5am

Watch the sunrise over ManhattanMake your way through Brooklyn Heights , Moonstruck - style , too soon in the morning to take in the daybreak from Brooklyn Bridge Park . You ’ve got 85 acres and 1.3 mi of waterfront views to select from .

6am

Get stackedTake advantage of the fact that you ’re up , but most right - thinking multitude are n’t , and hit up iconic coffee shop Landmark for pancakes .

7am

foil the oldest bridge in NYCRun , walk , or cycle the High Bridge between Manhattan and The Bronx . Once a part of the Croton Aqueduct , this 1848 social organisation recently reopen after 40 twelvemonth as a footer walkway . How energetically you cross it is entirely up to you , but considering Edgar Allen Poe used to walk here for story approximation , you should be a hotshot by the end .

8am

Hit a dancing partyIf you think sweating it out to melody was an even bodily process , you ’ve clear forgotten that “ city that never sleeps ” thing . At Daybreaker , pregame starts with a yoga session , so you are sufficiently warm up up for a gamey - intensity level saltation party , complete with live performers , and breakfast – of course .

9am

Walk the High Line to Chelsea MarketCatch one of NYC ’s good attractions at an off hour for a more leisurely take on the cityscape . complete up at Chelsea Market for some of the good food hall fare in the urban center , from Beyond Sushi and Li - lac Chocolates to Very Fresh Noodles ( need we excuse ? ) .

10am

Become a ninjaWell , sort of . Benevolent Heart Dojo bid classes on a 1,000 - yr - old ( so , legit ) martial fine art bailiwick that ’ll civilize you in “ Ryus ” like Hidden Door , Nine daemon , and High Tree , Raised Heart . In other Good Book … nobody will mess up with you for the rest of the mean solar day .

11am

Get your nature fixConsider an minute at Brooklyn ’s Botanic Garden adequate to several hundred minute of therapy . It opens at 8 am day by day , and ledger entry is $ 12 , or free for fellow member .

12pm

Line up for the porchetta at Di Palo’sIt will be out by the metre you get to the front of the line , crackling , crispy , juicy , and so , so , so good you ’ll cry . Oh and you’re able to savor the tall mallow while in line – which is why it ’s fawn .

1pm

Get your polish fix at Dia : ChelseaThis is manus down one of the coolest artistry galleries in the metropolis , with new shows happening constantly . Plus , remember all those photos you kept seeing of your champion being backlit by Dan Flavin installations?That was here .

2pm

Scrub up , Korean - styleAt 100,000 hearty foot over five stories , Korean sauna Spa Castle is the full package and more . When you ’re done with the indoor and out-of-door hot tub … and watering place pools … and massage treatment , entrust enough time in your agenda to hit the food lawcourt . You ’ll find sushi and Italian on the first floor , and authentic Korean and Japanese at the third trading floor Sky Garden .

3pm

Get lose in The Strand ’s rarefied book roomThe Strand is one of the most iconic spots in NYC to pluck up a new record , and with “ 18 mile ” of print word to peruse , you could well pass an intact day here . But if you ’ve only fix an hour in the afternoon – spend it in the rare book way . There , you ’ll find first editions of classic works , and you ’ll be able to claver ( read : totally nerd out ) with two specialists about what ’s indoors .

4pm

call the Morbid Anatomy Museum in GowanusThe Morbid Anatomy Museum is a jubilation of all things haunted and creepy ( like taxidermy kitty and Victorian death masks ) so if you want to feel like you ’re getting a glance at New York ’s macabre underbelly , drop an hour here . If it does n’t deflower your appetite , snaffle a slice of Proto-Indo European atFour & Twenty Blackbirdacross the street .

5pm

Grab a legendary sliceHead to Juliana ’s in DUMBO for pizza by none other than “ king of pizza , ” Patsy Grimaldi , then eat it by the waterfront .

6pm

Ahh at the sunsetStake out the Chelsea section of Hudson River Park for view of the sun set over the Hudson , and the Freedom tower / downtown just get to twinkle . Also , you ’re right by the electrocute Pan , so seize a boozing .

7pm

Greatly meliorate your date conversationCatch a lecture or reading at the 92nd street Y and come forth much , much impertinent .

8pm

Get dessert – twiceGrab a slice of Brooklyn Blackout at Little Cupcake Bakeshop in Prospect Heights . ( Hot take : It ’s the good chocolate memory loss cake in Brooklyn . ) Then , go across the street and try every savour of ice cream Ample Hills Creamery has to volunteer .

9pm

recreate shuffleboardGather some friends and head to the grandly named Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club in Gowanus , Brooklyn . It ’s only $ 40 to rent a lane for an hour , four mass minimal , and waiter divine service so you ’ll never go thirsty .

10pm

Get a mani & a martini for $ 10With all this execute around , you plausibly chipped a nail at some point , and for only $ 10 you’re able to get a refill on your potable and a fresh coating of burnish at the Beauty Bar . Do n’t concern dudes , they ’ll give you clear coat – unless you wanna go with the pink ? No judgment here .

11pm

make out those knotsIf you overdid it at shovelboard , head to Cleo SPA & Salon Gramercy . walkway - Hoosier State for massage and general pampering service are cool til midnight Mondays through Saturdays , and 11 pm on Sundays .

12am

Get breakfast in earlyNew Yorkers wait for nothing , including breakfast . Put a Romance twist on yours at 24 - hour , Havana - style dining car Coppelia . Breakfast is serve all day , or you could throw your body clock completely off with Cuban - dash coffees , nightly special menus like Mexican Tuesdays and Caribbean Mondays , plus the usual diner mainstay .

1am

Pierogies . Veselka , a Ukrainian restaurant in the eye of the East Village , is undetermined 24 time of day . And it ’s been a neighborhood mainstay since 1954 . So when you ’re craving a midnight collation , satisfy it with mansion - made pierogies with seven different filling choice .

2am

Karaoke in Chinatown at “ Upstairs Bar”It ’s about time everyone heard your take on Whitney Houston , so catch the last hour at the newly animate Upstairs .

3am

pluck up tomorrow ’s ( today ’s ? ) dinnerYou know how you get the serious ingredient in your restaurant ? You get to the Pisces the Fishes market at an ungodly hour . Take a trip to theNew Fulton Fish Marketin the Bronx to watch chefs / restaurateurs hustle from all over the metropolis to get what they call for for the 24-hour interval , and mayhap beak up something for you to try at home , too .

4am

terminal in victoryYou recognize it ’s a effective night when you ’re still out at 4 am , in a bowling alley , preferably sip a White Russian . Whitestone Lanes is a 24 - time of day bowling alley in Flushing , so you may attempt to get a strike before getting a few hours of shut - eye .

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