Need to know a few good places to visit on my birthday. I'm there for a week in September and am over 21. Recommendations please!
2006-07-16 04:46:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
ILOVE NYC!
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. :)
2006-07-16 10:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by missy_sweet_cheeks 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Firstly ignore some of the answers. Coney Island is in Brooklyn and is really not worth a trip if you are only there for a week. Also it is the Frick collection and yes that is worth a visit.
I would recommend Ellis Island, it is where it all began, Empire State for the view, The Cloisters, Guggenheim, The Met, The Tennament Museum, Brooklyn Heights, Central Park, the Bronx Zoo, A Yankee Game, FAO Schwarz, walk as much as you can and get a good guide book.
2006-07-16 17:12:49 · answer #2 · answered by bronx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, lived in, been too.
You are there for a week, so I would suggest the usual stuff you shouldn't miss like Times Square of course, the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, Ellis Island, see a Broadway Show or two, go to Chinatown, go to Little Italy, Gawk at the people in Greenwich Village....which by the way has lots of great little bars. Well, there's great bars all over the city of course, but Greenwich Village has some of the coolest IMO.
Oh yeah, and of course go see the Empire State Building, I just heard that they have it opened 2 extra hours a night now from Thursday-Saturday, so it now closed at 2 a.m.
Get a daily subway pass, cabs are expensive, and not always easy to get during rush hours (obviously) and Wednesday is matinee days for Broadway shows.
The Met is definitely a not miss, and the Planetarium rocks!
If you are a Yankee fan, schedule a tour of Yankee stadium. If you are Mets fan, well, then I'm sorry for you! ;-)
The Bronx Zoo is very nice too.
There is so much!!!! NYC is awesome.
Enjoy and have a GREAT birthday!
2006-07-16 11:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by Left Footed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
United Nations - but check the schedule at the un.org. The visitors center is sometimes closed.
Empire State building - always a rush
Statue of Liberty, aim for the first ferry... this is a long trip.
Ellis Island - aim to spend all day, and take the first ferry
Museums... did I say Museums? Do the google search.
Times Square, Broadway, Fifth Avenue.. do some shopping
Central Park
2006-07-16 11:52:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yankee Stadium.
Traditionally people go to: the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Wall Street, Times Square, Coney Island(it's in New Jersey, but the Nathan's hot dogs are AWESOME), and go to a Broadway show.
There's also recent stuff like Ground Zero, the Seinfeld Restaurant, Madison Square Garden, Bloomingdales, and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
2006-07-16 11:51:04 · answer #5 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ground Zero. Climb from under the skirt to the crown of Statue of Liberty. Check out the traders inside New York Stock Exchange. Have dimsum in New York Chinatown.
2006-07-16 11:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by RunSueRun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends really what you're into. It's a fantastic city, tho' quite expensive.
All the usual - Empire State, Times Square, etc. Don't miss a boat trip round Manhattan Island. It's brilliant. Ant the Museum of Modern Art is unmissable if you're into art at all
Have a great time
2006-07-16 12:08:09 · answer #7 · answered by Patchouli Pammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enjoy a stroll in Central Park, have a lunch-brunch at a cafe nearby (Sarabeth, for example), go to a Broadway or off-Broadway show at night (I strongly recommend Slava Snow-Show at the Union Theater). Go to a night club (if you're in your 20s and 30s) or jazz club (if you're in your 30s and older) after the show.
If you lke arts - go to a small art museum like Frisk collection or Whitney museum (all of them are not far away from Central Park, on Madison Avenue or nearby it)
2006-07-16 12:15:38 · answer #8 · answered by hec 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you could check out the Statue of Liberty or go to the top of the empire state building or go to Yankee Stadium.Then they have the Apple store or the Nintendo world store.Also check out Central Park zoo!Go to the Guggenheim or Metropolitan museum.And check out what's playing on Broadway!
2006-07-16 12:27:17 · answer #9 · answered by Spencer B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh, Statue of Liberty, of course! empire state building. sadly, you can't see the twin towers because of terroists. visit times square and central park. it's a busy place but it's a great way to meet people! there are several historical sites where you can visit. you can also visit the metropolitan museum.
2006-07-16 14:52:03 · answer #10 · answered by krazych1nky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