Things to do in NYC
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Aside from obvious things like museums and things like the Empire State Building check out the restaurants, NYC has some of the best in the world.
Off of the top of my head, there's only one thing I can think of. Go to the Comedy Cellar. It's the place where the local professional comics go when they're working on new material. You won't be seeing the fresh, polished material that you would see on an HBO special or when a comic comes to your town and does a show at the local chuckle hut. It will also probably be more daring and refreshing than the crap on Comedy Central. I've heard it likened to watching a painter paint, and even if it isn't funny it's got to be interesting. Also, the biggest and best comics would most likely be there mid-week because they have serious, high-paying gigs in big clubs on the weekends.
http://www.comedycellar.com/
117 MacDougal Street New York, NY 10012
Anyway, it's the one place I haven't been in Manhattan that's on my "to-do" list for when I get un-single. That's right Westchester ladies, I'm available and terribly good looking.
Oh, and the other suggestions in this thread are good too: Intrepid, Met, Empire State Building, Pizza.
And let's not forget Lincoln Center.
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
Caught a ballet there not too long ago.
Oh, and Carmines is right by Times Square
http://www.carminesnyc.com
200 West 44th Street, New York, NY
So if you're going to be near times square this would be a better option than the Hard Rock Cafe or whatever.
The Dinosaur Barbeque in Harlem is supposed to be stellar, even surpassing some of the good ol boy barbeques of the South.
http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/
700 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027
A little research and you could easily find dozens of things in NYC that suit your fancy.
http://www.comedycellar.com/
117 MacDougal Street New York, NY 10012
Anyway, it's the one place I haven't been in Manhattan that's on my "to-do" list for when I get un-single. That's right Westchester ladies, I'm available and terribly good looking.
Oh, and the other suggestions in this thread are good too: Intrepid, Met, Empire State Building, Pizza.
And let's not forget Lincoln Center.
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
Caught a ballet there not too long ago.
Oh, and Carmines is right by Times Square
http://www.carminesnyc.com
200 West 44th Street, New York, NY
So if you're going to be near times square this would be a better option than the Hard Rock Cafe or whatever.
The Dinosaur Barbeque in Harlem is supposed to be stellar, even surpassing some of the good ol boy barbeques of the South.
http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/
700 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027
A little research and you could easily find dozens of things in NYC that suit your fancy.
I would second this recommendation. I went in when I was over there a few years back and it's good. Near the Empire State building too, if that's on your itinerary.jakeblues69 said:
In addition to the usual stuff like the Met (basically analogous to the British Museum in London in terms of size and scope, although sadly not free) and the Guggenheim, I really liked El Museo del Barrio: it's not too touristy (which is a shame because I wanted prints of some of the stuff there) but there's some really interesting pieces there and it tells the history of Spanish Harlem.
The Statue of Liberty (technically in New Jersey) is pretty, but they've recently shut off a lot of it, so don't disembark there: save yourself for the Ellis Island museum, which is the next stop on the ferry. It's really good. That said, the trip takes a whole afternoon, so if you don't fancy taking the ferry, the view from the southern-most point of Manhattan at sunset is awesome: last time I was in NYC it was for a wedding, they'd booked the venue there with the ceremony starting at sunset and the huppah was set up in such a way that the sunset over the water was in the background...
Good food is everywhere in NYC, my recommendations may be a little out-of-date but Tom's Restaurant (on Broadway if memory serves) is a good place to try, as well as being a landmark of popular culture. (it's the titular eatery of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" and the exterior was often used in Seinfeld)
You absolutely should get a bagel with lox and cream cheese: the smoked salmon isn't quite as good as the Scottish stuff and is noticeably more expensive, but the bagels are much better than what you're used to getting in an European supermarket. Giant pretzels are good too, albeit salty as fuck.
You could do worse than to make a list of places from film, songs and books you wanted to see. I crossed off Bleeker Street, Tom's Diner, Radio City, Wall Street, Central Park, Washington Square, Little Italy, Chinatown and more others than I'd care to mention.
One last note: prices are quoted without the addition of sales tax and the tipping thing is probably something you've heard of, so mentally adjust the price of restaurant meals up by 25% before sitting down.
EDIT: I changed some things because I realised you're not British. Sorry.