What do you do when you go to New York?

Question

Tis going there for first time so what do you do?
Any interesting shopping or sites, please no statue of Liberty or ballpark...but someplace nice.

Answer 1

You need a starting point. Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village is as good as any. From the park head south to Bleecker Street, or north to 8th Street, or east to St. Marks Place, or west to Jane Street. Or you could stay put in the park and enjoy the musicians, painters and filmmakers working on their art.

Answer 2

Go to Radio City Music Hall Rockefeller Plaza is awsome.
The department stores are great

Answer 3

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Answer 4

New York City is a playground for shoppers. Consumers can find anything for every style and budget in the hundreds of stores throughout the city. It has branches of almost all of the big chain stores, and for every chain store there is a local boutique nearby. NYC is home to some of America’s finest and oldest department stores including Barneys New York, Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Takashimaya, and Macy's. Macy's houses 10 floors of merchandise, and it is quite possibly the most famous department store in NYC thanks to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

New York City also offers many choices for discount shoppers. Stores like Gabay’s Outlet, Find Outlet, Loehmann’s, LoftWorks, Syms, DSW, and Century 21 sell designer brands at a discount every day. Furthermore, shoppers can find great deals at sample sales (of designers) around the city.

New York City sales tax is 8.375%, but it is not added to clothing and footwear items under $110.

New York's most interesting shopping areas:

Uptown

Madison Avenue: The “smartest” shops are located on Madison Avenue, where most top designers have flagship stores. Madison Avenue from 57th to 79th streets has surpassed Fifth Avenue as the most expensive shopping street in the city. The real estate alone is some of the most expensive in the world. This strip of shopping is home to the most luxurious designer boutiques and department stores including Barney’s New York. The more affordable part of Madison Avenue houses stores like the Crate & Barrel and the Ann Taylor flagships.

Upper West Side: The Upper West Side's busiest shopping street is Columbus Avenue from 66th Street to about 86th Street. A few boutiques also dot Amsterdam Avenue. Small shops are attract shoppers who are looking for a neighborhood feel rather than “big city” feel. Shops here include New York Look, Intermix, and Barney’s Coop.

Midtown

Herald Square & The Garment District: Herald Square (where 34th Street, Sixth Avenue, and Broadway converge) is dominated by Macy's. At Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street is the Manhattan Mall, home to mall standards like LensCrafters and Radio Shack. The Garment District is where shoppers can find sample sales.

Times Square & The Theater District: There is not much to entice the seriously fashionable shopper here. But tourists will surely be found shopping in Richard Branson's Virgin Megastore, and the giant Toys "R" Us flagship. Fifth Avenue & 57th Street: Manhattan’s affluent and label conscious shoppers are drawn to Fifth Avenue. The shopping area that stretches along Fifth Avenue has recently been overrun by mainstream retailers such as Banana Republic, Niketown, and the NBA. But shoppers will still find a number of big-name, big-ticket designers, including Versace, Chanel, Dior, and Cartier, as well as high end department stores like Bergdorf Goodman, Henri Bendel, and Saks Fifth Avenue. These retailers help Fifth Avenue maintain its classy image.

Columbus Circle: The new multi-level mall, “The Shops at Columbus Circle” (located in the Time Warner Center) offers many upscale shopping choices including Hugo Boss, Armani, Coach, Cole Hahn and Bose. The mall is two city blocks long and four stories high and has great views of the southwest corner of Central Park. It houses a giant Whole Foods Supermarket in the lower level and Tavern on the Green restaurant on the top floor.

Downtown

Lower Manhattan & The Financial District: Fulton Street (the South Seaports main cobbled drag) carries the familiar names like Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor, and the Sunglass Hut. Pier 17 is a waterfront barge that has been transformed into a shopping mall. But other than Century 21 (right across the street from the World Trade Center site), there is not much that shoppers can't find elsewhere in Manhattan.

Chinatown: Sidewalk vendors selling hundreds of knock-off products line the streets of Chinatown. Shoppers can find cheap sunglasses and watches, discount leather goods, and exotic souvenirs, but they should be warned not to expect quality.

The Lower East Side: This area offers low prices on leather bags, shoes, luggage, linens, and fabrics on the bolt. Shoppers are encouraged to shop during the week, rather than the weekends. Many stores are Jewish-owned, so they close Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. The artists and other trendsetters have been migrating to this neighborhood, and the shops that specialize in up-to-the-minute fashions and edgy party clothes for 20-somethings have followed.

Soho: Some people argue that SoHo has become overpopulated and commercialized, however others shoppers argue that it is still one of the best shopping neighborhoods in the city. With elegant cast-iron architecture, cobblestone streets, and a European vibe, SoHo has a unique look and feel. Small boutiques like Jussara, and Catherine are on the same streets as major designers’ boutiques like D&G, Tocca, Missoni, Diesel, and Louis Vuitton. Broadway is the most commercial strip of SoHo, and houses recognizable names like Pottery Barn, Sephora, Banana Republic, Prada, A/X Armani Exchange, H&M, and Bloomingdale’s. Shoppers can also find one of a kind boutiques and many, many shoe stores.

Nolita: Small boutiques have recently appeared all over Mulberry, Mott and Elizabeth Streets. The narrow streets of Nolita specialize in fashion-forward clothing that are often expensive. Indomix carries South African designs, and Sol sell Brazilian bikinis and flip flops.

Greenwich Village: Greenwich Village is a popular gift shopping area because of the abundance of crafts shops, bookstores, and record stores. But on 8th Street near New York University shoppers can find affordable and trendy fashions. Bleeker Street is home to boutiques such as Intermix, Olive & Bette, Ralph Lauren, Lulu Guinness, and Marc Jacobs

Chelsea/Meat-Packing District: Almost overnight, Chelsea and the Meat Packing District have been transformed into to a “hot and trendy” district. It unofficially stretches from 14th to 29th streets and the West Side Highway and Seventh Avenue. Big-name designers as Stella McCartney, Christian Louboutin, and Alexander McQueen have recently popped up in the Meat-Packing District.

Union Square: The hottest shopping, eating, hanging-out neighborhood in the New York City may be Union Square. The south side of the square houses Whole Foods, Filene's Basement, DSW, and a Virgin Megastore. On the north side of the park, Barnes & Noble resides in a beautifully restored 1880 cast-iron building. The real attraction to Union Square is the Greenmarket, the biggest farmer's market in the city held four days a week.

The World Trade Center was an important tourist destination before the September 11, 2001 attacks, which devastated the city and its tourist industry. The city was nearly devoid of tourists for months, and it took two years for the numbers to fully rebound with fewer international, but more domestic visitors. Now the World Trade Center site has itself become an important place for visitors to see.