New York City is a popular destination that attracts tourists every year. Most people concentrate on the main attractions and more famous spots that New York City has to offer, but the city is full of secrets and secluded spots that are worth seeing.
Here are 7 secret spots to discover in New York City:
- The Berlin Wall in Manhattan
A rather unexpected site in Manhattan is the scattered remnants of the Berlin Wall that was demolished in 1989. You’ll find 5 sections of it in NYC: one at Battery Park, one in the UN plaza, one in a lobby on Madison Avenue, one at the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum, and one at Times Square in Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum.
- JFK’s Terminal 3
Known as “the flying saucer”, JFK’s Terminal 3 was once home to the Pan Am Worldport. Built by Pan American World Airways in 1960 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, it got its nickname due to the round building’s circular roof, and from when it hosted Boeing 747’s starting in 1971. It is a symbol of aviation that today has been completely renewed and remodeled.
- Alice in Wonderland…in Central Park
You can take a walk down memory lane or bring your kids to a magical site in NYC while taking a stroll in Central Park. Here you’ll find a statue of Alice in Wonderland, which the characters the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Dormouse, the Cheshire Cat and Alice.
- “Please Don’t Tell” is a secret bar
Secret bars are slowly becoming popular again after the prohibition era. To enter the Please Don’t Tell bar, you have to step into a phone box between 1st Ave and Avenue A and buzz once.
- The Whispering Galleries of Grand Central Station
Grand Central Station is a bustling site in the city, so it is pretty unexpected to discover that it is actually a whispering gallery. You can stand diagonally across Grand Central and hear someone on the other end. It’s a fun and secret activity you can do!
- The Museum of Ice Cream
The city is full of delicious ice cream shops, but the Museum of Ice Cream in NYC is an imaginative and colorful experience. You can wander around the chocolate shop, see mass amounts of sprinkles, and take a taste of the ice cream sundae. A few spots to see here are the Sprinkle Pool, Mint Chip Jungle and the Cookie Carousel & Gummy Garden.
- 6½ Avenue
NYC has bustling streets with thoroughfares that generally make sense in regards to the sense of the structure of the city. An unexpected street that you will probably not see in guidebooks is 6 ½ Avenue. It is a Privately Owned Public Space, and the added street sign was an effort to raise awareness that this and the other 499 Privately Owned Public Spaces in the city are open to the public.
NYC has plenty to do and is full of quirky spots to discover, making it a city like no other in the world.
