Posted By admin on July 31, 2008

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Traveling to NYC--suggestions for things to do/see?

I'll be making a trip to NYC to see colleges this summer. My family (my two parents, my two brothers--14, 12, and myself--17) will have four days to see eight schools and the city. So far, we have the Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan Art Museum, and a Broadway show on our list. Any other suggestions?

We're also very flexible, so that means we're willing to split into groups--grownups go see grownup stuff, the little ones go see kid stuff.

Suggestions???

May I recommend the following.

Landmarks

-Empire State Building
-Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
-Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck
-Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the"Crossroads of the World")
-Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area
-United Nations
-Central Park
-Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too)
-Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the country)
-A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor)
-Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus

Museums

-Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 86 to East 103 Streets)
-Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Platerium)
-MoMa
-New Museum of Contemporary Art
-Madame Tussaud Wax Museum
-New York City Fire Museum
-New York City Police Museum
-Transit Museum
-The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
-The Bronx Museum of the Arts
-Brooklyn Museum
-Milk Gallery
-American Craft Museum
-Museum of American Folk Art
-Museum of the Moving Image
-The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)
-The Municipal Art Society

Shopping

-Macy's (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square)
-Bloomingdale's (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets)
-The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don't max out you credit cards)
-FAO Schwarz
-Toys "R" Us in Times Square
-Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street)
-Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can't get on Fifth Avenue)
-NBA Store (for the basketball fan - 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street)
-The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue)
-The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street - Columbus Circle)
-Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth)
-M&M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue)
-Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping)
-H&M
-Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street)
-forever 21
-Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave)
-Abercrombie & Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets)
-American Eagle Outfiters (4 locations in Manhattan)
-Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan)
-Manhattan Mall
-Queens Center Mall
-Queens Place Mall
-Roosevelt Field Mall (on Long Island)
-Fulton Street Mall
-Kings Plaza Mall
-Woodbury Common Premium Outlets
-Garden State Plaza
-The Westchester Mall
-Palisades Center Mall
-Westfield Sunrise Mall
-Green Acres Mall
-Jersey Gardens

Restaurants

-Second Avenue Deli
-Carnegie Deli
-Stage Deli
-Junior's Cheescake (home to their World Famous Cheesecake)
among others

I hope this information is very helpful.

Good luck and have a nice trip.
Native New Yorker

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