Heading to Manhatten for a few days and asking for some input on things that are a MUST. I will only be ther 3 days....can i get suggestions on thing that we MUST do.

Oh yes...the monthly "I'm going to NYC" thread and need to know what to do.

Thanks Society...classy as always....

Ground Zero


Central Park
Madison Square Garden
Art & History Museums
Letterman
Daily Show
Rockefeller Center
Roosevelt Island

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^^^Went to Ground Zero in High School (January 0f 2002, so a few months after). It was the most depressing thing I have ever seen. Dust was still floating in the sun and the smell was awful. It wasnt even close to the place it is now. We couldnt get all that close, and stuff was still being roped off etc. But the sight and then putting it in my imagination was awful. I want to go back and see it now that its cleaned up. Ive been to NYC 4 times since then, but been to busy on the trips to make it over.

...I've been to NYC quite a bit but had some of my kids with me. We did the Central Park Zoo (pretty good), Ground Zero is also a must see. I'd do the Statue of Liberty/ Ellis Island tour if you have time, but if I were you I'd make a point of going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/

It's not just paintings, there is sooooo much to see there and will take up a good part of the day.

Resturants: Breakfast's are usually the most reasonable meal of the day and after that it's what your wallet will bear.

You have to at least SEE Time Square...amazing! The street vendors are hilarious. China Town is a must as well.

Chelsea Pier, Central Park, McSorleys Bar...see a Broadway show...catch the free ferry to see the Statue of Liberty...Times Square is kinda lame to me unless you like window-shopping and are amazed by a mass of humanity and flickering lights. Check out the Empire State Building too if the line isn't too long.

4cards;492093 wrote:...I've been to NYC quite a bit but had some of my kids with me. We did the Central Park Zoo (pretty good), Ground Zero is also a must see. I'd do the Statue of Liberty/ Ellis Island tour if you have time, but if I were you I'd make a point of going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/

It's not just paintings, there is sooooo much to see there and will take up a good part of the day.

Resturants: Breakfast's are usually the most reasonable meal of the day and after that it's what your wallet will bear.

100% agree about the Met. Keep in mind that their admission prices are SUGGESTED. Yup if you want to pay a $1 (or less) to get in you can. So it's one of the best museums at a great price.

thanks guys

1_beast;492425 wrote:thanks guys

welcome

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always a gentleman

take the subway to the first stop in Brooklyn
go to Gramaldi's pizza on Fulton Ave (under the brooklyn bridge)
After you pizza go down to the pier and get some brooklyn Ice Cream (voted best in NYC)
after your ice cream, walk accross the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhatten to work it off.
This is something we do every time in NYC
it is my fav.

Also to to Stawberry Fields in Central Park.
John Lennon memorial there

Irish Famine Memorial one block north of Ground Zero.

^^^ not to be confused with :

walk through times square at night. It is breathtaking.

Here are some BRF tips for Wayne Co. hicks like you and me old pal. First off, when I got to NYC, one thing I wanted was a New York style hot dog from a street vendor. I figured they all sold them. Wrong! It was your Friday night concession stand boiled weiner. So, don't go for that. Next, Times Square is cool for us hicks. Anybody who tells you it isn't, lives in the city. Number One must see is Ground Zero. Take it all in, brother, and remember. I know you will. Instead of trying to visit all of the places in a short time, take one of those bus tours. Then you can say that you saw most everything. The subways seemed pretty safe and a good way to get around. Cabs aren't as expensive as you might think. Finally, in addition to wishing you well and representin' Wayne Co., you have been very nice to Society, who deserves everything that you and I could think of.

I just went to Katz' Deli for the first time yesterday. IT WAS AWESOME.

Been there a few times, most recently this July. On any given night you can waste an hour in Times Square just checking things out. Then think of what it would be like on New Year's Eve where there are ten times as many people. If you want to eat at someplace like Hard Rock, put your name in, take an hour to walk around, then you might be close to getting a seat. The Macy's, close to the Empire State building, is 8 stories, 2 buildings, and more clothing than I have ever seen in my life. There must be 5 floors of women's clothes.

We've done ok with the subways, but be careful of anyone trying to start fights, like the guy in our subway that was trying to kill another passenger for "touching him", which I doubt he even did. So while they are cheap, just be careful. Wife much rather prefers the cabs, and they are not really too bad pricewise and there are a million of them. Of other transportation notes, we sat "entering" the Lincoln Tunnel for over an hour. No accident, just 8 lanes combining to 2. Wonder why there is a backup????? And that wasn't on a Friday or Monday.

Ask the people who check you in what their two favorite restaurants are within walking distance. It may not be anywhere that you have heard of, and it may be the best food for the best price around there. Naturally you can look at a menu before you go in.

Some of the places that we had been to before, like ESPN Zone and Virgin Records are now gone. As far as the NYers I had encountered, 90% of them will, I don't know if ignore you if the correct word, but they will leave you alone. They know you are a tourist, but since that is how a large percentage of them make money, they are ok with you. But if you ask most of them for help finding something or advice, they will go out of their way to accommodate you, although if you are walking and they are walking, keep up with them. We have asked the police many times where something was.

We have enjoyed many broadway shows, sometimes you can get tickets at the tkts place near Wall Street or Times Square, but we usually get them online and print them out. They aren't cheap, but it is a nice night out, and we usually stop somewhere on the way back to the hotel for a sandwich, pizza, or dessert afterwards. If you do a bus tour, and they are over $50 a person I think, try for one that you can get off and say spend an hour or two in Chinatown/Little Italy and then pick up another bus later on. Good Luck.

Not one person mentioned Peter Lugers in Brooklyn. That place is the beginning and end of this thread.