Hi friends, welcome back and happy first day of spring! I always love the fresh start of a new season, even if spring in NYC is pretty sporadic. We usually have a few teaser spring days before more cold, and then two real spring weeks before it gets too hot. After the holidays the city seems so gloomy so I’m looking forward to all the beautiful blooms around the city along with ditching the hat and gloves. Here’s hoping for some great spring weather! (pictures from prior years)
NYC Spring Bucket List
- See the Cherry Blossom Trees and Flowers around NYC:
- Central Park
- Brooklyn Botanical Garden
- New York Botanical Garden
- Roosevelt Island
- Little Island
- Upper West Side Community Garden
- Dine outside on a nice day
- Visit the Met Cloisters
- Try a new ice cream shop
- Attend a baseball game
- Go hiking
- Stop by the Macy’s Flower Show (March 24th – April 7th)
- Spring clean the apartment and let in some fresh air
- Ride the Staten Island ferry
- Visit a new museum
- Visit Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
- Visit Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate
- Visit Howard Mansion in Hyde Park
What are you looking forward to this spring?
I can not wait for the flowers to start blooming!
Me too! They’ve been planted around the city so it won’t be too much longer 🙂
Day trips out, eating outside, spring clean once the tree pollen dies down, sorting out my terrace garden, holidays, visitors………
Sounds like a wonderful spring ahead for you!
Looking forward to your splendid photos of spring in NYC
Thank you!
Looks like a great wish list Lyssy. Seeing all the colourful blooms of spring is a real treat. Likely will not see many here before May, well except dandelions. We will be looking at Vancouver’s blossom time soon. Can’t wait. Happy Spring…+16 C (61F) here yesterday and no snow left, but that is about to change for the rest of the week. Allan
It is a real treat after the gloominess of winter. I’m looking forward to seeing Vancouver’s blooms on your walks soon 🙂 We’ve been in Miami the last few days, not looking forward to returning to the cold. Happy Spring!
I’d love to come with you to see some of these! NyC is so pretty in the spring.
NYC really is magical in the spring! You’ll have to come visit one day 🙂
I love your spring photos from New York, Lyssy. Looks like there’s no better time to visit New York than in spring when ‘the city that never sleeps’ comes into bloom with an array of exciting events and festivals, plus a shower of cherry blossoms providing the most gorgeous setting for a spring city break. Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx
Thank you! It really does look magical when all the cherry blossoms are blooming and the streets are lined with flowers. I just wish it lasted longer!
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I am aware of the cherry blossom bloom on the East Coast (especially in DC), but even more lovely you can see them in NYC! Very much looking forward to spring; I’ll be celebrating my birthday with a little trip with my partner! Have a wonderful spring season ahead, Lyssy. 🙂
I’d love to see the blooms in DC one day, especially around all the beautiful monuments. NYC has quite a few cherry blossoms, especially throughout Central Park. Sounds like you’ll have a fabulous birthday!!
You’ll be busy Lissy!!! Looking forward here to a stretch in the evenings
I’m looking forward to the fresh spring air on my adventures! It is nice to have more daylight.
Great photos of spring. I am looking forward to it. It still feels like winter here in the North of England.
Thank you! Hopefully the spring weather comes soon for you.
This is a great list, and I love your photos! Happy 1st Day of Spring!!!
Thank you! Happy Spring to you too!!
Great list! The first time ever I visited NYC was in spring, so it always felt special for me at that time of year. I haven’t been in a few years, maybe it’s my sign I should visit this spring 🙂
It is really special when all the trees are blooming 🙂 I think this is your sign!
So many flowers! It stirs up the urge to travel.
It really does!
Wow! Such beautiful photos! I can’t get over how colourful it is…
Thank you, the city really shines in spring!
Lovely Lyssy! We would have liked to have visited Intrepid but with both Concorde and the Space Shuttle off limits it didn’t seem worthwhile. Hopefully another time.
Thank you! I was bummed I could’ve seen he Concorde out my window but I was too late. I saw you got a great view of it! Now you’ve got another reason to come back 🙂
Beautiful captures of the spring blossoms. I’m so looking forward to spring!
Those tulips and cherry blossoms certainly are a thing to look forward to every year. Not to be missed. We are also looking forward to some hikes, a short trip to the mountains later in May, and lots of museums, galleries and new cafes/restaurants.
What a great list, I’d absolutely love to do them all!
At this point, I’m just looking forward to spring. It’s currently snowing here… again.
Such a great bucket list! I am definitely in the mood for spring and can’t wait for warmer and sunnier days, flowers blooming and just the overall lightness of spring! I did many spring activities 2 years ago so maybe I should go back to my spring bucket list too!