New York is known for its Christmas and Holiday decorations. Here are some of its most famous Christmas Trees and Holiday Decorations and maybe a few you haven’t seen.

While this isn’t a full and comprehensive list of all the trees, lights etc in the city we hope that you’ll find the time to visit some of them. We’re also hoping to visit more places and will do a “Part 2” to this blog entry soon.

The beautiful Rockefeller Christmas Tree as seen from the Channel Gardens. You can also find accessible restrooms and electrical outlets if your scooter needs a charge. Ask any of the uniformed staff for directions.

Nearby on 6th Avenue (Avenue of The Americas) you can see the lights and tree atop the world famous Radio City Music Hall. Along this Avenue are many other decorations including these giant red Christmas Ornaments

Visit the New York Public Library’s main building on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue to see their lovely old fashioned Christmas Tree in the Astor Court - note there’s a menorah too!

Click here New York Public Library for more information about the building, restrooms and what else to see there from our previous blog entry.

Behind the library is Bryant Park, an ice skating rink and the holiday market where you can browse and shop for gifts as well as warm up with some hot chocolate. Our previous blog post has information about restrooms and ramps Bryant Park

Further west and uptown are The Shops At Columbus Circle (8th Ave and 58th Street) has these beautiful stars that change color - accompanied by holiday music throughout the day. Nearby is the Columbus Circle Holiday Market open through December 24th and located in Central Park near the corner of Central Park West and W. 59th Street

If you plan to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art be sure to see their Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Creche. It’s a twenty-foot blue spruce with an eighteenth century Nativity scene and other figures on the platform below. The tree is decorated with angels dressed in silk robes. You can see it in the Medieval Sculpture Hall in front of a eighteenth century choir screen from the Spanish Cathedral of Valladolid.

For more information see our previous blog entry Met Museum

At the northern end of Central Park and W 110th Street there is a floating island of Christmas Trees in the park’s Harlem Meer. On nearby 5th Ave is the Museum Of The City Of New York which has a Gingerbread House display featuring buildings from the city’s five boroughs.

If you plan to visit Harlem - the holiday lights on 125th Street are very festive.

All the way downtown on the southern end of Manhattan is the holiday light display at Brookfield Place and lots of dining options.

In the nearby Oculus is a fun and festive display of snowmen, great for taking family photos or selfies. Pictured here is the big shiny reflective snowman, and at the other end of the space is a snow family group: father, mother and child. Surrounded by the stores of Westfield World Trade Center. You can also visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum while you are in the area.

If you plan to ride the Staten Island Ferry while you’re downtown - get off the ferry on the Staten Island side and visit the Empire Outlets located next door to the ferry terminal (take the elevator in the terminal to street level) to see their holiday light display.

On the other side of the Empire Outlets is the SIUH Stadium to see the Winter Lantern Festival “Journey To The East”. This is a ticketed venue: prices, dates and times can be found here Winter Lantern Festival