What are the best places to visit in New York for ages 13-16(museums? or any other cool places)?

I still hav'nt come up with my trip to New York plans for my 13th b-day that pasted.The last time I asked a simular question but most of the stuff was for younger children. Any family Restaurants?

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1. The wax museum in manhattan, every one loves it!
2. The Museum of Modern Art especially if you liked the movie Night at the Museum, if you want to see a show go for Blue Man Group.Happy Birthday and good luck.
3. Jazzy, would this list be helpful. Landmarks -Empire State Building -Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island -Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck -Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the"Crossroads of the World") -Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area -United Nations -Central Park -Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too) -Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the country) -A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor) -Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus -Bronx Zoo/New York Botonical Garden -Yankee Stadium (both the old and the new) -City Island -Riverdale -Governor's Island Museums -Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 86 to East 103 Streets) -Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Platerium) -MoMa -New Museum of Contemporary Art -Madame Tussaud Wax Museum -New York City Fire Museum -New York City Police Museum -The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum -The Bronx Museum of the Arts -Brooklyn Museum -Milk Gallery -American Craft Museum -Museum of American Folk Art -Museum of the Moving Image -The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) -The Municipal Art Society Shopping -Macy's (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square) -Bloomingdale's (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets) -The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don't max out you credit cards) -FAO Schwarz -Toys "R" Us in Times Square -Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street) -Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can't get on Fifth Avenue) -NBA Store (for the basketball fan - 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street) -The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue) -The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street - Columbus Circle) -Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth) -M&M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue) -Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping) -H&M -Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street) -forever 21 -Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave) -Abercrombie & Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets) -American Eagle Outfiters (4 locations in Manhattan) -Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan) -Manhattan Mall -Queens Center Mall -Queens Place Mall -Roosevelt Field Mall (on Long Island) -Fulton Street Mall -Kings Plaza Mall -Woodbury Common Premium Outlets -Garden State Plaza -The Westchester Mall -Palisades Center Mall -Westfield Sunrise Mall -Green Acres Mall -Jersey Gardens Restaurants -Second Avenue Deli -Carnegie Deli -Stage Deli -Junior's Cheescake (home to their World Famous Cheesecake) -Mickey Mantle's Restaurant among others I hope this information is very helpful. Good luck Native New Yorker
4. I love the Museum of Natural History. If you don't get to NYC often this is a must see. Not a place to take 10 13 year olds to party, as I remember, but for you and your family this may be a day to remember. Enjoy EDIT: The "well known" restaurants can be a bummer - the "name" deli's are overpriced and, at least when I lived in NYC, of marginal quality. I like to find a local pizza restaurant and have a pie. The price is lower than going to the Stage Deli, by a whole bunch, and you get a better meal. Try to avoid the chains. The independent pizza places are the best in the world.
5. Theres the wax museum ripleys believe it or not theres comedy shows theres A TON OF RESTURANTS in manhatten i recommend dinosaur bar b que if your with your family its really homey. theres so much you can do its crazy. [ i live in nyc ] theres also alot of free things just research on google.