100 best things to in NYC
 

Well, as Paris and Italy were so successful (Ireland ist still going on), I would love to have your suggestions for NYC as I plan to return after a very long absence. I am sure it has changed a lot. NYC is for Europeans what Paris seems to be for you: Just great and a big must.I would also appreciate some "don't dos". Thanks a lot.

1) go to WOW (window of the world rest.), has a bar too w/ great live music & a sushi bar <BR>2) go to nirvana rest. (indian food) the best i've had (just make sure to ask for a window view of central park)& after dinner <BR>3)carriage ride which is right across the street in central park!

Hi Ursula! <BR>4-if it is flower season, go up to the Cloisters and wander around. <BR>5-Bronx Zoo! visit the new habitiat for (I think) Gorillas. <BR>6-If Christmas, go to Rockerfeller Center, and look at the tree. <BR>7-go out and walk around after 12 midnight Sat/Sunday and pick up a copy of the New York Times Sunday paper, then find an open restuarant to have dinner/ dessert/or breakfast . <BR>The City never sleeps! <BR>Do touristy things, <BR>Go to the top of the Empire State Building <BR>9-Take a ferry to Statue of Liberty <BR>10-Sit at an outside cafe, and watch all the very unusual people walk by. <BR>11- Go to chinatown and have great DimSum. <BR>12-Go to Harry Winston's and look at all the beautiful jewelry. <BR>13- See if there are any street fairs/block parties, wherre the streets are closed off, and given over to food and music.

Sorry, only 75. Could have listed many more but I go tired of typing. <BR> <BR>MUSEUMS <BR>1. Metropolitan Museum of Art <BR>2. Museum of Modern Art <BR>3. Guggenheim Museum <BR>4. American Museum of Natural History <BR>5. Museum of Radio and Television <BR>6. The Cloisters Museum <BR>7. Brooklyn Museum of Art <BR>8. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum <BR>9. Morgan Library <BR>1O. Whitney Museum of American Art. <BR> <BR>MUSIC AND DANCE <BR>11. Metropolitan Opera House <BR>12. Lincoln Center - NYC Opera,NYC Ballet, Philharmonic Orchestra <BR>13. Carnegie Hall <BR> <BR>SIGHTSEEING <BR>14. Circle Line trip around Manhattan <BR>15. Statue of Liberty <BR>16. Ellis Island <BR>17. Observation Deck World Trade Center <BR>18. Observation deck Empire State Bldg. <BR>19, Staten Island Ferry Ride <BR>20. South Street Seaport <BR> <BR>NEIGHBORHOODS <BR>21. Greenwich Village <BR>22. East Village <BR>23. West Village <BR>24. Chinatown <BR>25. Little Italy <BR>26. SOHO <BR>27. Tribeca <BR>28. Lower East Side <BR>29 Upper West Side <BR>30. Harlem <BR> <BR>PARKS, ZOOS, AQUARIUM <BR>31. Central Park <BR>32. Prospect Park <BR>33. Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Park <BR>34. Central Park Wildlife Center <BR>35. New York Aquarium (Coney Island) <BR>36. New York Botanical Garden (Bronx) <BR>37. Brooklyn Botanic Garden <BR> <BR>HOUSES OF WORSHIP <BR>38. ST. Patrick’s Cathedral <BR>39. Cathedral of St. John the Divine <BR>40.. Trinity Church <BR>41. Riverside Church <BR>42. St. Bartholomew's Church <BR> <BR>OTHER PLACES AND EVENTS OF INTEREST <BR>43. San Gennaro Street Festival (Sept.) <BR>44. New York Stock Exchange <BR>45. Gateway National Recreation area <BR>46. Radio City Music Hall <BR>47. Rockefeller Center <BR>48. Grand Central Terminal <BR>49. West Indian American Day (September) <BR>50. St. Patrick’s day parade (March) <BR>51. Columbus Day Parade (October) <BR>53. Brooklyn Bridge <BR>54. New York Public Library <BR>55. Rose Center for Earth and Space <BR>56. World Financial Center Winter Garden <BR>57. Madison Square Garden s <BR>58. Yankee Stadium - Baseball venue <BR>59. Horse Racing - Belmont Park, Aqueduct Park <BR>60. Big Apple Circus <BR>61. Barnum and Bailey Circus <BR>62. Times Square <BR>63. General Grant’s Tomb <BR>64. Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum <BR>65. Sony Imax Theater <BR>66. NBC Television Studio Tours <BR>67. Lincoln Center tours <BR>68. Atrium shops at Trump Tower <BR>69.Belvedere Castle - Central Park <BR>70. Free Shakespeare theater - Central Park in the summer <BR>71. Chelsea Piers - sports and entertainment complex <BR>72. Historic Orchard Street shopping district. <BR>73. Harlem Gospel tours <BR>74. Sony Wonder Technology Laboratory <BR> <BR>75 THEATER - There are more than 70 Broadway and Off Broadway theaters <BR>offering a variety of musical. comedy and drama productions to satisfy the taste of every local and visitor to the city. <BR>

