The Mall in Central Park runs from 66th to 72nd street and leads into Bethesda Fountain. Part of the Mall is Literary Walk with statues commemorating writers like Shakespeare and Robert Burns.
The John Lennon Memorial, Imagine, lies near The Dakota, the apartment building where John and Yoko Ono lived and where Lennon was shot. The monument is almost always filled with flowers and other mementos to the singer.
The Met is actually two spectacular museums in different locations around Manhattan; the Met and the Cloisters in Upper Manhattan, one of New York City’s most underrated attractions.
Right outside the museum on Fifth Avenue is a lovely walk leading to Grand Army Plaza on 59th Street. The walk is usually lined with stalls of artists selling their works.