New Yorkers, or those who have visited, what's a MUST see/do in the city?

Question

I've been three times, about to go for a fourth, and I have done a lot of sightseeing, but I'm sure there's more to do in the city than that - any suggestions? Anything at all no matter how bizzarre!

Answer 1

go to the Huge FAO Schwartz or the Big Toys R Us. u'll feel like a kid again cuz its AWESOME

Answer 2

If you're a guy ESPN for meal & sports stuff.

Downtown new Sports Hall of Fame

TKTS for 1/2 price tickets for Broadway shows on 48ST & Bdwy & 7th Ave.

Madame Tousseau's Wax Museum W.42ST bet. 6th & 7th ave.

Really early in AM go to see early news shows like Good Morning Amer.,

etc.Live with Regis & Kelly W66ST

THE VIEW w 66th west of West End Ave.

Ellis Island, get to take the ferry, see the Statue of Liberty on the way.

Ground Zero

Indian Museum

Above 3 all way downtown.

Macys 34th 6&7Ave

Empire State Bldg Observation deck open late into night.

If there in next week...gen. admission for US tennis Open In Queens by Flushing Meadow Park.(Can google for detailed info.)

Museum of Natural History (I think they still have Butterfly room...real butterflies all over flying free). W 77th Bet Central Park West & Columbus Ave.

Time Warner Bldg.Shopping Mall at Columbus Circle (I think overpriced).

The Cloisters part of Metropolitan Museum On Hudson in Fort Tryon Park Really interesting.212-923-3700

Google River to River Festival 2008 Free concerts downtown  (not sure how far into Sept it goes).

Enjoy

Answer 3

i am from new jersey and have been to NY a bunch of times! i would definitely recommend you do the "traditional" sightseeing. statue of liberty, 5th ave for shopping, central park, rockefeller center, empire state building. once you've done that then you can start going to smaller places and learning you way around! i like to eat at jeckel and hyde go to FAO (biggest toy store, a lot of fun no matter how old you are) and the wax museum!  

have fun :)  

Answer 4

Time square and a broadway show.

Answer 5

go to the Bronx, it is a ride, if you have a car the trip up the westside drive is okay, under the George Washington bridge, get to a Place called Woodlawn,   check out Woodlawn cemetary, and the Bronx river, haha, where George Washington fought the Hessions ,before he went to the Potomac,     check out City Island get a sea food dinner,     go alittle further into Yonkers and go to Yonkers Raceway, it is like a casino,    restuarants gambling, if that is to your liking,     visit a local beach,   walk around Orchard Beach, nothing exciting, and it is the end of the season, everything is closed,   go to Van Cortlant park,   in the upper east north Bronx, wander around in the woods,     this is near Woodlawn cemetary,      hope this is of help,    this covers alot of ground,   northeast Bronx, to further northeast Bronx,   if you have a car it is cool, a cab would run you too much money,   hundreds,         so, be prepared to take public trans,  subway and bus,   it could be a hassle,     but hope you come up with something, the cemetary is cool if you like famous people, John Phillip Sousa,   George M. Cohan,   Duke Ellington Miles Davis,  WC Handy  to name a few muscians who are interred there,         there are bunches of other famous people, there, the

woolworths,    WestingHouse,       to name a few,      okay, hope you get something from this, and there is the Hall of Fame busts of many famous people, somewhere in or around Columbia university,     way on the westside,        

there is the Bronx Zoo, and Botanical garden, and  at the north end of the

Grand Concourse, is the house where Edgar Alan Poe, lived with Annabelle Lee,        these are weird out of the way places, accessable  by subway and bus,    but not much else around, and in questionable neighborhoods, well i shouldn,t say that, they are not in that bad of a place,        check it out if you want,      

Answer 6

Go to Katz's Deli on E. Houston St., or Carnegie Deli on 7th Ave. and 55th St.,and have a pastrami sandwich.  Pure heaven!

Answer 7

see the golden bull

go inside empire state building

eat original NY fries

see ground zero

go to rockefeller centre

try to sing on the street and get money

go to timesquare

to shopping

buy souvenirs

go ice skating there

Answer 8

Well what have you seen?  My favourite place is Central Park when the sun is going down, around April - September time is perfect for that.

Then there is the famous art gallery with some of the worlds, oldest and famous pantings there.

You must visit Long Island, its beautiful there, with boats and its also holds the famous Amityville village, Ocean Avenue.  But obviously it's best you don't visit the house, but it is a wonderful area.

You get to see skating shows there, if you go at the right time of the year.  Thats always enjoyable.

New York is one of the best cities in the world, in my opinion.  Been twice already this year, off to Ontario this week.

Answer 9

definitaly go to FAO Schwartz coolest toy shop in the world fun for kids and adults its expensive, but an entertaining experience either way :)

Answer 10

Bodies exhibit if it is there

Answer 11

Here's a cool idea....take a class at the trapeze school. It's right in Manhatten.  My daughter did it, and she had a blast!  Check it out at www.trapezeschool.com and do something completely different!

Answer 12

Go to the statue of liberty.

Empire state B.

Natural History Museum of New York.

The subways (lol just kidding).

Hmmmm...

Thats the only MUST SEE's that I can think of for now.

Answer 13

Have a slice of pizza at Grimaldi's (in the dumbo area of brooklyn, just past the bridge)

I'll admit I've never been there myself, but apparently it's amazing because there's always a huge line-up waiting to get inside =)