visiting new york

beachBOYken · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:32

HI

Will be going to New York soon to see my brother who works over there.

Got a week there so would like to know a few places any of you guys can recommend to visit ?

thanks

Dokinator · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:33

The Empire State Building
Madame Tussaud’s
New York Skyride
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Immigration Museum Ferry

Some of those?

beachBOYken · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:40

thanks , will proberly go too the statue of liberty although i dont think you can go up it anymore.

chrisxuk · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:40

Top of the Rock
Central Park
Go across to Brooklyn and get some photos of Manhattan
Take the Staten Island Ferry for an alternative view of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan
Try some New York cheesecake as well

Dokinator · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:42

beachBOYken said:
thanks , will proberly go too the statue of liberty although i dont think you can go up it anymore.

Ahh that really sucks, oh well, at-least you get to see it

territt · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:49

Top of the rock is better than The Empire State Building,

Saviola · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:53

Top of the Rock is better than Empire State.
Liberty Island is not that amazing, but the Ellis Island was quite interesting.
Central Park, you can wast hours wandering around there.
A show on Broadway.
Watch some live Sport, Hockey, Football, Basketball whatever you fancy.
Subway to Brooklyn then walk the bridge back, evening is best for shots of Manhattan (although they were working on the bridge walkway when I was there recently).
There are loads and loads of sites to see, Wall Street, Freedom Tower (building site), Grand Central, Madison Square Garden, FAO Schwartz.

Best bet is to break the city into sections and try and fit as much in as possible while strolling and taking in the ambience.

beachBOYken · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:06

thanks guys , cant wait , perhaps i will update this thread when i get back to let you know what i visited in the end!

Morba · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:09

Grand Central hasn't been mentioned yet that I can see. Amazing building and some great food below it

edit: it has been mentioned

Rotty · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:10

Did a tour with these folks, was superb

http://www.realnewyorktours.com/

beachBOYken · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:18

hey guys what exactly is Grand Central?

Saviola · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:45

Huge Train terminus (like Euston) but its an amazing building and has some great food sellers down below.

beachBOYken · 21 May 2011 at 11:52

hi again

well , i had a great time visiting new york and my family , the weather at times was a bit wet but i visited some great places including the rockefeller building and went to the top as they call it "top of the rock" and got some great views of the city.

visited central park, times square which is incredibly busy and also tried the best cupcake ever at magnolia bakery , also went to ground zero and the new freedom tower which is nearly complete and watched a show on broadway

Did not bother with liberty island as i got a good view of it when i was on a ferry.

oh yeah and there is nice walk which can be had on the high line ( old high rail line that has been coverted to a walkway)

cheers guys

fiveub · 21 May 2011 at 11:56

Use the subways. Use it well, the best way to visit a lot of places in one day.

gronf · 21 May 2011 at 12:14

beachBOYken said:
rockafella building

beachBOYken · 21 May 2011 at 12:52

yep did use subways , very easy to use and much quicker.