Top 100 Outdoor and Publicly Accessible Places to Photograph in New York City

1. The High Line
2. The Oculus
3. The Vessel
4. The Brooklyn Bridge
5. Central Park
6. Times Square
7. The Empire State Building
8. The Statue of Liberty
9. The One World Trade Center
10. The New York Public Library
11. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
12. The American Museum of Natural History
13. The Guggenheim Museum
14. The Whitney Museum of American Art
15. The Frick Collection
16. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
17. The Brooklyn Museum
18. The New York Botanical Garden
19. The New York City Hall
20. The Green-Wood Cemetery
21. The Morris-Jumel Mansion
22. The Hamilton Grange National Memorial
23. The African Burial Ground National Monument
24. The World Trade Center Memorial Plaza
25. The Charging Bull
26. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum
27. The Trinity Church
28. The St. Patrick's Cathedral
29. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
30. The Central Synagogue
31. The Riverside Church
32. The Harlem Meer
33. The Jackie Robinson Park
34. The Marcus Garvey Park
35. The Morningside Park
36. The Highbridge Park
37. The Fort Tryon Park
38. The Battery Park
39. The East River Park
40. The Hudson River Park
41. The Washington Square Park
42. The Union Square Park
43. The Tompkins Square Park
44. The Madison Square Park
45. The Bryant Park
46. The Columbus Circle
47. The Grand Army Plaza
48. The Washington Arch
49. The Roosevelt Island Tramway
50. The Little Red Lighthouse
51. The Cleopatra's Needle
52. The Alice in Wonderland Statue
53. The Central Park Zoo
54. The Central Park Boathouse
55. The Central Park Carousel
56. The Central Park Conservatory Garden
57. The Central Park Sheep Meadow
58. The Central Park Bethesda Terrace
59. The Central Park Bow Bridge
60. The Central Park Cherry Hill
61. The Central Park Gapstow Bridge
62. The Central Park The Pond
63. The Central Park The Lake
64. The Central Park The Reservoir
65. The Central Park The Great Lawn
66. The Central Park The Ramble
67. The Central Park The North Woods
68. The Central Park The Shakespeare Garden
69. The Central Park The Conservatory Water
70. The Central Park The Conservatory Garden
71. The Central Park The Swedish Cottage
72. The Central Park The Delacorte Theater
73. The Central Park The Central Park Wildlife Center
74. The Brooklyn Bridge Park
75. The Coney Island Boardwalk 77. 
76. The Queens Botanical Garden
77. The Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
78. The Unisphere
79. The Rockaway Beach
80. The Brooklyn Museum
81. The Brooklyn Heights Promenade
82. The New York Hall of Science
83. The Queens Museum
84. The Bronx Zoo
85. The New York Botanical Garden
86. The Brooklyn Children's Museum
87. The Queens County Farm Museum
88. The Bronx Museum of the Arts
89. The Brooklyn Navy Yard
90. The Brooklyn Bridge Park DUMBO
91. The Brooklyn Museum First Saturdays
92. The Green-Wood Cemetery
93. The Brooklyn American Indian Center
94. The Brooklyn Museum
95. The Brooklyn Bridge Park
96. The Brooklyn Children's Museum
97. The Brooklyn Historical Society
98. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
99. The Brooklyn Public Library
100. ​The Dakota
     

*as a fun experiment, I used ChatAI to compile this list.  Please let me know if there are any spots that you'd like to see added or removed!   There may be a few dupes!