[Closed] Alternative NYC travel tips

We did a foodie trip round Greenwich Vilage which was ace if you like good food from all over the world.

Brooklyn Brewery is a lovely environment for a couple of beers. Their fresh brewed range at source is excellent, and the brewery tour is pleasant too.

Will stick both on the list 👍🏼

This is supposed to be the best pizza place...

https://www.difarapizzany.com/

Citibikes are a great way to get around.

Katz's Deli is definitely worth a visit.

Walk The Highline and drop off it a few times to visit some of the bars and cafes nearby. Death Avenue Brewing Co had some nice pale ales (food nothing special though).

Great slices of pizza from Joe's Pizza at 1435 Broadway.

Black Tap in Midtown and SoHo good for burgers and beers.

Virgil's is apparently very good. Not actually been as only heard about it after I went to New York.

230 FIFTH for the views at night.

Nice second-hand clothes place near the Brooklyn Brewery. Fish, Amy's Bakery and the Blind Tiger, all excellent and all on Bleecker St. Take a picture on the corner of W4 and Jones (Freewheeling B Dylan). Buy cool workwear from Dave's (Ave of the Americas).

Oh, and the Williamsburg Bridge is the best one to walk over.

USS Intrepid and USS Growler

Sam's Restaurant in Brooklyn (Cobble Hill) is good for Pizza. V authentic / neighbourhood place.
Following this thread as I'm also off to NYC for the bank hol weekend

Just to make sure you've got enough pizza recommendations to last every meal, we loved this place:
Roberta's:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AmNivoX2mYvPeqBD8

Think they've got a few other branches too. Best food of our trip, along with the MOMA cheesecake

Yep, load up a metro card and use the subway to get about I'd you know where you're going. But just walking aboutand taking in the sights you happen across is also worth doing. We came across a street food festival in hells kitchen purely by accident and it was excellent.

Check out a what's on guide for when you go, is he trying to find gigs/festivals to attend.

I really regret not finding the time to go to Brooklyn brewery when we went, so do that for me!!

@thekingisdead and OP, be aware that Monday 27 is Memorial Day, so everywhere will be heaving that weekend.

"Alternative" to me is getting out of the city. You can cycle from Manhattan over to New Jersey and along Palisades for a different view of the city. Or with a few days, head out to Delaware Water Gap, Harrison State Park or Big Indian Wilderness, do some hiking on the Appalachian Trail, etc.

http://jingfongny.com/

This place is amazing if you like Dim Sum.

It is the largest restaurant I was ever in. We go there whenever we are in NYC.

Look up Urbanist on Facebook. A guy called Ariel. He's done loads of NYC video tours.

Fly into / out of Newark (EWR) rather than JFK

Here's a few from our New York trips.

Roberta's Pizza +1 - the Millennium Falco is amazing!

Other Half Brewery - In Red Hook a few mins walk from the subway. Good tap room with amazing beer. Buy a t-shirt it gets you some knowing looks and comments back here.

Red Hook Winery - down by the water, it's a bit of a walk through an industrial estate. Book a barrel tasting tour. You get a quick tour of the tiny winery and spend some time tasting from a variety of barrels before sitting in the bar with more wine.

Steve's Keylime Pie - 2 min walk from the winery. The best keylime pie ever. You can eat it in the little park next door as you look back towards the statue of liberty.

Domino Park - on the waterfront in Williamsburg. It's a small park that opened in June 2018. Food and drink for sale and a great view of the Manhattan skyline.

Smorgasberg - street food market a couple of blocks from Brooklyn Brewery. Again with the biew of Manhattan.

Tenement Museum - Lower East Side museum in a series of tenements telling the stories of immigrants in New York. They also do walking tours. Book the times and tours you want to just the queue. It's not far from Katz.

If you're a runner (even just socially) the New York Road Runners have Open Runs across the city. They are like park run. We did one and it was lovely to run and chat with real New Yorkers. They gave us a few insiders tips. It would be high on my list to do it again when I go back.

If you like pizza and haven't been to Lombardi's you need to go. It's claimed to be the first pizzaria in New York / USA. It's good pizza and cheap.

Spent quite a bit of time visiting family in New York over the years (not so much recently)
Artichoke pizza is great
A trip up the river to dia beacon (if you like art)
Jones beach is a nice sandy beach not far from the city
The drive-in movie theatre in Warwick is good fun
The museum of the moving image in Brooklyn is good, some nice bars and burger places round there too
The back room is always worth a visit
I have a soft spot for 'welcome to the johnsons' but you might hate it
Likewise 'otto's shrunken head'

Just as a wee follow up, thanks for everyone's suggestions. We managed some, but impossible to fit them all in as there's so much to do there.

👍🏼Joe's for a solid slice of affordable pizza.
👍🏼Roberta's for super tasty pizza.
👍🏼Smorgasburg was worth a visit.

We met up with friends who know the Brooklyn area and done a tour of some small breweries. Two that I remember are Grimm Brewery and Strong Rope. Didn't make Brooklyn Brewery though.
We finished up at Fette Sau for some excellent no-frills BBQ.

Katz's was a slight disappointment. Food was just OK (had better deli sandwiches from a place up Long Island). And for what you got, the price was eye watering. Tourist trap/tax? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Walking along the waterfront and parks in Brooklyn was a definite highlight, great views of the city. Likewise The Highline was nice for a stroll.
The Staten Island ferry was pretty good - great view of both city and Statue of Liberty (plus there's no fare!)

Plus you can (discreetly) leg it around the ticket office in Long Island and come straight back.