Go to the Rockefeller building instead of the Empire State Building. You'll get an iconic photo of the ESB.
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I would not go up the statue of liberty.
It is cramped, basically a nightmare. Endless spiral staircase, queues near the top aswell.
Not only that it moves.
And the view at the top is dreadful.
It is a great photo opportunity at the bottom on the outside though.
Other than that I'd recomment Katz deli (have pastrami on rye, everything else was a bit "meh".)
And ice skating in central park.
Go to the Rockefeller building instead of the Empire State Building. You'll get an iconic photo of the ESB.
Also, visit the Soup Nazi if you can, but make sure you follow the rules.
I thought this was a thread about a new US snooker franchise
Save your money on flights and just go to London for 3 days.
Did you ever watch Will Smith in "I am Legend" ? In one scene he's hitting golf balls off the deck of the carrier. You can explore the carrier itself, lots of different planes on the hardtop and when I was there they had a Concorde as well. You can also get inside the growler
https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/
The New York Public Library is worth a quick gander and don't forget to visit Grand Central.
Make sure you get to Central Park - if you're a fan, you might want to see the John Lennon memorial.
You can also have a look around Donald Trump's gaff on 5th Avenue - don't let the SWAT team and airport like security put you off, although apart from a nice waterfall, lot's of marble and gold and a Starbucks, there's not much going on there, but worth a tick in the box. Next door is Tiffany's and just up the road on the corner of 5th and Central Park South is the Apple Store, also worth a look.
You could probably save a few bucks staying on Brooklyn, but I'd rather be on Manhattan.
Nothing really to see at ground zero I felt it wasted a morning ,however a quick look indie the church nearby was worth it and then onto the small pub where the firefighters pictures are shown behind the bar ,great little NYC down to earth bar , very sad feelings in both, it will upset you, depends what you after , hence me having a few beers after in the pub that lost so many , glad we have moved on since that tragedy.
Nice cheapy about 4ish take the Staten Island free ferry over to the island with the workers going home after work , then come back as the sun is going down over NYC , don't take the paid for ones .
Around Times square there is a massive Marriott go up to the top of it ,you have to change lifts, go the top bar which rotates around the city every 45 minutes .
If your into music go to the Bowery http://www.boweryballroom.com/
I wouldn't bother as I'm sure Trump is adding Wales to his travel ban right now..
cheers all
might stay in the Marriott TH mentions, as i said, we own at Marriott Vacation club and the brand is always a safe bet
noted about the ferry and ESB / Rockefeller , i will speak to the family about that dilemma, i dont personally care, its a massive building that has views ( i havent embraced this NY trip yet )
Matt we went up the ESB about a hour before it closed at night.
About 5 mins of queing at that time.
I went in October 07.
Other tips not mentioned - with all the walking it was boiling in the day, as soon as the sun went down tho it was bloody Baltic. Bear in mind the skyscrapers are huge, so you're in the sun when in central park, statue of liberty etc.
Subway is best way around city, the travel is cheap.
I didn't ride the subway at Night, not because of safety but because of my third tip below
With the time difference and all the day trips , we were zonked by late afternoon early evening.
I was up at 4 every morning, waiting for breakfast at 7. Keep some munchies in the room
Loved New York when we went 2 years ago. Search back on this board for other NY threads, theres been a few really informative ones in the past. NYC Blue always has some good tips.
We bought a CITYPASS before we went on reccomendations from here and it was deffinitley worth it.
We stayed on Times Square - Hotel Mela - Nice and clean hotel, no thrills but safe.
we visited
* Empire State
* Rockerfella
* Intrepid air musem
* 911 memorial
* Boat down the hudson, past statue of liberty and under brooklyn bridge.
* Central Park
We went xmas time so all the usual macy's, saks on fith etc were an experience too.
We stayed for five days and still felt like we could do another five days and see totally different things, so much to see.
While feeling totally safe on the subway, some of the rides can be a real eye opener, some crazy sights on them.
Offbeat but well worth it is to book in advance for the Tenement Museum tour. Three floors preserved as they were when different families lived there. It tells the history of NY. Fascinating