i,m in ny city for a week .. what shoul i see?

Question

i dont have a car , whats the best way to get around?

Answer 1

Quite coincidentally, I'll be going to NY for a week with my lovely wife as well next week!
You're not really missing much not having a car. In fact, driving a car in the Big Apple is just an extra hassle to deal with. As a result, I don't intend to drive in NY.
NY has one of the largest subway systems in the world; I would suggest you do as most New Yorkers have been doing everyday: take the subway. Take a taxi, if needed. & most importantly, wear a good pair of sneaker, you'll do a lot of walking in NY. Blend in. Be like one of the New Yorkers for a week. I bet you'll like it.
Since you're there, check out: the World Trade Center site; Radio City Music Hall; view NY from the top of the Empire St. Bldg.; Financial Dist.; Theater Dist. (catch a broadway show if you wish); Rocketfeller Ctr.; St. Patrick Cathedral; Statue of Liberty; NY Chinatown; Macy's Shopping Ctr.; Times Sqr.; Penn. Stn.; Madison Sqr. Garden; the United Nations Bldg.... and many more....
If you'd stop by any Tourists Info. desks located by any of the sites mentioned above, ask for a tourists info. booklet, you'll find even more interesting destinations to visit.
Have a good time in NY, Ong Jon !

Answer 2

Everyone has pretty much said it. You can buy an unlimited weekly metrocard and get around everywhere you need to (even the airport if you don't care about lugging you bag)

Here are my favorite must sees in NYC:

Times Square
Empire State Building
Central Park
Greenwich Village (walk through)
Chinatown (get your trinkets on Canal St. - should haggle over prices with street vendors)
Museum of Natural History
Coney Island and ride the Cyclone
Yankee Stadium or Shea (Let's Go Mets!, #1) and see a game
Ride the Screamer

Skip the Circle Line, it gets boring. You can ride the bus that goes down 5th Avenue and see more exciting things.

Nightlife you can find great places all night! The city that never sleeps!
Have a blast!

Answer 3

Go to Times Square, 42nd street and Broadway.... Definitely go on the Circle Line - boat that goes around the entire island of Manhattan. It goes right by the Statue of Liberty and there are amazing views of NYC skyline from the harbor. Also definitely go to the top of the Empire State Building. get there early, the lines are long on weekends. Canal street shopping is a good experience. Go downtown and check out Ground Zero -it's very moving, and while you're down there, go shopping at Century 21, it's a zoo most of the time, but designer discounts, huge store, amazing NY shopping experience. Have fun, and don't mind the locals, we rush things, but we're not that bad... just in a hurry.

Answer 4

You should see Times Square, Chinatown/Little Italy, Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Central Park, South Street Seaport, Wall Street, and Rockefeller Center.

Answer 5

definateley go to the top of the empire state building, better if you go at night, a clear night. The view is spectacular during the day, but at night it is truly amazing with all the lights--pick a clear night though.
http://www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm?CFID=17565541&CFTOKEN=13907234

central park
http://www.centralparknyc.org/


ellis island museum and the statue of liberty
http://www.ellisisland.com/
http://www.statueofliberty.org/

musuem of natural history and the metropolitan museum of art,both within walking sitance of each other on opposite sides of central park,so u can spend the morning in one and the afternoon in the other
http://www.amnh.org/
http://www.metmuseum.org/

the new york tenement museum, a quirky relatively unknown but fascinating tour museum on the lower east side. The guided tour really gives you a sense of what it was like to live in new york at the beginning of the 20th century .I'm from new york and i loved it when i took firends there..
http://www.tenement.org/

take a ride on the chelsea screamer, it is a high speed boat ride in the hudson river..prepare to get wet,,lol,, but lots of fun
http://www.chelseascreamer.com/boatride.htm

lombardis pizza, 32 spring street,in soho/little italy the best authentic italian pizza in new york, its sit down only, you have to order a whole pie not by the slice.. its right in the middle between soho and litlte italy so u can explore those great neighborhoods while youre there.
http://www.lombardispizza.com/pages/1/index.htm

the best way to get around is by subway and /or bus, if youre here a week, buy a weekly metrocard at any subway station. its 24 dollars per person, you can ride the subway and buses as much as you want for 7 days for that one price.

there are hundreds of places to see in new york ,but those are some of my favs,, youll have a great time

If youre gonig to buy a travel book to the city, let me recommend the eyewitness travel guide new york,,heres a link where u can buy it, but you can buy it probabally at most bookstores anywhere...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/075661533X/qid=1151286649/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-5426338-7118267?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Answer 6

Statue of Liberty definetly, Trade Center Memorial, Go to the Top of the Empire state building, stuff like that

Answer 7

A must see: The American Museum of Natural History. What an eye opener.

Answer 8

I was just there for the second time and loved it!

Must sees
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1. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
2. Ground Zero
3. Times Square
4. Central Park
5. Empire State Building

If you have time, walk through Greenwich Village. It was awesome!

If you have any other questions, email me.

Answer 9

Statue of Liberty is worth to be watch in NY.

Answer 10

Ground Zero. Throws life into perspective.