Things to do in New York

[AndrewT]

Cos I'm in New York and looking for things to do.

[outragous76]

There is a restaurant (informal) on the lake in Central park (called something like "restaurant on the lake"), lovely for a lunch time relax - try to get a table overlooking the lake

Walk through central park and take your time - amazing

I enjoyed the Empire state - but go very very early to avoid silly queues

Eating breakfast at Pershing Square (near grand central station - you have to book  - lots of business breakfasts going on - great people watching affair and good food

[DaveShoelace]

Top of the Rockafella is, imo, better than the Empire, because you get a bitchin view of the Empire also. They also have the NBC studio tour (which is only ok, but they have a good gift shop).

When we went, we essentially just wanted to replicate scenes from classic NYC TV and Movies. So the Piano from Big is at FAO Schwartz near Central Park. Oh and the Seinfeld Cafe is at 112th street http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%27s_Restaurant.

Central Park is great, not sure what its like in winter though

If you want a good view of the Statue of Liberty, I recommend a cruise instead of going there. Again, its probably fookin freezing there right now so maybe not.

Your a big stand-up fan right? You should go to the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, its a real dive but its the comedy club in NYC and most weeks a big name pops in for a surprise spot. http://www.comedycellar.com/

If you do go there, there was a really good pan-Japanese/Brazillian restaurant nearby called Sushi Samba

Baseball sucks, I presume its off season now anyway, but only go there if you wanna see the stadium etc.

The Natural History Museum is great but be warned, they say it takes two days to walk round the thing, so dont turn up when you have an hour to kill like we did.

[TightEnd]

The immigration museum on Ellis Island is good, ferry across to the statue of liberty...

Ground Zero

Natural History Museum

Museum of Modern Art

Try and eat dinner in Tao, good for people watching

Going up into Harlem on a tour is fun

Tour of the Fed reserve, they take you six floors under and round the Gold vaults

Grand Central station is a must visit for an hour or so

Empire State,obv


try and do things first thing, then be off the beaten path/eating/relaxing middle of days when they queues are at their height

[ACE2M]

go and have a burger at Le Parker Meridien hotel

[millidonk]

The immigration museum on Ellis Island is good, ferry across to the statue of liberty...

Grand Central station is a must visit for an hour or so

This. Sit down have a coffee and watch the world rush by. Loved it.

FAO Schwarz see the piano from big
Plaza hotel from home alone

[TheChipPrince]

Really enjoyed the Natural History Museum there, the roof cinema was amazing.

A doddle on the undergound too.

really wished would have seen some sport somehere though and got out of Manhatton for a day.

[kinboshi]

What's on at the Garden?  Basketball would be immense.

[Graham C]

Knicks vs Lakers tomorrow.  Killers on the 14th.

[TL900]

Knicks vs Lakers tomorrow.

get there

[ACE2M]

The guggenheim a must

[Jon MW]

I'm planning a trip to Manhattan, I'd think

Upper: Guggenheim Museum, Natural History Museum, The Met, Central Park + Barneys and Bloomingdales

Mid: Top  of the Rockefeller Center (a very strong consensus that this is better than the Empire), Grand Central Station, UN Building tour, Macy's and the big post office by Penn Station (that probably has a proper name somewhere)

Lower: Brooklyn Bridge leading to the Tweed Courthouse and City Hall + South Street Seaport Museum, and the other things around Wall St, Battery Park etc.

would be a vague summary of points I'm planning on passing by at the moment.

To be fair - Things to do in New York is a pretty broad subject

[kinboshi]

Knicks vs Lakers tomorrow.

get there

If you can get tickets for that, get tickets for that.

[Mohican]

There's this place- http://tomsrestaurant.net/
It's the diner in the song by Suzanne Vega. Just summat different to the normal tourist stuff,maybe???

[DaveShoelace]

There's this place- http://tomsrestaurant.net/
It's the diner in the song by Suzanne Vega. Just summat different to the normal tourist stuff,maybe???

More importantly, its the Seinfeld cafe