What fun things can we do around NY for a 1 week holiday?

Question

We (a couple) will be travelling to NY and NJ for about 1 week. Any suggestions of things that we can do or see? We do not like night clubbing, so it is out. We are willing to travel for 1 - 2 hours to get to the destination. Prefer day trip.

Answer 1

CHEAP STUFF:
+Go to the top of the Empire State Building
+Take the Statten Island Ferry
+Visit Ellis Island and/or The Statue of Liberty.
+Visit Times Square (maybe to see Good Morning America).
+Visit Radio City (maybe to see the Today Show)
+Visit the Cloisters Museum in Northern Manhattan.
+Window shop 5th Avenue
+Visit Central Park
+New York Library
+Chinatown
+St. Patrick's Cathedral

RELATIVELY CHEAP STUFF
+Discount Broadway Tickets at the TKTS booth on Times Square or South Street Market
+Metropolitan Museum of Art
+Museum of Modern Art
+Guggenheim Museum
+New York Musical Theater Festival, Sept 10-Oct. 1
+Off Broadway Shows
+Radio City Music Hall Show
+Museum of Television & Radio
+Central Park Zoo
+Buggy Ride around Central Park

Answer 2

In Manhattan -

St. Patricks Cathedral
Rockefeller Center Skating rink
Central Park
South Street Seaport
Greenwich Village
Little Italy
China Town
Soho
Long walks on Park and 5th Avenue's

outside of Manhattan -

Queens Botanical Gardens
Coney Island
The Cloisters
Bronx Zoo
NY Aquarium

On Long Island -

Jones Beach / Fire Island / Captree
The Hamptons
Freeport
Glen Cove/Oyster Bay
Port Jefferson
Orient Point

Answer 3

I love NYC! Here are some ideas of what you can do while in NYC. 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. :)

Answer 4

shop, museums, see a show. thats what most do

I would ride the staten island ferry, visit governor's island, see USS intrepid, walk in central park, MOMA, take a day trip to 6 Flags in NJ, Coney Island, and get tickets to Spamalot.

I could go on and on!

Answer 5

check out the toy museum where the guard dog chewed up all of elvis' teddy bears!

there used to be a great faberge egg collection in the, i want to say rockefeller) offices(is it still there?). there were some pretty cool old toys in there, too.

Answer 6

I really like this article about what to do in manhattan for out-of-towners:
http://www.fanpop.com/external/588

Answer 7

statue of liberty
42nd street
wax museum
ellis island
brooklyn botanical garden

Answer 8

SHOP