Traveling to New York City?

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danuitti

Do everything.

Start your trip to the Statue of Liberty very early... the lines are long.
Spend a separate day at Ellis Island, start early again
Empire State building.
USS Intrepid museum
The United Nations tour.
Musuems, Art Galleries
Check the theater scedule and try to book ahead.
Save money and use the busses and subway. But be STREET SMART.

jaike

Walk, walk , walk! New York is structured for walking. However, you may not want to walk west of Broadway, east of Lexington Avenue, north of central park, or around battery park after sundown. ;) Get a map with all the "must sees". Also take the tour bus...those big red ones.

If you wanna see a Broadway show, go down to Times Square to the TKTS booths. They only take cash. Matinee performances are always cheaper.

EDIT: go to the Metropolitan Museum on 5th Avenue. Gotta get your Impressionism fix! ;)

Munkyluva

well there is a great book called the everything family guide to new york city, even if its not a family. i have the hawaii one, and its really helpful.

missy_sweet_cheeks

Here are some ideas of what you can do. First, get a good tour map. Then I recommend you take the BIG APPLE double decker tour bus for an overview of the city. There are several different neighborhoods so I'll highlight these and what to see:
Upper East Side: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim, Whitney Museum. Walk up and down Madison Avenue for awesome shops and boutiques 96th - 57th st. Walk Park Avenue for architecture all the way to Grand Central Terminal and see the treasures located within. Walk along 5th Avenue to see/go in and out of Central Park - go for a run, go to the Central Park Zoo, go to the Carousel, go for a gondola ride at the boat house.
UPPER WEST SIDE:
Museum of Natural History -a must! on Central Park West,
Walk along Columbus Avenue. Visit the West side of Central Park and pay respects to John Lennon's Strawberry Fields.
MIDTOWN:
Shopping - 57th St (Chanel and the gang), Fifth Avenue - must see Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks and FAO Schwartz - many other fun stores.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Museum of Modern Art
Sony Bldg
Rockefeller Center
Go west to awesome new Time Warner center and visit the new Mandarin Hotel bar/restaurant for awesome view and treats!
Oh, Bloomingdale's is on 59th St and Lexington.
Empire State Bldg.
The Intrepid Aircraft Museum is fascinating and on the West side...worth the visit even if you have no kids.

CHELSEA:
Walk around the blooming area sprouting awesome restaurants and shops. Chelsea Pier is fun.

WALL ST:
Pay respects to the 9/11 victims and heroes at the WTC site., Walk Wall St., visit the Chase Hdqtrs, Federal Reserve. Seaport area is great to see.

THE VILLAGE:
Funky shops in the West Village. Walk through the NYU Washington Square Park. The East Village has some shops from new artists and designers

SOHO:
Great galleries and shops on n off West Broadway. Walk thru to Little Italy for awesome meals and desserts...walk through Chinatown. CANAL STREET has stall after stall of Designer "copies"...bring cash and bargain and watch your purse!

These should put an awesome smile on your face. Bring your camera and takes lots of photos to remember your trip. You'll have a blast! OH...BUY this weekly magazine: TIMEOUT NEW YORK on any newstand to see what's going on each week/day. :)

jengirl9

When I lived there, one of my favorite places was South Street Sea Port. You can sit in wooden lounge chairs on the "deck" of this mall. It goes out into the water like a cruise ship in a way. Get there a little before dusk so you can see the view in the daylight and also at night. You can watch the boats go by and the view of the Brooklyn Bridge is incredible.

One Love

Manhattan for sure!!
time square
central park
empire state building
ground zero
statue of liberty ( u can take a ferry that takes u around statue of liberty to Ellis island.
Broadway
Visit China Town
go on the subways (fun lol..)
go to Bronx catch a Yankee game or something.

these are some things that i did on my last trip to NYC... i love it over there so many cultures and fun things to do!! I love the busyness.

vegabond79

I recently went there .... go to the Statue of Liberty.... its summer time, so the cool breeze will feel nice, the Battery park is like a mini-mini Central park....dont forget ur sun-glasses, it can get very bright...out in the open

Check out Times Square ofcourse....

Expert

http://www.nyhotelroom.com/, good destination guide

Stacy R

you have to go to times square, shopping on 5th ave, and the statue of liberty

Jaylyn

Check out the Waldorf-Astoria (gorgeous hotel), Statue of Liberty, FAO Schwarz (huge expensive as heck toy store), Times Square, Empire State Building, China Town, Central Park, Ground Zero, David Letterman Show (even just to look), Today Show (go in the a.m.), Yankees Game, Horse and Buggy Ride, NY Subway Ride, NY Taxi Ride (gotta try 'em once) ...HAVE FUN!

shine on me...

Go to Central Park

sincityq

Why would anyone purposely go to New York City?

Winter135

I live in NY so you have to elaborate and i'll edit my message . what kind of music do you like ? What are you into besides seeing all the monuments.

summerdaze

Horse buggy ride through central park, radio Music hall, go down Village, shop on fifth ave,take a tour bus,

NYman

Take one of the bus tours to get an overview of the city. Then you can pick and choose things you want to go back and explore.

Really, you have to do thins.

Two valuable resources below. One web the other print.

Amanda

It really depends upon what you'd like to get out of a trip to NYC. There are plenty of off the wall museums, there are concerts and broadway/off broadway everynight. There's the things everyone sees Times Square, Empire State Building, Ground Zero, Statue of Liberty/ Ellis Island, Central Park, South Street Seaport.
NYC has so much to see. You really need to go through the site seeing websites and decide what you think is important. My first trip I went to NBC to see the Today show. Now that I'm here, I go to the friday morning concerts when ever someone I like is performing.
You can go to TKTS in Times Square or Couth Street Seaport to get cheap(er) Broadway tickets. If you like baseball the Mets and Yanks are here and only a subway ride away.

nyclight

Can you elaborate what it is that you are looking for in NYC? I live in Manhattan and have never been a tourist here. Are you interested in typical tourist spots, something cultural, shopping, or hot clubs/bars/restuarants where celebs frequent? There are soo many places to go that it's difficult to answer your question without knowing more about your interest, lol..

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