Sights and Entertainment - 5 Boroughs
Manhattan Central Park: Boathouse Area, Bethesda Fountain, Great Lawn, The Mall, Belvedere Castle… have a picnic lunch!, 9/11 Memorial, Grand Central, Chelsea Piers (hit some balls), Highline, Chelsea Market, FAO, Dangerfield's Comedy Club, Top of the Rock, Plaza Hotel (basement - food/shopping), MOMA, Museum of Natural History, History of NYC Museum, Tenement Museum, Dylan's Candy Bar, Bryant Park, Roosevelt Island Sky Tram, Battery Park City, Wall Street, The Met (bar on top), FRIENDS apt (West village), How I Met Your Mother Bar (inspired by Midtown bar, McGee's) Bronx Yankee's Game, Bronx Zoo Queens Met's Game @ Citi Field, Greek Food and Beer Gardens Brooklyn Walk the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Bar Hop through Williamsburg Staten Island Staten Island Ferry passes the Statue of Liberty (FREE!), SI 9/11 Memorial
Food
Several Locations The Smith, Shake Shack, Bareburger, The Meatball Shop, Maison Kieser, Dos Toros, Le Pain, Spice, Two Boots Pizza, Chop't, GO Burger, 5 Napkin Burger, Rosa Mexicano Lower East Side Taqueria Lower East, Katz Deli, Beauty and Essex, Freeman's, Zest (BYOB wine), Mighty Quinn's BBQ East Village Artichoke Pizza, Toucan and The Lion, Momofuku SSAM Bar, Milk Bar, Motorino, Tortuga Mexican Meatpacking District:Revel West Village Aria, Otto, Toucan and the Lion Upper East Side Alice's Teacup, Caffee Buon Gusto, Suppy House, Drunken Monkey, Penrose, Mei-Jen Ramen, Infirmary, Five Mile Stone, Tiramisu, Kobe Sushi, Le Bistro Da Cote, Felice, Italian on 84th, Bonjour Crepes and Wine, Vietnam, Cascabel Taqueria, Vermicelli, Blockheads, Brother Jimmy's, Cilantro, Le Moulin a Cafe, Flex Mussels, EAT Thai, Enthaice Thai Flatiron Eataly, Hill Country Herald Square Keen's Steakhouse Brooklyn (DUMBO) Grimaldi's, Smorgusburg Upper West Side Mughlai, Fred's, La Mirabelle, Boat Basin Midtown Ahi Chihuahua, Madison and Vine, Lexington Brass, Sophie's Cuban, Bengali Tiger Indian Chelsea Co Ba Pho Union Square Coffee Shop, Friend of a Farmer, Blue Ocean Grill Chinatown Yummy Noodle, Dim Sum at Jing Fong Queens Salt and Fat, Quaint, Sunnyside Pizza
Dessert
Upper East Side Two Little Red Hens, Emack and Bolio Midtown Serendipity Lower East Side Doughnut Plant
Drinks
Union Square The Coffee Shop Lower East Side Whiskey Ward, LOVECRAFT, Schiller's Midtown Bryant Park Southwest Porch, Lantern's Keep, Inside Park at St. Bart's, Campbell Apartment inside Grand Central Station Chelsea Beer Garden below the Highline, The Park Upper East Side Top of the Met, Pil Pil, Merrian Square, DTUT, Vero Wine Bar West Village Aria Brooklyn Wythe Hotel Rooftop, Brooklyn Brewery, Maison Premier
Colder Weather
Tree at 30 Rock, Ice Skating - Central Park, Bryant Park, 30 Rock, South Street Seaport, Walk by Lord and Taylor on 5th Ave, Christmas shops - Bryant Park, Union Square, Grand Central,
Christmas tree at The Plaza (and grab dessert in the market inside and visit the Eloise store), Apple Picking (Upstate)
Helpful Hints
HopStop (iPhone app)
EmbarkNYC (iPhone app)
Manhattan is a grid - know NSEW!
Yellow NYC cabs are required to accept credit cards.
Metrocards work for both the subways and buses.
Places to stay
Hyatt in Grand Central
70 Park
Kitano
Things to do with Kids
Natural History Museum, The Met, The Jewish Museum, Central Park, Playroom NYC, Alice's Tea Cup, Serendipity, World Trade Center - Oculus, The High Line, Brooklyn Brewery, Tal Bagels, Brooklyn Crab, Staten Island Ferry, Smorgasburg, Check out MommyPoppins.com for advice on any place you plan to frequent
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