this video is sponsored by storyblocks too often first-time tourists come to new york
city and stick to the tried and true times square an observation deck a broadway show what if you're
looking to spice things up a little bit today i'm gonna be sharing five tourist attractions that are
too often overlooked and these are good even if it's not your first time in the big apple trust me
this is a trifecta you've gotta add to your itinerary if you can make the space
prospect park the brooklyn botanical gardens and the brooklyn museum everybody knows about visiting
the met and then exploring central park after but many tourists have no idea where prospect park is
and you can combine all of these spots for an epic morning afternoon even a full day
in brooklyn we've covered prospect park already on the channel with guide but it was created by the
same architect as central park it's honestly got the space for more tourists and i hardly
see them around you can do just about anything there picnics lounging around bike riding plenty
of trails just to go for a nice walk in what's not gonna feel like the middle of brooklyn sure
it doesn't have the sex appeal of central park with the big skyscrapers looming in the distance
but i think that modesty about prospect park is what makes it one of my favorite attractions
in the entire city a stone's throw from the park is the brooklyn museum and did you know
it's the third largest museum in all of new york city they have some great exhibits including
a new one about andy warhol here's a big tip you can combine a trip to the brooklyn museum and the
botanical garden under one ticket purchase it on the brooklyn museum website as for the botanical
garden at 52 acres it's no secret to residents of brooklyn and it has some of the best cherry
blossoms outside of japan and for all these years i never went until this week and i was blown away
by how beautiful it was absolutely a must visit if you can time it just right they even have a
website where they'll show you exactly how the cherry blossoms are doing if they're in full
bloom or not 18 for admission completely worth it just to wander around the entire gardens anyway
but if you want to try something different than everybody else it's about a 27 minute train ride
from bryant park as far as i'm concerned the new york transit museum is my favorite in the entire
city and you would be an absolute legend if you did that trifecta i just mentioned
and then topped it off by going to the transit museum it's located downstairs in what used to be
an active subway station how cool is that and you can learn all about the history of new york
city transit from buses to trains they have old turn styles they have old tokens tons and tons
of artifacts but that's not the biggest reason i'm pushing you to go the star of the show is
in the basement where they have 19 old restored subway cars from the last 120 years including
the ads that were inside of them you can go down there and take some incredible pictures because
they rent these out for movies for tv shows and a special shout out to mark from escaping the empty
nest for letting me use his clips he just went to the transit museum now things are a little bit
different right now you can only go on weekends and you have to book tickets in advance on their
website for the expensive sum of ten dollars ten dollars for one of the best museums in all of new
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now some may argue that this isn't a tourist destination but i'll make the counterpoint that if
manhattan's chinatown has turned into a tourist destination then flushing certainly has a lot
of places that tourists would enjoy and i don't think it even gets ten percent of the attention
that manhattan's chinatown does flushing actually does get super busy but with locals and getting
off the 7 train there walking up the steps and seeing the crowds it's like going to times square
for the first time complete sensory overload and something every visitor to new york should
experience at least once we've covered flushing in multiple videos on the channel i'm gonna put
my chinatown playlist link in the description i am fortunate enough to have some chinese american
friends who have been amazing tour guides but we have put our best picks in all of those videos
it's one of the only places left in new york city where many spots don't even have english menus
the prices are really affordable and the food is authentic chinese you can find just about anything
there and it's all very concentrated there is restaurant upon restaurant you will have
a fantastic time if you want to dedicate one afternoon or one evening to visiting flushing
it's about 45 minutes from midtown manhattan not the closest commute but certainly worth it
if you want to get off the eaton path if you're not that big of a broadway fan and you still
want to get the theater experience in new york at a more intimate venue than off-broadway should be
on your radar now there's an important distinction broadway and off-broadway have nothing to do with
the location of the theaters a broadway theater needs to be over 500 seats off-broadway is 99 to
500 seats and the advantage to them is they are cheaper you don't have to worry about doing rush
tickets or spending a boatload of money to sit in the last row one thing people don't realize
is that some off-broadway shows get upgraded to broadway theaters later on case in point i saw
dear evan hansen before it was on broadway at the off-broadway theater with the same actors
think of it like seeing a minor league team before the players get upgraded to the big leagues and
we also have the reverse for example jersey boys right now is off broadway in a smaller theater and
i'm a jersey boy so i recommend you go check that one out as well you can go to theatermania.com
to get a list of them off-broadway can be a great way to save money and still support the arts in
new york city savvy viewers of this channel have probably heard me mention governor's island many
times well here's one more i follow facebook groups of tourists visiting new york city
and i almost never see governor's island on any of their itineraries and that's a shame
because it's just a 10 minute boat ride from the bottom of manhattan for three dollars round trip
it's now open year round not just in the summer and i think a lot of people don't realize that
it's 172 acres of former coast guard base you can see lower manhattan perfectly for some epic
photos and there's so many things that tourists would be into over there like renting a city bike
strolling around having a picnic there's food trucks on weekends and the new q nyc spa just
opened up 88 is the cheapest admission and those outdoor heated pools facing lower manhattan they
haven't opened yet but when they do that is gonna be one of the most relaxing views of new york city
you can get if you're visiting new york for the first time there's some tips that i don't think
anybody's talking about and in this video right here we're gonna go through them so you don't make
some mistakes when you visit the big apple you haven't watched this yet what are you waiting for