How is the weather going to be? I'm from sunny California so it's a total change...
2007-08-16 03:05:32 · 11 answers · asked by cali_gal716 4 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
First I'd like to welcome you to the best city in the world. Everyone has some space for NY in their heart.
In NYC, October can be fluctuate weatherly speaking. Generally the highs are in the upper 50s sometimes 60s and lows can be in the 40s so bring a denim jacket and jeans.
The foliage is beautiful in NYC.
Must Dos!
- Visit Central Park from any side. Enjoy wilderness in the middle of the concrete jungle.
- Go to Times Square and visit the biggest Toys R Us in the world! Or, you can go to MTV Studios, BB Kings Jazz Bar. Just go to Times Square and I'm sure the perfect adventure will find you!
- Visit Greenwich Village. Get a taste of Downtown NYC life (best at night with some buddies)! Go to a nice eatery or restaurant on one of the many windy streets in the Village. Then go to a hip club! There are clubs for literally everyone in Greenwich Village. Check out the cool characters and some of the sketchy shops.
- If you are interested in money, business, or the world market go to Wall Street which is also downtown.
- Take a bus tour starting at the Empire State Building!
-Visit Sylvia's Restaurant up in Harlem on w125th Street. Go with a group! Enjoy classic southern cuisine right in uptown NYC! Harlem is re-defining itself!
- Midtown Madness! Enjoy all of the buildings and cultural entities with your friends at your own pace.
-View the Top of the Roc! At Rockefeller Center. Then eat lunch at a local eatery and come back for an amazing tour at NBC Studios.
-Get Tixx to a Knicks Game at Madison Square Garden.
- Be a guest on some shows filmed in NYC (MadTv, Montel Show, Maury, Judge Judy, Racheal Ray, Tonight Show, Jay Leno, Colbert Report, Daily Show, TRL, and many many many other Entertainment venues
-If you are into a spiritual rememberance you can go to the World Trade Center site.
- If you are into biking, rent a bike and go biking down the trail near the Cloisters Museum in Riverside Park.
- Go to the Museum of Natural History AND the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From both places you can enter central park. Also, walk down residential streets as I'm sure you'll see a celebrity on the ritzy streets of the Upper East/West sides of Manhattan.
- Visit Maddam Tussaud's Wax Museum
- Take a ferry tour to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
- Make up your own itinerary. New York is a little diff for everyone. so you should take some days to do what you want!
Good Luck and Enjoy it!
2007-08-16 05:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by jro660 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live 30 miles from NYC and know the weather is unpredictable in early October so go to weather.com several days before you leave to get an idea of what clothes to bring with you. Note: I know they're not 100% accurate, check anyway just to see if it will be sunny, raining, cold or unseasonably warm.
I recommend taking the Gray Line bus tour. It will let you see most of Manhattan and you can get off and on the bus all day since it stops at the more popular sites. You can always go back to one of the places the tour took you on your own time if you want to spend more time there. The tour guides are well-informed and will point out things you'll never find on your own. And they're funny! The tour guides I had were like standup comedians. I went by myself last year and I had a lot of fun. Click below to see if this interests you. Have fun!
2007-08-16 03:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by WilmaF 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
October can be cool (40s or 50s) or quite warm (70s)- it's changeable. Bring layers of clothing.
Some must dos:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Guggenheim Museum
Chinatown
Bronx Zoo
Boat cruise around Manhattan (Circle Line)
Top of the Rock or Top of the Empire State Building
Tour Rockefeller Center
Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty
Shopping and Art Galleries in Soho
Greenwich Village
Central Park
A Broadway or Off-Broadway Show
People Watching (Everywhere!)
2007-08-16 03:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm excited for you, I know NYC is fun. First go to:
Grand Central Terminal ( get tour guide info and take pictures its beautiful)
Bryant Park (many celebrity events, best to go in the evening, you can take pictures of the Empire State Building when its lit from there)
Take a dinner cruise around the island, its relaxing and beautiful.
Go to Chinatown (you'll love buying earings bags accessories sneakers.)
Soho (Shop for trendy clothing, check out Crate & Barrel that has cool furniture. Trust me you'll love it, the adidas store, apple store and many many more.
Discount Name Brand Items can be bought at :
TJ Maxx
Century 21 - very popular
and Daffys (there are many but check out the one on Broadway in Chinatown)
Fifth Avenue (14st and 42st -58th street)
Times Square (best time to go is after 10pm, you get the full effect of the lights, check out Sephora if your a make up perfume and girly stuff type of girl, Virgin Record Store and try to see a Broadway show, Cheap tickets can be found ask at the tourist info window at Grand Central)
Go to Battery Park City by the water, it's cool
Be an audience member for one of many shows
Maury Show
Tyra Banks Show
Today on NBC in the morning
The View
Racheal Ray ?
Letterman (contrary to popular belief, shows are taped in the afternoon)
Check out Rockafeller Center - take pictures
Union Square - There are a lot of stores there and the NYU crowd.
Go to a club -there are clubs for everyone.
Cloisters
Some museums
Columbus Circle - mall
Manhatten Mall on 34th - Victoria Secret, Express, Steve and Barry
or Roosevelt Field Mall in Long Island - the 2nd largest mall in the united states
Bus tour around Manhatten- Leave from Empire State
building, visit the Top of the Rock at Rockafeller Center
Enjoy - Don't forget to visit tourist information window at Grand Central.
Btw it'll be cool so bring a light jacket jeans long sleeve shirts sweaters etc. but be prepared bc New York weather can sometimes be unpredictable.
2007-08-16 03:54:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
wear a sweater or a light jacket. It will be autumn in nyc and it tends to get chilly.
You will be coming to nyc around the time the leaves start to change colors, so go to the top of the rock at rockefeller center. I think you can see the leaves change colors on the trees in central park (really nice). the must do's in nyc, go have a ferris wheel ride in the toys r us store on 44th and broadway
2007-08-16 03:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by karma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Weather should be great. Cool at night though.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Walk through Central Park
Soho
Chinatown
A Broadway Show
The Brooklyn Bridge
Make sure you have a bagel and some pizza!!
Have fun.
2007-08-16 03:15:10 · answer #6 · answered by hooper5446 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go to Trump Tower and buy some Trump chocolate. Plus, the fountain waterfall is gorgeous in there!
Statue of Liberty
Site of the 9/11 attack
Times Square
2007-08-16 10:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NYC guide
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NYC map
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2007-08-16 03:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by cnn605 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eat at Cafe Espanol in the Village. Look up the address in a phone book.
Order the stuffed Lobster. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
2007-08-16 03:14:42 · answer #9 · answered by Towelie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bring a sweatshirt, antibacterial wipes, a pocketbook that goes OVER your body, your sense of common sense and most of all - sense of fun and adventure!!! God Bless!
2007-08-16 03:10:18 · answer #10 · answered by j b 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