For the updated version of this post, check out 29 Free Things To Do in New York City.
Starting May 3rd, every Thursday throughout the summer, creative bloggers from around the web are going to guest post and show us 10 fun, free, family friendly things to do in their city! Today we’re kicking off the upcoming series with one of my very favorite cities! I bring you 29 free things to do in NYC, NY!
29 fun, free, family friendly things to do in NYC

- The Daily Show
- Late Night w/ David Letterman
- The Dr. Oz Show
- Late night with Jimmy Fallon call: 212-664-3056
- Saturday night live email: [email protected] Enter a lottery for the entire season in August.
- The Martha Stewart Show
- The Rachel Ray Show
- Good Morning America


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19: MoMA: Free every Friday from 4 pm to 8 pm. Get there early, the line can wrap around the block! This is my favorite museum in NYC. The address is:11 West 53 Street. Call
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And there you have it, 27 fun, free, family friendly things to do in NYC. Do you have any other must do things to add to my list? I’d love to hear…
28. The High Line Park. The High Line was originally built to ensure safer travels for trains and cars in the early 1930’s. Before 1930, 10th avenue was nicknamed Death Avenue because of all of the train and street traffic accidents. The growth of interstate trucking led to a decline in the use of railroads and the high line. The last train runs on the high line in 1980. The park is renovated and fully opened to the public in June of 2011. Read more history here.
29. Chelsea Market. This market is located below the High Line at 15th Street. This is an always changing venue complete with restaurants, bakeries, markets, artists, and a flea market. Grab the kids lunch and a cupcake, while you browse the cuteness. It is open Monday – Saturday from 7am to 9pm and Sundays from 8am to 7pm.
I forgot to “Thank You” for this and if you have anything to add for December 1-3…I’m going for the Tree Lighting Ceremony, I’m sure I won’t be back..I have Cancer, so I want to see as much as I can in 3 days. Not much money to work with and your list has given me something else to look forward to. I actually bought the airline tickets 21 years ago and they are still good. Now to find the least costly accomodation for my little “Bucket List” trip….
How can I find all the other cities that you had a post about in this series? Do you have a list of links somewhere?
Thanks
Hi Laura! Here is a link to a list of all of the cities! http://www.creatingreallyawesomefunthings.com/c-r-a-f-t-trips/
I feel so lucky to live just 45 minutes away from this wonderful city! We don't go as often as we should but I am saving this post for our next visit!
Isn't that awesome?! The city is super supportive of the military. We did this and when we went to see the ball drop on New Years Eve we got let into the closed sections so we ended up being right by the side stage where all the Broadway shows performed.
This is super handy- my husband and I are going to NYC in a few weeks, for the first time. Perfect timing for this post, thanks!
I will be linking up a post about things to do in the Black Hills, South Dakota, my hometown. Bet you won't get many posts from there! (there's not too many of us)!
Wow, that is amazing!!! Too bad we didn't know all that when we were in NYC for a day… we've seen almost nothing 🙁
Thanks for sharing!!! I will definitly search this post again, when we're planing to go there again!!!
Rita @ martenssmily
Oh yea! I've been waiting for this since I will be there for 2 months this summer-I haven't done some of those-thanks for the tips!
Thank you for the tips 🙂 Just another wonderful thing about NYC!
This is an awesome list! Never been to NYC before– now I really want to!
If you work for a big corporation check with them too. My hubby worked for Citi when we were there last and we got into a bunch of museums for free too.
I love it! The bag of fun…SO FUN!
You and your BF are SO CUTE!
If you are in uniform, you can ride up to the top of the Empire State Building for free.
We love NYC. FYI NYC loves the military. With a military ID you can get your entire famiy in free to: Museum of Natural History, and the MOMA. The USO often times gives away free broadway tickets. The Navy Lodge on Staten Island is great and well under $100/a night for the entire family.
Our other fav free activitiess: Central Park, [email protected] TImes Square, FAO Schwarz and the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and watching them blow up the big balloons the afternoon before.
My daughter and I also love, love, love MOOD Fabrics. 3 stories of fabric heaven. They have lots of outfits and other things from Project Runway. I guess it's free to get in, but we sure didn't make it out of there w/out spending $.