Horse Riding
Horse riding is one of the cool things to do in NYC with kids. What you need to do is rent a horse and explore the Central park, the Bronx Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx’s Van Cortland Park, the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the Forest Park in Queens, and the Prospect park. Central Park is one of the best places to visit in New York and the most visited amusement park having a myriad attractions like the Central Park Zoo, the Central Park Conservatory Garden, and the Jackie Onassis Reservoir. The horse and buggy rides in the Central Park are the best ways to enjoy a relaxing ride and definitely not worth a miss. The rent is pretty cheap, being 25-50$ an hour.

Hop On Hop Off Buses & Trolley Tours
Alternatively, the Hop On Hop Off Buses & Trolley Tours are good New York City tourism options to enjoy the NYC life. These tours show you all the exciting places in NYC if you are totally new to this city. These rental buses are your guides to explore NYC.

Bridges
NYC cannot be completed without mentioning their engineering masterpieces, the bridges. The Brooklyn bridge is famous for its Gothic construction and graceful architecture and is flooded with crowd, always. Pedestrians can enjoy a nice walk and the kids can enjoy cycling here. These bridges are known to join the people of NYC, truly connecting them.

Ice Skating
If you love playing sports then you can’t miss ice skating in NYC. The most popular ice skating rinks are the Central Park’s Wollman Rink followed by Rockefeller Center and Lasker Rink (around 106th Street on the East Side). If you are looking for fun things to do in NYC in budget then Lasker park’s the place you need to visit since the rental comes to only 10$. For more sports activities, you could take your kids to Chelsea Piers on the 23rd Street in Manhattan where you can enjoy bowling, gymnastics, wall climbing, skate boarding, soccer, indoor batting cages and ice skating as well. The adults can relax as there is a spa and a health club to rejuvenate yourself.

Fishing
You can go fishing with your kids, the best place being the Central Park Reservoir, the 72nd St Boat Basin Lake and the Prospect Park as well. You need to rent all the fishing equipment required and a small boat or charter and head off to Long Island.

Apart from the above fun activities, you could enjoy a nice sunbath and surf along the Main Beach in East Hampton, New York, which is among the best beaches in USA wherein the kids can enjoy playing water games. Dylan’s Candy Bar is probably one place you might not be knowing but you can take your children along since this is the most gigantic candy store ever.

Fun Things to do in NYC at Night

The City That Never Sleeps, rightly so! NYC has a vibrant nightlife with many interesting events like music shows, baseball games, famous clubs, bars offering family entertainment as well.

Events and Musical Shows
The Broadway Theater District is one of the best places to go in New York at night accompanying your family members. It has over 36 theaters that mount renowned musical shows including the The Phantom of the Opera and the Wicked. The district has various restaurants and hotels nearby as well where you can enjoy the NYC cuisine.

Comedy Clubs
Another great source of entertainment are the comedy clubs of NYC including the Manhattan’s Upright Citizen Brigade and Gotham Comedy Club. Many well known comedians started their careers with these.

Night Clubs
Night life is incomplete without the mention of the clubs; partying being the most exciting thing to do in NYC. Right from the origin of jazz in NYC, the jazz clubs have always been flooded with people, the most popular being the Manhattan’s Blue Note Club. The clubs offer bar service with nominal cover charges that are affordable and of course the NYC delicacies! Other night tourist attractions in New York include cocktail lounges, high octane dance clubs, sophisticated piano bars, Irish pubs, posh pool halls and sports bars.

Restaurants
If you haven’t had the cuisine of NYC, you have missed a lot. All the famous New York restaurants offer bagels, cheesecakes, falafel, pho, jerk chicken, sushi, gelato, green curry, filet mignon, cupcakes, crab legs, saag paneer, goulash, crepes, the New York style Pizzas, hot dogs, pretzels and almost all world cuisines! You ask for it, you’ll have it! These street foods are very popular and shouldn’t be missed.

Shopping
Wondering what fun things to do in NYC this weekend, then the best thing would be to go shopping along Fulton Street Mall, Chinatown, Fifth and Madison Avenues, Chelsea Gallery District, Hell’s Kitchen, Lower East Side, NoLIta, and SoHo. If you are a shopaholic, you are surely gonna have fun!