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Turtle Bay & Sutton Place, Manhattan →United Nations — Guided Tour
405 E 42nd St (check in at First Ave & 45th) · an hour inside the General Assembly building · book ahead, bring an original photo ID, arrive an hour early
Picks like this, every Friday
Seven things worth leaving the apartment for, hand-checked. One short email, free, one tap to leave.
More in Turtle Bay & Sutton Place, Manhattan
- Japan Society333 E 47th St · now: Gen’ichirō Inokuma’s first NYC museum solo show (thru Jan 10) · free First Fridays, 5–7
- Ford Foundation Garden Atrium320 E 43rd St · a terraced indoor garden under a 12-story glass atrium · free; register by 5 PM the day before, bring ID
- Greenacre Park217 E 51st St · a pocket park with a 25-foot waterfall that drowns out Midtown
- Sutton Place ParkE 57th St at the river · the dead-end terrace and Queensboro Bridge view from Woody Allen’s Manhattan; find the bronze boar
- Roosevelt Island TramwaySecond Ave & E 60th · over the East River for a subway fare, the Queensboro Bridge at eye level · tap OMNY
- P.J. Clarke’s915 Third Ave at 55th · a saloon since 1884 in the brick holdout the towers grew around · the burger, at the bar