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[The Knobs]

Going for 6 days and never visited before. Empire State is no 1, so what else is a must see/do on a first visit ?

[VXT Tim]

Ice skating on central park (if it's on yet?) Grand central station Macey's Schwarz toy store Time square Catch a show on broadway Ride the tube It's an amazing city

[vocky]

we went in August, Empire State building is good - you do have to go through airport style security, horse and carriage around central park, bus trip around downtown, trip in a yellow cab, shopping, cafe's, lots to do in such a short time... what is not so good is the queue for statue of liberty, expect to wait several hours in a long queue and you cannot go inside it unless you book several months in advance

Edited by vocky, 23 November 2010 - 06:05 PM.

[vocky]

Grand central station
Macey's
Schwarz toy store
Time square
Catch a show on broadway
Ride the tube

It's an amazing city

[Duncan_F]

Ice skating on central park (if it's on yet?)
Grand central station
Macey's
Schwarz toy store
Time square
Catch a show on broadway
Ride the tube

It's an amazing city

Statue of Liberty
Wall Street
Maddison Square Garden
Bloomindales
Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn Bridge
Go to a proper steak house - I had the nicest steak of my life in New York

I'm sure there's loads more that I've forgotten.

It really is an amazing city, I absolutely loved it and hope to go back again someday.

[VXT Tim]

As Vocky said Statue of Lib is very busy. As a result we didn't bother, we were there for new year and the place was packed!! Very cold so wrap up. Felt very safe there, riding the tube at midnight etc. I'm uploading a video as we speak of some locals dancing in the tube station. Will post when it's done.

[vocky]

the local people (new yorkers) are very friendly and there are lots of police about so you feel safe walking the streets Serendipity is a nice place for some food ps: get a map before you go and figure out where everything is you want to do or you will walk straight past stuff, especially the Empire State building

[VXT Tim]

Taken in a subway. Apologies for quality, it was 5 years ago, no iPhone

[Duncan_F]

Another thing you could do is get the ferry to Staten Island, especially because it's free. Not sure what there is to do over there, we just got the ferry over, had some lunch and then came back.

You get a really good view of the city from the ferry though.

Linky

[southpaw]

I'm saving NY until I can get a marathon ticket - what better way to see the city

[slindborg]

I'd miss it all and just sit in bars/cafes/restaurants getting hammered and stuffing my face I'm pretty much the crappest tourist ever

[Boss VX]

Ice skating in central park ! Got told off for doing jumps and going backwards mind Also some area (genich village) or something similar sounding - where there are loads of cool designer furniture shops. If you like that sort of thing.

[VXT Tim]

John Lennons place.

[fred666]

Love that Vid Tim, i have a mate who used to be ranked in top 5 break dancers of Wales, done a bit of promo work for Fast car to at shows, but those New Yorkers are unreal!

[darronwall]

decent hooker?

[bazMV6]

Another thing you could do is get the ferry to Staten Island, especially because it's free. Not sure what there is to do over there, we just got the ferry over, had some lunch and then came back.

You get a really good view of the city from the ferry though.

Linky

Was just about to say the same thing - best free views going.

[Ouchie]

What's at the former site of the WTC? Isn't there a memorial of some kind now? Could be a moving place to visit for a few minutes.

[Duncan_F]

What's at the former site of the WTC? Isn't there a memorial of some kind now? Could be a moving place to visit for a few minutes.

When I was there it was still a building site but near where you catch the ferry for the statue of liberty is this huge sculpture of a globe that was on the concourse in between the 2 towers. As you can imagine it took an absolute beating when the towers came down, it's got dents and gouges all over it but they've made it into a memorial with an eternal flame nearby.

[VXT Tim]

Opposite ground zero there was a visitors centre with loads of stuff about the twin towers along with info and a model of its replacement. The plan was for one massive tower called liberty or something like that, not sure if that's still the plan?

[CocoPops]

Been 2x to NYC. Personally, I'd skip Empire State and go to the "Top of the Rock", observation deck on the rockafeller centre. (Have done both and prefered the views (unobstructed) from the rock). It's a lovely city, I felt safer walking around at night than I did in London.