Strange/interesting things to do...only in NYC

How about the gondola to Roosevelt Island? The #2 to the UES?

Mintons playhouse in Harlem.

Just walking across the Brooklyn Bridge can be fun ... capping the trip at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory!

There's a KMart in the East Village, and in Long Island City there's a Duane Reade. JCPenney just opened, and there's a Conway nearby.

Also, don't forget the Museum of Radio and Television.

Take a walk on the Highline - 10th Ave. and 16 Street (there's an elevator there).

One caution, if you have hayfever or bad allergies to pollen, I would reconsider. The planted areas seem very weedy to me and may cause allergic problems especially on windy days.

museum of sex, then drop in at the offices of bid on the city.

Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Design is similar to Pere Lachaise in Paris. In the 1800s, this was THE place to be buried. The cemetery was designed as a park with rolling hills and interesting features and views. It was a place for the public to go strolling on weekends. It is fascinating and gorgeous. On the National Register of Historic Places.

Green-Wood

drummer's meeting at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem on saturdays.

if kids involved, sony wonder lab. LES tenement museum. the jazz brunch at the standard.

i find port authority fascinating, but most would disagree.

The northern part of Central Park. Enter at West 100th Street, walk around the pool, take the hiking paths east to Harlem Meer and the garden on Fifth Avenue. You'd never know you're in Manhattan.

"The northern part of Central Park. Enter at West 100th Street, walk around the pool, take the hiking paths east to Harlem Meer and the garden on Fifth Avenue. You'd never know you're in Manhattan."

You're right. That part of the city feels more like Detroit.

Clearly you've never been there, Matt. The Great Hill and the North Woods are more like the Adirondacks.

http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=virtualpark_northend

Not to sell the Conservatory Garden, The Pool, The Loch, and other features, short.

The Lasker Pool/Rink, however, is highly regrettable.

I agree, alanhart -- it's one of my favorite parts of the park, in no small part because it's relatively undiscovered and uncrowded. My favorite part is the Blockhouse.

i agree with alanhart....i like to run in the northwoods when i have the time. beautiful and quiet

Free ferry on Friday, Sat. and Sunday to Governors Island....rent a bike and ride around a very historical part of NYC....views are amazing...very safe.

When you aren't on the shoreline and you go to the interior, you will feel as if you are in small town USA with beautiful tree lined streets.

The botanical gardens (both the Brooklyn and Bronx ones are great).

The Cloisters.

Saint John the Divine; Grant's Tomb

Brooklyn Promenade & a ramble through Brooklyn Heights

Female roller derby. I went to this when it first started up in the Bronx. It was a lot of fun and the players are awesome. http://www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/