Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in New York, United States

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 151 m
Descend 149 m

Experience New York in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in New YorkIndividual Sights in New York

Sight 1: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA / CC BY 2.0

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3-acre (6.6-hectare) complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 million visitors annually. It houses internationally renowned performing arts organizations including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Juilliard School.

Wikipedia: Lincoln Center (EN)

26 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Metropolitan Opera House

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Metropolitan Opera HouseAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA / CC BY 2.0

The Metropolitan Opera House is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of Lincoln Center, the theater was designed by Wallace K. Harrison. It opened in 1966, replacing the original 1883 Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th Street. With a seating capacity of approximately 3,850, the house is the largest repertory opera house in the world. Home to the Metropolitan Opera Company, the facility also hosts the American Ballet Theatre in the summer months.

Wikipedia: Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) (EN), Website

1001 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: The Ansonia

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The Ansonia

The Ansonia is a condominium building at 2109 Broadway, between 73rd and 74th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 17-story structure was designed by French architect Paul Emile Duboy in the Beaux-Arts style. It was built between 1899 and 1903 as a residential hotel by William Earle Dodge Stokes, who named it after his grandfather, the industrialist Anson Greene Phelps. Over the years, the Ansonia has housed many conductors, opera singers, baseball players, and other famous and wealthy people. The Ansonia is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: The Ansonia (EN)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Rutgers Church

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Rutgers Church

Rutgers Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian house of worship in New York City.

Wikipedia: Rutgers Presbyterian Church (EN)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Giuseppe Verdi Monument

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The Giuseppe Verdi Monument is a sculpture honoring composer Giuseppe Verdi in Verdi Square Park in Manhattan, New York City. The statue was created by Italian sculptor Pasquale Civiletti.

Wikipedia: Giuseppe Verdi Monument (EN), Website

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Beacon Theater

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Beacon TheaterAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA / CC BY 2.0

The Beacon Theatre is an entertainment venue at 2124 Broadway, adjacent to the Hotel Beacon, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1929, the Beacon Theatre was developed by Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and built as a movie palace, with 2,894 seats across three levels. It was designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager with decorations inspired by the Renaissance, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek, and Rococo styles. The theater is designated as a New York City interior landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Beacon Theatre (New York City) (EN), Website

328 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: West End Collegiate Church

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West End Collegiate Church

The West End Collegiate Church is a church on West End Avenue at 77th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. It is part of The Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York, the oldest Protestant church with a continuing organization in America. The Collegiate Church of New York is dually affiliated with the United Church of Christ (UCC) and the Reformed Church in America (RCA). The West End Collegiate Church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: West End Collegiate Church (EN), Website

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: First Baptist Church

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First Baptist Church

The First Baptist Church in the City of New York is a Baptist church based in a sanctuary built in 1890–93 at the intersection of Broadway and West 79th Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

Wikipedia: First Baptist Church in the City of New York (EN), Website

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: All Angels Church

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All Angels Church

All Angels' Church is located on 251 West 80th Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is a member of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Communion worldwide.

Wikipedia: All Angel's Church (New York City) (EN), Website

319 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Holy Trinity Church

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Holy Trinity Church

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 213 West 82nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1898.

Wikipedia: Holy Trinity Church (Manhattan) (EN), Website

552 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 11: The Jewish Center

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The Jewish Center

The Jewish Center is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 131 West 86th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, United States.

Wikipedia: Jewish Center (Manhattan) (EN), Website

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: West 87th Street Garden

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Park the West 87th Street Garden in the United Nations. Located in New York County county and New York state, in the southeastern part of the country, 300 km northeast Washington, D.C. 32 meters above sea level is located in West 87th Street Garden. West 87th Street Garden located in the lakes of Harlem Meer, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir is the capital.

Wikipedia: West 87th Street Garden (CEB)

563 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: Congregation Rodeph Sholom

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Congregation Rodeph Sholom

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is a Reform Jewish synagogue at 7 West 83rd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York. Founded in 1842 by German Jewish immigrants, it is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States.

Wikipedia: Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Manhattan) (EN), Website

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: The Beresford

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The Beresford is a cooperative apartment building at 211 Central Park West, between 81st and 82nd Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was constructed in 1929 and was designed by architect Emery Roth. The Beresford is 22 stories tall and is topped by octagonal towers on its northeast, southwest, and southeast corners. The building is a contributing property to the Central Park West Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places–listed district, and is a New York City designated landmark.

Wikipedia: The Beresford (EN)

541 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: American Museum of Natural History

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American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 20 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain about 32 million specimens of plants, animals, fungi, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time. The museum occupies more than 2,500,000 sq ft (232,258 m2). AMNH has a full-time scientific staff of 225, sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year, and averages about five million visits annually.

Wikipedia: American Museum of Natural History (EN), Website

1137 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 16: Central Park

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Central ParkAnthony Quintano from Hillsborough, NJ, United States / CC BY 2.0

Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the sixth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres (341 ha), and the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually as of 2016.

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