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As title, off to New York for 40th Birthday trip for 7 days. recommendations please for things to see and do having not been to US before.
I had about 5 hours in NYC, not enough to do much, and didn't want to waste time queuing up with other tourists. Up early, Subway to Brooklyn, breakfast, walked the Brooklyn bridge, wandered about aimlessly a bit. Metropoloitan Museum and Central Park were nice too. Hint - the Met is free, you don't have to pay the 'Suggested' donation for entry, it was part of the deal the museum got for getting the land for free, and not having to pay anything to the city.
Great time of the year to visit. My advice is to see as much as you can of the city, but don't sweat trying to get everywhere to the touristy things. My definitely must do odd ball thing is to walk the high line park (in Chelsea). Where possible plan to walk not get the subway and you'll see so much more life and interesting things that you can otherwise. Just soak it up, NYC is an amazing city.
These are recommendations from a client of mine who visits regularly, feel free to critique.
1. Get a week-long metro card if you’re staying a few days - $30 and you can go anywhere inc buses
2. Do go on the Brooklyn Bridge, but walk at dusk across the Manhattan bridge. No crowds, and you get the view of Brooklyn Bridge instead.
3. Don’t go up the Empire State, go up the Rockerfeller Tower and see views of the park AND the Empire State. Go just before dusk and watch all the lights come on.
4. Catch the L train to Bedford Ave in Williamsburg and mooch around those streets. Very hip and grungy! The blocks enclosed by N10th down to S3rd, Driggs to Kent, are very cool.
5. Walk from Williamsburg round to DUMBO area of Brooklyn (you’ll need a map, but interesting walk through Hasidic Jewish area). DUMBO area under Manhattan Bridge, and all on the front park area (Jane’s Carousel is a landmark) – Water St, Front St.
6. Brooklyn / Columbia Heights is lovely – Cranberry, Orange, Willow st with views over the river
7. Finally in Brooklyn, the Park Slope area is great. So Prospect Park itself is interesting and then the main streets are 7th and 5th avenues between Union Street and 13th ish street, with interesting classic brownstones all around.
8. Book http://arkrestaurants.com/robert/ for a fab (and not too pricey, esp if you’re not a boozer !) meal. Easy to book online. Right on Columbus Circle and an easy stroll back up to the hotel afterwards
9. In Brooklyn, good places to eat on Henry Street http://www.socialebk.com/
10. Round from the hotel: http://cravefishbar.com/ (there’s one on the east side of the park too, so make sure you book for the right side).
11. Gato restaurant also very nice http://gatonyc.com/
12. The High Line is amazing but very busy.
13. I like the areas called SoHo and Nolita – so from East Houston street to the north, down to Broome St in the south, between Elizabeth St and Sullivan Street, all very interesting. Brigadeiro Bakery at the top of Sullivan St for interesting cakes and tea. Little Cupcake Bakeshop for the best cupcakes on Prince/Mott.
14. Also great is the West Village / Greenwich Village – Bleeker St and areas between Perry St to Christopher Street and over to the Hudson River area (lots of green spaces to chill out).
recommendations please
Surely, it's up to you...IGMC
Empire State, American sports game, Statue of Liberty, MOMO, Central Park, shopping (although maybe not with this exchange rate!) and lots of good food. Walk round and soak up the atmosphere.
I was there this week for work and it was OK for a couple of days - about as much as I can stand of Manhattan.
Bindun aplenty. Try a Google search of the site, as the in house search blows goats. I have proof.
However, a couple from me;
The Met Museum. Simply stunning.
Top of the Rock. It's not the building you want to see, but from the top of it, you can see all the buildings you do want to see.
Loeb's for breakfast. The smart bit on the waterfront, obviously.
Virgil's, just off Times Square. RIIIIBS!
John's Pizza, also near to Times Square.
The Guggenheim is stunning, but not worth paying to go in unless there's something interesting in the gallery.
If the weather is good, get on the train/metro/subway (not sure which it was) to Coney Island and have a wonder along the beach with a hot dog. Last time we went was in Navy week......didn't plan it but a load of Chinooks and Apaches landed on the beach, marine piled out, just to say hello to people and say thanks for their support.
Lots of random stuff just wondering around. We went into a deli up towards Time Square off a side road.....turned out it was just round the corner from one of the studios so all the famous people came in and the deli had it's own 5min segment on one of the prime time shows where they interviewed the famous one........nice sandwiches too.
Both of these things happened with zero planning on our half!
Sorry if I'm wasting peoples time with my questions. I'm just a bit over exited I guess. I'll just do a search instead.
Thanks to all who contributed anyway.
No apology required! Sorry if it came across that way. Was more just to say that there's loads of recommendations on here that would be worth searching for.