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Sep 17, 2024
9:10:38am

BYUinTX All-American

You can burn half your day the Statue of Liberty.

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BYUinTX

Previous username: cougarmae
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Joined: Sep 7, 2004
Last login: Nov 9, 2024
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Taking the family to New York for the 1st time on Thursday, just for the day so

Cru Jones

Sep 17, 9:03am

As many dollar slices of pizza as you can manage.

kccougar

Sep 17, 9:07am

RE: As many dollar slices of pizza as you can manage.

OrsoNero

Sep 17, 9:30am

One day- that’s probably enough. The typical tourist attractions for one day

SBB

Sep 17, 9:08am

Focus on one part of town if you only have one day. And that part definitely

oxcoug

Sep 17, 9:08am

Can’t disagree for just one day

SBB

Sep 17, 9:09am

For one day I’d probably do the opposite and quickly try to see as much as

Odysseus

Sep 17, 10:45am

I think that's what I meant in part by adding the river run - the key is that

oxcoug

Sep 17, 11:06am

I really like the East River Ferry suggestion, it's now on my list. Thanks

Cru Jones

Sep 17, 1:35pm

Bc of city subsidies a ticket on it is the same as a Subway ticket and if you

oxcoug

Sep 17, 4:45pm

I think we'll walk across the Brooklyn bridge and get on the ferry at Dumbo.

Cru Jones

Sep 17, 10:26pm

I'd go the other way, it's cool to walk into the city. Eat at Juliana's and

Scratch

Sep 17, 10:54pm

Get a metro pass for the subway to get around. Central Park biking is great, but will eat up a lot of time….

Bonoman

Sep 17, 9:09am

That subway advice is old. The city switched to OMNY and you just tap your phone/watch/CC.

TCuz

Sep 17, 9:13am

Me and my son really enjoyed the Empire State Building.

Nuke

Sep 17, 9:10am

Went there once with two third graders.

OrsoNero

Sep 17, 9:36am

You can burn half your day the Statue of Liberty.

BYUinTX

Sep 17, 9:10am

We'll do that the last day of our trip. We are going up into New England for

Cru Jones

Sep 17, 9:17am

That said: The single coolest thing in NYC is the Obelisk in CP near East 80th

oxcoug

Sep 17, 9:11am

…..and the Balto Statue. LOL

Bonoman

Sep 17, 9:13am

I know this really good pizza place

Cougs4Lfe

Sep 17, 9:15am

Michael Scott knows about the best pizza place.

Magneto

Sep 17, 9:16am

Get passes for the Hop On Hop Off bus tour. It'll take you all around the city and you can get off as long as you want

ManicBlue

Sep 17, 9:20am

Link

ManicBlue

Sep 17, 9:43am

Been to the city twice. Haven't yet made it to Central Park as it's actually a

Corn Pop

Sep 17, 9:23am

Yeah, you don't go to CP without a plan or a purpose unless it's just a wander

oxcoug

Sep 17, 9:26am

911 Memorial (not just the reflection ponds) shouldn’t be missed.

fulano

Sep 17, 9:33am

Go to Times Sq for the experience, but just walk through quickly

bythenumbers

Sep 17, 9:42am

Gotta ride the subway, eat a dirty water dog, go to the Intrepid museum and

ArcticKat

Sep 17, 9:47am

The two best food items I've had in NYC were on Bleecker street. Pizza from

russkiejedi

Sep 17, 9:55am

100%. Pop up Bagel down the street is great. Also Donut Pub is great.

byuTX

Sep 17, 10:31am

My kids' favorite thing was going up to the top of One World Trade Center observatory. Worth the $50 on a clear day

byuTX

Sep 17, 10:33am

Fun fact, this was built under the direction of David Checketts, father of

bythenumbers

Sep 17, 11:15am

Building that wonder almost makes up for having that child. Almost.

byuTX

Sep 17, 11:20am

We were there over spring break, a few things

jvr7

Sep 17, 10:34am

We went 4 months ago. Here's our 1-day itinerary

whirl

Sep 17, 11:22am

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