New York (NY)

New York State Flag

 

"The Empire State"

Why visit New York?

Has something to offer everyone whether it's bicycling, broadway, craft breweries, culture, cultural activities, farms, fishing, foodies paradise, forests, golfing, hiking, historic sites, history, horseback riding, lakes, meadows, mountains,  museums, rivers, parks, shopping, snow activities (bobsledding, dog sledding, ice skating, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, snow tubing), spas, vineyards and walking.

A popular destination for:

• Amateur & Professional Photographers
• Conventions, Meetings & Reunions
• Destination Wedding
• LGBTQ Friendly
• Ocean Cruises Embarkation/Disembarkation
• Groups: Family, Friends and Multigenerational
• Milestones: Anniversary, Bachelor Party, Bachelorette Party, Birthday and Retirement

Manhattan, NY. Photo Credit: Jo Wiggijo/Pixabay 

At a Glance

• Capital: Albany
• State Bird: Bluebird
• State Dessert: None
• State Flower: Rose
• State Gemstone: Garnet
• State Mammal: Beaver
• State Rock: None

Niagara Falls, NY. Photo Credit: Nikolaus Bader/Pixabay 

Fun Facts

• Since 1953, the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (New York City) has been televised. Created by Macy employees (1924) marching to Macy's Herald Square in customs and floats with bands from Central Park Zoo.
  
• Since 1977, "I Love New York" has been their tourism slogan.
  
• On September 11, 2001 two of four hijacked planes flew into (Lower Manhattan) the Twin Towers (originally World Trade Center) by terrorist. Our nation mourned and will never forget this tragedy!
• The new One World Trade Center has become the tallest skyscraper (1,776 feet) in the Western Hemisphere.
  
• The fifth state to license same-sex marriages.
  
• Exports computers, cut diamonds, electronics and prepared foods.
  
• Second largest wine volume and third largest grape producer in our country. The largest producer of cabbage. Also, ranks in producing: apples, cherries, cabbage, dairy products, maple syrup, onions and potatoes. 
• Cities highest grossing Broadway musicals: The Lion King (1997), Wicked (2003), The Phantom of the Opera (1988), Chicago (1975), The Book of Mormon (2011), Mamma Mia! (2001), Hamilton (2015), Jersey Boys (2005), Les Misérables (1987) and Cats (1982).
• New York City principal islands is Long Island, Manhattan Island and Staten Island (42 islands in total).
  
• New York City (NYC) receives an estimated 65.2 million tourists annually.
• 1 National Forests, 132 State Forests and 168 State Parks.

Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York, NY. Photo Credit: Free-Photos/Pixabay 

Perhaps, worthy of their own individual blog is the states...

Finger Lakes, a group of eleven long and narrow lakes situated in the middle of state. 

• Offers: arts, biking, craft breweries, farms, forests, gorges, hiking, museums, music, shopping, waterfalls and vineyards. 
• Special Events: (March) Spring Carnival Weekend, (May) National Lake Trout Derby, (July) Hill Cumorah Pageant, Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend,(September) Art Festival, Naples Grape Festival, Pioneer Gas Engine Association Show, (October) The Little York Fiber Festival, (November) Ganondagan Native American Dance & Music Festival, Granger Homestead's Christkindl Market, (December) Clifton Springs hosts the Festival of Lights and Granger's Festival of Trees.
• The Lakes: Canadice Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga Lake, Conesus Lake, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Keuka Lake, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Seneca Lake and Skaneateles Lake.  

Thousand Islands (1000 Islands), a group of more than 1,800 islands in the St Lawrence River, straddling the border of the U.S. and Canada.

• Offers: castles, culture, cycling, diving, fishing, golf, history, paddling, rafting and water sports.
• Special Events: (October) Annual Trunk or Treat Event, (November) Brockville Artists Studio Annual Show & Sale and (December) The Christmas Parade.

Central Park (Autumn/Fall Foliage), New York, NY. Photo Credit: David Mark/Pixabay 

Thank You!