Phew, rqf did a pretty thorough job. A few additions: <BR>76. Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade <BR>77. Visit the Frick Museum <BR>78. Stroll along Fifth Avenue at Christmas time <BR>79. Visit Times Square at night <BR>80. Shop at Macy's <BR>81. Walk thru FAO Schwartz's on Fifth Avenue <BR>82. Rollerblade or bicyle in Central Park <BR>83. Watch the Macy's Fireworks on the Fourth of July (Hey, this is turning into a plug for Macy's) <BR>84. Take a Lincoln Center tour <BR>85. Visit the UN <BR>86. Tour the NY Public Library <BR>87. Tour the newly refurbished Grand Central Terminal <BR>88. Wait in line to buy tickets at TKTS in Times Square and chat with your fellow ticket buyers <BR>89. Avoid the three-card-monte scam artists

Thanks a lot to all of you. We'are almost at 100! Hope a can make them all in one week's time.

90. Don't take a cab during rush hour. The subway is faster and much cheaper. <BR> <BR>91. Don't take the subway late at night. A cab is faster and much safer. <BR>

Howard, <BR>What is the three-card monte scam?

92. Eat classic New York street food: hand-shaved Italian ice in Soho in the summer, hot roasted chestnuts in the winter <BR>93. Have an authentic New York pizza experience at Lombardi's on Spring St. or Patsy Grimaldi's <BR>94. Grab a croissant as you walk up Fifth Ave. and have breakfast at Tiffany's <BR>95. Do the Chelsea art galleries <BR>96. Go to Coney Island and try to imagine what it was like in its heydey <BR>97. Explore the amazing ethnic diversity--restaurants, groceries, houses of worship--in Jackson Heights, Queens <BR>98. Travel to New York's past at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum <BR>99. Visit the Holocaust memorial near Battery Park City <BR>100. Stroll the city all day with no particular destination in mind, checking out the buildings, the people, the community gardens...life in the city. <BR> <BR>Come back and do it all again!

Three-card monte is a variation of the old shell game, where you guess under which shell the little pea or some other small object is. You'll see these con artists work their little scam on unsuspecting tourists. Fifth Avenue on Sundays is a prime ripoff spot and day for it. They'll make it look like you can't lose, and in fact, will let you win initially. But believe, if you play, you'll lose. I guarantee it!

Again, thanks a lot to all of you. I suppose we shall better plan to stay at least for 10 if not 14 days - or come back for a second row. Finally, it's not that far from Europe, I'm only annoyed by the jetlag.

Postscript on three-card-monte: There's a more common variation in NYC with three playing where you try to guess where a certain card is. Again, don't try to beat them. You can't. If you see someone winning, it's a shill! If you see them, just walk on by!