New York Attractions!?

Question

A friend and I are going to visit New York for a day the tour bus that is taking us is dropping us off at Macys we are wondering if anyone can give us any advice on places to visit and what some of the attractions are around Macys. It would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

If you are planning to do any shopping, you have some great stores right when you get off the bus. Macy's is on 34th Street and Sixth Avenue
http://www1.macys.com/index.ognc?CM_REF=http%3A//www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26q%3Dmacy%2527s%26btnG%3DGoogle+Search
Daffy's is on 33rd Street
http://www.daffys.com/main.cfm
H&M on 34th and Seventh
http://www.hm.com/us/
The Empire State Building is a few blocks from Macy's, but you'll be on line for hours and waste half your day there. If that is something that you really want to see, save that for when you are here for a few days.
You probably want to see Times Square - you either can take the Sixth Avenue bus uptown to 42nd Street or any subway one stop to Times Square/42nd Street. If the weather is nice, walk uptown eight blocks. If you go to Madame Tussaud's be sure to take a camera with you, so you can take pictures with the "celebrities"
http://www.ny.com/museums/madame.tussaud.nyc.html
There's a very good Sephora's in Times Square - if you don't have one where you live, it's fun to try all the makeup and perfume.
You can walk up Fifth Avenue and window shop - you'll pass by Rockefeller Center, St Patrick's Cathedral, Tiffany, Cartier. If you get up to 59th Street, you'll see Central Park. Go into the TimeWarner Building. Great shops and boutiques. Samsung has a lot of interactive exhibits - you can use their cell phones, computers, digital cameras, etc. Get a drink or snacks at Whole Foods downstairs.
Definitely get some good New York pizza.

I love the East Village - blocks and blocks of extremely cheap ethnic restaurants and unusual little shops.

If you're going go Chinatown, do your souvenir shopping there - the best prices on little stocking stuffer kinds of things - also very good prices on pocket books, scarves and costume jewelry.

Have a great time - you can't do everything in one day - so make sure to come back.

Answer 2

Long Island is the best of all worlds. It's close to "the city" (what the locals call Manhattan) yet it maintains it's surburban atmosphere with greenery galore. There are farms (both produce and animal), beaches, public pools, parks, camp sites, arboretums, museums, planetariums, aquariums, nightclubs, golf courses, miniature golf, amusement parks, roller rinks, ice skating rinks, and indoor sports complexes with rock wall climbing, laser tag adventures, 3D motion movies and bowling alleys. Plus there are restaurants of all types of cuisine and price range, ferry trips, private boat rentals if you want to go fishing or site seeing for whales, or horse rentals if you want to take some riding lessons. Some of these are free at all times or on certain days, others only cost the price of parking (you pay one small fee for the day, not an hourly rate like in Manhattan) and many have free parking, as well. You can even see an actual castle! As for the weather, Long Island gets it all - from bright, sunny days in the summer, to fun, snowy days in the winter.


The Finger Lakes in NY are a beautiful, quiet respite from the rat race. If you are into excitement and night life, this is not the place for you! There is little traffic and the scenery around the lake is breathtaking and peaceful. If you are a wine afficionado, there are several wine trails to choose from (Seneca is the largest and, some would argue, the best; Keuka and Cayuga are also great). There are many local restaurants to choose from. The Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty, an organization of local producers, stores and restaurants committed to locally produced food, is a good place to search. Make sure to bring your walking shoes and your iron calves because everything is an uphill climb. But once you are up in those hills the view is magnificent. Make sure to bring your camera!

1. Central Park
2. Top of the rock
3. Statue of Liberty
4. Museum of Art
5. Empire state building
6. Times Square
7. Rockerfeller Centre
8. Ellis Island
9. Grand Central Terminal
10. China Town
11. Staten Island
12. Air and Sea Museum
13. Radio City
14. Battery Park


and sooooooooo many more, question is always will you have enough time to do it all.

Have fun

Answer 3

Macy's is at Herald Square. The Empire State Building is the closest attraction (350 5th Avenue, one block away). Then, stroll west on 34th Street to Broadway and up Broadway to Times Square (Broadway & 7th Avenue); it's not far. Next, head east to Rockefeller Center (5th Avenue & 48th Street). You can take a tour of the NBC Studios. In all, you won't have travelled very far from your bus stop and won't get lost or stuck in traffic.

Answer 4

If you plan to go up the Empire State Building you'd better get in line around dawn.

If you take the actual Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty ferry tour, you pay but if you take the Staten Island ferry you go free.

The people I went with insisted on finding vendors of "fake stuff." The people on Canal Street have low quality stuff that couldn't ever pass for real. They have the latest DVDs but they are unwatchable. Poor quality. Some of these people are real shady too.

Don't forget ground zero.

Answer 5

Well Times Square, a Taxi was 5.00 anywhere in the city, ride the ferry out to Statue of Liberty, go up in the Empire State Building, go to a play. Anywhere around Times Square.

Answer 6

NYC is only 13 miles from end to end and 22 square so that gives you an idea. But there are tons around Macy's

You can go to
Rockerfeller Center
The Empire State Building
Bryant Park
MSG
MANY STORES!!!!

SHEESH!! There is so much!! It stinks that you only have a day because it is impossible to do a lot.

Answer 7

Without knowing how long you will be here makes it tough, also What do you like, New York has it.
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