NEED HELP FROM A NYCer! Help me Plan the Best 3 day trip in NYC!!!

Hard2IMAGINE2007VIC · May 2008

So I figured I would come back here for some great advice about NYC and how to best experience the Big Apple in a short trip. So now that many of you have helped me figure out subway or taxi from airport, I am looking for some tips on maximizing my 3 day trip in NYC. I arrive in NYC on 6/23 at 6pm and leave at 1pm on 6/26. I have been on the net searching stuff to do and see and I am not sure I can do it all in 3 days with the Pearl Jam shows at MSG both nights. I am just looking for some suggestions on the typical NYC famous tourist sites that I must see and which might be OK to pass on until when I return to NYC with more time than 3 days. I appreciate any thoughts on how you think another PJ fan might enjoy his short trip in NYC! Thanks!

BetterManningNYG · May 2008

not really a typical "tourist" thing to do, but a worthwhile experience for any music fan:

http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/talent.php?talent=1&month=6&year=2008

you might be able to catch the late show if you don't have any delays getting in.

thecory · May 2008

if you like plays matinées are wednsday. see one before night 2. David Mamet who did glengarry glenross has a new play called november. haven't seen it but mamet rarely disappoints. or see something else.

angryyoungman · May 2008

theres this big pointy building that has an interesting observation deck, the name escapes me though

angryyoungman · May 2008

madame tussauds wax museum is kinda interesting, bring a camera

ovechkin8 · May 2008

wax museum? are you joking?

alex grey museum COSM in the meatpacking district is pretty cool.
the nicholas roerich museum on the upper west side is also a really cool, offbeat kinda place to visit.
if you like pizza, check out the brooklyn pizza tour. this italian dude, tony, takes you around BK, shows you a few things about the borough, and you get a slice at l and b and grimaldi's, which are considered two of the best pizza shops in ny.

MOMA is always a good time as is the museum of natural history.

STAY AWAY FROM TIMES SQUARE- its a tourist trap and its basically all generic crap...its interesting to see the spectacle, but you don't need to spend more than a half hour in the area to get the gist of it...again ,STAY AWAY FROM TIMES SQUARE

if you're into a off center electronic music, check out club love on 8th and macdougal.

angryyoungman · May 2008

ovechkin8 wrote:

wax museum? are you joking?

alex grey museum COSM in the meatpacking district is pretty cool.
the nicholas roerich museum on the upper west side is also a really cool, offbeat kinda place to visit.
if you like pizza, check out the brooklyn pizza tour. this italian dude, tony, takes you around BK, shows you a few things about the borough, and you get a slice at l and b and grimaldi's, which are considered two of the best pizza shops in ny.

MOMA is always a good time as is the museum of natural history.

STAY AWAY FROM TIMES SQUARE- its a tourist trap and its basically all generic crap...its interesting to see the spectacle, but you don't need to spend more than a half hour in the area to get the gist of it...again ,STAY AWAY FROM TIMES SQUARE

if you're into a off center electronic music, check out club love on 8th and macdougal.

he asked for touristy kind of stuff. . .he didnt ask about being educated

MrStyles420 · May 2008

mets home game at shea against seattle, follow it up with Joe's Shanghai on 51st between union and main, they got trademarked "soup" dumplings highly recommended by zagat and NY Times, cheap too! all followed up by some authentic flushing bubble tea.

nukeboot · May 2008

The Rose Planetarium at the Natural History Museum is fantastic, as is the whole museum if you have the time.

The Circle Line boat trip is a great way to see NYC (or take the Staten Island Ferry for free).

You can catch a play at the Wed. matinee performance - discount tickets in Times Square - TKTS booth.

Bathgate66 · May 2008

http://www.hopstop.com

http://www.green-wood.com/

and of course you should head down to the WTC site downtown.

Chazz · May 2008

OK, so as you can see I'm not a NYer and I've only been there once so far (going to the shows in June though

) but I can give you some tips as a 'real tourist'.

