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WRONGSMITH

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I am sure this has been discussed before, but here we go again.

We are going to New York City in early June for family vacation. We will be in the city for 7 days. My question is which is the best way to see the city?? Do you go on guided tours?? Do you go to the places individually?? What do you suggest??

Also, what are some of the sights that we need to see?? As i said, we will be there 7 days so we should have some time to see a great deal. My dad and myself are planning to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame at some point. How long does it take to get to the Hall of Fame from the city??

Lastly, where in the city do you recommend that we stay?? We will NOT be staying at the Plaza, but how much will we be paying to stay in the city??

Appreciate all the advice and help.

By the way, OU STILL SUX!!!!!
 
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY:
Google has it as being about 200 miles from NYC and the trip taking about 4 hour each way. That's a long day.
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But if you go, make sure to buy a minor league ball cap. Every store on Main Street is filled with caps from about 100-200 teams.

"Can't Misses"

1) Central Park
2) The MET Museum

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It is a long day to go the Baseball Hall of Fame. But this will be my first time to go to NYC and i may not be going back to the area, so i really want to go the Hall of Fame.

Thanks for the help!! Looking for more!!
 
Oh yeah, Cooperstown looks like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. It just screams small town America from the 1900s-1950s. Take your camera.
 
The first time I went to NYC we did a bus tour, and it was a good way to see some of the city that otherwise you might not have a chance to see (Chinatown, for example.)

Don't count the ladies in the party out for Cooperstown - there is tons of shopping for them to do while the guys see the museum. It is a charming town, and it would probably be easier to spend the night there - lots of cute bed-and-breakfast places.
 
seriously, it’s way past time for an NYC FAQ thread.

sigh, okay…

as always, it’s better if you ask more specific questions.

expectations for how you want to stay (I know **** really about hotels here… and I would tell you to not stay at a fancy hotel if you’re even worried about not blowing a shitload on a room: get out of your room! that said, there’s lot of great hotels here, and they certainly can be a great part of your visit, too –if you want that. me? I would try and do it as local as possible—there’s bed and breakfast type places in neighborhoods outside of the tourist zones… and lots of apartments are avail for part time stays, rentals, and such…(you could share a 2Br).

you can DO EVERYTHING here, so again, be specific on what you are looking for (e.g. I could make a top 20 of pizza slices and that would be a great week, and my top ten sushi places may only overlap another NYC vet’s by one or two choices--NOBU is most excellent, but I dig the vibe at my corner place where they crank out punk rock, more than half the folks are Japanese, and it’s a “bargain” by NYC standards)

local neighborhood feel vs. THE classic institutions vs. of-the-moment, the buzz of saying you did it places – how do you want to see the city? all three of the above ******* fun.

kinds of entertainment you like to do (Broadways shows are really impressive, but I’d rather see a show at Joe’s Pub or Bowery Ballroom)

guided tours are probably great (and there’s probably a lot of good ones here), but it’s not my style… I like discovering **** on my own or at least having a list and playing mapquest

all that said… and since you said June…

I like New York in June,
how about you?
I like a Gershwin tune,
how about you?

here are some of the things I think people should do if coming for the first time, and by no means is it comprehensive or is all for June:

Grand Central (explore it, it’s a cool building)

any kind of event at Madison Square Garden

a view from the top of a tall building (30 Rock or ESB) or a helicopter ride

the roof deck of the Met

MoMA, the Frick, the Whitney, New Museum, or Guggeinheim

an afternoon of Chelsea Galleries

watch the sun set into beautiful New Jersey

a local rock, cabaret, or jazz show

a doughnut at the doughnut plant or a bagel at place where they actually make them so you get one that’s hot

a baseball game… hell, even a ride out to Shea and back is cool experience for the first time… and so throw in the tennis at the US Open, too (and consider the minor league teams in Staten Island (a great ride over and it's right there with vista of Manhattan) or Coney Island

an afternoon drink at an old man bar

go ride the cyclone, eat a nathan's, see the freakshow, shoot the freak, hang on the boardwalk, and put your feet in the Atlantic (the old seedy vibe is about to disappear)

the farmer’s market on a weekend or right before a holiday (Easter, Thanksgiving)

the row boats in Central Park

a drunken night in my neighborhood

rent bikes in Central Park, ride down the Hudson, around Battery Park and over the Brooklyn Bridge (about 10-12 miles roundtrip)

seeing the city from a boat (even if it’s a kayak)

pizza at grimaldi's, john's, or lombardi's

a latte from the mud truck

drinks on a Brooklyn rooftop

a Guinness at [redacted- it’s already too crowded]

a parade (from the big ones to 3rd world countries ones, they’re all impressive in different ways)

throw a Frisbee and take a nap in sheep's meadow and walk down the writer's walk to the bethesda fountain

a city dog run

etc.
 
Get on one of the circuit bus tours.You can usually catch them in Times Square. Greyline and Red Apple are the main ones I believe. They have a standard narrorated bus tour that runs on a circuit. The same company has several buses that make the same trip. All of the buses stop at the same points of interest. You can get off the bus at any of the stops. You can catch another bus making the circuit later when you are ready to move on. I really like the flexability of this kind of tour. When I last did that tour, I got off at the Empire State buliding (have to go early), WTC (befroe 9/11), and China Town.
 
ride the Staten Island ferry back and fourth. it's free, it's about a hour round trip, great views and the tallboy beers are only $2.75.

plus you catch it at South Ferry, right next to the following sights:
Battery Park, Wall St, the "Bull" on Broadway, WTC, Federal Hall, City Hall, Brooklyn Bridge, Century 21.

make sure to spend some time in Brooklyn, check out Prospect Park, Brooklyn Art Museum (2nd only to the Met in size), Grand Army Plz. Brooklyn Brewery tour.
go check out Ft. Tyron and the Cloisters
 
One time I went and used Big Apple Greeters. You get a free tour with a native New Yorker. They will do whatever you want. Google it- as long as you are a small group they will work with you.

We did the stanten island ferry- it was cool!
 
be sure to go and buy "native" nyc clothes and don't stay in time square... god forbid anyone realize you don't live in NYC and even worse, *cough* *spit*... you are a tourist.
 
Look into the Marriott Marquis on Times Square. Excellent prime location...walking distance to lots of wonderful sites.
The Link Great rotating piano bar overlooking Times Square.
NYC isnt cheap, but is worth it, IMO. A very exciting city!
You might do a tour the first day or so in order to understand what is ther and appreciae it more, and then venture out on your own.
I'd definitely work out a tour of Radio City Music Hall. The hydraulics system for their stage productions was so advanced in its day that the US military used as a model for developing the hydraulics for the aircraft carriers. Plus the architecture is absolutely incredible.
More later.
Good lodging there isnt cheap.
Dont go too cheap. What may seem like a bargain...you'll pay for in bedbug infestation later.
 
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