdog at Coney Island
12. Go on water slides set up in the city’s streets on Saturdays in August
13. Kayak around the city for free through the Manhattan Community Boathouse
14. Eat and drink at a rooftop restaurant
15. See a tennis match during the U.S. Open
16. Catch a Yankees or Mets game
17. Spend the afternoon in one of about 100 museums in New York City
18. Take the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
19. Visit the 9/11 Memorial and Freedom Tower
20. Walk down Arthur Avenue and stop at one of many restaurants and shops
21. Spend a morning at the Bryant Park Market
22. Eat something you’ve see on Facebook, like milkshakes or cookie dough
23. Spend the day in the DUMBO neighborhood in Brooklyn
24. Take a ride on the Staten Island Ferry
25. See the whole city from Top of the Rock
26. Ride the SHARK Speedboat around New York Harbor
27. Just spend the day walking around Manhattan
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