Three days in NYC?

Question

If you had only three days in New York City, what would you do? My mom and I already plan on seeing the World Trade Center site, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, a taping of the new Rachael Ray show, and a broadway play. What else do you recommend? Thanks!

Guess I should add that we are going in April, so hopefully weather won't be too cold then! =) Thanks for all the ideas so far!

Answer 1

Trade Center Site, Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island are all right there together. We walked from the site to the Fulton fish market area and took a water taxi tour. That had a recording of the area about the Trade Center site, Ellis Island, Brooklyn Bridge. It took about 40 minutes and was very good. It's where the movie Hitch was filmed when they were on the See-Doos.

Go to St. Patricks Cathedral, You'll be in Time Square for a show, Go to Rockefeller Center, Central Park, and the Met. We did all of these in 3 days plus more. You will be beat but it was so worth it!!! Have a Ball!!!

I forgot we walked from the Fulton fish market up into Little Italy and China Town...A must!!!!

Answer 2

If I had only three days to spend in New York, I wouldn't bother with Ellis Island or Liberty Island; they will eat up a lot of your time. Take a ferry ride (free) to Staten Island and you'll get a great view of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline. I also would not go near the Empire State Building (I've lived here all my life and have never been to the Observation Deck and have no plans to go. It's expensive and there are huge lines. The Observation Deck at the top of Rockefeller Center gives you a great view and much shorter lines). While you are at the World Trade Center site, visit St Paul's Chapel - they have a wonderful exhibit. http://www.saintpaulschapel.org/

If you are a huge, huge fan of either Seinfeld or Sex and The City, there are bus tours to take you to the real Soup Nazi (The Soup Man on 55th Street right off Eighth Avenue), the facade of Monk's Coffee Shop (Tom's Diner on Broadway and 112th Street). Oddly, the bus tour is run by the man who never could find his true calling, Kenny something or other; they based the Kramer character on him.

You should go to Chinatown - great restaurants and very cheap shopping.

If you are into museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. The Museum of Natural History is a great place.

Get a New York City tour book and see what you are interested in. The first time I went to Europe, I went to the Eiffel Tower because everyone said I just had to see it. I would have rather spent the time checking out the bakeries in Paris. Do what you are interested in - not what you think you must see. You couldn't cover this city in five years - don't attempt to do it in three days. You'll come back again (and again and again and again). This is a great place and you're going to have a great time!

Answer 3

Wander the Village and Soho - great little shops and restaurants there. Head to the Upper West side - perhaps take a horse and buggy ride through the park first - go to the Museum of Natural History. The TV and Radio Museum is alse a lot of fun. We go there all the time and it seems like there's always something different to do there. Go ice skating at Rockerfeller Ctr or in Central Park....boy, I guess I should stop or I'll be writing a book!

Answer 4

You should try to step away from the typical 'tourist' things (although those are important things!) and see the 'real' NYC...Canal street is a great idea, (lots of shopping for cheap and bizarre things near chinatown)...also, go to Greenwich Village! It is in the area surrounding Washington Square park. There are lots of shops and cafes and quaint narrow streets.

Also, what about the many AWESOME museums in NY? The Metropolitan on 86th and 5th ave, the Guggenheim on 88th and 5th - plus they border Central Park - the Museum of Modern art is around 54th street, just a few blocks from Columbus Circle (the southern entrance to Central Park) - certainly worth the trip! Bundle up and have fun...it's gotten cold here this week!

Answer 5

Empire State Building, Times Square, Canal Street, Central Park and St Patricks.

Answer 6

Hang out in Soho, the East Village and Greenwich Village. Tour the stock exchange on Wall Street (do this when you visit the world trade center - it is with in walking distance and it is free.) Check out south street sea port. Have one meal in China town and another in little italy. See the metropolitan museum of art.

Consider buying a time out new york issue. It comes out weekly and has a list of everything going on.

Answer 7

Hey I know it sounds scary from a visitor's perspective, but you should go to Brooklyn! While you are on the west side catching your show, hop on the 2/3 train and go to the Brooklyn Museum. It's a lovely laid back art museum with a bunch of different things to see. If you come before Feb 2nd there is the Ron Mueck exhibit that has all these UNBELEIVEABLE sculptures of humans showing raw human emotion. It's a great museum. While you are at it you can go to the brooklyn botanic garden!

Going to Brooklyn, Queens or the bronx is a great way to see how different the boroughs are from Manhattan.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

Answer 8

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Answer 9

there are some great ideas here. I'll add:

The Cloisters - a beautiful medieval art museum uptown (the same admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art gets you into Cloisters and vice versa).