MANHATTAN MUSEUMS

• The New Museum (THURS: Free 7 to 9 p.m., normally $12)
• Folk Art Museum (FRI: Free 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., normally $12)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Guggenheim Museum
• Whitney Museum of American Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• Museum of Television and Radio
• The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
• New York Historical Society
• American Museum of Natural History

SPORTS

• New York Knicks basketball game
• Watch the NYC Marathon in person
• Hit golf balls at the driving range at Chelsea Piers
• Watch the NYC Triathalon in person
• New York Rangers hockey game

LANDMARKS

• New York Public Library
• Row a boat in Central Park
• Roosevelt Island
• See an opera at the Metropolitan Opera House
• Statue of Liberty
• Ellis Island
• New Year's Eve in Times Square
• Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting
• Tribeca Film Festival
• Governors Island
• Chelsea Market
• The Highline
• South Street Seaport

CONCERTS

• Radio City Music Hall
• Madison Square Garden
• Beacon Theater
• Mercury Lounge
• Terminal 5
• Roseland Ballroom

TV SHOWS

• Saturday Night Live
• The Late Show with David Letterman
• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• The Martha Stewart Show
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

OTHER

• Mood Fabric Store
• Comedy show at Upright Citizen's Brigade
• Shakespeare in the Park
• Central Park Zoo
• Housing Works Thrift Shop
• Hester Street Fair

QUEENS

• The Noguchi Museum (FRI: Pay-what-you-wish on the first Friday of each month, all day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., normally $10)
• Queens Botanical Garden (SUN: Free admission from 4 to 6 p.m., WED: 3-6, normally $4)
• Museum of the Moving Image
• P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
• Water Taxi Beach
• Kauffman Astoria Studios
• Astoria Beer Garden
• Citi Field for a Mets game
• Arthur Ashe Stadium for the tennis U.S. Open

BROOKLYN

• New York Aquarium
• MTA Transit Museum
• Brooklyn Cyclones baseball game
• Brooklyn Museum
• Brooklyn Botanical Garden
• Coney Island
• Brooklyn Brewery
• Brooklyn Flea

BRONX

• Bronx Zoo (WED: Admission by pay-what-you-wish donation all day, normally $15)
• New York Botanical Garden
• Yankee Stadium

LONG ISLAND

• The Hamptons
• Montauk
• Fire Island
• Ride a boat on the Long Island Sound
• Jones Beach
• Long Beach