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New York, known as the city that never sleeps has several areas that when night falls, they are still more spectacular than during the day. We have drawn a route through New York at night to see the best places when the sun goes down and dress in their best clothes. This itinerary will begin at sunset, taking a ferry to Staten Island and end at the epicenter of New York, Times Square, surrounded by neon lights and Broadway signs.
All these places we mentioned can be reached by subway, although the frequency goes down as the night progresses and you have to pay more attention to safety, especially in less frequented places and if you go with a camera.

A good option, if you want to go quieter and forget about the schedules, is to book a night tour by bus and with a guide in Spanish that is also considered one of the best tours in New York.

Ferry State Island

The route through New York at night begins by taking a ferry at sunset towards Staten Island. From the Whitehall Terminal, on the southern tip of Manhattan, you can catch one of the ferries that depart every 15 minutes. The journey is about 20 minutes and the best position during the trip is in the open back, from where you will have the best views and be able to take the best photos. You can make the turn when it starts to get dark to coincide with the lighting of the illuminated streets and skyscrapers of the Big Apple. We assure you that the illuminated skyline will surely be one of the most memorable images of the trip to New York.

Without a doubt, the ferry to Staten Island is one of the best free things in New York.

Staten Island Ferry

Brooklyn Bridge and viewpoints at night in New York

Once the experience of the ferry to Staten Island is over, you can walk along the banks of the East River, passing by Pier 16 from where you will have beautiful views of the Brooklyn Bridge at night. This stone bridge is the most beautiful in New York and traveling its 2 kilometers will take you almost an hour, during which you will not be able to stop taking photos.

East New York night tour Continue on our two favorite viewpoints of the city: Brooklyn Heights Promenade, overlooking the Manhattan skyline and the Empire Fulton Ferry Park, overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge.

Surely when you return to the hotel and review the images you will have some of the best photos of New York at night.

New York at night from Brooklyn Heights Promenade

Empire State Building or Top of the Rock at night

Once you have recreated with the views of Manhattan from Brooklyn you can take the subway and visit the next of the places to see at night in New York.
In this case it is both New York's best viewpoints: the Empire State Building and the Top of the Rock. The Empire State closes at 2 in the morning and the Top at 12, depending on the pace you take you can opt for one or the other.

The entrance to the two is included in the CityPASS, although in the Top of the Rock you have to go before to reserve the time of rise, especially if it includes the time of sunset. If you do not have the CityPass you can book here in advance, in this case you will skip the lines, something very important if you do not want to waste time and make the most of the day.
The advantage of climbing at night to the viewpoint is that you will have spectacular views of New York with the Empire State illuminated.

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The Empire State Building is the most famous skyscraper in New York and one of the most essential places to visit in New York. To go up to the Empire if you do not have the CityPASS you can book tickets to the Empire State Building in advance and avoid the large queues that form.

Top of the Rock at night

New York at night at Lincoln Center

The Lincoln Center is one of the most important cultural and artistic centers in the world where the buildings of the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Opera, the Ballet, among others are concentrated. It is a perfect place to go out at night in New York to listen to jazz, classical music or simply enjoy the atmosphere. The buildings at night are perfectly illuminated, with a beautiful fountain in the center of the square, which seems to want to stand out from the rest.

The Lincoln Center at night is very beautiful, although this place would be left as optional if you go bad weather, being able to go directly to visit Times Square.

Lincoln Center

Times Square

Times Square is the most famous place and one of the most essential places to see at night in New York.
One of the best things to do in New York is to visit it day and night to see how it transforms as the hours go by. When the night comes the neon lights, the big screens and the posters announcing the works and musicals of Broadway will make you feel like in a movie, and it is that all of New York, especially when night falls, looks like a great stage.

An ideal place to end the route through New York at night They are the stairs of the TKTS. Here you can buy soft drinks at one of the food stalls and sit on the famous red stairs from which you will have magnificent views of all Times Square at night.
If you have another night you can book this night tour through the most famous nightclubs and entertainment venues in New York or this night helicopter ride through the city.