Subscribed.. Never been, always wanted to. Might see if we can rent a place for a month since there is so much to see.

 

Time square definateley. whats SoHo tho? i need to get my list ready by tonight

 

hotels are very expensive out here the company suggested a hotel the "marriot" by the laguardia airport $500 a night!!

the extended stay america isnt to bad 160 a night also has a small kitchen

 

Williamsburg?! Haha, you can just go to Valencia St. in SF if you want to hang out with pretentious, trust fund hipsters.

Anyway, the Bklyn Bridge is nice, go see Coney Island before they turn it into a yuppie playground, SoHo is nice to see if your pockets have more green than lint. Ummm, LES is cool to walk around and see little shops and a bit of whats left of NYC's 'grimey' side. Queens sucks, the Bronx is cool if you want to see Yankee Stadium. Staten Island isn't worth the ferry trip.

Go see 'Ground Zero' I guess, eat in Little Italy, go to Chinatown to appreciate how clean SF's Chinatown is. Shop on Broadway from Canal to Astor Pl. Go to St. Marks if you're into music/punk history.

Theres so much, I lived there my whole life, I could go on and on. If you want specifics, PM me.

 

Whats "central park" about?? i'll probably check out china town too. public transit seems to be much more convienent if you know where all the stops are at. I have a rental and parking is a mission.

what streets are most of the bars on??? the city is so vast I find myself struggling to get around even with GPS.

Toy tokyo is definately on my list now

 

driving is a ***** there.

 

wow guys alot of great suggestions I have a feeling im gonna be super drained by the end of this weekend. soo many places to see and so little time should be exciting.

oh and some friends of mine want "i love new york" shirts anyone know where i could find some?

 

well lets see i was there for 4 days and we slept 5hrs every night...

we did all the tourist stuff watched a Yankee game shopped our butts off ate like pigs and partied till 4am

got up at 9am and did it all over again... best time every! but i was lucky since 2 buddies of mine are going to school over there and gave us the grand tour and took us to all the hot spots at night.

everything about NYC is awesome....

 

Go to Katz or Carnagie and get a pastrami sandwich.

 

Central Park has a zoo, some nice scenery, some restaurants and thats about it. Nothing too amazing, basically the only grass area on the entire island.

Bars are all over, it isn't like SF where theres a 'strip' and thats that. Literally almost every street has their own little set of shops, restaurants and bars. It depends on what environment you want to be in.

The subway is cake to navigate, get a map in a subway station and you'll be set. You'll look like a total tourist, but you'll be set. Forget parking, forget driving unless you 'know' where to look.

I <3 NY shirts..... Times Sq., 34th St. or Chinatown. S**t, basically anyplace that has a souvenir shop or almost any little hole in the wall street vendor should have them. Hats, buttons and coffee mugs too.

 

sounds like you're staying in queens. i'd say forget the car. just take public transit. the trains are extremely easy to navigate. most garages in manhattan run you $30+ a day, and street parking is a ***** because their regulations are very strict.

if you venture out to jersey, be sure to hit liberty state park. from there you can get great views of the nyc skyline. you can also catch a ferry to the statue of liberty.

another up and coming area of jersey, right across the river is hoboken and jersey city. it's just a short ride on the PATH trains.

some great bar areas in manhattan - meatpacking district, or the lower east side "alphabet city". great dives in that area.
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went there today and WOW!! there was about 40-50 people in line. I was too hungry to wait so I had sushi instead. the pizza there must just be AMAZING Ive never seen a line like that over pizza except for black friday sales.

 

I started out at times square saturday and bought a bus tour ride which seemed to be a pretty good deal. the deal was a all-day hop on/off bus tour of the designated dowtown route a tour of about "22" attractions around 2 hours long. I had lunch at "Dallas BBQ" which was really good btw.

On the tour bus I got to see:
broadway theater
macys/madison square garden
empire state building
Flatiron building
union square shop
greenwhich village
SOHO - SUPER crowded area with alot of designer brand names
China town/little italy - Also very crowded and almost bought some knock off ipods for $40 hah
City Hall
world trade center site - couldnt see much of the site all of the fencing was curtained off but from what i could see from the overpass was a big hole in the ground where they've started construction of the new "freedom tower"
Whitehall St/battery park
South Seaport
Lower east side
East village
UN
Waldorf
Rockefeller Ctr
Central Park/hotel
brooklyn bridge
Statue of Liberty

found some "I<3 NYC" shirts in china town two for 8 bucks not bad.

NYC is awesome!!