Manhattan is an island in the mouth of the Hudson River, it’s one of the five boroughs that make up New York City. It’s seen as the main district of the city, divided into three parts, Uptown, Midtown and Downtown.
The term Manhattan derives from Indians who originally inhabited the island and means "island of hills".
In this district are the most sought after attractions, among them the most famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building, Freedom Tower, Chrysler Building, and more.
Times Square is one of the most visited places in Manhattan and one that you can not leave New York, without visiting; there you will find New York icons and famous restaurants around.
Whether it's theater, museums, stadiums, Central Park, Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center, Financial District, or new things to see, Manhattan will always surprise you.
Manhattan is easy to get around, most of the streets are parallel and are listed, but you should take a tour if you don’t want to miss a thing.
Our advice:
If you want to go to all Manhattan, that can be expensive, you better option is to buy a pass as the New York City Pass or City Explorer Pass.
Or you can take a tour, we recommend the Circle Line, which you can see Manhattan from a beautiful cruise or the Hop On Hop Off bus, where you can see more closely each place.
This is one of the five boroughs that make New York City.
Despite the union with New York in 1898, Brooklyn maintains a strong identity. It has been called the City of Houses. The district is connected to Manhattan by three bridges: Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and Williamsburg Bridge.
Bushwick is the largest center for the Hispanic community. Like other neighborhoods of New York City
Among all the things that Brooklyn offers are the many Chinese along Sunset Park Chinese restaurants, the area hosts a popular celebration of Chinese New Year. Between Brooklyn tourist sites we have Coney Island, known for its mechanical games like the cyclone roller coaster Astroland, etc.
One of the most famous park is the Prospect Park, considered one of the best New Yorkers projects, it’s an urban oasis in the heart of Brooklyn,it offers a field of 90 hectares long, plus a lake and a zoo are some cultural attractions of this park.
Another point of interest is Williamsburg that has improved greatly over time and is now a refuge for young people who come to New York and most of all, for a good number of artists.
Within the art world, it highlights Dumbo, near the East River north of downtown Brooklyn, represents a space between Brooklyn and Manhattan with breathtaking views of the city. Due to its proximity to Manhattan, its growth in recent years has been significant, allowing for a number of different ethnic groups, among them, German and Italian.
Cemetery Green-Wood is another attraction of Brooklyn, sounds unusua,l but this cemetery was built by the same firm that the Grand Central terminal and displays many marble sculptures, stained-glass windows in the mausoleums and monuments granite in memory of fallen soldiers during the Civil War.
Our Advice
Brooklyn has many tours including The Pizza Tour, Tour Gospel. For the museum, botanical garden, new york transit museum and others, we suggest a pass as the New York Pass.
Although it is easy to get there by car, the best known, free and with the best view route is the ferry, it lasts 25 minutes and is a great opportunity to take pictures of the Statue of Liberty and New York in general. Now St. George terminal has, from floor to ceiling, glass for panoramic views of the harbor and the incoming ferries, once in the island, the terminal is a gateway to many sightseeing within walking distance, including Museum of Staten Island and St. George historic theater; a little further away, Tibetan Art Museum of "Jacques Marchais" presents an impressive collection of sculptures, paintings, and objects in a quiet environment.
Staten Island is the only district that is not connected to the city of New York Metro system, it’s connected to New Jersey by three bridges and Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
The Staten Island Museum often offers natural history walks that provide knowledge in many areas. Island’s Zoo was the first zoo to exhibit all 32 varieties of rattlesnakes known to exist in the United States. In late 1960, the zoo keeps a complete collection of rattlesnakes in the world with 39 varieties.
Staten Island is the most unknown district for the general public and the least populated with only 500,000 inhabitants, more buildings from the colonial era are preserved than anywhere else in New York. One of the most stunning spots on Staten Island is the Historic Richmond Town, it’s a rural village full of restaurants where you can see houses dating from the seventeenth century and invites you to step back in time to the past of the island. And with more than 170 parks throughout the district, there is always a reason to take the air or just enjoy what nature has to offer.
Our advice:
To take great pictures of the Statue of Liberty without having to take a tour or pay something, Take the Ferry.