140+ New York City Captions For Instagram – Puns, Quotes & Short Captions

From the bright lights of Times Square to the iconic Statue of Liberty, there’s no shortage of Instagram-worthy backdrops in New York City.

But as any seasoned Instagrammer knows, the right caption can take your photo from good to great.

So here are some of the best New York Instagram captions to make your followers green with envy.

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Best New York City Instagram Captions

These captions work for any place you’re visiting in New York including Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.

Funny New York Captions & New York Puns

1. And she lived apple-y ever after in New York

2. I’m a fan-hattan of Manhattan!

3. New York City is a tourist trap I don’t mind being in

4. New York, New Me

5. I left my heart in Manhattan but I think it’s in a yellow cab now

6. I’m just a little apple in the Big Apple

7. Times Square’s so bright, I need to wear shades

8. Brooklyn, let’s take a looklyn at what you’ve got to offer

9. Stop Yankee-ng me!

10. I’m on top of the world, or at least on top of the Empire State Building

11. After sightseeing all day, I’m Central Park-ing myself down for the rest of the night

12. Finally made it to the Statue of Liberty. It’s a-boat time!

13. Let’s take a staten and admire the view

14. I’m brooklin’ for love in all the right places

15. The views from the Empire State Building couldn’t be any NYCer

16. Central Park always perks me up

17. I’m Times Squarin’ up for a good time!

18. A bad day in New York City is still better than a good day anywhere else

19. The view from up here is high-ly recommended

20. New York is the apple of my eye

21. I’m staten that Staten Island is severely underrated

22. Someone tell Gossip Girl I’m here right now

23. First Time-rs Square

24. In winter, New York makes a great frost impression

25. New York City is so apple-ling

26. You know what they say about New York City – if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Unless you’re trying to find parking

27. I was going to tell a joke about the Empire State Building, but it’s too tall

28. …and that’s the Liber-tea

29. Winter in NYC is snow joke

30. A trip to NYC can be very taxi-ng on your wallet

31. I saw a squirrel eating a hot dog in Central Park. It was the most New York thing I’ve ever seen

32. Queens is fit for a Queen

Heading over to Central Park? Check out these awesome Central Park Instagram captions & quotes.

Short New York Captions

33. Welcome to the concrete jungle

34. Taking a bite out of the Big Apple

35. Sleepless nights and city lights

36. Enjoying every New York minute

37. The city that never sleeps

38. Wanderlust and city dust

39. Meet me in New York

40. New York state of mind

41. Late nights, bright lights

42. Take me to New York

43. New York. City of dreams

44. You cannot stop New York City

45. Meanwhile, in New York…

46. These lights will inspire you

47. Go where you feel most alive

48. Walking through a concrete jungle

49. Making a stop at Central Perk

Whilst you’re in Brooklyn, make sure you use these amazing Brooklyn & Brooklyn Bridge Instagram captions.

Cute New York Captions For Instagram

50. If a man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere

51. I’m not just in any square, I’m in Times Square!

52. From the top of the Empire State Building to the heart of Central Park, I could never get tired of this city

53. Once upon a time in New York

54. I fell in love. His name is New York

55. New York, you stole my heart and I don’t want it back

56. New York is not a city – it’s a world

57. New York stole my heart and I’m not even mad about it

58. New York, you’re like a box of chocolates – every bite is a surprise and a delight

59. Happiness is…. holding tickets that say New York!

60. Lost in the magic of the city that never sleeps

61. I’m a New Yorker at heart and nothing can ever change that

62. Fairytale of New York

63. The lights, the action, the crowds – it’s all part of the Times Square experience

64. I never thought I’d feel at home in a city this big, but New York City has a way of making you feel like you belong

65. Follow your heart, even if it takes you all the way to New York

66. I don’t always leave my heart in a city, but when I do, it’s New York

67. London is a mystery, NYC is an explanation

68. I left my heart in New York City

69. Dear New York, I will never get over you

70. New York City is so expensive, even the rats have to take out loans to live there

71. New York is always a good idea!

72. I’m having an affair with New York

73. Either you love New York or you are wrong

74. Fell in love with the bright lights and big dreams of New York City

75. I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps

76. Thank you New York for making me feel so alive

77. Those bright lights are my sunshine

Try out these awesome Statue of Liberty Instagram captions including puns, quotes and short captions.

