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Things to Do - NY

December 7th, 2006 @ 4:10 pm by Mrs. Bee
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One of the wedding blogs I’m subbed to talked about putting together must see list for her out of town boxes, and it reminded me of a list I created when my brother visited New York last year.

If you’re making a Things To Do list for your NYC guests, this might help!

Citypass $53
Admission to: American Museum of Natural History, MOMA, Guggenheim, Empire State Building (you can cut in line with the pass - no waiting!), Circle Line Cruises

Other Things to Do:
Harlem/Bronx Tour - $45 pp 4 hours
NBC Studio Tour $17.50 pp
Helicopter Tour ($101 pp)
Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden ($18.25 includes admission and rail from MetroNorth One Day Getaways. Harlem Local Line from Grand Central to Botanical Garden Station)

Grayline Bus Tour of Uptown/Downtown/Brooklyn/Holiday Lights - $49 (departs Broadway bet 47th and 48th; each tour is about 2-3 hours. 2 day pass, unlimited hop on/off; buses every 15 minutes)

MOMA ��‚�” 53rd Street & 5th Avenue; Closed Tuesdays except for Dec 27; 10:30-5:30

Metropolitan Museum of Art ��‚�” 1000 Fifth Avenue & 81st Street; Closed Mondays; Tuesday ��‚�” Friday 9:30-5:30

Guggenheim ��‚�” 89th Street & 5th Avenue; Closed Thursday; (Friday 10:00-8:00) (Saturday ��‚�” Wednesday 10:00-5:45)

American Museum of Natural History - 79th Street & Central Park West; M-F 10:00-7:45 for the holiday week; C train to 81st Street or 1 train to Broadway & 79th

I’ve grouped things by all what you can see together in a specific area.

Central Park Area
F.A.O Schwartz - 58th Street & Fifth Avenue
Trump Tower - 57th Street & Fifth Avenue
Carnegie Hall - 57th Street & Seventh Avenue
Lincoln Center - Broadway between 62nd and 66th streets

Times Square - 42nd Street (A,C,E,1,2,3,N,R,W,Q)

Rockefeller Center - 48th Street & Fifth Avenue
Top of the Rock ��‚�” 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 70th Floor ($14)
St. Patrick’s Cathedral - 51st Street & Fifth Avenue
Radio City Music Hall - 50th Street & Sixth Avenue
LOVE Sculpture ��‚�” 55th Street & 6th Avenue
New York Public Library - 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue
Bryant Park - 42nd Street & Sixth Avenue

United Nations Building - 45th Street & First Avenue
Grand Central Terminal - 43rd Street & Park Avenue
Chrysler Building - 42nd Street & Lexington Avenue

Herald Square - 34th & Broadway
Koreatown - 32nd Street & Broadway
Empire State Building - 34th Street & Fifth Avenue

Union Square (N,R,W,4,5,6 to 14th St.)
Farmer’s Market M,W,F,Saturday
Flatiron Building - 23rd Street & Broadway

Soho - Houston and Broadway (R, W to Prince Street)
Chinatown - Canal Street & Broadway
Little Italy - Mulberry Street & Canal
St. Marks/Japantown - St. Mark’s Place & 3rd Ave

West Village (1 to Christoper)
Washington Square Park - West 4th & MacDougal (A,C,E,B,D,F,V to West 4th or you can walk over from Soho)

Meatpacking District (A,C,E to 14th Street)
9th Ave and 12th Street

Ground Zero (A,C,E to WTC, R,W,1 to Rector)
World Financial Center
Century 21
Wall Street
Ellis Island - (212) 269-5755
Statue of Liberty - (same as above) departs in Battery Park

South Street Seaport
2,3,4,5,J,M to Fulton Street; A,C to Broadway-Nassau

Places to Eat
Lombardi’s (East Village) Pizza. Spring and Mulberry. Also check out Rice to Riches across the street.
Norma’s (Midtown) Brunch. 57th St. Bet 6th and 7th Ave.
Pastis (Meatpacking District) Brunch. 12th St. and 9th Ave.
Shake Shack (Madison Square Park) - Burgers, closed in winter. Madison & 23rd St.

What are your must see/do/eat places in New York City?

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15 Responses to “Things to Do - NY”

Guest

Burger Joint for burgers, fries and beer
Magnolia for cupcakes
Serendipity for frozen hot chocolate

It doesn’t get any better than that!

12/7/06 @ 4:32 pm (reply)

Guest

Pasta at Babbo is a NY restaurant experiene everyone should have.

12/7/06 @ 4:48 pm (reply)

Guest

liz

I would add Veniero’s Italian Bakery
342 East 11th Street & 1st Ave.
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-7070
wow!

