South Street Seaport

South Street Seaport is not merely where New York seaport trade centered in the 19th century. Up to the present, it is still home to the harmonious coexistence of various leisure stops: historic buildings, museums, restaurants and even specialty stores for every shopping fix. It throbs with the pulse of both bustling seaport trade and nightlife in true New Yorker fashion.

Situated in spirited Manhattan, the South Street Seaport is a historic area sheltering the largest number of restored 19th-century buildings in the city, along with the oldest-known architecture in downtown Manhattan. One architectural awe that could be found here is the Schermerhorn Row, an 1811 block of buildings redeveloped to house 24 museums and other shops and restaurants. The South Street Seaport Museum, on the other hand, occupies 12 square-blocks of the lively port, and it has the largest collection of privately owned fleet of historic American vessels. Here you could find the 1885 fully-rigged cargo ship Pioneer, 1911 four-masted barque Peking, 1908 lightship Ambrose, and many others. There are also more than 20,000 artworks and artifacts from 19th- to early 20th-century maritime life. But while the noble history of one of America's known ports is very much celebrated here, South Street Seaport also caters to the modern: it is a known venue of chic tourist spots for food, shopping, and nightlife.

By subway: A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5 at Fulton Street-Broadway Nassau

Open daily

(Nov-Mar) Mon-Fri 10am-7pm, Sun 11am- 6pm; (Apr-Oct) Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 11am-8pm

Situated in spirited Manhattan, the South Street Seaport is a historic area sheltering the largest number of restored 19th-century buildings in the city, along with the oldest-known architecture in downtown Manhattan. One architectural awe that could be found here is the Schermerhorn Row, an 1811 block of buildings redeveloped to house 24 museums and other shops and restaurants. The South Street Seaport Museum, on the other hand, occupies 12 square-blocks of the lively port, and it has the largest collection of privately owned fleet of historic American vessels. Here you could find the 1885 fully-rigged cargo ship Pioneer, 1911 four-masted barque Peking, 1908 lightship Ambrose, and many others. There are also more than 20,000 artworks and artifacts from 19th- to early 20th-century maritime life. But while the noble history of one of America's known ports is very much celebrated here, South Street Seaport also caters to the modern: it is a known venue of chic tourist spots for food, shopping, and nightlife.

By subway: A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5 at Fulton Street-Broadway Nassau

Open daily

(Nov-Mar) Mon-Fri 10am-7pm, Sun 11am- 6pm; (Apr-Oct) Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 11am-8pm