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What to see in New York in 2 days

Not a list of tips: these are the first 2 days of our real New York itinerary, with the stops in the order you actually do them.

10

stops in 2 days

14h 55m

of visits

1.Midtown, the vertical heart

  • Times Square
  • New York Public Library
  • Grand Central Terminal
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral
  • Top of the Rock

7h 38m of visits

2.Downtown, the Statue and the Memorial

  • Battery Park
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Ellis Island
  • Federal Hall
  • 9/11 Memorial

7h 17m of visits

And what gets left out

With 2 days, 15 of the 25 stops do not fit. Here they are — so you know what you are giving up, instead of finding out on the spot.

3. Central Park and the Museum Mile

Grand Army Plaza · Bethesda Terrace · Strawberry Fields · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

4. The High Line, Chelsea and the Village

Hudson Yards · High Line · Little Island · Washington Square Park · MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village

5. Brooklyn and the bridge

Washington Street, DUMBO · Jane's Carousel, Brooklyn Bridge Park · Brooklyn Heights Promenade · Brooklyn Bridge · Mulberry Street, Little Italy

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