New Yorkers think these emojis best represent NYC

Countless number of writers over the years have tried to capture the essence of New York City in words. That’s all fine and good, but in our newly dawning metaverse, we’ve got places to go and people to see. So as a new challenge, Time Out challenged our readers to try their best at capturing the spirit of New York via emojis. (Thankfully, no embarrassing inclusions of “laughing/crying” emojis made the cut.)

Check out some of the responses we’ve received so far below and you can weigh in the question yourself here. Need to do some field research first? Get out there and explore this weekend with our guide to the best things to do this weekend in NYC or the best Halloween events in NYC. Just remember: A picture’s worth a thousand words.

🙌🏻👠🍎🥯🍕☕️⚾️🏒🏀🏈🚕🏙🗽

— Danielle (@DaniJoNYC) October 28, 2021

😱
🤯

— Allison♓✨ (@AllieK02) October 28, 2021

😱🤪😳🤬

— Yolanda (@niteskye650) October 28, 2021

🐹

— Vladimir Reyes (@LVladimirReyes) October 28, 2021

🗽

— Detlef Müeller (@DetlefMeller1) October 28, 2021

😱

— The Wall Street Ghoul (@TheWallStBull) October 28, 2021

🙄

— Tyler (@tylerwes3) October 28, 2021

💵🔥😭 LOL

— testingcat12 (@testingcat12) October 28, 2021

Yep its not an emoji, its a gif. New Yorkers do what they want when they want pic.twitter.com/pATfrpDDH2

— Mei (@Meiaimay) October 29, 2021

🐀

— Clara Glez (@EstrellAnonima5) October 28, 2021

🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

— Tertemiz Sular ve Bereketli Yağmurlar gibi (@SuGibiAzizOlmak) October 28, 2021

🕺🏽

— mag00skur0 (@magooskuro) October 28, 2021

🌈

— Will Smith (@WillnNYC) October 28, 2021

😜🤨💩

— T_nyc14 (@t_nyc14) October 28, 2021

💩

— Official Dan M Lee (@danmleephoto) October 28, 2021