New York Flights And Sights

Follow American Airlines as we go off the beaten path to discover more things to do in New York City. Eat like a local in Chinatown, steep yourself in immigrant history on the Lower East Side, and soak up the bright lights of the city. American is with you every step of the way.

Dine on Dumplings in New York’s Famed Chinatown. Brave the lines for unbelievable crab-soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai on Pell Street. Experience the hustle and bustle of street vendors along Canal Street, Mott Street, and East Broadway. Finish with a walk through Chinatown’s Columbus Park to spot tai-chi masters, Chinese musicians and mah-jongg players.

Explore NYC’s rich immigrant history at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, where you can tour six tenement apartments that have been restored to evoke the New York immigrant experience. Afterwards, enjoy a heaping corned beef or pastrami sandwich with a visit to famous Jewish delicatessen Katz’s.

Soak in breathtaking views of Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge when you head out to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, a romantic walkway that sits directly above the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the East River. The promenade is the backyard of one of New York’s most beautiful neighborhoods, Brooklyn Heights.

See the City in Miniature at the Queens Museum of Art. There’s no better way to get a sense of the enormity and complexity of New York City than by visiting the vast and intricately detailed Scale Model of New York City at the family-friendly Queens Museum of Art. The nearly 900,000 structures were initially created for the 1964 World’s Fair.

Walk the High Line, New York’s elevated urban park--grown on top of a former railway line. Its lush landscaping of wildflowers and thick grasses sits 30 feet above the streets of New York. Build your own gourmet picnic from nearby Chelsea Market, then gaze out over the posh shops of New York’s fashionable Meatpacking District and Chelsea’s hundreds of contemporary art galleries.

Book flights to New York with American Airlines today to discover more things to do in New York City.