NYC - off the beaten track???

Question

what's there to do in NYC thats off the beaten track, that's something thats different and make a trip memorable?

Answer 1

There are a bunch of tours that aren't the usual "sit in a bus" stuff like balloon or helicopter tours, movie tours like the Sopranos and other backstage stuff. There's also concerts at Central Park, Union Square Farmers Market, Hell's Ktchen flea markets, street fairs and other less popular museums like the native american, anne frank, sony or puerto rican, etc.. There's links to most on the NYC Tourist Center website ( http://www.nyctouristcenter.com ). Have fun!

Answer 2

#1 - the comedy cellar -
Only a $10 cover charge but book in advance. Anyone from Ray Romano to Chris Rock could show up. Celebs frequent the place

#2 - Don't do the Empire, do Top Of The Rock. Far better view.

#3 - Tandem Skydive
30 mins outside the city Long Island

#4 - Roosevelt Fields mall
As good a shopping as anywhere in the City

#5 - Jekyl & Hyde restaurant 56th st 6th ave
Weirdest place I've ever ate

Answer 3

The often overlooked cemeteries. NYC has some of the most amazingly huge cemeteries you will see anywhere. These cemeteries contain some incredible examples of funerary art. I don't where you're from but if you've never seen row's of 5-8' tall angels carved in granite you owe it to yourself to check them out.
NYC was also the birthplace and home to many famous people who are now buried within it's borders. Go to www.findagrave.com
Two people whose graves are really easy to find are Robert Fulton and Alexander Hamilton who are buried right next to each other in the churchyard of Trinity Church which is located at Broadway and Wall St.
Their graves face Rector St which is about 50' south of Wall.
Since the America we live in is what Hamilton had envisioned paying him respects may not be such a bad idea.
Back to Broadway :
If you look straight south over the bronze bull's butt, you will see a large classical building .It's the old US Customs House inside it to the left and right are two of the most amazing floating spiral staircases I have ever seen.
Lastly there is the biggest Gothic Catherdral in the world : St John the Divine
located on 112th st and amsterdam ave

Answer 4

Don't take the guided tours!!!!
1st. The Circle Line Cruise = you will see everything around the Island of manhattan you need 2.
2nd Times Square = at night so you can appreciate all the lights.You can walk around there.
3rd Harlem 125th st. = Great shopping & culture, plus thats where the real New Yorkers are.... :)
4th Go to the Maury Show they give free tickets every Monday.Wednsday.Thursday&Friday.

Answer 5

I am not a New Yorker, but Soundwalk audio tours are interesting for "off the beaten track" highlights, such as a stop at John Gotti's nightclub on the Little Italy tour, or an opium den and sweatshop in Chinatown.

Answer 6

Go to Webster hall or the Copa, that's an experience itself. from there if you get blessed then you get some directions to some underground clubs in Brooklyn, Manhattan underground get shut down to fast, and the Bronx is to hot every time an outsider visits the sub culture. Brooklyn is Brooklyn morning, noon or night and especially the over-night.
Bachelors - the strip clubs in queens are jumping point for the night. you get hot there you get blessed to a Jamaica or Corona underground strip club then if you got the cash the Rockaway or Astoria morning club.

Answer 7

nicely i grew to become into there in March, it grew to become into actual the coldest I even have ever felt in my life besides the shown fact that it grew to become into nevertheless a good week. my concepts are: one million. walk with the aid of substantial Park, its wonderful and vast. 2. the bronx zoo, get the subway, its not some distance 3. helicopter journey over long island 4. pass to a broadway teach, they are truly stable 5. perfect of the Empire State development, what a view!! pass up at night and with the aid of the day in case you may. have a stable holiday!!!

Answer 8

Go to The Cloisters, on the northenmost part of Manhattan.

Have lunch or dinner at Katz's Deli on Houston St. Best pastrami anywhere!

Answer 9

upper east side : excellent elegant clean area.
shopping..madison fifth park avenues...
museums
central park.
west side: central park, lincoln center..a more arty flair than the upper east.
midtown manhattan: the most congested during the week..
and a bit touristy.
lower east side..a bit grungy..has been gentrified...
greenwich village..charm of its own..winding little streets ..more of a small town feel.
ldowntown manhattan..wall street..battery park...empty on weekends...and a sad feeling since 9/11 .
the best thing to do in manhattan..is choose one of the above..take a bus..cab or walk..( take a map )..and find little places on your own..
try www.google.com ( type in manhattan NYC) ....

Answer 10

i say that no trip to nyc isn't complete without visiting coney island. everyone knows about it, but how many tourists take the time to go see it? get one of nathans famous hotdogs, check out the beach. its nice and has so much history.