Admiral Farragut Playground

Watch gorillas bathing and sea lions feeding at this extensive animal park, which brings the great wild to central New York.

One of the United States’ first and best-loved botanical gardens is an attraction year round, featuring both extensive plant collections and stunning architecture.

Kids will learn about plants, the environment and healthy eating in a fun and interactive subsection of the New York Botanical Garden.

The author spent his last years in this Bronx cottage, lovingly preserved since the 19th century in a park with his name.

Contemporary art from some of the country’s best African American, Asian and Hispanic artists, among others, is celebrated in a museum near Yankee Stadium.

Baseball’s most famous franchise has a new, somewhat luxurious home in the central Bronx, full of homages to the team’s long history.