• Spotlight Celebrities: Adam Sandler (Actor), Anne Hathaway (Actress), Denzel Washington (Actor), Eddie Murphy (Actor), Jane Fonda (Actress), Jason Bateman (Actor), Jennifer Lopez (Musician), Jerry Stiller (Actor), Jimmy Fallon (Comedian), Lindsay Lohan (Actress), Mariah Carey (Musician), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Mel Gibson (Actor), Michael Jordan (Athlete), Mike Tyson (Athlete), Priscilla Presley (Actress), Robert De Niro (Actor), Robert Downey Jr (Actor), Scarlett Johansson (Actress), Shawn Corey Carter "Jay Z" (Musician), Slyvester Stallone (Athlete), Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta "Lady Gaga" (Musician), Tom Cruise (Actor) and Vin Diesel (Actor), just to name a few.
• Movies to Inspire You: Big (1988), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Fame (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), Independence Day (1996), Joker (2019), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Men in Black (1997), Night at the Museum (2006), One Fine Day (1996), Spider Man (2002), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), The Amazing Spider: Man II (2014), The Proposal (2009), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), When Harry Met Sally (1989) and X-Men (2000), just to name a few. 
• Reads Set in New York: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (written by Truman Capote), City of Girls (written by Elizabeth Gilbert), Food and the City (written by Ina Yalof), Go Tell It on the Mountain (written by James Baldwin), Jazz (written by Toni Morrison), M Train (written by Patti Smith), My Beloved World (written by Sonia Sotomayor), The Beautiful and Damned (written by F. Scott Fitzgerald), The Catcher in the Rye (written by 
  J.D. Salinger) and 
  The Godfather (written by Mario Puzo), just to name a few.

The Rink At Rockefeller Center, New York, NY. Photo Credit: David Mark/Pixabay 

Good to Know

• New York City is a fairly expensive vacation destination. 
  
• Catskills Region is often referred to as the "birthplace of American fly fishing".
  
• Restrooms are solely for patrons of the venue.
• New York City is known as the most economically powerful city and leading financial center in the world.
  
• One of the most extensive and oldest transportation infrastructures in the country.

Subject to humidity, hurricanes, snowstorms and storm surges. 

• Best Time to Visit: April - June and September - Early November
• Coldest Month: January
• Hottest Month: July
• Peak Season: June - August and November - December

