52 Things To Do Before Leaving NYC

Since it has almost been a year since my college graduation, I have been reflecting a lot lately about how and where I see my life panning out. I always knew that I didn’t want to spend my entire life in New York, I just don’t know when that final day will be just yet. In case it happens sooner than planned I thought that I needed a list of everything I want to do, see, and eat before leaving the big apple. I keep random notes on my phone of things I want to do, but I need to make a proper list so y’all can hold me accountable to them. Hopefully within a years time I will have accomplished all of these. If I just did one of them a week my whole NYC bucket list would be complete. Without further adieu, here is the greatest NYC bucket list you have ever seen!

*Just a little disclaimer, this list doesn’t show a lot of the touristy things. I have done a lot of those, and I wanted this to be an actual list that I can cross off over the next year.

1. Visit the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in the Spring
2. See the Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History
3. Have a rainbow bagel at The Bagel Store in Williamsburg
4. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
5. Make the perfect bowl of cereal at Kith Cereal Bar
6. See the newly reopened South Street Seaport
7. See Lion King the musical
8. Have brunch & coffee at Two Hands Coffee
9. Bike through Central Park
10. Eat at Elephant & Castle
11. See Hamilton the musical
12. Have afternoon tea at the Russian Tea Room
13. Have a Kolache at Brooklyn Kolache Co
14. Paddle Boat in Central Park
15. Have Thai ice cream at 10 Below
16. Ride the Staten Island Ferry
17. See Waitress the musical
18. Try the famous Yetitracks at Snowdays
19. Eat a vegan meal at by Chloe
20. Go to a taping of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
21. Make a colorful bag of M&M’s from the M&M store
22. See Billy Joel perform at Madison Square Garden
23. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
24. Have gelato on a stick at PopBar
25. Take the NBC Studio Tour
26. Visit the 91st street Garden in Riverside Park
27. Have some old timey sweets at Sweet Shop NYC
28. Try birthday cake cream cheese at Tompkins Square Bagels
29. Go to a taping of Saturday Night Live
30. Have brunch at Gemma
31. See a show at Carnegie Hall
32. Have a slice from Artichoke Basille’s Pizza
33. See Shakespeare In The Park
34. Ride the Roosevelt Island tram
35. Visit the Cloisters
36. Ride bikes through Governors Island
37. Visit the public gardens at Wave Hill
38. Have a meal at Tavern on The Green
39. Go ice skating at Rockefeller Center
40. Go to a taping of The Chew
41. See the Manhattenege
42. Ride the Cyclone on Coney Island
43. Watch the sunset from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
44. Visit Brooklyn Brewery
45. Stay a night at the Plaza Hotel
46. Try a famous cronut from Dominque Ansel Bakery
47. Ride Jane’s carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park
48. Take a helicopter tour of NYC
49. Climb to the crown of the Statue of Liberty
50. Go to the top of One World Trade Center
51. Attend mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
52. Take a tour of the United Nations

Well folks, that’s it! It’s a long list but I’m so excited to experience all of these things! Have you done anything on this list before? Let us know in the comments below. Make sure to follow us along with the hashtag #ATBNYCBucketList to see all of our adventures!

-Shelby xx