Can someone give me a list of places to go things to do on a week long trip to NYC?

Question

I'd research it myself, but I'm too lazy. Will be going in the late Spring or early summer.

Answer 1

-If you like art, make sure to hit up the museums, there's a TON of them.
-And lots of galleries, don't forget the galleries. But there's no need to plan them, you'll see them all along the way as you are traveling through various districts, like SOHO.
-Go to the various districts, SOHO mentioned above, Tribeca (there's also the Tribeca film festival in the Spring), Chinatown, Ellis Island (Lady Liberty's there), Greenwich Village (don't forget Battery Park when there).
-I would say the World Trade Center, b/c there is not any other experience than being in the top of that building looking down & out. But alas, at least try to make it out to Ground Zero to pay respects to those lost; I know it will move you.
-See a play or a musical; go to the TKTS island on Broadway for discount tics if you didn't buy any in advance. There's a play/musical to suit ANYone's taste.
-You'll see Times Square when you visit to go to a musical; but if not, go there too. Visit the 2-story McDonald's there just for kicks.
-Go to Central Park: stop & pick up a bagged/boxed lunch, go to the park to eat it. After lunch in the park, visit the surrounding area (go to a museum, tour the streets that border- there's a lot of famous celebs that live around there, & you can see the building that Lennon used to live in).

Don't forget to go to some of the tourist websites, maybe nyctourist.com, or something like that. I also like citysearch.com, b/c they have reviews from real ppl who have their tips & thoughts on places.

Answer 2

When I went to NYC, I first went to the top of the Empire State Building. The last place I went to before leaving NYC was also the ESB (then I knew what I was looking at).

The Metropolitan Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, MOMA, the Henry Clay Frick Museum/Mansion, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Cloisters, Coney Island, many of the buddings provide tours, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Times Square; the old churches; Wall Street (which you have to experience at noon); Lincoln Center;take in a play, etc.

You can always tell the tourists in NYC--they walk around looking up (everything is so tall).

There is so much to see and do that a week will barely scratch the surface.