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Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

1. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

9.4
990 Washington Ave (btwn President St & Empire Blvd), Brooklyn, NY
Botanical Garden · Prospect Park · 322 tips and reviews
The New Leaf Café is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

2. The New Leaf Café

1 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York, NY
American Restaurant · Hudson Heights · 35 tips and reviews
Governors Island is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

3. Governors Island

9.1
New York, NY
Island · Governors Island · 219 tips and reviews
Long Meadow is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

4. Long Meadow

9.5
Prospect Park (btwn East Dr & West Dr), Brooklyn, NY
Field · Prospect Park · 59 tips and reviews
High Line is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

5. High Line

9.5
btwn Gansevoort & W 34th St (btwn 10th & 12th Ave), New York, NY
Park · Chelsea · 1495 tips and reviews
Tudor City Park North is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

6. Tudor City Park North

8.4
Tudor City Pl (btwn E 42nd & E 43rd St), New York, NY
Park · Tudor City · 31 tips and reviews
New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

7. New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

9.3
476 5th Ave (at W 42nd St), New York, NY
Library · Midtown East · 528 tips and reviews
FDR Four Freedoms Park is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

8. FDR Four Freedoms Park

9.2
East Rd, New York, NY
Park · Roosevelt Island · 57 tips and reviews
New York Water Taxi - LIC is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

9. New York Water Taxi - LIC

353 West St, New York, NY
Boat or Ferry · 22 tips and reviews
Great Jones Spa is one of Best Momentary Escapes w/out Leaving the City.

10. Great Jones Spa

9.0
29 Great Jones St (at Lafayette), New York, NY
Spa · NoHo · 64 tips and reviews