Ellis Island, Upper New York Bay, NY. Photo Credit: David Mark/Pixabay 

Your Must-See & Do

• Historical Sites: 69th Regiment Armory, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite, African Burial Ground, Alfred E Smith House, Ambrose (Lightship), American Stock Exchange Building, Andrew Carnegie Mansion, A. T. Stewart Company Store, Louis Armstrong House, Chester A Arthur House, Alice Austen House, Bartow-Pell Mansion, Bayard-Condict Building, Bell Laboratories Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights Historic District, Brooklyn Historical Society Building, Ralph Johnson Bunche House, Carnegie Hall, Central Park, Central Synagogue, Chamber of Commerce Building, Chrysler Building, Church of the Ascension, City Hall, Claude McKay Residence, Conference House, Cooper Union, Daily News Building, Dakota Apartments, Dyckman House, Eldridge Street Synagogue, Duke Ellington House, Empire State Building, Equitable Building, Flatiron Building, Founder's Hall - The Rockefeller University, Gen. Winfield Scott House, Grace Church, Governors Island, Grand Central Terminal, Green-Wood Cemetery, Hamilton Fish House, Hamilton Grange National Memorial, Harry F Sinclair House, Henry Street Settlement & Neighborhood Playhouse, Hispanic Society of America, Holland Tunnel, Jackie Robinson House, James Weldon Johnson Residence, J Pierpont Morgan Library, King Manor, Lettie G Howard, Lorillard Snuff Mill, Low Memorial Library, Margaret Sanger Clinic, Matthew Henson Residence, McGraw Hill Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morris-Jumel Mansion, National City Bank Building, New York Amsterdam News Building, New York Botanical Garden, New York Cotton Exchange, New York Life Building, New York Public Library, New York Stock Exchange, New York Studio School of Drawing Painting & Sculpture, New York Yacht Club, Old Merchant's House, Old New York County Courthouse, Old Quaker Meeting House, Paul Robeson Home, Philosophy Hall, Players Club, Plaza Hotel, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Pupin Physics Laboratory (Columbia University), Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard, R. H. Macy &Company Store (Macy's), Rockefeller Center, Sailors' Snug Harbor, Samuel J Tilden House, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Seventh Regiment Armory, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, St. Bartholomew's Church & Community House, St George's Episcopal Church, Stonewall, St Patrick's Cathedral, St Paul's Chapel, Surrogate's Court, Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street, The Frick Collection & Frick Art Reference Library Building, The Town Hall, Third Judicial District Courthouse, Tiffany & Company Building, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, Trinity Church, United Charities Building, United Workers Cooperatives, Union Square, University Heights Campus (Bronx Community College of the City University of New York), U.S. Customhouse, USS Intrepid, Van Cortlandt House, Voorlezer's House, Wards Point Archeological Site, Will Marion Cook House, Woodlawn Cemetery, Woolworth Building, Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead and Wyckoff House.
• Museums: 9/11 Memorial & Museum, American Folk Art Museum, American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, El Museo del Barrio, Empire State Building, Hispanic Society Museum & Library, International Center of Photography School, Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum, Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, Merchant's House Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mmuseumm, Museum at Eldridge Street, Museum of Sex, Museum Mile, Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of Chinese in America, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Museum of the City of New York, Museum of the Moving Image, National Museum of Mathematics, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Neue Galerie New York, New Museum, New York City Fire Museum, New York Hall Of Science, New York Historical Society, New York Transit Museum, Queens Museum, Rose Center for Earth & Space, Rubin Museum of Art, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, Tenement Museum, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Frick Collection, The Jewish Museum, The Met Breuer, The Met Cloisters, The Morgan Library & Museum, The Museum at FIT, The Museum of Modern Art, The Noguchi Museum, The Skyscraper Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem and Whitney Museum of American Art.
• Popular Attractions: Adirondacks, Alexander Hamilton Grange National Memorial, Alice Austen House, Alice in Wonderland, Apollo Theater, Bayshore Waterfront Park, Belleayre Mountain, Belvedere Castle, Bethesda Terrace,Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brighton Beach, Bronx Zoo, Brooklyn Bridge, Bryant Park, Canarsie Pier, Carnegie Hall, Castle Clinton National Monument, Catskills, Central Park, Central Park Zoo, Charles Memorial Park, Chelsea Market, Chelsea Piers, City Island, Cliffwood Beach Waterfront Park, Coney Island, Conservatory Garden, Cortina Mountain, Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Domino Park, Ellis Island, Fantasy Forest Amusement Park, Fifth Avenue, Finger Lakes, Fire Island National Seashore, Flatiron Building, Fraunces Tavern, Friends Apartment, General Electric Building, Genesee Valley Greenway, Governors Island National Monument, Graffiti Hall of Fame, Grand Central Terminal, General Grant National Memorial, Herald Square, Hershey's