2006-08-12 04:48:27 · 11 answers · asked by Sean J 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Please don't eat anywhere that has a theme (i.e. Mars 2012 JekyllHyde, Forrest Gump) and don't eat anywhere that has a franchise in other towns (like Olive Garden, Pizzeria Uno Chicago Grill, TGIF). Absolutely no offense to those restaurants, which even I go to as to experience what the rest of the country is subjected to -- but YOU WILL BE IN NY!!! There is a different international cuisine on every corner! Don't be afraid. Read restaurant reviews and calm down. Watch the cooking shows on PBS and cable. Clean ethnic food will not make you sick, nor will you be served anything dangerous or weird, like cat, or garden snails. If New Yorkers eat there every day and you read nothing going wrong, then it's safe. I'd be more worried about mice droppings in the french fries at the ChuckECheese than eating delicious fresh cold (cooked) shrimp rolls at some Thai restaurant.
You must go to a Broadway Show or two, either buying in advance or going to the TKTS booth and flipping a coin. You will not go wrong; it takes millions to launch a play so none of them, no matter how obscure, could be too bad. Read up on what's going on Off-Broadway, too.
Check out concerts in small venues according to your musical tastes: jazz, classical, up-and-coming rock bands. Chances are you'll be surrounded by "natives", which is what you want.
Are you bored with Times Square, the Empire State building, Rockefeller Center and Statue of Liberty (all must-sees)?
Overwhelmed by the magnificent art in all the museums (Met, MoMA, Frick, Guggenheim, etc)?
Done with some of the other great museums (Police, Tenement, Natural History, NY Historical Society, Ellis Island, Photography, Moving Image, Television and Radio, Cloisters, Native American-- I could go on-and-on).
Walked through the Village starting at Union Square (rest-up in the park before starting), down Broadway to Bleecker Street then west till you can't go any further?
Done SOHO from Prince and Spring Streets east of Broadway, west to West Broadway?
Walked the Upper East Side -- Fifth, Madison and Park Avenues from, say, 60th street to 90th-- and seen how the really rich live?
Enjoyed the laid-back Upper West Side and understand why neither neighborhood resident would live in the other's?
Shopped at J&R Music-Computer-Electronics World near Ground Zero?
Then you're ready for the other boroughs!
I don't just mean going the awesome Bronx Zoo and Bronx Botanical Garden, or simply walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and sitting on the Brooklyn Promenade looking at the NYC skyline; there're other places...
Brownstone Brooklyn: from DUMBO under the bridges to Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene/Clinton Hill to Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, Botanic Garden (there is an indoor exhibit, depending on when you go), Brooklyn Museum, Park Slope (especially 7th Avenue from 14th Street to Flatbush Ave). You could walk this in a day but you'll be exhausted by the time you hit Park Slope. I recommend taking buses from Brooklyn Heights over to Ft Greene and walk the rest, up Vanderbilt to the Park. Walking shoes time!
Then there's Coney Island, albeit only Nathans will be open.
Caribbean neighborhood along Flatbush Avenue (take the 41 bus or train to Parkside), where you can get genuine roti, oxtails, tropical fruit and shop for bargains.
Brooklyn's Chinatown on 8th Avenue, where souvenirs are cheaper (but probably just as fragile as Manhattan C-town) and the restaurants treat you less anonymously.
Bay Ridge still has some Italian/Greek flavor, but catch it before it goes the way of the heavy Scandanavian influence that used to be there decades ago (5th avenue and 86th street; 3rd avenue between 65th and 101st streets). This is a residential neighborhood and can feel territorial, so know where you're going.
Brighton Beach's Russian strip?
On to Queens: Jackson Diner in Jackson Heights has the best freshest Indian food. It's truly a melting pot around there.
Back to Manhattan: Columbia University campus, up Broadway, east to Harlem across 125 Street. Don't be afraid! Do as you'd do in the rest of the city: act like you know where you going by memorizing your map and do not meet eyes of crazy people looking for confrontations. More good food, bargains and souvenirs.
Koreatown karaoke bars (Manhattan 32nd street)
Continue your research on other websites (try timeout.com, zagat.com, the Village Voice paper) and you'll have a great ol' time!
2006-08-15 11:01:38 · answer #1 · answered by ERNIE 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ride on the Staten Island Ferry. Go shopping at Century 21, which is across the street from the World Trade Center, go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Go to the Empire State Building or the Chrysler Building. Walk around Times Square and see a show. Eat in Chinatown.
2006-08-12 05:19:00 · answer #2 · answered by kadel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time square is a must. When you go to time square it is never dark! The neon signs are always iluminating the city! You should also go to broadway and see wicked! I love that show!!!! Another great thing to see is the empire state building! You can ride the elevator to the top and see a birds eye iew of the city! Take a trip on the circle line ferry and be sure to see the Statue of Liberty! For fun, go to the Wax museum. Madam tusseuds? ENJOY YOUR TRIP!
2006-08-12 05:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by hannahlc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Central Park
Metropolitan Museam of Art
5th Avenue
Times Square
Empire State Building
Village
So Ho
Little Italy and China Town
Wall Street area
Statan Island Ferry or trip to Statue of Liberty
and bring good shoes and walkm walk walk
2006-08-12 07:49:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get to the Carnegie Deli for lunch , 7th Ave., rated #1 Deli in NYC and I agree with that. Order 1 sandwich and 1 cheesecake...it feeds two people. Nothing quite compares to a REAL NY deli!
Walk a block to Central Park and sit on a bench and watch people bringing their dogs to the park for 45 minutes.
Walk along the wall to 5th Ave and look at the horses, the vendors and the artists at work...all friendly.
Sound boring? It's about people, animals, nature, talent and beauty. Not boring at all. There's much more but I like things that interest , relax me, and don't offend my senses... Enjoy!
2006-08-17 05:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In New York City....the Television Museum.
2006-08-12 05:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by Mark J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously, Niagra falls, try the canadian side if you have an up to date passport. Also, if you know were it is and are interested in that sort of stuff, you could look at the Duke of York's old house. I think that there are also some battle sights from the revolutionary war that would be good to see. hope i helped.
2006-08-12 05:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by i ♥ sarcasm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the subway in to Lexington ave (I think and its the green line) and get off at the BROOKLYN BRIDGE go check that out, walk across to BROOKLYN HEIGHTS a litle ways and go get a coffee and check out this used bookstore further down the street from the wachovia (go right then straight then -r direction toward manhatten) Take the subway from there. If there is a black fella selling socks w/ USA on them buy a bundle (they are awsome and cheap!) Go check out China town on Canal and the Museum off fifth and 45 I think.
2006-08-17 09:34:51 · answer #8 · answered by Kris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hermon,Dekalb
2006-08-17 07:22:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definatley the USA side of the Niagara falls....and 6 years ago i would have told ya the twin towers.....but....someone kinda ruined that one :((
2006-08-12 04:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by Firesoul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