2 days in NYC - suggestions pls?

Question

Family of 3 visiting NYC for the first time.Will stay for 2 days in a hotel close to times square.

Places of interest:

Times Square
Brooklyn Bridge
Statue of Liberty
Empire State Building
Ground Zero
Central Park
Grand Central Terminal
Staten Island Ferry

Pls suggest how do i plan to go to these places?cabs?buses? Being 1st time, i have no idea about buses and subways. How much will cab cost to these places?

Answer 1

Bro, stay away from anything past 96th st.
And unless you plan on visiting the other buroughs, which I doubt, just explore the city on a bike. A moped or a bike-bike. It's a great city. Lot's of places, you're not gonna be able to see that much if you take public transport, that's for us. lol

Answer 2

You can cover so much of this via subway and on foot.

The subway's $2 per person, and young children are free.

You can easily walk from Central Park to Times Square to the Empire State Building.

Grand Central's easily reached from Times Square via the Shuttle Train that goes both ways and takes about 5 minutes.

Ground Zero, The Brooklyn Bridge, The Staten Island Ferry and Statue of Liberty are also relatively centralized (aside from having to take a ferry TO the statue...)

Answer 3

Walking distance from each other - Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, South Street Seaport, Ground Zero. That's day one.

Walking distance from each other - Day two - Empire State Bldg., Grand Central, Times Square, and Central Park. Once you finished Central Park, you could either walk on the East Side and see the Metropolitan Museum of Art or on the West Side Lincoln Center.

Answer 4

There is a large toy store in times square...but that can be expensive. Cetral park can def. take a lot of your time up. Tons to do. Ground Zero is great to show your kids, history and all however it doesn't taket hat much time at all. Don't plan to spend a lot of time there. I went to the statue of liberty and got there around 1:00 and was't allowed to go in. I guess they only allow so many people in a day or something like that. So make sure you go there first thing in the morning. They are like double dutch buses around the city that can give you tours...but they were pricy. The cheapest is the subway, but when I was there certain subways were closed and we had to take alternate routes = being lost. REMEMBER to bring your camera!!!

Answer 5

What I always do is use the Genius feature on iTunes. It reccomends usually 100 songs that you could get. Because of this, I have a lot of great music that I would have never found out any other way. Just Pick a song and start playing it on Itunes, and then on the side, there is genius reccomendation tab.

Answer 6

A great place to start your planning would be nycvisit.com They have great neighborhood maps with points of interest, history, shopping information and more. Check out the evnts calendar for street festivals or special events during your visit.

If you are staying in Times Square area, it's easy to get around as streets run east and west, avenues run north and south. The only street that is not straight is BROADWAY!!!!
A good beginning may be a slice of Roxy's cheesecake - our favorite in NYC. It's huge as the 1lb sandwiches (plan to share!) and Roxy's is in Times Square. Check out the Naked Cowboy singing in the square as well. World largest Toy's R Us is here too (ferris wheel inside and amazing leggo display!). From Times Square, walk east to Sixth Avenue, then north to 50th. Best views of the city are at Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center. You can see Central Park to the north (not visible from Empire State) and the Statue of Liberty to the south. Great photo opp! You can also visit the TODAY show (if you arrive early) and the Nintendo store is here as well if you have kids! After Top of the Rock, continue east on 5oth to St Patricks Cathedral on Fifth Avenue (Saks is on the opposite corner). If it's after 4pm on Friday, follow Sixth north to 53rd and the Museum of Modern Art is free after 4pm on Fridays (Van Gogh's Starry Night!). Continue north on Sixth to Central Park.
The Empire State Building is located on 34th about 3 miles from Central Park (short cab ride and cabs are an adventure themselves - it;s usually crowded there and waits can be very long!). Macy's is just around the corner.
Another short cab ride away is Trinity Church (graves of John Audobon, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Clement Clark Moore ) at the head of Wall Street. Stroll down Wall Street to Federal Hall where a statue of Washington marks the spot where he was inaugurated as our first president. Walk to the south 1 block past the large American flag on the back of the Stock Exchange, then one block west to see the Statue of the Bull, signifying a good strong market. Walk south to Battery Park to the Statue of Liberty. Lines are very long and unless you arrive for the first saiing of the day - it's a looooonnngggg day. The Staten Island Ferry goes right by the Statue and provides great views! You can walk a couple of blocks north from here to Ground Zero and then walk to the east from there around the tip of the island to the Staten Island Ferry. SHort walk from here to South Street Seaport and the Brooklyn Bridge. Lots of street vendors at battery park and South Street selling everything from t-shirts to 'designer' handbags!
Expect cab rides as described to run less than $40. Throw in another $20 if you want to stop at Grand Central on your way back to Times Square.
Hope this helps! Enjoy the Big Apple!

Answer 7

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