New York's first AI-powered tourist guide. Free things to do, tours, food and neighborhoods. All five boroughs. Always on.
NYC personalizedtour guide.
Planning the trip or already here — ask me what's worth doing. Free parks and museums, cheap eats, tours, and the neighborhoods that are actually good this time of year. No hotels, no flights, no account.
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Getting around
Paying your fare, reading the map, express versus local.
When the bus beats the train, and how to board one.
JFK, LaGuardia and Newark into Manhattan.
What to bring, what plugs to expect, how to get phone data.
- What chargers and cables should I bring to New York for my iPhone?
- What chargers and cables should I bring to New York for my Android phone?
- What do I need to bring if I'm travelling to New York with a laptop?
- What plug adapter do I need for New York, and will my devices work?
- How do I get mobile data in New York without a huge roaming bill?
Tech
Hotel logins, free Wi-Fi around the city, dropouts and dead spots.
Won't print, shows offline, or it isn't your printer to begin with.
Running slow, won't wake, second monitor missing.
Chargers, cables, Bluetooth pairing, headsets and VR.
Keyboard shortcuts that differ between Mac and Windows.
Start with a borough
Five boroughs, and four of them are not Manhattan.
- The Bronx12 places
The only borough on the mainland, and the one visitors skip. Their loss.
- Brooklyn12 places
Bigger than most American cities, and it behaves like one.
- Manhattan12 places
The one you already pictured. Worth doing properly, once.
- Queens12 places
The most linguistically diverse place on earth. Come hungry.
- Staten Island12 places
The free ferry is the famous part. It shouldn't be the only part.
Plan your trip
Day plans with the subway worked out, the free lists, and the neighborhoods worth a whole afternoon.
- One day in the Bronx
- One day in Brooklyn
- One day in Manhattan without the tourist traps
- One day in Queens: a food crawl on the 7 train
- One day on Staten Island, starting with the free ferry
- Three days in New York beyond Manhattan
- Free things to do in New York City
- Free things to do in the Bronx
- Free things to do in Brooklyn
- Free things to do in Manhattan
Free things to do
New York is expensive. These cost nothing at all.
- Orchard Beach · The BronxFree
- Pelham Bay Park · The BronxFree
- Van Cortlandt Park · The BronxFree
- The Bronx Museum of the Arts · The BronxFree
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The BronxFree
- The Grand Concourse · The BronxFree
- Walking the Brooklyn Bridge · BrooklynFree
- Brooklyn Bridge Park · BrooklynFree
- Prospect Park · BrooklynFree
- Coney Island · BrooklynFree
- DUMBO · BrooklynFree
- Green-Wood Cemetery · BrooklynFree
- Williamsburg · BrooklynFree
- The Bushwick Collective · BrooklynFree
- Central Park · ManhattanFree
- The High Line · ManhattanFree
- Harlem · ManhattanFree
- The West Village · ManhattanFree
- Grand Central Terminal · ManhattanFree
- Bryant Park · ManhattanFree
- The Chelsea Galleries · ManhattanFree
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park · QueensFree
- Rockaway Beach · QueensFree
- Gantry Plaza State Park · QueensFree
- The Staten Island Ferry · Staten IslandFree
- The Staten Island Greenbelt · Staten IslandFree
- Fort Wadsworth · Staten IslandFree
- South Beach Boardwalk · Staten IslandFree
- Freshkills Park · Staten IslandFree
- Conference House Park · Staten IslandFree
- Moravian Cemetery & Todt Hill · Staten IslandFree
Under $25
Worth the money, and there isn't much of it.
- Arthur Avenue · The BronxUnder $25
- Wave Hill · The BronxUnder $25
- City Island · The BronxUnder $25
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden · BrooklynUnder $25
- Brooklyn Museum · BrooklynUnder $25
- Smorgasburg · BrooklynUnder $25
- Brighton Beach · BrooklynUnder $25
- Manhattan's Chinatown · ManhattanUnder $25
- Governors Island · ManhattanUnder $25
- Flushing · QueensUnder $25
- Jackson Heights · QueensUnder $25
- Astoria · QueensUnder $25
- Queens Night Market · QueensUnder $25
- MoMA PS1 · QueensUnder $25
- The Noguchi Museum · QueensUnder $25
- Louis Armstrong House Museum · QueensUnder $25
- Museum of the Moving Image · QueensUnder $25
- Queens Botanical Garden · QueensUnder $25
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center · Staten IslandUnder $25
- Historic Richmond Town · Staten IslandUnder $25
- Alice Austen House · Staten IslandUnder $25
- Staten Island Museum · Staten IslandUnder $25
- SIUH Community Park · Staten IslandUnder $25
Before you come
Sort this at home, while it's still easy to pack something.
While you're here
For when you're already in the city and something isn't working.
How this works
Ask like you'd ask a local
No itinerary jargon. “What's free in the Bronx on a Sunday?” is a perfectly good question.
You get the real answer
Including when something isn't worth it, when it's shut, and what the cheaper version is.
Nothing to sign up for
No account, no email, no booking fees. Ask what you need and close the tab.
Also: tech trouble on the road
Hotel Wi-Fi that won't take your room number, a printer that isn't yours, a laptop that picked today to give up, and how to actually pay for the subway.
Tech and transit help