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Chelsea Piers Complex
This massive waterfront sports center caters to the athlete in everyone. You can hit golf balls at the four-level driving range, ice skate in the complex's indoor rink or rent in-line skates to cruise down to Battery Park along the new Hudson Park waterfront bike path. There's a jazzy bowling alley, Hoop City for basketball, a sailing school for kids, batting cages, a huge gym facility with an indoor pool, indoor rock-climbing walls - the works.
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Christopher St Piers/Hudson River Park
Like so many places in the Village, the extreme west side was once a derelict eyesore used mostly as a cruising ground for quick, anonymous sex. Now it's a pretty waterside hangout, bisected by the Hudson River Park's slender bike and jogging paths, with great sunset views. It's still a good place to cruise, just much less dangerous.
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Rockefeller Center
Built in the 1930s during the height of the Great Depression, the 22-acre center gave jobs to 70,000 workers over nine years and was the first project to combine retail, entertainment and office space in what is often referred to as a 'city within a city.' The biggest news here as of late has been the late-2005 reopening of the long-shuttered Top of the Rock observation deck, which affords stunning views of the city.
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Staten Island Ferry
Staten Islanders know the fleet of hulking, dirty-orange ferry boats as commuter vehicles. Manhattanites like to think of the ferries as their secret little romantic, spring-day escape vessels. But the secret is long out, as many a tourist has been clued into the charms of the Staten Island Ferry - one of the most wonderful, free adventures in New York.
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Wollman Skating Rink
Located on the park's east side, this is a romantic and popular skating rink to strap on rented ice skates and glide around, especially around the holidays, when its lit by flickering Christmas lights.
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