The best thing we did was buy a 'hop on hop off' tour bus ticket that lasted two days. It had a downtown route and uptown route covering all the 'landmarks' a tourist would want to see. It was brilliant for getting the 'lay of the land' as we did all our other sightseeing on foot. It also included a trip across the Brooklyn bridge at night so you could see the New York skyline all light up. Think it cost about $45 per person back in 2002 but it was well worth it for us, being naive English tourists

Make sure you go on the top deck though or you won't see much!!

We also booked a boat trip right round Manhattan island that was really good too.

qcrete · May 2008

http://www.metmuseum.org/

http://nyzoosandaquarium.com/cpz

guacamolejoe · May 2008

angryyoungman wrote:

theres this big pointy building that has an interesting observation deck, the name escapes me though

If you plan on going there, go late at night around 11ish, I think it closes at midnight but you should check. The lines during the day suck, bunch of stinking tourists (not you of course). And the veiw at night is incredible, even with an overcast, makes it even better imop.

juliefer · May 2008

i'm visiting new york in a week and a half and want to try to fit in some wandering around greenwich village/ west village. any recommendations of where i should start? what i should see? (what subway stop to get off at?)

JaneNY · May 2008

ovechkin8 wrote:

MOMA is always a good time as is the museum of natural history.

STAY AWAY FROM TIMES SQUARE- its a tourist trap and its basically all generic crap...its interesting to see the spectacle, but you don't need to spend more than a half hour in the area to get the gist of it...again ,STAY AWAY FROM TIMES SQUARE

if you're into a off center electronic music, check out club love on 8th and macdougal.

I like the MOMA, didn't like the museum of natural history that much.

Times Square - if you've never been to NY its kind of fun to be standing in the place you always see on TV though, with the big screens and all.

piaget77 · May 2008

juliefer wrote:

i'm visiting new york in a week and a half and want to try to fit in some wandering around greenwich village/ west village. any recommendations of where i should start? what i should see? (what subway stop to get off at?)

Take the A,C, or E subway down to West 4th street.

Very, very cool area. What kind of things do you want to see?

juliefer · May 2008

piaget77 wrote:

Take the A,C, or E subway down to West 4th street.

Very, very cool area. What kind of things do you want to see?

I don't really know! We're already doing all the touristy stuff, museums and harbour cruise and such, and we probably only have about half a day to check out those neighbourhoods. I don't care too much to see art galleries (I did the art school thing years ago and am pretty much done with gallery hopping) but we do like neat shops, and looking at houses/architecture/real estate, and food, especially bakeries...

nukeboot · May 2008

juliefer wrote:

i'm visiting new york in a week and a half and want to try to fit in some wandering around greenwich village/ west village. any recommendations of where i should start? what i should see? (what subway stop to get off at?)

Since you're in town for a show, why not explore some rock history?

Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios – 52 West 8th Street (East of 6th Ave.)
Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” cover - 96-98 St. Marks Place (E. of 1st St.)

NY PJ1 · May 2008

ny pj1 's crib for the best greens in nyc

then we can go to the brooklyn crib for the best italian food

TransplantedNewf · May 2008

nukeboot wrote:

Since you're in town for a show, why not explore some rock history?

Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios – 52 West 8th Street (East of 6th Ave.)
Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” cover - 96-98 St. Marks Place (E. of 1st St.)

Awesome idea!

My 17 year old neice in really into Hendrix/Doors/Zeppelin and she'd LOVE a photo of that building. I was feeling bad that i wouldn't be in town for her highschool graduation but that would definitely make up for it.

juliefer · May 2008

nukeboot wrote:

Since you're in town for a show, why not explore some rock history?

Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios – 52 West 8th Street (East of 6th Ave.)
Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” cover - 96-98 St. Marks Place (E. of 1st St.)

sadly, i won't be there for a show, we booked our trip way before PJ announced their tour, but i'll check those places out, thanks! (we're taking our first non-pj related trip, so we're making up for it with broadway shows.)

NEED HELP FROM A NYCer! Help me Plan the Best 3 day trip in NYC!!!

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