Free things to do in Manhattan

Everyone should see these top FREE (or inexpensive) things to do in Manhattan, whether you’re a visitor or a local!  Starting from the West Side – Middle of Manhattan

Hudson Yards: A Thriving Urban Destination

• Visit the Vessel
• Walk around Hudson Yards
• Go inside the Mall for Great Views
• Walk The Highline

Chelsea

• Chelsea Piers Park
• Visit Little Island
• Go to the Rooftop of Pier 59

Downtown | West

• Battery Park on the Water
• Wall Street
• 911 Memorial

Downtown | East

• Staten Island Ferry (Starts in Manhattan, goes to Staten Island- Views galore
• Pier 11
• South Street Seaport
• Walk the Brooklyn Bridge (If you don’t want to walk both ways, you can take a subway or Ferry

Take the NY City  ferry from Pier 11 up to the Upper East Side ($3.90)

East Side | downtown to midtown

• The NY Greenway stretches from the Brooklyn Bridge all the way up to the Upper East Side
• The United Nations
• Grand Central Terminal
• The Chrysler Building
• Views of the Empire State Building

Upper East Side

• Carl Schurtz Park
• Central Park
• The East River Esplanade
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (Pay what you wish for New York Residents)

Upper to Middle West Side

• Central Park West Entrance
• American Museum of Natural History – Pay what you wish for NYers
• Riverside Park
• Lincoln Center Fountains

Midtown Westish

• Bryant Park
• NY Public Library
• Broadway  Theatre District