I'm Jen your local New York City guide and this list goes beyond your
stereotypical secrets list for example did you know that there's not just one
but two waterfalls between skyscrapers in the middle of midtown Manhattan I'm
gonna share the top secret hidden gems the top things to see to do to eat and
drink so if you're a New Yorker you probably want to stop watching right
about now if you're visiting feel free to take notes or check out my article
linked down below with a map and all the details. If you enjoyed this video please
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City Reliquary if you're the kind of person who likes to save ticket stubs or
foreign currency you will love this not-for-profit community museum that
displays quirky New York City artifacts paid $7 general admission or $5 for
college students educators our seniors to learn about New York history among
forgotten relics of the past they have everything from the very rocks the city
is built on to a piece of the Flatiron Building and some well aged New York
City tap water with funny labels this is a real hidden gem located in
Williamsburg that deserves a visit. It feels like a tiny New York City
apartment packed with collectibles some that make sense to keep and some that
are questionable but in this you'll find the real essence of what it means for
New Yorkers to be from this crazy place
2. The New York transit museum this is one of my favorite museums that not many
people know about. The new transit museum entrance blends into its Brooklyn home
looking just like another subway entrance. Take the stairs underground to
visit this museum that is housed in an old abandoned subway station in addition
to exclusive access to tours like city hall. The best part is the underground
city block platform which houses 20 vintage subway and elevated cars dating
back to 1907 travel decades through different ads and designs by simply
walking between subway cars permanent and rotating exhibits educate kids and
adults about subway construction, how tickets and tokens have changed, how the
subway map has evolved and much more!
3. City Hall City Hall subway station is the famous abandoned station often
included in movies for its beautiful vaulted architecture it opened in 1904
but was decommissioned in 1945 because it's curved track was not ideal for new
longer trains you can still see the abandoned City Hall on a tour or you can
see it by staying on the 6:00 train after its last stop at Brooklyn Bridge
City Hall as it turns around to go back uptown.
If you're curious what the tour or subway views of the station are I made
an entire video all about the city hall tour.
4. Tudor City Tudor City is an apartment complex on the edge of Turtle
Bay and Murray Hill in Manhattan when it was built it was the first residential
skyscraper complex in the world named for its Tudor Revival architecture style.
It meant to symbolize the comfort of suburban living when the middle class
began moving out of the city it is conveniently located near Grand Central
and around the corner from the UN the bridge connecting the series of
buildings over 42nd Street has unmatched views of the Chrysler Building and is
one of the most famous spots to watch Manhattanhenge this phenomenon is when
the sun sets directly between the Manhattan street grid though it can be a
crowded hilarious mess. These few days per year it is almost empty
any other day!
5. Freeman's hidden away down an unexpected alley in the lower Eastside
you will likely only find this restaurant if you know where to look.
Inside it feels like a hunting lodge but outside the cute blue door and lights is
the reward for walking through this alley of graffiti
there are multiple manmade waterfalls in New York City both inside and outside of
office buildings and in Central Park but here are my two favorites that
happen to be right around the corner from each other and are both
miraculously nestled in a small oasis Park between skyscrapers
6. Paley Park I stumbled upon this park by accident one day after lunch in the
area it is such an amazing feeling when you find a gem like this by accident
this is one of those special places that feels like a total escape from the
bustle of Midtown though it's not the only man-made waterfall between
skyscrapers.
7. Green Acre park waterfall. Green Acre Park built in 1971 is a lovely
little park on 51st Street between office buildings near 3rd Avenue mostly
locals enjoy eating their lunch here with views of this stunning multi-tiered
waterfall
While Saint Patrick's Cathedral might be the most well known in New York City the
largest Cathedral in the world is actually uptown it's the st. John the
Divine in 1892 to compete with the Catholic st. Patrick's Cathedral this
Cathedral is technically never finished since they wanted to use only gothic
construction methods which might have taken seven hundred years to complete.
Finished or not it is the house of the bishop which makes it a cathedral and
the largest in the world it also houses the largest Rose window in the United
States. The history in stone includes figures from Abraham Lincoln, Martin
Luther King Jr. to Gandhi. The stained-glass windows include modern
imagery like a 1925 TV, a train, Betsy Ross, and the sinking of the Titanic. Take
a vertical tour to see the stained glass windows up close and the views from the
roof many visit this Cathedral without seeing my favorite part which is
actually the trio of peacocks that are wandering around the grounds you can
take photos but don't get too close because they will honk at you and let
you know that you are too close but they are just such beautiful creatures I love
being able to visit here it is so peaceful I feel so at peace visiting
this Cathedral I highly recommend it for everyone everyone is welcome the
Episcopalian Church is very welcoming so they have signs that say you know they
have mass in Chinese they have Serbian they have all sorts of interesting
unique cultures that are represented and languages that are spoken here so even
in this you know poster from the 19th from the original 1920 welcome to people
here in New York they recognize that New Yorkers were very diverse and that is
why they wanted to welcome everyone who is super diverse and it's just really
beautiful here it's so peaceful doesn't feel like you're in New York I highly
recommend it even if it's a little bit longer uptown!
It is worth it trust me there are no crowds here like Saint Patrick's
is where that this is a secret hidden gem mmm... I love it
Next only one block away from st. John the Divine is THE restaurant I'm gonna
give you a second to guess where it is you know you've seen it a zillion times
in that show... Jerry Seinfeld ... yes Seinfeld they hung out at this diner in probably
most of the show and this is it right behind me only a block away from St.
John the Divine a lot of people walk past this without realizing.
This 15-foot tall statue survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima it was
1.5 miles away from the center and it still survived and is radiation
free it was shipped to New York in 1955 it now resides in a fenced-in entrance
at a Buddhist church along Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side. Travel
uptown to visit Europe, I mean the cloisters, this is included in the Met
and if you are New York resident you can pay as you wish located in Fort Tyran
Park in Washington Heights the four cloisters were transported from Europe
before World War 2 it is a peaceful area for a stroll in the museum's
collection as a number of famous medieval tapestries and artwork I also
have to say there is no video allowed inside so I had to respect that okay I
I almost forgot the ending...
get back into position okay okay man no no no no got a lower it so that
that's better okay okay I'm gonna keep this in the outro I
don't know what do you think okay pretend I'm not between cars and tilt it
a little bit pretend I'm taller yes okay tippy-toes ... wait I gotta wait
for the plane to go by this is what happens behind the scenes in case you're
wondering I'm on my tippy-toes I think I could tilt it a little bit better okay
great I'm too short okay how's the light, where's the shadow yes yes less car what
is kind okay this is it it's crooked hold on okay we are straight we are not
in focus and this is what it looks like when I'm recording the setup that it
takes okay so we are ready for the outro
okay Oh what an outro I have built the suspense I hope it's as good as it's
supposed to be and I can get any one take because I got to: thank you so much
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love to know I comment back on every comment I can and with that as always
say yes to new adventures and I'll see you next time hey I did it!
Woo okay yeah okay I guess that's I think that was good the helicopter
didn't expect that it got it... it's getting louder only in New York!