What time of year are you going?

I am from the area and did this street mystery tour. Accomplice: The Show | Part Theater. Part Game. All Fun. NYC. It was fun, a little silly and a great way to get a walking tour of part of NYC. We'll worth the money and the trip. You also get to meet people from all over. I had relatives from downunder come in and they loved it. If it is still cold out, I WOULDN'T do this, but spring, yup. I got to walk across the brooklyn bridge. Driven over 100 times, never walked it. What an amazing structure!

Other stuff...museums, eh, don't get me wrong, they are great, however, I think there are too many unique experiences that a museum trip would be second my my list after many of the things listed here.

I would also recommend McSorley's as stated before. It is a cool old bar. The walls have newspaper clippings from the ages. One of them has the titanic sinking.
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Ground zero is emotional, I would recommend it. Every time I drive under the bridge with that chunk taken out of it, i get emotional.
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Strange no one mentioned ellis island. I love this place. I really enjoyed seeing all the history of people coming to america. This teared me up for different reasons, but all of my family come over thru ellis island so I suppose it is personal. http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp

One other thought that is cool and little know is the tenement museum Tenement Museum New York City - NYC Museum. I know i said to that museums would be second on the list, I just mean the typical ones (like MOMA, Natural History, etc). The tenement museum shows people what it was like for early immigrants. Very neat history.

Oh, I also like ferrara's (for desert) and little italy (for food). Very "touristy' but a great experience. Buy some knock off goods from the chinese down there. Can't go wrong with the $20 rolexes.

Finally, places to stay, look up bed and breakfast places in the village. It'll be a great fun and you get to experience NY like a local.

Definitely take the subway somewhere. Get chinese food at 4am.

That said, if you REALLY want to experience NY like a NYers, rent a car during rush hour and try to drive it over the george washington bridge. It'll be an unforgettable 4 hours of your life.

I haven't read all the replys, so please excuse me if this has all ready been recommended, but a circle line tour is a must Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises

Except that there is no city in the world with art like NYC. Maybe London comes somewhat close followed by LA?

If you're only there for a couple of days, go see a few things and simply hang out, NY will not disappoint.

Let Johnny T sum it up for you.

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