Cafe Wha
115 Mac Dougal St (between bleecker and W3rd st)
Ny, NY 10012
212-254-3706
fun!

12/7/06 @ 5:07 pm (reply)

Guest

Amy

Ah! Thank you! I am currently planning a trip to NY for the summer and that’s a fantastic list. Anyone know how to get a cheap flight to and cheap hotels in NY near Lincoln Center?!

12/7/06 @ 5:10 pm (reply)

Bee

Mrs. Bee (message) 3,235 posts, Sugar bee

amy sign up for travelzoo’s email newsletter - they have frequent deals for ny hotels so just wait until the right onw comes along. =)

12/7/06 @ 5:16 pm (reply)

Guest

heyjanety

joe’s shanghai for soup dumplings.
jing fong restaurant for dim sum.
saigon grill for vietnamese.
bukhara grill for indian.

whoa, see an asian theme here?? hehehe

thanks SO much for putting the rest of the list together. this will be SOOO helpful for when friends/family come to visit in the future. =)

12/7/06 @ 5:29 pm (reply)

Guest

nat

69 Restaurant in Chinatown for really really cheap, really really yummy Chinese food

Schooner Adirondak for sailing tours out of Chelsea Piers - $40-ish (I thought this one was really romantic, even with other people on the boat. the sail came with beer/wine, and we brought our own food for a cute picnic-type dinner on the boat)

Chelsea Market also in Chelsea - cute shops and bakeries

12/7/06 @ 7:29 pm (reply)

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Amy

(I love the look of the sailing tours!)

12/7/06 @ 8:51 pm (reply)

Guest

miss violet

Good Enough to Eat - brunch (Upper West Side)

Cafe Lalo (where they filmed You’ve got mail!)

Sugar Sweet Sunshine Cupcakes(LES)

Ferraras

Blackhound (Mini desserts and great truffles)

Yup, yup all food related.. haha..

12/7/06 @ 9:22 pm (reply)

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Guest

i would say:

SAIGON GRILL! (3 locations) for Vietnamese cuisine!
http://www.saigongrill.com/contactinformation/

Cafe Lalo: 201 W. 83rd Street

Buttercup Cafe
973 2nd Ave or 154 W. 70th St.

Pommes Frites! (fries!!): 123 2nd Ave(7th st & st mark’s place)

and I second:
Shake Shack
Magnolia Cupcakes
Veniero’s

- how about Junior’s in Bklyn?

12/8/06 @ 1:05 am (reply)

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Guest

I really want to go to New York. I’ve only been once….and it was only briefly…never to the city.

I’ll probably have to stick with good ol’ Chicago for now…-sigh-

12/8/06 @ 7:02 am (reply)

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Guest

Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center knocks the socks off the Empire State Building. In the summer NY Water Taxi (a fun and different way to get around the city) runs a promotion where you get something like a 3 day hop-on hop-off pass and discounts at Top of the Rock and maybe MOMA. I loooove the Frying Pan in the summer though it’s moving 3 blocks North over the winter.

12/8/06 @ 11:26 am (reply)

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Guest

There’s also tons to do in Brooklyn: check out DUMBO, with Jacques Torres’ chocolate shop, the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, and finish with coal-fired brick oven pizza at Grimaldi’s near the Brooklyn Bridge. There’s also the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Empire-Fulton State Park for great views of Manhattan. If you’re adventurous, you can head out to Coney Island, ride the Cyclone in the summer (best rollercoaster ever!), and try the pizza at Totonno’s (better than Grimaldi’s, I think). The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Prospect Park are also very pretty in the spring and summer.

I also really enjoy the Bronx Zoo and NY Botanical Garden up in the Bronx. And I’ve been meaning to check out the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Long Island City, Queens and the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden in Staten Island. Whew, I think I hit all the boroughs!

12/8/06 @ 1:23 pm (reply)

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Anita

Under Central Park, also include Tiffany & Co. 57th st. and 5th ave. I know it’s “just” a jewelry store, but it’s worth the visit. Also, the latest in Architecture is the Apple Mac Store. It’s a cubic structure made of glass and created quite the buzz. It’s in front of where FAO Schwarz used to be. I believe FAO has closed either for remodeling or for good.

12/8/06 @ 10:52 pm (reply)

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Guest

Miss Pearl

This is sooooooo helpful!!!! Mr. Pearl and I are going to NYC for a week around New Years and I was stumped for great restaurants. Plus, I have no concept of locations in Manhattan, so it’s helpful for you to chunk it by area. Danke!

12/9/06 @ 12:35 am (reply)