For the cost of a subway ride you can take the Roosevelt Island Tram. It opened in 1976, has two bright red gondolas, and is the only mass transit tram in North America. It goes high up in the air, it shows you beautiful NYC vistas. It's on 59th and 2nd Avenue.
If your child is over 44 inches tall--you must pay for them. They'll put your card through for you--which is really convenient if your hands are full.
It was around the time that I took the photo above that a huge gust of wind hit the tram and the entire tram swayed like crazy for a second and my oldest hit his head on the door because it was packed and we were the last ones on. You could hear the thud through the whole car and he ended up okay, but with a head ache.
So, if you're on the tram make sure your children know that there may be gusts of wind that will sway the tram and they need to be ready to protect their heads with their hands.
When you get to Roosevelt Island you can take the $.25 Red Bus around Roosevelt Island. Roosevelt Island hosts neat events--like their recent Quidditch match. If you'd like to see what it actually looks like click here.
This is the famous candy store is right up the street from the tram so it makes sense that we'd stop there--but it was so full of people and the line to buy the stuff almost went out the door and my children were to the tired, hungry, grouchy stage--so we opted to look briefly and get something up the street, but my friends that have actually purchased something there say it is not exactly economical--but it is delicious--really delicious.
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