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New York Sightseeing Guide

New York Sightseeing Guide




New York Sightseeing Guide - Day 1


Arrive at JFK Airport
Get a taxi to Manhattan (70$)
Or AirTrain (6$) to Sutphin Boulevard station and Subway E (3$) in the city
Stay at Cambria Hotel New York - Chelsea



Walk 20min on 7th Ave to Time Square
Stop before at Wasabi Sushi & Bento



Visit M&M'S World
Finish the night in Tonic-Sports Bar


New York Sightseeing Guide - Day 2


Walk 10min on 5th Ave to Empire State Building
Continue 15min until Grand Central Station



Go to St. Patrick's Cathedral & Rockefeller Plaza
Visit Top of the Rock (less touristy before 10am)
Get lift up to Observation Deck for city view (40.50$)



Have a Cuban sandwich at Margon (46th St)
Walk to 42 Street/Time Square station
Take Subway 1 direction South Ferry (3$)
Get off at WTC Cortlandt
Download MTA-Subway Map



Visit 9/11 Memorial & Tribute Museum (15$)
Have Pastrami sandwich at Harry & Ida's
Finish the night in Apotheke-Bar


New York Sightseeing Guide - Day 3


Walk 30min on 7th Ave direction Central Park
Rent a bike at NYC Bike Rental (10$ per hour)
Cycle through the park from south-east entrance
and follow the cycle lane all the way around



Return the bike
Eat lunch at Chick'nCone (8th Ave)
Walk 20min to American Museum of Natural History (23$)
Go to Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument



Have a salmon bagel at Zabar's
Walk to 79 Street station
Take Subway 1 direction South Ferry (3$)
Get off 59 Street/Columbus Circle
Walk 20min to Roosevelt Island Tramway



Take the cable car to the island and back (4$ return)
Go to Greenacre Park with waterfall
Finish the night at Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC


New York Sightseeing Guide - Day 4

Walk to 28 Street station
Take Subway 1 to South Ferry (3$)



Go to Battery Park terminal for Statue Cruises (18.50$)
Take the ferry (8:30am highly recommended) 
To Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island (museum takes at least 2hrs)



Back in Manhattan walk through Battery Park and have a drink in The Beer Garden
Eat lunch at Luke's Lobster
Go to Charging Bull & Fearless Girl Statue
Continue to Wall Street
Walk 15min to Brooklyn Bridge and cross it


Visit Ice Cream Factory
Go to Dumbo neighbourhood & The Archway Manhattan Bridge


Take Subway F from York Street station (3$)
Get off 23 Street
Finish the night at 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar


New York Sightseeing Guide - Day 5


Walk downtown 5th Ave to Flatiron Building
Continue to Washington Square Arch and rest in the park



Go to Greenwich Village neighbourhood
Visit Friends & Carrie Bradshaw SATC apartment
Have lunch at Chelsea Market
Walk along The High Line (2km)



Have a drink at Frying Pan
Eat dinner in Spaghetti Incident
Finish the night at Comedy Cellar


New York Sightseeing Guide - Day 6


Take Subway F from 23 Street to 21 Street/Queensbridge
Go to Queens & Socrates Sculpture Park
Eat lunch at Los Portales (Mexican) or Pao De Queijo (Brazilian)



Visit Museum of the Moving Image (15$) - closed Monday/Tuesday
Go to 40 Street/Queens Boulevard station
Take Subway 7 get off 111 Street/Roosevelt Avenue (3$)
Walk to Unisphere



Visit Queen's Museum (8$) - closed Monday/Tuesday
Take  Subway 7 from 111 Street/Roosevelt Avenue to 42 Street/Time Square (3$)
Eat dinner at Bravo Kosher Pizza (5$ a slice)
Finish the night at a Broadway Show or Madison Square Garden