FLATIRON
Madison Square Park is small but nearby stores, quirky museums & more make it a great spot to send the day.
Head west to Chelsea/Meatpacking for more adventures.
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EVENTS
Poster Kids: East Meets West
Mar 26, 10:30 amJoin Poster House on select Sunday mornings for a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. This month, Poster Kids will focus on the museum’s latest exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. Learn to identify popular motifs in both traditional Japanese and modern Western design. Then create artwork using themes from…
Geometry of Flowers
Apr 11, 2:30 pmJoin Madison Square Park Conservancy, the Simons Foundation and the National Museum of Mathematics to kick off this spring’s horticulture exhibition, The Geometry of Flowers, which utilizes the park’s landscape to showcase artistically arranged flowers and the natural patterns within them.
Stop by the Northern Reflecting Pool from 2:30 – 4:30 pm to celebrate math,…
Free Play at MoMath
Apr 23, 10:00 amEnjoy free admission to MoMath. Dynamic exhibits and programs stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity and reveal the wonders of mathematics. Learn about the math in patterns and structures all around us – and try to ride a bike with square wheels.
An early arrival is strongly encouraged; MoMath may limit entry if capacity is reached.
INDOORS
Poster House
Explore the impact, culture, and design of posters, both as historical documents and methods of contemporary visual communication through temporary exhibitions, a growing permanent collection, and educational event. The first poster museum in the United States provides a space for inquiry for all those interested in design, advertising, and public interventions.
Current exhibitions include Freak Power, about Hunter S. Thompson’s plan to become Sheriff of Aspen, Vera List & The Posters Of Lincoln Center and Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age.
The museum’s café offers coffee, tea, other beverages, baked goods, and snacks with indoor seating Friday-Sunday, 11am-5pm.
Harry Potter New York
Shop for the largest collection of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts products in the world from pocket money items to rare collectibles. Find exclusive lines, magical photo opportunities and lots more over three floors and over 20,000 sq. ft. Lots of fun photo ops; strike a pose inside a London phone box as if transporting yourself to the Ministry of Magic or step into Hagrid’s boots. Get one of a kind personalization including engraving a wand, embossing a journal and embroidering a house robe with your name. Guests at least 48 inches tall and 10+ years old can sign up for one of two (or both) virtual reality experiences: Chaos at Hogwarts & Wizards Take Flight
National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)
Dynamic exhibits and programs stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity and reveal the wonders of mathematics. Learn about the math in patterns and structures all around us while interacting with 30-plus hands-on displays. Fun for all ages, though many of the concepts will go over younger kids’ heads.
HIGHLIGHTS:
✨ Play with light
🚲 Try to…
Disney Encanto x CAMP
Explore La Familia Madrigal’s real-life Casita, complete with secret passages, interactive magic, live music, and surprises behind every magic door in the world’s first immersive Disney Encanto experience.
A CAMP Counselor guides families through a narrative-driven adventure with games, live music, and a treasure hunt. Climb, slide, bounce, and dance through Antonio’s rainforest, Isabela’s floral…
OUTDOORS
Gilded Lady Mural
The myriad of details in this colorful 97 by 40-foot mural by famed street artist Tristan Eaton on the side of a residential building on Fifth Avenue in reference the rich history of the NoMad neighborhood from the Gilded Age onward. The woman’s face is based on early 20th-century model, chorus girl and catalyst for…
Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
Toy soldiers welcome kids to this brightly colored playground featuring water fountains, tire-swings, water-spouting alphabet blocks, turrets, slides, and a large water wheel in the northeast corner of charming Madison Square Park..
Named after Officer Moira Ann Smith, the only NYPD policewoman to be lost on September 11, 2001, the playground stands as a loving tribute to this community hero and mother.
Shahzia Sikander: Havah…to breathe, air, life
Walk through forty-nine haunting Atlantic white cedar trees evoking the outsized impact of a looming environmental calamity in Maya Lin’s installation in Madison Square Park
Listen to Lin’s Ghost Forest Soundscape from your phone to hear native species of animals once common to Manhattan. A series of public programs focused on nature-based solutions to climate change, including planting 1,000 trees and shrubs in collaboration with Natural Areas Conservancy, are planned throughout the run of the exhibition.
Geometry of Flowers
Join Madison Square Park Conservancy, the Simons Foundation and the National Museum of Mathematics to kick off this spring’s horticulture exhibition, The Geometry of Flowers, which utilizes the park’s landscape to showcase artistically arranged flowers and the natural patterns within them.
Stop by the Northern Reflecting Pool from 2:30 – 4:30 pm to celebrate math,…
EAT
Dominique Ansel Workshop
Pastry legend Dominique Ansel’s newest shop is a celebration of croissants, located inside the pastry production kitchens in Flatiron. Stop in for a taste of all different types of croissants and breakfast viennoiserie – pain au chocolat, ham & Gruyère, Chocolate Hazelnut S’mores Danishes, Pistachio Swirls, Raspberry Riz au Lait Cubes, Brown Sugar DKA…
Eataly Chocolate & Gelato
Try rich Italian hot chocolate and/or some of the best gelato in the city in a range of flavors.
Shop by weight from bins of colorful Venchi bon-bons or pick up artisanal chocolate made in Italy with raw ingredients in a variety of shapes and textures according to traditional recipes, from smooth spread to crunchy…
Venchi Chocogelateria
Sip decadent Italian hot chocolate by a giant chocolate waterfall at the US outpost of a 140-year-old Italian chocolatier.
Shop a vast selection of flavored bon bons and bars plus try gelato in a variety of chocolate and other delicious flavors. Make it even yummier with creamy base of Suprema chocolate spread or a cone…
Eataly Flatiron
This large Italian marketplace has restaurants, food counters, mozzarella making, Italian groceries, housewares and a nutella bar. We love the delizioso pizza, prosciutto, pasta, rotisserie chicken…really just about everything. One of our favorite spots for chocolate and gelato.
The always-lovely rooftop greenhouse restaurant SERRA by Birreria changes seasonally. Seating for take-out is limited,…
SERRA by Birreria
Eataly’s rooftop greenhouse restaurant has transformed into a winter wonderland rooftop. Cozy up under the canopy of flickering lights with our seasonal and traditional dishes and spiced winter drinks.
Reservations recommended. Roof open and closes for any weather.
Several other sit-down and to-go options throughout the Italian…