Places to Have Fun & Hang Out
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Bear Mountain (hiking)
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Route 9W, Bear Mountain, NY
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845-786-2701
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Palisades Mall
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Palisades Center Dr., West Nyack, NY
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845-348-1005
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Bronx Zoo
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Bronx River Pkwy/Fordham Rd
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718-367-1010
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Circle Line (boat ride)
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Pier 83, W. 42nd St.
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212-563-3200
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Edgar’s Café
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255 W 84th (bw Brdwy & W. End)
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212-496-6126
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Empire State Building
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350 5th Ave (&34th St)
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212-736-3100
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Hayden Planetarium
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81st/Central Park West
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212-769-5100
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Intrepid
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W.46th St./Hudson River
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212-245-0072
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Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
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234 W. 42nd St.
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212-921-0768
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1000 5th Ave at 82nd St.
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212-535-7710
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Museum of Jewish Heritage
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18 1st Ave.
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212-786-0820
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Museum of Natural History
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Central Park West & 79th
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212-769-5100
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New York Botanical Garden
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200th St./Southern Boulevard
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212-220-8700
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Our Name is Mud (painting pottery)
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506 Amsterdam (bw 84th & 85th)
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212-579-5575
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Shawangunk Wine Trail
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Route 9W North, Newburgh
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shawangunkwinetrail.com
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South Street Seaport
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Fulton St./East River
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212-732-7676
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Storm King Art Center
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Old Pleasant Hill Rd, Mountainville
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845-534-3115
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Ikea (fun to walk around and look at all the furniture)
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1000 Center Dr., Elizabeth, NJ (take exit 13A off the turnpike)
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908-289-4488
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Liberty Science Center
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Jersey City, NJ (can also take ferry from here to Ellis Island)
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201-451-0006
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NJ State Aquarium
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1 Riverside Dr, Camden, NJ
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800-616-5297
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Six Flags
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Route 537, Jackson, NJ
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732-928-1821
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Barnes & Noble
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Clifton Commons
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973-779-5500
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Clifton Billiards
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1158 Main Ave., Clifton, NJ
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973-365-9856
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Continental Arena (concerts, sports games)
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Off Route 3, East Rutherford, NJ
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201-935-8500
www.meadowlands.com
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Demarest Farms (apple & peach picking)
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244 Werimus Rd, Hillsdale, NJ
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201-666-0472
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Doin’ Dishes (painting pottery)
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50 Church St., Montclair, NJ
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973-744-8589
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Farm View Roadstand (strawberry picking; May-Oct.; reservations required)
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945 Black Oak Ridge Rd, Wayne, NJ
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973-839-1212
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Garrett Mountain Reservation (hiking, deer, views of NY)
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Rifle Camp Road, 10 min from Passaic (exit 46 at Great Notch) West Paterson
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Starbucks
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483 Franklin Ave., Nutley, NJ
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973-562-0045
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Van Houten Lanes (bowling)
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564 Van Houten Ave, Clifton, NJ
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973-773-1675
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Bowler City
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Midtown Bridge Appro, Hackensack, NJ
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201-343-3545
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Ceramics By Design (painting pottery) – not open Thursday-Saturday
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56 W. Main St., Bogota, NJ
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201-678-3005
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Lazy Bean Café
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1404 Queen Anne Rd., Teaneck, NJ
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201-837-2326
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Sportsworld (video games, air hockey, duck pin bowling, etc.)
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200 Route 17N, Paramus, NJ
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201-262-1717
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Starbuck’s (open 24 hours)
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80 Rt. 4E, Englewood, NJ
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201-503-1988
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Van Saun Zoo
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216 Forest Ave, Paramus, NJ
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201-262-3771
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