New York Tips Please

[Mattywerewolf]

I went to Ground Zero and paid my respects to Robert Eaton, even though I never knew him....It was humbling to see the memorial they have set up there.

 

[Birdie Boy]

We spent a good few hours in there earlier this year - decent enough spot. I like sitting at the bar in dark American bars with decent beer, bar food and some sport on the big screen.

That is one of the best things about America. Doesn't matter what time of day there will be lots of sport on and people in a bar. One in Florida has 50 massive screens, 30 different draft beers from around the world. No windows, so dark. Loved it, went in every night once kids and the missus had gone to bed! [emoji14]

 

[Beach Hut]

High Line for me, absolutely fantastic

 

[mrhairy]

Thank you again to everybody who replied. Some fantastic ideas. wish I was going for four weeks now.

 

[Birdie Boy]

High Line for me, absolutely fantastic

This was good in Feb with a lot of snow but I reckon this would be very good in the summer.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

I went to Ground Zero and paid my respects to Robert Eaton, even though I never knew him....It was humbling to see the memorial they have set up there.

I went to Ground Zero and paid my respects to Robert Eaton having played Sunday League with him for a few years and been his manager for a season.

As you say - humbling

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Thank you again to everybody who replied. Some fantastic ideas. wish I was going for four weeks now.

When are you going? Thanksgiving coming up in a week or so, the big parade would be worth seeing.

I went in December last year. There's an area of Brooklyn (Dyker Heights) where the locals go absolutely mental with the Christmas lights on their houses. You can book an organised tour (with hot chocolate & cookies ) and wander round there for ages. I bloody loved that, but then that sort of shizz is very much my thing

 

[dazzer6666]

Don't think for a second that Central Park is a 25-minute jog around, as I did, as a plump person. I was gone for about an hour and a quarter and needed a nap when I returned.

LOL. A full loop is 6 miles [emoji3] Must-do if you're a runner or cyclist - hordes out there every morning from 5am

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Just wandering around Time Square is good fun when it's buzzing, fair play to the Naked Cowboy.

 

[de la zouch]

Just wandering around Time Square is good fun when it's buzzing, fair play to the Naked Cowboy.

I was just about to respond to this thread and say avoid the Time Square area like the plague - it's all about opinions!
I have been working one week in 6 in NYC since June and here are my favourites:

Area - lower east side - great bars, restaurants and a nice vibe. It can get a tad edgy but it's great
Bar - attaboy - amazing cocktails in a proper speakeasy. Also dead rabbit grocery and grog - a perfect pub
Food - too many to mention - but on my last trip I went to a place called Tacombi on Bleecker - great Mexican

I hope that helps

 

[The Birdman]

Not quite what you meant, but amusing nonetheless:

http://www.wisebread.com/nyc-basic-tips-and-etiquette

i thought you would of said about one dollar each time

 

[Birdie Boy]

Don't think for a second that Central Park is a 25-minute jog around, as I did, as a plump person. I was gone for about an hour and a quarter and needed a nap when I returned.

I walked thorough the middle and got around half way and said we need to turn back. Good half hour later we ended up at the reservoir, I hadn't turned at all! Spoke to two very elderly locals and I asked the way back without going around the outside, they had no idea and had lived there all their lives! My only excuse is the whole park was a sheet of white.

On way back popped into that bar that's in that penguin film. Recommend it but the staff were a bit shitty. Then started walking again and it started snowing heavy, jumped into a horse and carriage for the rest of journey with the wife and it was a perfect ending and day.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

I’ve lived in NYC for 7 years and one of the things I like is that a lot of the good stuff is easily accessible on foot. After 7 years I still come across things I’ve missed just by walking. If you have time it’s worth walking one of the main thoroughfares – 42[SUP]nd[/SUP] Street from the Hudson to the East River, or Broadway for as many blocks as you can, it really opens up the city and you see stuff you miss on the Subway or in a taxi.