Top 5 Must-See Activities in New York

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Best Fun & Unusual Things to Do in New York

New York is a city that comprises of five boroughs where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. “It is really a fun-filled place to have event in a fun-filled way”. This Iconic city include lots of skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building and Sprawling Central Park. Lots of interesting facts about New York can’t be treated in a semester likewise the Unusual and fun-filled activities in New York can’t be immersed in just one article/content. But we managed to bring you the best of the best out of these activities.

Join us as we go down the list of 15 Fun-Filled and Unusual activities to do in New York.

Fun Things To Do In New York

Unusual Things to Do in New York

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Visit the New York Botanical Garden

The first on our list of Fun-filled things is the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. You don’t have to freeze to experience nature, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the NYBG in the New York Botanical Garden is simply glorious. It is a green house in Broux, an inspiration for the park and the conservatory stemmed from Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife Elizabeth.

You can’t afford to miss the fun as you take pictures with conserved...

Private New York Tour with Native and Professional Photoshoot

1. Private New York Tour with Native and Professional Photoshoot

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  • This is a private visit to iconic and scenic NYC attractions in the company of a native photographer and tour guide
  • The tour can be personalized to entail your preferred locations
  • Over and above the comprehensive guided tour, you will also receive important tips on how to make your expedition enjoyable and exciting
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Enjoy the Virtual Reality Gaming World

It is always fun-filled strapping on a pair of goggles and indulge in a variety of virtual realities at VR World – a multi-level futuristic gaming mecca where $39 buys two hours of game-play. This Arcade in New York offers dozens of Virtual reality experiences, making the high-end technology more accessible to users. The VR World is just a fun-filled place for game lovers, relax yourself there and you won’t forget in a life-time.

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NYC Greenwich Village Italian Food Tour

2. NYC Greenwich Village Italian Food Tour

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  • TUESDAY TO SATURDAY TOURS meet at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 153 Sullivan St. , SoHo, Manhattan

    SUNDAY TOURS meet at FAICCOS
    260 Bleecker St., Greenwich Village Manhattan

    This is a fun-filled interactive walking tour of Greenwich Village's Italian neighborhood. See St. Anthony's Church, Raffetto's Pasta and then stroll MacDougal...
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Enjoy Grandmother cooking at Enoteca Maria

New York is filled with fun-filled but this is quite unusual because you’ve got to enjoy real international grandmothers cooking on a rotating schedule. Take the beautiful boat ride from lower Manhattan to Starten island and you will be rewarded with meals prepared by “nonnas of the world”. Grandmothers from locales like Poland, Columbia, Japan, Jamaica and Egypt come together to prepare beautiful meals on a routine level. Each nonna...

Behind The Scenes Factory Tour - M&S Schmalberg Flowers

3. Behind The Scenes Factory Tour - M&S Schmalberg Flowers

clock Duration: 45 minutes
  • Tour begins at 10:30am in our NYC showroom.  We'll take a tour of our family-owned and operated factory located in New York City's historic Garment District. During the tour, guests will see how we die cut, mold and hand make custom fabric flowers for the fashion, millinery, interior design industries and more!  M&S Schmalberg flowers have been...
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A Friday Exploration of the Whitney

Another Unusual but fun-filled place to visit in New York is the Whitney. The Whitney is an art Museum located in Manhattan, founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a wealth and prominent American socialite and art patron after whom the museum is named.

A perpetually packed museum where you can catch rotating contemporary American Art galleries for free on Friday’s evening (or pay anything you wish). It is interesting to know that...

NYC Salsa Lovers Dance Experience

4. NYC Salsa Lovers Dance Experience

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  • Great opportunity to meet with like minded travelers, share some similar interests, culture, make friends and to practice your salsa moves. Class may be in or outdoors depending on weather.
    PLEASE NOTE SOME NIGHTS THERE IS NO SOCIAL DANCING SO CHECK WITH US BEFORE YOU...
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Enjoy the Coolest Live Music at Baby’s All Right

It is always fun-filled to have cool music after the day’s stressed work/walk. Then the Baby’s All Right is the best spot to be at night. People believed this beautiful bar to be just a brunch bar but there is a stage in the back room which serves as a venue at night for the city’s coolest live-music, with new performers every night and tickets starting at just $10 per show.

Night crawlers would find this place interesting...

