Attend a thrilling theatrical performance at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, both minutes from the Essex House. Carnegie Hall has been a destination venue for classical and popular music since 1891 and offers more than 200 events each year. The Lincoln Center complex encompasses some 30 performance venues and presents opera, ballet, live theater, concerts, and special film screenings.

Go for the glow and savor a sunrise or sunset over Sheep Meadow or the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in adjacent Central Park. The park's 843 acres of urban oasis provide a perfect romantic setting for a quintessential New York experience.

Experience Rockefeller Center's wide array of history, arts, architecture, and media possibilities. This vast complex features 14 Art Deco buildings, the seasonal Channel Gardens, the iconic Prometheus statue, and Radio City Music Hall.