Once you have an address, go online and get an ID NYC card. It's a city ID and it gives you lots of great perks like free one year memberships at museums, zoo's and a bunch of other great stuff. Check out a partial list below:

The following cultural institutions will provide free membership benefits to all eligible IDNYC cardholders in 2022:

• American Museum of Natural History

-Apollo Theater

-BRIC

-Bronx Museum of the Arts

-BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)

-Brooklyn Children's Museum

-Carnegie Hall

-Central Park Zoo (enrollment is only available at the Bronx Zoo)

-China Institute

-The Drawing Center

-Film Forum

-Flushing Town Hall

-The Juilliard School

-King Manor

-Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

-Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

-Metropolitan Museum of Art

-MoMA PS1

-Metropolitan Opera

-Museum at Eldridge Street

-Museum of Jewish Heritage

-Museum of Modern Art

-Museum of the City of New York

-National Sawdust

-New York Aquarium (enrollment is only available at the Bronx Zoo)

-New York City Ballet

-New York City Center

-Park Avenue Armory

-Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

-Prospect Park Zoo (enrollment is only available at the Bronx Zoo)

-Public Theater

-Queens Museum

-Queens Zoo (enrollment is only available at the Bronx Zoo)

-The Shed

-Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

-St. George Theatre

-Staten Island Children's Museum

-Staten Island Museum

-Studio Museum in Harlem

-Symphony Space

-Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo

There's also discounts on Blink Gym memberships, discount on prescriptions, it's nuts.

When I first moved to NYC, a cab driver told me about it and was really enthusiastic about me getting it. So now I'm paying it forward.

But beware, it doesn't work as ID to buy alcohol or get into a bar (although there are several banks and credit unions that accept them when opening an account).

Welcome to New York!