The New York Beer and Brewery Tour

5. The New York Beer and Brewery Tour

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  • The Signature Tour of The New York Beer and Brewery Tour. 

    Enjoy some of the finest craft beer as you tour NYC!

    Experience New York’s celebrated craft beer scene like an insider, with a wide variety of local beer, exclusive brewery access, and great food! See the historic district where Brooklyn once dominated America’s...
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Learn Bowling at Milestone

This is a sport that made it up to our list of Unusual and Fun-Filled activities in New York. Learning how to bowl is one of the interesting things to do in New York or if you ever had the urge to bowl at any time on any day, Milestone Lanes is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for you. It’s a no-frills place with decent prices and a good location.

As fun and competitive as you want to make it, bowling is a perfect date, family...

Brooklyn Literary Pub Crawl

6. Brooklyn Literary Pub Crawl

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  • On this 3 hour literary tour of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, you’ll see the sites and sip drinks at the pubs. You’ll also hear the stories and writings of the authors that helped shaped the most famous borough in the...
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A Full – day Visit to K-Town

Want to have a full-day fun-filled tour? Then a tour to the K—Town in New York is the answer. Korean Town or K-Town as it is simply called is an ethnic Korean enclave in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, centered on West 32nd street between Madison Avenue and the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Broadway, which is known as Greeley Square.

The key to Korea town is to look up because in this vertical neighbourhood, many of the...

Greenwich Village Donut Adventure by Underground Donut Tour

7. Greenwich Village Donut Adventure by Underground Donut Tour

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  • Taste some of the finest donuts that New York has to offer on this 2 hour walking Tour. On this tour, we'll make four stops at some of the best donut spots in the city. Walking through Union Square and Greenwich Village, we'll point out major landmarks and history along the way as well as eat lots of amazing donuts of course. Take a look at our...
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Check out the Museum of the Moving image

It is interesting and a thing of fun to do as you visit the only Museum in United States that is devoted exclusively to the history, art and technology of movies, television and video. Heading out to the Astoria to visit this media-focused museum is not only a great way to have fun but also the best place to learn the history of movies, TV, Video games and other digital media. Not even your museum-loathing friend will be bored here because it...

Underground Donut Tour: New York's Only Donut Tour

8. Underground Donut Tour: New York's Only Donut Tour

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  • We've always had a passion for donuts, but only recently did we realize just how many others do too. And when looking around, we didn't see anything that truly celebrated donuts in all their glory, hence the Underground Donut Tour was born. This tour is for anyone who truly enjoys donuts. At each location, you'll be able to try a curated sample of...
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A Day Bagel Crawl

Bagel is a bread product originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. New York has the best bagels in the universe, so why not spend a day trying to eat them all? Get ambitious and make a loop around the New York City bagel Belt at some of the best spots the city has to offer.

Examples of Best Bagel Shops in NYC that you must visit for the best Bagel experience are:

  1. (1) Ess-a-Bagel (Address: 831 3rd...
Lower Manhattan Hamilton and Burr Walking Tour

9. Lower Manhattan Hamilton and Burr Walking Tour

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  • Hamilton, Burr and the Duel that Changed a Nation

    Forget everything you think you know about Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr! Take a stroll through the lives of these two incredible men. We’ll tell you the story NO ONE else can. Who were these men really? You will be stunned at how different the reality is from what we believe...
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Grab a scenic view at One World Observatory

One of the fun-filled activity that you must do on a visit to any city is to grab a scenic and interesting overview of the city from a high viewpoint. Standing in the clouds on the 102nd floor of the One World Trade Center, the One World Observatory offers an incredible 360 degree views of the city: The Empire State Building, The Rockefeller, The Statue of Liberty, The Hudson River, The 5 Boroughs and even the Atlantic Ocean are all visible...

NYC Greenwich Village Ghost Tour

10. NYC Greenwich Village Ghost Tour

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  • Go in search of the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe, Aaron Burr, Washington Irving and many more as you travel thru the haunted Washington Square Park. Have your own unparalleled adventure as we explore the sites that inspired the poets including a past residence of Poe and the location where Irving wrote the Headless Horseman. Washington Square park...
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Take some iconic Photographs of the city

New York is a fun-filled place to take pictures for any photographer. From its stunning skyline to its street photography New York City is crammed full to the brim of iconic photo locations just waiting to be captured. So grab your camera and get on a full-day photography tour of the city.

