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Bryant Park
Fashion Week, free films, Latin dancing, concerts and Broadways shows (plus ice-skating in winter), there's always something going on in this grassy haven behind the New York Public Library. With free wi-fi and a cute coffee bar, it's everyone's favorite satellite office. Come early for free films in summer - blankets suggested.
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Coney Island Boardwalk
About 50min by subway from Midtown, Coney Island sits on the calm Atlantic tides and is fronted by a beachside boardwalk. It makes for a fun day trip with rides, freak show, vodka and beach time. In late 2005, Mayor Bloomberg unleashed a plan to make Coney Island's famous amusement park a year-round attraction.
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Lincoln Center
Sprawling Lincoln Center is a miniature city in its own right: Avery Fisher Hall, home to the New York Philharmonic, currently undergoing a redesign, sits next to Alice Tully Hall, locus of the Chamber Music Society. The New York State Theater plays host to the New York City Ballet (www.nycballet.com), and the New York City Opera (www.nycopera.com). Walter Reade Theater hosts the New York Film Festival and shows quality films daily - there are the Newhouse and Beaumont theaters, Juilliard School and, last but not least, the Metropolitan Opera House, with its sweeping, grand red-carpeted staircase.
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New York Aquarium
For good clean fun for the kids, visit the New York Aquarium, which has a touch pool where kids can handle starfish, plus underwater views of baleen whales and popular feedings of sea lions and walruses. The only aquarium in the city, it promotes a strong conservation message, and is home to over 8,000 marine animals.
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Radio City Music Hall
This 6000-seat Art Deco movie palace had its interior declared a protected landmark and is looking fine, thanks to extensive restoration. The velvet seats and furnishings have been returned to the exact state they were in when the building opened in 1932, and even the toilets are elegant at the Showplace of the Nation .
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Russian & Turkish Baths
Since 1892, this is the spa for anyone who wants to get naked (or not) and romp in steam baths, an ice-cold pool, a sauna and on the sundeck. All-day access includes the use of lockers, robes, towels and slippers. Extras such as Dead Sea salt scrubs are available, and the blintzes and borscht at the Russian cafe will boost your blissed-out spirit even more.
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West 4th St Basketball Courts
Don't step into 'the Cage,' as this fenced-in court is called, without bringing your A game; these guys play to win in fierce competition. You can have just as much fun watching in the 10-deep crowds that gather, especially on weekends. In summer the W 4th St Summer Pro-Classic League, now in its 26th year, hits the scene.
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Wildlife Center
The penguins are the main attraction at this modern zoo, though there are more than two dozen other species to visit including polar bears, the endangered tamarin monkeys, and red pandas. Feeding times are especially rowdy, fun times to stroll through: Watch the sea lions chow down at , and and see the penguins gobble fish at and . The Tisch Children's Zoo, between 65th and 66th Sts, is perfect for smaller children.
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Yankee Stadium
The Yankees call their legendary ballpark (built in 1923) the 'most famous stadium since the Roman Coliseum', and with 26 championships to their name, who's arguing? The Yankees play April to October. Get to games early and stroll around Monument Park, where plaques commemorate such baseball greats as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio.
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