Inspirational & Beautiful New York Captions

78. Somewhere between living and dreaming, there’s New York

79. Anything is possible. This is New York

80. New York City is where your wildest dreams come true

81. A concrete version of paradise

82. Every corner of this city holds a new adventure and I’m here for it

83. I want to live as many lives as there are in New York City

84. If you follow your heart just right, it will get you to New York City

85. There’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this

86. Never knew I could feel so small and so alive all at once until I visited New York City

87. People never forget two things: their first love and their first day in New York City

88. You can leave New York, but it will never leave you

89. Let the city set you free

90. New York is made up of millions of different people and they all come here looking for something

91. New York, you’re a crazy, beautiful, chaotic mess and I can’t get enough of you

92. There’s something about this city that just makes my heart race and my soul sing

93. These streets will make you feel brand new

94. New York is calling and I must go

95. New York is the city that other cities can only dream of being

96. I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are

97. I’m just a small-town girl with big city dreams

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New York City Quotes For Instagram Caption

98. “The wanderer in Manhattan must go forth with a certain innocence, because New York is best seen with innocent eyes.” – Pete Hamill

99. “Skyscraper National Park” – Kurt Vonnegut

100. “New York City is a symphony of chaos and beauty, where every street corner holds a new surprise and every day brings a new adventure.” – Traveller’s Elixir

101. “New York!’ he said. ‘That’s not a place, it’s a dream.” – Ralph Ellison

102. “Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough.” – John Steinbeck

103. “The energy of New York City is like a tidal wave, sweeping you up in its power and carrying you along on a journey you’ll never forget.” – Traveller’s Elixir

104. “New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

105. “I get out of the taxi and it’s probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards: New York.” – Milos Forman

106. “There’s a magic in the air in New York City, a feeling that anything is possible and everything is within reach.” – Traveller’s Elixir

107. “I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone’s away.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

108. “In New York City, the skyline is a work of art, and every building tells a story of the city’s past, present, and future.” – Traveller’s Elixir

109. “I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world’s greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.” – Nora Ephron

110. “New York City is a city of dreams, where the impossible becomes possible and the unimaginable becomes reality.” – Traveller’s Elixir

111. “I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, ‘There’s no place like New York. It’s the most exciting city in the world now. That’s the way it is. That’s it.” – Robert De Niro

112. “Anything is possible. This is New York.” – Carrie Bradshaw

113. “It’s pretty cliched, but Times Square is just incredible. You really feel like you’re in the capital of the world.” – Timothy F. Cahill

114. “The heartbeat of New York City is a rhythm all its own, a pulse that never fades and a song that never ends.” – Traveller’s Elixir

115. “People go to LA to ‘find themselves,’ they come to New York to become someone new.” – Lindsey Kelk

116. “New York City’s the place where they said, ‘Hey, babe, Take a walk on the wild side’” – Lou Reed

117. “In New York City, the city that never sleeps, every moment is a chance to make a memory that will last a lifetime.” – Traveller’s Elixir

118. “If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.” – Peter Shaffer

119. “Times Square can’t shine as bright as you.” – Plain White T’s

120. “My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they’re misunderstood. I don’t think people realize how kind New York people are.” – Bill Murray

121. “I don’t like cities. But I like New York. Other places make me feel like a dork.” – Madonna

122. “There is something in New York air that makes sleep useless.” – Simone Beauvoir

123. “New York City is a city of contrasts, where the bright lights of Broadway shine just as bright as the quiet beauty of Central Park.” – Traveller’s Elixir

124. “Welcome to New York. It’s been waiting for you.” – Taylor Swift

125. “I’m in a New York state of mind.” – Billy Joel

126. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai

127. “In New York City, the possibilities are as endless as the skyscrapers that rise into the clouds.” – Traveller’s Elixir

128. “Pull up the shades so I can see New York. I don’t want to go home in the dark.” – O. Henry

129. “I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York’s skyline.” – Ayn Rand

130. “New York City is a city of reinvention, where you can be whoever you want to be and do whatever you want to do.” – Traveller’s Elixir

131. “New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you’re going to the center of the world, the lion’s den.” – Zubin Mehta

132. “This is the city of dreamers and time and again it’s the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.” – Michael Bloomberg

133. “The beauty of New York City is that it’s always changing, always evolving, always surprising you with something new.” – Traveller’s Elixir

134. “When I’m in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I’m in a movie.” – Ryan Adams

135. “The skyscrapers of New York City are not just steel and glass, but dreams made tangible.” – Traveller’s Elixir

136.  “Give me the streets of Manhattan!” – Walt Whitman

137. “Make your mark in New York and you are a made man.” – Mark Twain

138. “New York City is a place where even the smallest moments can feel like grand adventures.” – Traveller’s Elixir

139. “When I was younger, I had wanted to be at the very center of all the action in New York, but I slowly came to realize that there is no one center. The center is everywhere – wherever people are living out their lives. It’s a city with a million centers.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

140. “So many lights you’d think we were living in a constellation.” – Jodi Lynn Anderson

141. “In New York City, every street corner is a new opportunity to fall in love with the city all over again.” – Traveller’s Elixir

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I hope these New York Instagram captions have inspired you to capture the magic of the city that never sleeps in your next Instagram post.

Remember, the right caption can make all the difference in making your photo stand out and capturing the essence of New York City.