Touring Manhattan with Kids

Fuel up at Good Enough to Eat, which has excellent baked goods, waffles, pancakes, French toast and eggs. Kids usually love the cow motif, and the picket fence that surrounds the sidewalk eating area.

If this is too crowded, head to Zabar's, 3 blocks away. You can sit in the corner cafe and eat a toasted bagel with cream cheese. And in the giant gourmet store, you can pick up food for lunch in Central Park.
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Good Enough to Eat
483 Amsterdam Ave (at 83rd Street)
212-496-0163
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Zabar's
2245 Broadway
212-787-2000

Address: 2245 Broadway
Phone: 212-787-2000
Hours:
Monday through Friday 8am - 7:30pm, Saturday 8am - 8pm, Sunday 9am - 6pm

Depending on your child's age, you should head next to the Children's Museum of Manhattan (ages birth to 8) or American Museum of Natural History (3 and older).

At the Children's Museum (CMOM), kids can "drive" a bus, take an adventure with Dora the Explorer and visit PlayWorks, just for kids birth to age 4. In summer, check out the water play exhibit outside.

You have to check your stroller here; have one parent wait in that line while the other pays admission.

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has dinosaurs, animal dioramas and an updated planetarium. If your kids are ages 5-12, get a free timed ticket to the interactive Discovery Room, with puzzles and artifacts.

You can't see everything here in one day, so pick a couple of exhibits only.

CMOM has no eating facilities; AMNH has several.
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
Address: 212 W 83rd St
Phone: 212-721-1234
Hours: Sunday through Friday 10am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 7pm
Admission: Children and Adults $11, Seniors $7, Children under 12 months free
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American Museum of Natural History
Address: Central Park West at 79th Street
Phone: 212-769-5100
Hours: Daily 10am - 5:45pm

Central Park's attractions change with the seasons; an ice skating rink becomes an amusement park in summer and another rink becomes a free pool. When the weather is warm, you can rent a rowboat or a bicycle.

Almost any time of year, you can go to a playground. There are two right near the AMNH, 21 overall. Walk to the east side and downtown to the Central Park Zoo and the adjacent Children's Zoo.

Splurge on a carriage ride (horses line up on Central Park South near Fifth Avenue and 59th Street) or take a spin on the vintage carousel.

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59th Street and Fifth Avenue

If your kid is into Barbies, LEGOs or life-size stuffed animals, this is place. Design a 10-inch doll at the Madame Alexander Doll Factory or choose a baby from the nursery.

The toy soldiers who greet you don't just pose for photos. At 11am, 1 and 3pm, one reads stories. Demonstrators play the giant piano, do magic tricks and make walking through the doors an event.

The FAO Café is a treasury of New York food: PB&J from Peanut Butter & Co, pastries from Doughnut Plant, drinks from GuS Soda.

The glass cube in front of the store leads to an underground Apple Store.
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Address: 767 Fifth Ave.
Phone: 212-644-9400
Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:30 am - 7pm; Friday and Saturday 9:30am - 8pm; Sunday 10am - 7pm

Rockefeller Center has the most famous Christmas tree in New York and you can ice skate in front of it during the holiday season. At Radio City Music Hall, next door, see the Rockettes in the annual Christmas spectacular.

You can also shop, take an NBC Studio tour, check out the latest games at Nintendo World and see the city from Top of the Rock. Even the ride to the outdoor observation deck, via glass-topped elevator, is fun (note there is a fee, see below).
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Rockefeller Center
Address: 1230 Sixth Ave.
Phone: 212-332-6868
Hours: 8am - 11pm daily
Elevator fee: Adults $23, Child 6-12 $15, Senior 62+ $21

The neon signs and high energy attract families to Times Square. You can ride a giant Ferris wheel inside the flagship Toys R Us or stop by Discovery Times Square to see its latest exhibit.

At Madame Tussauds New York, you are guaranteed celebrity sightings, even if just of wax figures. Pose with N.Y. icons Babe Ruth or Marilyn Monroe or kid faves Miley Cyrus and Justin Beiber.
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Discovery Times Square
Address: 226 W.44St St.
Phone: 888-988-8692
Hours: Sunday through Wednesday 9am - 8pm and Thursday - Saturday 9am - 9pm
Admission: Admission price varies on exhibition

Toys R Us
Address: 1514 Broadway at 44th Street
Phone: 646-366-8800
Hours: Open Mon-Sat 10am-10pm; Sun 11am-8pm

Madame Tussauds New York
Address: 234 W. 42nd St.
Phone: 800-246-8872
Hours: Daily 10am - 10pm
Admission: Adult 13-59 $36, Seniors 60+ $33, Child 4-12 $29, Age 3 and under free

Co., pronounced company, has chewy-crust pizza, high chairs and great salads. Even if you are having pizza, get an order of the addictive bread or toast topped with cannellini beans or broccoli rabe and ricotta.

If you don't mind traveling a bit, hop in a cab to Nick's Pizza, a family restaurant serving great thin crust pizza with impeccably fresh mozzarella, an eggplant parmesan appetizer that can feed two hungry kids and excellent cannolis.
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Co.
Address: 230 Ninth Ave. at 24th Street
Phone: 212-243-1105
Hours: Monday 5pm - 11pm, Tuesday - Saturday 11:30am - 11pm, Sunday 11am - 10pm

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Nick's Pizza
Address: 1814 2nd Ave.
Phone: 212-987-5700
Hours: Open Daily 11:30am - 10pm