Here are few places where Iconic Photographs are often taken:

  1. (1) DUMBO’s Washington Street
  2. (2) The...
Private Tour of Brooklyn Bridge and neighborhoods with PhotoShoot

11. Private Tour of Brooklyn Bridge and neighborhoods with PhotoShoot

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  • This private walking tour will be exclusive to your party.  With your very own photographer, you will be captured in professional quality photos of yourselves with NYC landmarks as the backdrop. Additionally, your guide/photographer is a native New Yorker so the insights about dining, shopping and off the beaten path locations to explore will be...
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House of Yes Visit

If your companion is fixated on going out to have a fun-filled day, just pick a date and land yourselves at the Bushwick’s underground party venue turned bar/club/aerial performance space. This place has everything, there will be live music, there will be costumes, there will be trapeze artists, there will be glitter, there will be fun, there will be liveliness and there will be high rated performing arts.

House of yes is a creative...

NYC Private Custom Tour by a Local Guide, off-the-beaten-path

12. NYC Private Custom Tour by a Local Guide, off-the-beaten-path

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  • We can’t think of a better way to really get familiar with NY than with a Local by your side! Focusing on a neighbourhood of your choice, discover loved by locals places and get an insight into what life is like for New Yorkers. You’ll see the most famous attractions in the area, but we’ll show you a few hidden gems on the way too! Your...
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Visit the New York Botanical Garden

Whiskey Lovers, here we come. Boasting one of the most extensive whiskey selection on the east Coast, the Flatiron room is the place to get your booze on, one shot at a time. The Flatiron Room has been recognized as a world famous destination for whisky enthusiasts, jazz lovers, foodies those seeking expertly crafted cocktails all in a relaxing atmosphere of warmth and comfort. It is also a classy nightspot with a vintage vibe housing a...

NYC Private Tour with a Local, Highlights & Hidden Gems, 100% Personalized

13. NYC Private Tour with a Local, Highlights & Hidden Gems, 100% Personalized

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  • Discover the real New York and explore the city on an experience hand-crafted to your interests, needs and wishes! Whether you want to tick the famous landmarks like the Empire State off your bucket list or get off the beaten path and discover quirky local neighborhoods like Brooklyn or Queens, your hand-picked Host will show you the best of New...
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Visit the Bethesda Fountain and Terrace

The fun at this place is incomparable at early morning just after sunrise when the only people you’ll meet are dog walkers and runners. The stunning Bethesda Terrace which leads out to the fountain is one of our favourite spaces in Central Park. The Fountain with its Angel of the Waters Statue located in the center of the terrace makes it a must-to-go place in New York. The terrace is on two levels, united by two grand staircases (one that...

New York Private Full Day Tour with a Local Guide: 100% Personalized

14. New York Private Full Day Tour with a Local Guide: 100% Personalized

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  • You'll join one of our New York hosts as they show you around the NYC that you want to see! It's one thing to discover a city as a tourist, but a whole different ball game to get to discover the real personality of the city. So even when your host shows you iconic landmarks like Times Square and the Empire State, it will be through their local...
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Taking a Ferry to Red Hook

This fun-filled activity is the last on our list here. Taking a ferry to Red hook is an activity on itself with its close-enough views of the Statue of Liberty but the real treat is spending the better part of a day strolling through this tiny neighborhood to shop at the boutiques on Van brunt Street, taste localy made wine at the Red Hook Winery, fill up on seafood and play a round of mini golf at Brooklyn Crab, and catch a concert or...

New York City Shore Excursion: Pre-Cruise Half-Day Private Tour

15. New York City Shore Excursion: Pre-Cruise Half-Day Private Tour

clock Duration: 5 hours
  • Before you embark on your cruise from New York City, tour the city in style by private vehicle, with your own personal navigator to guide you! Your private guide is an experienced, knowledgeable, native New Yorker who will show you New York City’s most fascinating areas. Enjoy personalized attention as you see top Big Apple sights like the...
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Conclusion

And here is our carefully laid out list of the best and unusual fun-filled activities to do in New York. This is to tell you New York is just beyond walking on the most famous bridge or some kinds of famous monuments, there are other fun-filled activity to do. We wish you a fun-filled visit to New York as you go through our guide.

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