New York - places to go?

Gustov

Gustov

Gustov

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Hey Chaps,

I'm off to NYC on the 21st for 7 nights and wondered if anyone had any recommendations?

Looking to see Book of Mormon on broadway, check out the Empire State building, Times square, go shopping and hit Soho for 2/3 nights.

Please note I avoid gluten so most OMG FOOD places will be off the agenda. aka pizza, burgers, pasta etc

Thanks in advance! :)
 
Anyone? Would be great to get some advice on where to go to party at night with a young crowd. I'm 23 btw.

I've bought a 7 day New York Pass for $200 which gets me into all of the attractions for free.
 
Gustov said:
Anyone? Would be great to get some advice on where to go to party at night with a young crowd. I'm 23 btw.

I've bought a 7 day New York Pass for $200 which gets me into all of the attractions for free.
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If I go back to New York, a club I'd be 'hitting up' would be Pacha 100%. Heard it's mental.
 
Brooklyn Brewery tour is quite good. Bookable online.

It's just a quick once over with some history about the place and some tasting. Free glass at the end of the tour as well.
 
Gustov said:
Hey Chaps,

I'm off to NYC on the 21st for 7 nights and wondered if anyone had any recommendations?

Looking to see Book of Mormon on broadway, check out the Empire State building, Times square, go shopping and hit Soho for 2/3 nights.

Please note I avoid gluten so most OMG FOOD places will be off the agenda. aka pizza, burgers, pasta etc

Thanks in advance! :)
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Skip the Empire State and go to up The Rock (Rockefeller Center) instead, less crowded and cooler views including of the Central Park and the Empire State itself.
 
Agreed we went up the Rockefeller, glad we did after reading about the waiting times for the empire building online.
Also don't you want to see the empire building from the outside.
 
My sister got back from NYC this morning and when she went to the Empire State yesterday she said the queues weren't too bad. I have been up both the Empire State and the Rockefeller tower and would personally go with the latter if you only choose one.
 
Take a quick look in Grand central station if nearby, incredible huge place with plush leather seats in some areas & shoeshine boys who put you up high so they clean your shoes at arms level,
Try & find one of the 1930's era autoparking garages where the cars go in to a huge rusting metal container which goes up several floors to be remotely shunted along rails into it's place, as I recall each car has it's own box & stays in it till recalled, the one we saw was when we were in the Marriot Marquis hotel on Broadway, 38th floor & I could look down & watch it loading the cars
 
Holy Jesus! Some replies, thanks guys! I've actually bought a 7 day new yorker pass which gets me into the below for free:

9/11 Tribute Center
American Museum of Natural History
Atlantic City Excursion on Academy Bus
Bike and Roll NYC Bike Rental
Blazing Saddles
Bodies...The Exhibition
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Museum
Carnegie Hall Tours
Central Park Bicycle Rentals & Tours
Circle Line Downtown
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
CitySightseeing Cruises
Clipper City Tall Ship Cruises
Manhattan By Sail
Dwyer Cultural Center
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
El Museo del Barrio
Empire State Building Observation Deck
FDNY Fire Zone
Food on Foot Tours
Fraunces Tavern
Grand Central Terminal Audio Tour
Harlem One Stop Cultural & Heritage Walking and Step-On Group Tour Packages
Harry Potter™: The Exhibit at Discovery Times Square
Historic Richmond Town
Inside Broadway Tours
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Jewish Children's Museum
Lets Take a Village... A Greenwich Village Walking Tour
Madame Tussauds New York
Madison Square Garden, All Access Tour (Closed)
Make Mine Music... A Musical Walking Tour
Museum at Eldridge St.
Museum of American Finance
Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA)
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Museum of the City of New York
NBC Studio Tour
New Museum
New York Botanical Garden
New York Hall of Science
New York Historical Society
New York Insider’s Shopping Tour
New York Skyride
New York Transit Museum
New York Water Taxi
Noble Maritime Collection
On Location Tours Central Park TV and Movie Sites
On Location Tours UPTOWN New York TV and Movie Sites
Queens Museum of Art
Radio City Music Hall Stage Door Tour
Real Bronx Tour
Real Brooklyn Tour
Rockefeller Center Tour
Shearwater Sailing
Manhattan By Sail
Slavery and Underground Railroad Tour
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
South Street Seaport Museum
Spy: The Exhibit at Discovery Times Square
Staten Island Botanical Garden
Staten Island Children's Museum
Statue of Liberty Harbor Cruise
Stray Boots Urban Games: Scavenger Hunt & Tour
The Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO neighborhood tour
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Sex
The New York City Police Museum (Closed)
The Paley Center for Media
The Skyscraper Museum
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Top of the Rock
Tour at Lincoln Center
Van Cortlandt House Museum
Walkin’ Broadway
Wall Street Walks
Wave Hill
Weeksville Heritage Center
Where It All Began... A Lower Manhattan Walking Tour
Whitney Museum of American Art
Yankee Stadium Tours
 
You might want to narrow that down ;)

The tourist attractions are all sorted, so what else are you looking for - bars, restaurants, anything else notable?

Cocktail bars worth doing:

PDT (you must reserve on the day)
Death & Co.

Restaurants:

Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn (cash only - best steak ever)
Gramercy Tavern - nice place, with both a relaxed and formal area

Have you booked a hotel yet?
 
PMKeates said:
You might want to narrow that down ;)

The tourist attractions are all sorted, so what else are you looking for - bars, restaurants, anything else notable?

Cocktail bars worth doing:

PDT (you must reserve on the day)
Death & Co.

Restaurants:

Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn (cash only - best steak ever)
Gramercy Tavern - nice place, with both a relaxed and formal area
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Definitely wanna go to the Peter Luger steak house! Thanks for the reminder.

Just wanna have a good crack tbh and the more suggestions the better. Wonder if there is anywhere to watch the Oscars with other people :)

Yes, the hotel is booked - staying here http://www.excelsiorhotelny.com/
 
Do you have a Google account? I have a 'trolling NYC' map from when I went last June I can share, with a bunch of bars and sights on that could be worth checking out.
 
PMKeates said:
Do you have a Google account? I have a 'trolling NYC' map from when I went last June I can share, with a bunch of bars and sights on that could be worth checking out.
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I have a g-mail if that works? I'll PM you now.

I did some club research last night :)
 
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