New York Landmarks
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Apollo Theater
 The legendary Apollo Theater has been New York City landmark for many years now. Located at 253 W. 125th Street in Harlem, the famous music hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is considered to be the bastion of African-American performance, culture and achievement. It is also the home of Amateur Night, a nationally syndicated television variety show consisting of new talent.
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Carnegie Hall
 Carnegie Hall is the most popular concert and show venue that is located in the Midtown Manhattan area. The building consumes an entire two blocks in the Manhattan area, and has been home to some of the most prolific concerts in recent memory. Most known for hosting classical music, Carnegie Hall has recently branched out and started hosting other kinds of music events as well.
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George Washington Bridge
 The George Washington Bridge (formerly the Hudson River Bridge) is a vehicular suspension bridge that spans the Hudson River and connects the Washington Heights section of Manhattan to Fort Lee, New Jersey. The GW (as it’s commonly referred to) was designed by Othman H. Ammann and constructed by the Port Authority from 1927 to 1931 at a cost of $59 million. It is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
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Grand Central Terminal
 Grand Central Terminal is a location that is visited by millions of people each and every year. You may have heard it called Grand Central Station as well, although that is actually the name of the post office that is located right next to the train terminal. Grand Central Terminal is located in the midtown Manhattan area, and was built during the height of train commuting in America.
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Lincoln Center
 Lincoln Center is known for being the home of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts which is a huge 16 acre complex of buildings that is located in the Upper West Side of New York City. The location was built by a number of civic leaders who banded together for a renewal project for the Lincoln Center neighborhood.
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Radio City Music Hall
 Radio City Music Hall is one of the most popular locations in New York City. The building is located in Rockefeller Center, and at one point was the most popular tourist destination in New York City. The location was declared a landmark of New York City in 1978. Rockefeller Center occupies a 12 acre space in the middle of Manhattan.
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The Cloisters
 Perched on the tip of Manhattan, The Cloisters houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of art and architecture from Medieval Europe. The building was reconstructed in the 1930s from the architectural elements of five Medieval cloisters (Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Bonnefont-en-Comminges, Trie-en-Bigorre, and Froville) imported from France into the museum’s framework giving visitors a beautiful place to enjoy the nearly 1,200 pieces of art on display.
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The Dakota Building
 One of the most revered dwellings in the Big Apple, the Dakota Building, located on 72nd Street and Central Park West, is most widely known for being the place where former Beatle John Lennon was murdered in December 1980.
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Trinity Church
 A U.S. national historical landmark and one of the oldest churches in the world, the Trinity Church was originally constructed in 1968 and is located at 79 Broadway in lower Manhattan, New York. Soon after receiving its charter from King William III of England, the legendary church is also where George Washington, at St. Paul’s Chapel of the then-Parish of Trinity Church, worshipped and attended a service after his inauguration as the first President of the United States.
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