What are the most important things to see in NY in 5 days?!?

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â™« serendippy522 â™«

It's been said already, but have to reiterate:

STATUE OF LIBERTY.

Period.
She is the most beautiful woman that you will ever see on the face of this earth.

To add:
*Imagine mosaic at Strawberry Fields in Central Park
*Sunset from the Top of the Rock or ESB
*Circle Line boat tour (evening cruise is HIGHLY recommended)
*Reuben from Katz's
*Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
*A shot of whiskey at the White Horse tavern where Dylan Thomas drank himself to death.
*Cheescake from Maxi's deli in Times Square (mmmm.....raspberry hazelnut chocolate)
*People watching at Rockefeller Plaza, City Hall Fountain, or any subway station

Since you have 5 days, which allows a lot of time to see quite a bit, I would recommend breaking up your days into neighborhoods (i.e. Downtown/LES/Chinatown/Little Italy one day, West Village/Chelsea/Tribeca/Meatpacking, Flatiron up to Midtown, Midtown/Central Park/Museums, UES/UWS/Harlem, etc)
If you plan your activities (or don't plan, which is how I did my last trip) by neighborhood, you wander upon the most specatular things that are remarkably un-touristy, full of history, interesting, tasty, or fun....and aren't in the travel guides!

Have fun!!!

freaky_one21

I have always wanted to go to NYC. from what i've read in travel books

--Walk across Brooklyn Bridge

--Empire State Building

--Chrysler Building

--Central Park

--Flairon District

--South Street Seaport

--Times Square (night)

--Anywhere with tall buildings and lots of things to do

â˜® â™¥ :)

empire state building
statue of liberty
5th Avenue
Central Park

futurefiyero823

see WICKED the musical!

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RDG78

The USS Intrepid Air and Space Museum. Look for the large gray ship onthe west side of Manhattan Island, between 40th and 42nd Streets (or is it 42nd and 44th?) with a bunch of aircraft on the top deck.

Someone else already suggested the Circle Line tour and the Statue of Liberty.

Coney Island.

The Ground Zero site.

Tiff.any.

center park, times square.... well the wax museum is pretty cool.
just going around Manhattan. maybe see a show on broadway
new york is pretty awesome ;]

marcus h

statue is not great.....i mean if ya like that stuff do it up but i would go to a yanks game GO yankees!! and time square at night wow!

Native New Yorker

May I recommend the following.

Landmarks

-Empire State Building
-Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
-Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck
-Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the"Crossroads of the World")
-Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area
-United Nations
-Central Park
-Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too)
-Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the country)
-A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor)
-Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus

Museums

-Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 86 to East 103 Streets)
-Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Platerium)
-MoMa
-New Museum of Contemporary Art
-Madame Tussaud Wax Museum
-Milk Gallery
-American Craft Museum
-Museum of American Folk Art
-Museum of the Moving Image
-The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)
-The Municipal Art Society

Shopping

-Macy's (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square)
-Bloomingdale's (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets)
-The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don't max out you credit cards)
-FAO Schwarz
-Toys "R" Us in Times Square
-Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street)
-Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can't get on Fifth Avenue)
-NBA Store (for the basketball fan - 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street)
-The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue)
-The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street - Columbus Circle)
-Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth)
-M&M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue)
-Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping)
-H&M
-Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street)
-forever 21
-Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave)
-Abercrombie & Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets)
-American Eagle Outfiters (4 locations in Manhattan)
-Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan)
-Manhattan Mall
-Queens Center Mall
-Queens Place Mall
-Roosevelt Field Mall (on Long Island)
-Fulton Street Mall
-Kings Plaza Mall
-Woodbury Common Premium Outlets
-Garden State Plaza
-The Westchester Mall
-Palisades Center Mall
-Westfield Sunrise Mall
-Green Acres Mall
-Jersey Gardens

Restaurants

-Second Avenue Deli
-Carnegie Deli
-Stage Deli
-Junior's Cheescake (home to their World Famous Cheesecake)
among others

I hope this list is very helpful.

Good luck
Native New Yorker

Quinn

you have to see at least one of the Museums, central park, times square, and the empire state building.

A New Man

Statue Of Liberty

bodhihoang

Statue of liberty, but I guess if your in newyork anywhere you'll probably see it...

pinkangel16912

statue of liberty
bronx zoo

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