Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east and Rockaway Park to the west.
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The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, located on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.
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The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a performing arts venue in Brooklyn, New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant-garde performance. It presented its first performance in 1861 and began operations in its present location in 1908. The Academy is incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation. It has 501 status. Katy Clark has been president since 2015 and David Binder became artistic director in 2019.
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Go behind-the-scenes on this Brooklyn Navy Yard walking tour to explore the Yard's legacy of naval shipbuilding and its recent transformation into a thriving green industrial park that is a hub for New York's manufacturing and creative sectors.
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The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing across the East River.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre park on the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York City. Designed by landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the park is located on a 1.3-mile plot of land from Atlantic Avenue in the south, under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and past the Brooklyn Bridge, to Jay Street north of the Manhattan Bridge.
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Prepare for an exciting adventure with indoor skydiving at iFLY – no parachutes needed! Experience the thrill of free-falling and flying in a vertical wind tunnel, all in a secure and comfortable setting. Upon arrival, gear up in modern flight suits, helmets, and goggles. A certified instructor will lead a lively training session to ensure everyone gets the most out of the experience. Then, it's time to enter the flight chamber with the instructor's guidance. Feel the rush as the wind lifts you off the ground, twirling and floating in a whirlwind of excitement. After defying gravity, catch your breath before diving back into the fun.
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The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension.
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The Brooklyn Heights Promenade, also called the Esplanade, is a 1,826-foot-long platform and pedestrian walkway cantilevered over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, United States.
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New York at Christmas time is a bucket-list trip for people around the globe. Just imagine: lights twinkling, snowflakes falling, giant elves running amok. _Yule_ have a blast! On this festive foray into the Big Apple, you'll be swept up in the seasonal spirit with complimentary hot cocoa and a holiday cookie in hand. A luxury bus will take you directly to the residential Brooklyn neighborhood of Dyker Heights, renowned for its extravagant displays of Christmas lights. With a local guide for company, see wonderfully over-the-top lights in Brooklyn's Dyker Heights neighborhood, including _ho ho ho-ing_ Santas as big as houses. On your journey to and from Brooklyn, your guide will point out the landmarks as New York City lights up for the holidays. See the Empire State Building, Hudson Yards with the Edge, the Freedom Tower, Times Square with its famous Ball Drop decked out for the holiday season.
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Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,150 at the 2010 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, hence the name "Middletown".
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The New River Gorge National River is a unit of the United States National Park Service designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia.
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You want to be a part of it, New York, New York! But after a while all those honking taxi horns and crowded sidewalks can make your brain hurt. Enter Central Park, an emerald green oasis in the middle of the madness. Rent a bike for a day and cruise this urban wilderness. Escape to Strawberry Fields, roll past lakes and lochs, sniff out the hotdog sellers, and become part of Manhattan. The city is yours.
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Manhattan's Chinatown is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, bordering the Lower East Side to its east, Little Italy to its north, Civic Center to its south, and Tribeca to its west.
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Do you want to see New York from above? This helicopter flight offers a 12-15 minute aerial tour of Manhattan. You'll see the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the World Financial District, and the Freedom Tower. Fly over famous bridges, Central Park, and the USS Intrepid. Catch views of George Washington Bridge, Grant's Tomb, Yankee Stadium, and MetLife Stadium.
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Little Italy is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, once known for its large population of Italian Americans and Italian immigrants.
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Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. One of the best known of New York City's public parks, it is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity.
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One World Trade Center is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the world.
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The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.
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The United Nations is headquartered in New York City, in a complex designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison, and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz.
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Broadway is a major thoroughfare in the downtown area in Nashville, Tennessee. It includes Lower Broadway, an entertainment district renowned for honky tonks and live country music.
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One World Trade Center is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world.
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Federal Hall is a historic building at 26 Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The name refers to two structures on the site: a Federal style building completed in 1703, and the current Greek Revival-style building completed in 1842.
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The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York.
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The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story, 285-foot tall steel-framed landmarked building located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, New York City.
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