Here are 14 ways to spend a day in NYC and beyond. These self-guided tours offer something for everyone, be it exploring historic hot spots in Hastings-on-Hudson, a dessert crawl and graffiti tours of Brooklyn, bike rides through Montauk and Jersey City, or a hunt for a taste of Greece in Astoria.
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