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New York City doesn't just have the best schools, hospitals, and research centers — it has the best of everything. When you're not in class or studying, we encourage you to get out and explore the city. There are also community service activities that you can participate in. Please take the time to read the guide below to NYC's local resources and find information on nearby shopping, banking, grocery stores, transportation, and sightseeing. 

Community Service

Community service is an essential part of student life at Weill Cornell Medical College. You can take part in a wide variety of community service activities, most of which are coordinated by members of the student body. 

Learn more about volunteer opportunities on the Community Service website or contact Krista Fretes, Associate for Access, Belonging, and Student Success at 646-962-4939 or kmf4003@med.cornell.edu.

Local ATMs and Banks

  • Bank of America: 1330 1st Avenue at 72nd St. (646) 794-0409
  • Bank of New York: 1110 3rd Avenue. (212) 794-4201
  • Chase Bank: 1324 York Avenue at 70th St. (212) 794-0061
  • TD Bank: 1240 1st Avenue at 67th St. (212) 288-1167
  • Citibank: 1330 First Avenue & 71st St. (646) 502-4684
    (There is a Citibank ATM in the Basement of 1300 York Avenue in the cafeteria.)

Local Food/Grocery

  • Bagel & Co.: 1428 York Avenue. (212) 717-0505
  • Famous Famiglia Pizza: 1284 1st Avenue at 69th St. (212) 288-1616
  • The Food Emporium: 1331 1st Avenue. (212) 794-8866
  • Gristedes: 1208 1st Avenue & 65th St. (212) 535-7644
  • Le Gourmet: 1267 1st Avenue. (212) 772-8811
  • McDonald's: 1286 1st Avenue at 69th St. (212) 249-3551
  • Starbucks: 1281 1st Avenue. (212) 472-1312
  • Chipotle: 1288 1st Avenue. (646) 213-9431

Neighborhood Shopping

  • Bloomingdale's: 59th Street 1000 Third Avenue. (212) 705-2000
  • The Gap, H&M, Victoria’s Secret: 59th Street and Lexington Avenue.
  • Lord and Taylor 424 Fifth Avenue. New York, NY 10018 (212) 391-3344
  • Macy’s Herald Square: 151 West 34th Street. New York, NY 10001 (212) 695-4400
  • SAKS Fifth Avenue: 611 Fifth Avenue. New York, NY 10022 (212) 753-4000
  • The Shops at Columbus Circle (Century 21, Armani Exchange, Coach, Cole Haan, Sephora)
  • Target (Harlem, now with Fresh Grocery): 517 East 117th Street. New York, NY 10035 (212) 835-0860 

Do you need to travel around town?

MTA website: http://www.mta.info

NJ Transit website: http://www.njtransit.com

Learn to take the bus, train, or any other mass transit all around New York with exact directions from HopStop. 

Get your train and bus tickets or other thruway services on Amtrak.com to travel to over 500 destinations via 30-plus train routes in the United States and Canada.

Sight-Seeing in New York

Outdoors
  • The Brooklyn Bridge
  • Staten Island Ferry
  • Times Square

 

  • Central Park
  • New York Botanical Garden

 

  • Governor's Island
  • Top of the Rock
Art & Culture
  • Alice Austen House Museum (Staten Island)
  • Grand Central Terminal (Manhattan)
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) (Manhattan)
  • Empire State Building (Manhattan)

 

  • The Apollo Theatre (Harlem)
  • Gardens of Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (Manhattan)
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (Manhattan) 
     

 

  • Carnegie Hall (Manhattan)
  • Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum (Queens)
  • MoMA PS1 (Queens) 
     
Historical Sites
  • Fraunces Tavern Museum (Manhattan)
  • Historic Richmond Town (Staten Island)
  • Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (Manhattan)

 

  • General Grant National Monument (Upper Manhattan)
  • National September 11th Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (Manhattan)

 

  • Hall of Fame for Great Americans (Bronx)
  • South Street Seaport (Manhattan)
Fun Times
  • Broadway Shows
  • New York Aquarium and Coney Island (Brooklyn)

Information provided by iloveny.com. 

 

  • The Bronx Zoo (Bronx)
  • Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (Times Square)

 

  • Central Park Zoo (Manhattan)
  • Dave & Buster’s (Times Square)
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