Recommendations for the "seasoned visitor" to NYC
Sep 6, 2009, 11:48 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 269
Recommendations for the "seasoned visitor" to NYC
My wife and I will be making our 3rd trip together in so many years to NYC in November. We've done most of the touristy things, so we're kind of looking for the "off the beaten path" type of things. I'm not opposed to leaving Manhattan, but it still has to be close to the train.
I'm not sure even what I'm looking for, but am open to your ideas on places you'd recommend to people that has been to NYC a few times and looking for rather unique places that you wouldn't hit on your first visit.
I'm not sure even what I'm looking for, but am open to your ideas on places you'd recommend to people that has been to NYC a few times and looking for rather unique places that you wouldn't hit on your first visit.
Sep 7, 2009, 9:07 am
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2000
Programs: UA Million Miler (lite). NY Metro area.
Posts: 15,079
Brooklyn
-Brighton Beach aka Little Odessa
-Coney Island
-Park Slope
-Brooklyn Heights (The Promenade)
-Brooklyn Museum (of the Arts)
-Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
-Prospect Park
-Brighton Beach aka Little Odessa
-Coney Island
-Park Slope
-Brooklyn Heights (The Promenade)
-Brooklyn Museum (of the Arts)
-Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
-Prospect Park
Sep 7, 2009, 4:09 pm
#5
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MDW/ORD and the late lamented Meigs Field...
Programs: UA 1MM Premier 1K, Hilton Gold, Marriott Titanium/ LT
Posts: 1,229
Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan, and celebrate with ice cream from the shop near the base on the Brooklyn side (if it is open that late in the year)
+1 for the Transit Museum
International Center for Photography gallery at 1133 Avenue of the Americas
Museum of the City of New York, 1120 Fifth Avenue (but check the exhibits - the Henry Hudson one was not up to their usual standards)
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard St.
Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at the Lincoln Center always worth checking on - they're having a month-long celebration of women in jazz, from now through early October, but that's too soon for your trip
+1 for the Transit Museum
International Center for Photography gallery at 1133 Avenue of the Americas
Museum of the City of New York, 1120 Fifth Avenue (but check the exhibits - the Henry Hudson one was not up to their usual standards)
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard St.
Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at the Lincoln Center always worth checking on - they're having a month-long celebration of women in jazz, from now through early October, but that's too soon for your trip
Last edited by lskohn; Sep 7, 2009 at 4:11 pm Reason: correction for OP's travel dates
Sep 8, 2009, 10:19 am
#7
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA
Posts: 36,062
Another vote for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and for The Cloisters. The former is particularly interesting if you have any relatives who immigrated through New York.
The Frick is an often-overlooked little gem of a museum.
There's usually something new on Broadway. Worth seeing are the revivals of Hair and West Side Story, if you haven't already seen them.
There's also always something worth seeing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I'm a native New Yorker and have been there hundreds of times. However, every time my wife and I go back, a re-visit is compulsory -- there's always a special exhibition of some sort, or some unexplored corner, that makes the trip worthwhile.
The Frick is an often-overlooked little gem of a museum.
There's usually something new on Broadway. Worth seeing are the revivals of Hair and West Side Story, if you haven't already seen them.
There's also always something worth seeing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I'm a native New Yorker and have been there hundreds of times. However, every time my wife and I go back, a re-visit is compulsory -- there's always a special exhibition of some sort, or some unexplored corner, that makes the trip worthwhile.
Sep 8, 2009, 10:31 am
#8
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NYC
Programs: AA Platinum, SPG Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 310
A nice walk around Central Park if its nice out then how about taking the 4 up to the new Yankee Stadium and watching a baseball stadium in the new $1.5 Billion (overpriced) stadium.
If you want to watch a single A team, take the 7 and head to the new Citi Field in Queens to see the NY Mets.
If you want to watch a single A team, take the 7 and head to the new Citi Field in Queens to see the NY Mets.
Sep 8, 2009, 10:33 am
#9
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 269
A nice walk around Central Park if its nice out then how about taking the 4 up to the new Yankee Stadium and watching a baseball stadium in the new $1.5 Billion (overpriced) stadium.
If you want to watch a single A team, take the 7 and head to the new Citi Field in Queens to see the NY Mets.
If you want to watch a single A team, take the 7 and head to the new Citi Field in Queens to see the NY Mets.
Sep 8, 2009, 10:34 am
#10
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NYC
Programs: AA Platinum, SPG Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 310
Sep 8, 2009, 5:10 pm
#11
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 8,498
Lots of good suggestions above. I'll second (third?) the recommendation for spending some time on the Lower East Side. Amazing history with top-notch places to eat and party for all sorts of budgets and tastes. But it might help us focus our responses if we knew more about you.
What kinds of things do you enjoy doing? Are you into history, architecture, art, music, opera, theater, dance, eating, drinking, dancing, any particular ethnic/religious heritage, outdoor activity, or spectator sports? If so, what kind? "High" or "low" arts and food? Mainstream or avant-garde? What kind of budget do you have? What age bracket do you want to hang out with (regardless of how old you are)?
What kinds of things do you enjoy doing? Are you into history, architecture, art, music, opera, theater, dance, eating, drinking, dancing, any particular ethnic/religious heritage, outdoor activity, or spectator sports? If so, what kind? "High" or "low" arts and food? Mainstream or avant-garde? What kind of budget do you have? What age bracket do you want to hang out with (regardless of how old you are)?
Sep 8, 2009, 5:32 pm
#12
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: FLL -> Where The Boyars Are
Programs: AA EXP 1.7 M, Hilton Gold, Hertz 5*, AARP Sophomore, 14-time Croix de Candlestick
Posts: 18,669
Another small museum well worth the time: The Neue Galerie, the home of Klimt's iconic Adele Bloch-Bauer I:
http://www.neuegalerie.org/main.html?langkey=english
http://www.neuegalerie.org/data/data...t/original.jpg
Also, many nations or regional groups and societies offer exhibits and/or cultural programs in their New York City facilities. A couple that come to mind are the Asia Society and the Alliance Française :
http://www.asiasociety.org/
http://www.fiaf.org/
(A number of years ago, I saw a high-quality production of Maeterlink's Pelléas et Mélisande at the latter for about $10).
http://www.neuegalerie.org/main.html?langkey=english
http://www.neuegalerie.org/data/data...t/original.jpg
Also, many nations or regional groups and societies offer exhibits and/or cultural programs in their New York City facilities. A couple that come to mind are the Asia Society and the Alliance Française :
http://www.asiasociety.org/
http://www.fiaf.org/
(A number of years ago, I saw a high-quality production of Maeterlink's Pelléas et Mélisande at the latter for about $10).
Nov 10, 2009, 10:01 pm
#15
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: n.y.c.
Posts: 13,988