Whispering gallery-How to get there: On the subway (New York's equivalent to the London Underground), go to Grand Central/42nd St station, on the S/4/5/6/7 trains. If you're walking, you want the East 42nd St and Vanderbilt Avenue entrance to Grand Central. Once inside the station, ask anyone where the Oyster Bar is.
Cleopatra's needle-How to get there: Enter Central Park from the east side (5th Avenue) at the 84th St entrance - follow the path around, keeping the Metropolitan Museum on your left. The needle is level with the museum. If you're going by Metro, take a 1, 2, or 3 train to 86th St station, and walk three blocks west to the park.
While you're in the park - you should also take a look at the enchanting Alice In Wonderland statue that hides at the northern end of Conservatory Water. Alice sits cross-legged on a huge mushroom, with the March Hare on one side and the Mad Hatter on the other. To reach the statue from the obelisk, keep heading south through the park.

oh Sahara great find! I've been to Central Park and Grand Central so many times but never heard of these until now! awesome!

I've added iVillage to my RSS feeds (even if it's for women) These kind of gems are rare to find!

their is great symbolism behind the Needle obelisk, moved by the freemasons there. Cleopatra had 2 Needles, the other is in London. Before that they were in Rome, before that Egypt.

The path of the needles marks the march of Empires, the locations now indicating the Anglo-American Empire, located in the two financial capitals of the world, including the Empire State.

The kabbalistic secret societies are behind the powers that be.