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.
- Visit the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in the Spring
- See the Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History
- Have a rainbow bagel at The Bagel Store in Williamsburg
- Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
- Make the perfect bowl of cereal at Kith Cereal Bar
- See the newly reopened South Street Seaport
- See Lion King the musical
- Have brunch & coffee at Two Hands Coffee
- Bike through Central Park
- Eat at Elephant & Castle
- See Hamilton the musical
- Have afternoon tea at the Russian Tea Room
- Have a Kolache at Brooklyn Kolache Co
- Paddle Boat in Central Park
- Have Thai ice cream at 10 Below
- Ride the Staten Island Ferry
- See Waitress the musical
- Try the famous Yetitracks at Snowdays
- Eat a vegan meal at by Chloe
- Go to a taping of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
- Make a colorful bag of M&M’s from the M&M store
- See Billy Joel perform at Madison Square Garden
- Go to the top of the Empire State Building
- Have gelato on a stick at PopBar
- Take the NBC Studio Tour
- Visit the 91st street Garden in Riverside Park
- Have some old timey sweets at Sweet Shop NYC
- Try birthday cake cream cheese at Tompkins Square Bagels
- Go to a taping of Saturday Night Live
- Have brunch at Gemma
- See a show at Carnegie Hall
- Have a slice from Artichoke Basille’s Pizza
- See Shakespeare In The Park
- Ride the Roosevelt Island tram
- Visit the Cloisters
- Ride bikes through Governors Island
- Visit the public gardens at Wave Hill
- Have a meal at Tavern on The Green
- Go ice skating at Rockefeller Center
- Go to a taping of The Chew
- See the Manhattenege
- Ride the Cyclone on Coney Island
- Watch the sunset from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Visit Brooklyn Brewery
- Stay a night at the Plaza Hotel
- Try a famous cronut from Dominque Ansel Bakery
- Ride Jane’s carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Take a helicopter tour of NYC
- Climb to the crown of the Statue of Liberty
- Go to the top of One World Trade Center
- Attend mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- 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
I’ve only done 4 of the 52! 🙁 So I’m pinning this for future NYC ideas!!!
This is such a great list! I’ve only done 7 of these, but we are moving to Brooklyn from Jersey in a few weeks and I’m going to make a new list. I’ll have to save this 🙂
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We are glad you love the list! Let us know which ones you cross off next! 🙂