Kid-Friendly New York City
Explore the Big Apple with your little ones. We've found three adventures under $10!
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
Sony Wonder Technology Lab is four floors of highly interactive gizmos, gadgets and information. Discover everything from CD clips to computer chips. Check out HDTV in the state-of-the-art 73-seat theater. Features one-of-a-kind exhibits where kids can jam with music artists, produce their own movie preview and even create a video game.
free
Inside tip: Get your tickets before waiting in line at the atrium
Belvedere Castle is perched on Vista Rock, the second-highest natural elevation in Central Park. Belvedere, Italian for panoramic viewpoint, offers visitors just that. Inside are simple displays that show how naturalists observe the world to learn how it works. There are telescopes and microscopes and skeletons and feathers — all designed to pique the curiosity of young visitors.
free
Stop at the second floor to get an up-to-the-minute weather report
This historian-led company features educational (and entertaining) child-friendly rambles throughout New York City's five boroughs. Choose from a number of themed strolls. Visit a Buddhist temple in Chinatown, explore a child's version of Soho or a pint-size look at the NYC Subway system. Discover how the Brooklyn Bridge fulfilled the childhood dreams of engineer John August Roebling.
$10
Explore a kosher winery, a matzo factory and a haunted schoolhouse!
free
