Interesting things to do in NYC?

Question

I have friends visiting in NYC and I want to do something a little different with them - not too expensive... Any ideas would be appreciated.

Answer 1

This depends on what they're interested in, what you're interested in and where they're coming from. For example, if you have guests coming from San Diego and you take them to the Bronx Zoo, they'll be bored to death (the San Diego Zoo is phenomenal. But most cities don't have zoos as good as the Bronx Zoo, so most visitors love it.)
You can take a ferry ride (free). You can go to the Sony Wonder Lab on Madison Avenue (free). Take them to an inexpensive Off Broadway or Off-Off Broadway show. Treat them to some french fried potatoes at Pommes Frites in the East Village - maybe they've never seen a place that sells nothing but the best fries. If you're downtown near Battery Park, sit on a bench near the river and watch the people (I love to watch the dogs play). Then, go to the Financial Center and go to Custard Beach and hope they are serving Creme Brulee ice cream that day. Best ice cream in the world. Introduce them to Winnie-the-Pooh. Seriously, the original Winnie-the-Pooh was a gift from the Milne family and is on display at the Donnell Library on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth (across the street from MOMA and around the corner from the Museum of Television and Radio - a great place to take visitors; you can spend an entire day there
http://www.ny.com/museums/MTR.html) You are only three blocks from Rockefeller Center, St Patrick's Cathedral and upscale Fifth Avenue shops. Eat something entirely new and different in the East Village. Buy them a real New York dinner at Grey's Papaya (two delicious hotdogs and a tropical juice for $3.00). Show them NYU, Washington Square Park and Greenwich Village. Go uptown to Columbia University. See Central Park. Go to the Time-Warner building and look at all the expensive stores where you can never afford to shop. There's a great place at Sanyo - all sorts of interactive exhibits - you can use their computers, cell phones, etc. You can also sit on a comfortable seat and watch a movie on a large screen tv. Then, you can take all that money that you've saved and shopping in Chinatown and buy cheap knockoff scarves and pocketbooks.

Answer 2

There is : Statue of Liberty, Bronx Zoo, Time Square, Broadway, Jamaca Ave. The Garden in Manhatten, If you want to see break dancing go to the Subways neer time square