Chocolate World, Historic Richmond Town, Hudson River Park Trust, Holiday Mountain, Houston Street, Hudson River Valley, Hunter Mountain, Interstate 87, Jane's Carousel, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Japanese Hill & Pond Garden, Kaiser Park, Keansburg Beach, Lake Placid, LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester, Liberty Park, Louis Valentino Jr Park & Pier, Luna Park Arcade, Macy's, Madison Square Garden, Madison Square Park, Manhattan Beach Park, Manhattan Bridge, Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway, M&M'S World, Mohawk River, MoMA PS1, Morris Jumel Mansion, NBC Studios, New York Aquarium, New York Harbor, New York Public Library, Niagara Falls, Ocean Beach Park, One World Observatory, Prospect Park Zoo, Radio City Music Hall, Randalls & Wards Islands, Orange Heritage Trail, Pelham Bay Park, Plattekill Mountain, Plumb Beach, Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Saratoga Springs, Seneca-Oneida River, Sheffield Speed Skating Oval, Silvercup Studios, Smallpox Memorial Hospital, Spyscape, Staten Island, Staten Island Zoo, Statue of Liberty, St Lawrence River, Stonewall National Monument, St Patrick's Cathedral, St Thomas Church, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Theater District, The Battery, The Conference House, The High Line, The Little Red Lighthouse, The Obelisk, Thousand Islands, Times Square, Top of The Rock, United Nations Headquarters, Untermyer Park & Gardens, Victorian Gardens Amusement Park, Wall Street, Washington Square Arch, Williamsburg Bridge, Windham Mountain, Wollman Rink, Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, World Trade Center Site and Yankee Stadium.
• Popular Cities/Towns to Visit: Albany, Allegany, Booklyn, Buffalo, Cattaraugus, Central Valley, Livingston, Long Island, Lower Manhattan, Monroe, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Palmyra, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Schenectady, SoHo, Syracuse, The Hamptons, Upper East Side, Utica, Wyoming and Yonkers.
• Special Events: (January) Broadway Week, Must See Week, New York Boat Show, New York City Ballet Winter Repertory Season, New York Jewish Film Festival, NYC Restaurant Week, The Winter Show, Three Kings Day Parade, Tournament of Champions, Winter Jazzfest, (February) Art Dealers Association of America’s (ADAA), Fashion Week, Firefighter Races, Lunar New Year Parade & Festival, The Chinese New Year Parade and Festival, Orchid Show, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, (March) Asia Week New York, Big East Tournament, Chef's Race, Macy’s Flower Show, New York City Drag March, New York City Science and Engineering Fair, New York International Children’s Film Festival, St Patrick’s Day Parade, The Armory Show, World Science Festival, (April) Bronx Week, Cherry Blossom Festival, Easter Parade & Easter Bonnet Festival, International Food Festival, Macy's Flower Show, Mets & Yankees Season Openers, New York International Auto Show, Parks Department Festival, Shakespeare in the Park, SummerStage, Tribeca Film Festival, (May) Dance Parade, Fleet Week, Frieze New York, Kill Screen Festival, NYCxDESIGN, Passport to Taiwan Festival, TD Five Boro Bike Tour, (June) Blue Note Jazz Festival, Celebrate Brooklyn, Coney Island Mermaid Parade, Figment Festival, Governors Ball Music Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Museum Mile Festival, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, New York Asian Film Festival, New York Philharmonic’s, Northside Festival, Philippine Independence Day Parade, Pride Week, River to River Festival, Stonewall 50 WorldPride NYC, (July) BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, Broadway in Bryant Park, Harlem Week, Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks, Midsummer Night Swing, MoMA PS1’s Warm Up, Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, Panorama Music Festival, (August) Afropunk Festival, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Flame Con, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Summer Streets, U.S. Open Tennis Tournament, (September) Annual Hudson Valley Wine & Food Festival, BAM Next Wave Festival, Commemorating 9/11, Electric Zoo, Feast of San Gennaro, International Fringe Festival, Lewiston Harvest & Hops Festival, MADE Fashion Week, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York Fashion Week, New York Film Festival, New York Guitar Show, Oysterfest, Richmond County Fair, Rip the Runway, RuPaul's DragCon NYC, San Gennaro Festival, The Classic East, Tugboat Race, West Indian Day Parade, World Maker Faire, (October) Annual Guinness Festival, Archtober, Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival, CMJ Music Festival, Heritage Harvest & Horse Festival, Lake George Village Oktoberfest, New York Comic Con, New Yorker Festival, NYC Off Broadway Week, Open House New York, The Meadows Music & Arts Festival, United Solo Theatre Festival, Village Halloween Parade, (November) Holiday Train Show, Jingle Ball, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York Comedy Festival, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting, TCS New York City Marathon, (December) Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, New Year’s Eve at Times Square, New York Road Runners Midnight Run and SantaCon.
• UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Statue of Liberty

Mount Jo (Adirondack Mountains), New York. Photo Credit: Colin Hughes/Pixabay 

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