Attractions
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New York City. Below are several attractions that are local to the area,
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- Address
- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
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- (f) 212-344-3804
Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (
Statue de la Liberté), is a large statue that was presented to the United States by France in 1886. It stands at Liberty Island, New York in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
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- (f) 212-344-3804
Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. The Times Square area consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York, NY on the intersection of 5th Ave and W 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the construction...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
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- (f) 212-344-3804
Central Park is a large public, urban park in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. With about twenty-five million visitors annually, Central Park is the most visited city park in the United States, and its appearance in many movies and television shows has made it among the most famous city parks in...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as "the Met", is one of the world's largest and most important art museums. The main building is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City, along what is known as Museum Mile. The Met has a much smaller second location at "The Cloisters", featuring medieval art...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a preeminent art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It is regarded as the leading museum of modern art in the world. Its collection includes works of architecture and design, drawings, painting...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The United Nations headquarters was built on an 18 acre site in New York City purchased with a donation to the UN by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1946. Although it is in New York City, the land occupied by the United Nations headquarters is international territory. Its borders are First Avenue west, East 42nd Street south, East 48th Street north and the East...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the "Big Board", is a New York City-based stock exchange. It is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume and with 2,764 listed securities, has the second most securities of all stock exchanges. Its share volume was exceeded by that of NASDAQ during the 1990's...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
Grand Central Terminal (GCT, often unofficially called Grand Central Station) is a terminal rail station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue (42nd Street and Park Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Built by the New York Central Railroad (for which it was named) in the heyday of American long-distance passenger trains...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The World Trade Center site is the 16-acre (6.47-hectare) real estate on which the WTC complex stood in New York until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The site is located in Lower Manhattan, and most of the site (where its buildings except 7 World Trade Center were located) is bounded to the north by Vesey Street, to the west...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
New York Botanical Garden is a prestigious botanical garden in New York City. One of the premier botanical gardens in the United States, it spans some 240 acres of Bronx Park in the borough of The Bronx and is home to some of the world's leading plant laboratories.
The Garden was founded in 1891 on part of the grounds...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The Bronx Zoo is a world-famous zoo located within the Bronx Park, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, the Bronx Zoo comprises 265 acres of parklands and naturalistic habitats -- home to over 4,000 animals, many of which are endangered or threatened species...
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- New York
- Two West Street
- NY 10004
- (p) 212-344-0800
- (f) 212-344-3804
The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA. The museum has a scientific staff of more than 200, and sponsors over 100 special field expeditions each year. Located on park-like grounds, the museum is comprised of 25 interconnected buildings that house 46 permanent exhibition halls...