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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was hoping to get tickets for Hamilton - have they become more accessible?  Any way to get discount tickets?  [/quote]

hahahahaha NO. You are not going to get discount tickets to Hamilton. You can enter the lottery, though.

Places to go: Natural History museum and the Met are wonderful, though more expensive and not THAT much better than the Smithsonians in DC. Bronx Zoo is also cool but again you may feel like it's not THAT much better than DC's (it is definitely bigger though).

NYC Public library is very cool. Centrally located but off the beaten track is Teddy Roosevelt's birthplace. Yes to the tenement museum, and there are some fun places to eat around there too (doughnuts, pickles, knishes, candy, etc.).  The UN might be interesting to some kids but not others. Chelsea Piers has a lot of sports stuff--may also be able to take a tour of Yankee Stadium or Citi Field if your kids are into that. Kids who are ok with a little adventure might like the Beast boat ride. The NBC studio tour is ok--more focused on SNL and other grown-up shows, but kids who like TV might find it interesting. I think you can do tours of Radio City Music Hall and Lincoln Center too if that interests your kids.  Cathedral of St. John the Divine is beautiful. So are the Cloisters. Doing a walk through Chinatown and Little Italy could be fun. And definitely walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and/or take the Staten Island Ferry for some good free views![/quote]

Lots of good advice here.  Note, though, that the Beast won't be running over Spring Break.  It opens for the season in May.

NP here who is also going to NYC over Spring Break with a 7 year old.  We've been several times before, and have already seen lots of the popular sites.  I've long had the Cloisters and the Tenement Museum on my to do list, but haven't tried either one yet.  Would they be worthwhile for a 7 year old boy, or should we hold off for a couple of years?  The adults in the group would enjoy them, and not everything we do needs to be kid-focused, but we'll skip them on this trip if a 7 year old would be bored silly.[/quote]

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