Any suggestions on some great places to take a 5 year old boy in NYC? Some place besides the common tourist attractions like Statue of libery, empire state, etc... I've heard about the Toysrus in Times Square and FAO Swartz. ANy other suggestions?
2006-08-19 11:22:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Central Park
There are lots of sights to keep kids busy in Central Park including the Carousel, Loeb Boathouse, Central Park Zoo, and Wollman Rink.
Museums in New York
Children's Museum of Manhattan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History (Cosmic Cathedral is Complete)
Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Park:
The Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan zoo in the nation.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
New York Aquarium AKA the Brooklyn Aquarium
Other link:
http://www.ny.com/cgibin/frame.cgi?url=http://www.gocitykids.com/
2006-08-19 19:04:29 · answer #1 · answered by Angela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how much energy your 5 year old boy has for the time you stay in NYC. Toys R Us in Time Square and FAO Swartz Would be the best places to go and may be the only 2 places your son would want to go.
There is also a zoo located in Central Park that would be great to take him too. Maybe a lot of walking in the zoo, But NYC is a lot of walking as well, and has a lot of Tall building.
2006-08-20 16:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by jrealitytv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Central Park Zoo for sure, and there are so many fun playgrounds around there too. In Central Park there is also now some little fair for young children with all sorts of rides at Wollman Rink. Also, the Sony building on Madison Ave. and 50 something street is for free and you can play with all of the technology and it's very interactive. I think kids also like seeing the Intrepid which is a retired aircraft carrier with tons of old planes and fun things to explore.
2006-08-20 15:15:55 · answer #3 · answered by Stephanie S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a 5 year old boy YES ToysRUs is a dream lol its huge like a ton of stories high with different themes and a huge Ferris Wheel inside and more lol
(All that was in there last time I went)
2006-08-19 18:54:00 · answer #4 · answered by JB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the Museum of Natural History? What five year old kid wouldn't like to see dinosaur bones?
Eat at the Jeckyll & Hude's Restaurant on 6th Avenue, half a block south of Central Park. It's a theme restaurant, but not too scary for little kids.
2006-08-20 21:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by dogglebe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