Walking routes · New York City, United States
Walking routes in New York City
Manhattan is a walking city in a way its reputation does not suggest: the grid above 14th Street makes distance legible, and twenty blocks is a mile almost exactly. What it is not is a city you walk end to end — both routes below use the subway where the alternative is an hour of nothing, and say so.
The Plaza corner, the Pond, the Literary Walk, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Strawberry Fields, Belvedere Castle and the Reservoir.
Grand Army Plaza · The Pond and Gapstow Bridge · The Mall and Literary Walk · Bethesda Terrace · Bow Bridge · Strawberry Fields · Belvedere Castle · The Reservoir
The Apollo's stage, the library where Langston Hughes is buried, the church Adam Clayton Powell preached in, the rowhouses of Strivers' Row and soul food on Lenox Avenue.
Apollo Theater · Schomburg Center · Abyssinian Baptist Church · Strivers' Row · Sylvia's
Battery Park up through Wall Street to the memorial, then across the bridge into DUMBO.
Battery Park · Wall Street & Federal Hall · 9/11 Memorial & One World Observatory · City Hall Park · Brooklyn Bridge · DUMBO & Brooklyn Bridge Park
The constellations over Grand Central, the library's reading room, Times Square, St Patrick's and the art deco plaza at Rockefeller Center.
Grand Central Terminal · New York Public Library · Bryant Park · Times Square · St Patrick's Cathedral · Rockefeller Center
The Frick's old masters, the Met, Klimt's Woman in Gold and the spiral of the Guggenheim, along the edge of Central Park.
The Frick Collection · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Neue Galerie · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Vessel, the park on the old railway, Chelsea Market, Little Island, the Whitney, the Stonewall and the arch at the end of Fifth Avenue.
The Vessel · The High Line · Chelsea Market · Little Island · Whitney Museum · Stonewall National Monument · Washington Square Park
The tenements immigrants lived in, Katz's pastrami, a restored synagogue, Essex Market, the last blocks of Little Italy and the dim sum of Chinatown.
Tenement Museum · Katz's Delicatessen · Essex Market · Museum at Eldridge Street · Little Italy · Doyers Street · Columbus Park
Battery Park to the Met by way of the memorial, the bridge, two observation decks, MoMA and Central Park. Eight kilometres on foot.
Battery Park · 9/11 Memorial & One World Observatory · Brooklyn Bridge · Empire State Building · SUMMIT One Vanderbilt · MoMA · Central Park · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Planning the rest of the trip
These routes cover the walking. The New York City guide has where to stay, what a day costs at each tier, and what to book before you go.