New York Pass Attractions: 100+ Sights You Can Visit

The New York Pass is the most popular tourist discount card in New York, because it covers admission to a huge list of attractions, more than 100 activities!

As I explain in the article dedicated to how the New York Pass works, it's a very useful sightseeing pass if you want to see as much as possible and you're short on time.

In short, here's how it works: for a single payment you get access to more than 100 attractions, saving up to 50% on ticket prices. Below I'll tell you what they are.

Attractions included in the New York Pass

First, here are the most visited sights in New York, all included in the New York Pass attraction list.

Then you'll find the museums, tours, parks and transportation (where there are links, we go into detail on each attraction).

When a visit includes fast track entry, we'll point it out (another of the perks of buying the New York Pass).

List of the most popular attractions

• One World Trade Center Observatory
• Empire State Building Observatory
• Top of the Rock Observatory (Fast Track entry)
• Edge Observatory (the new Hudson Yards observation deck)
• Ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
• MoMA (Fast Track entry)
• 9/11 Memorial Museum

Museums

• American Museum of Natural History
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Fast Track entry)
• Whitney Museum of American Art
• MoMA PS1
• Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (Fast Track entry)
• Madame Tussauds New York (Fast Track entry)
• Museum of Sex
• Fraunces Tavern Museum
• Museum at Eldridge Street (New York's first synagogue)
• Museum of the City of New York
• Museum of Art and Design
• Fotografiska New York
• New Museum
• Brooklyn Museum

Outdoor activities

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• New York Botanical Garden
• Staten Island Botanical Garden and Zoo
• Deno's Wonder Wheel at Coney Island
• Several cruises around Manhattan!
• Bike rentals in Central Park and at the Brooklyn Bridge

Tours and guided visits

There are always new tours, and itineraries and schedules change a lot (especially in these pandemic times). Your best bet is to check the tours included on the official page of the New York Pass.

Most of these tours require advance reservations (each tour operator sets its own rules). It's really important to check the details of the visits you're interested in before your trip, so you can make any necessary bookings.

Checking this information is easy:

1) Go to the New York Pass page with the attraction details.

2) Under «Filters» select «New York Tours»

4) Once the activities load, click on the one you're interested in and check the general information to see if it says «Reservation Required.» If it does, follow the instructions.

On each tour's page you can also find the meeting point, schedules, language and any other detail that matters for your visit.

Multimedia Experiences

You can also try multimedia bus experiences for an interactive way to see Manhattan:

• THE RIDE (bus)
• THE TOUR (bus)
• The Downtown Experience: Virtual Reality Bus Tour

More information about the New York Pass

Remember to check out the page where I post prices and how the New York Pass works.