List of buildings, sites, and monuments in New York City facts for kids
Following is an alphabetical list of notable buildings, sites and monuments located in New York City in the United States. The borough is indicated in parentheses.
- American Museum of Natural History (Manhattan)
- America's Response Monument (Manhattan)
- Apollo Theater (Manhattan)
- Bank of America Tower (Manhattan)
- Battery Park (Manhattan)
- Battery Park City Ferry Terminal (Manhattan)
- Brill Building (Manhattan)
- Bronx Zoo (Bronx)
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Brooklyn)
- Brooklyn Bridge (connects Brooklyn and Manhattan)
- Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn)
- Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn)
- Bryant Park (Manhattan)
- Burton Arms Apartments
- Carnegie Hall (Manhattan)
- Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Manhattan)
- Central Park (Manhattan)
- Chelsea Piers (Manhattan)
- Chrysler Building (Manhattan)
- Citi Field (Queens)
- Cleopatra's Needle
- College Point Little League Building (Queens)
- Columbia University (Manhattan)
- Columbus Circle (Manhattan)
- Downtown Athletic Club (Manhattan)
- East River Park (Manhattan)
- East River State Park (Brooklyn)
- Eleanor Roosevelt Monument
- Empire State Building (Manhattan)
- Federal Hall National Memorial (Manhattan)
- Firemen's Memorial (Manhattan)
- Flatiron Building (Manhattan)
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (Queens)
- Fordham University (Bronx)
- George Gustav Heye Center (Manhattan)
- George Washington Bridge (connects Manhattan and New Jersey)
- Gracie Mansion (Manhattan)
- Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn)
- Grand Central Terminal (Manhattan)
- General Grant National Memorial (Manhattan)
- Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn)
- Hall of Fame for Great Americans (Bronx)
- Harvard Club of New York City (Midtown Manhattan)
- Historic Richmond Town (Staten Island)
- Holland Tunnel (connects Manhattan and New Jersey)
- Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (Manhattan)
- Irish Hunger Memorial (Manhattan)
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan)
- Avery Fisher Hall
- David H. Koch Theater (formerly known as the New York State Theater)
- Metropolitan Opera
- Lincoln Tunnel (connects Manhattan and New Jersey)
- Lipstick Building (Manhattan)
- Macy's Herald Square (Manhattan)
- Madison Square Garden (Manhattan)
- Manhattan Bridge (connects Manhattan and Brooklyn)
- Manhattan Municipal Building (Manhattan)
- Metropolitan Fireproof Warehouse (Manhattan)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (Manhattan)
- MetLife Building (Manhattan)
- Museum of Modern Art (Manhattan)
- National September 11 Memorial & Museum (Manhattan)
- New York City Hall (Manhattan)
- New York Botanical Garden (Bronx)
- New York Evening Post Building (Manhattan)
- New York Life Building (Manhattan)
- New York Public Library (Manhattan)
- New York Stock Exchange (Manhattan)
- Odd Fellows Hall (Manhattan)
- Paley Center for Media (Manhattan)
- Pelham Bay Park (The Bronx)
- Pennsylvania Station (Manhattan)
- Pier 11/Wall Street (Manhattan)
- Plaza Hotel (Manhattan)
- Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument (Brooklyn)
- Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
- Queens Museum of Art (Queens)
- Racquet and Tennis Club (Manhattan)
- Rockefeller Center (Manhattan)
- Radio City Music Hall (Manhattan)
- St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)
- Seagram Building (Manhattan)
- Shea Stadium (Queens; demolished 2009)
- Silvercup Studios (Queens)
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Manhattan)
- Statue of Liberty (Manhattan)
- Times Square (Manhattan)
- Trinity Church (Manhattan)
- United Nations Headquarters (Manhattan)
- Vietnam Veterans Plaza (Manhattan)
- The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (Manhattan)
- Washington Square Park (Manhattan)
- New York University campus
- Williamsburg Bridge (connects Manhattan and Brooklyn)
- Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx)
- Woolworth Building (Manhattan)
- World Trade Center site (Manhattan)
- World Financial Center (Manhattan)
- Yankee Stadium (Bronx)
Skyscrapers
(in height order; unless otherwise noted, all are in Manhattan)
- One World Trade Center – 541.32 metres (1,776.0 feet)
- Empire State Building – 381.0 metres (1,250.0 feet)
- Bank of America Tower – 366.0 metres (1,200.8 feet)
- Chrysler Building – 318.8 metres (1,046 feet)
- American International Building – 290.2 metres (952 feet)
- 40 Wall Street – 282.5 metres (927 feet)
- Citigroup Center – 278.9 metres (915 feet)
- Trump World Tower – 262.4 metres (861 feet)
- Bloomberg Tower – 260.8 metres (856 feet)
- GE Building – 259.1 metres (850 feet)
- CitySpire Center – 248.1 metres (814 feet)
- One Chase Manhattan Plaza – 247.8 metres (813 feet)
- Condé Nast Building – 246.6 metres (809 feet)
- MetLife Building – 246.4 metres (808 feet)
- Woolworth Building – 241 metres (791 feet)
- One Worldwide Plaza – 237 metres (778 feet)
- Carnegie Hall Tower – 231 metres (758 feet)
- 383 Madison Avenue (formerly known as the Bear Stearns Building) – 231 metres (758 feet)
See also
- Geography of New York Harbor
- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City
- List of neighborhoods in New York City
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New York
- List of New York City parks
- List of nightclubs in New York City
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