That was one of my favorite haunts too, as a teenager, I came in from Westchester county. 42second street with all the junky little shops was another haunt.
NYC always amazed me, I could just walk around all day looking at stuff and buildings. Every angle of view, whatever direction I looked, there was always something interesting to look at. I recall many times getting off the Hudson Tubes, doing Canal St, then just setting off walking north as far as my legs could go. Many times I ended up in the Columbus Circle area, up in the 60’s, with my leg muscles just burning. It was also cool because there were 3 different ways I could get into the city; Public Service Bus to the Port Authority; Hudson Tubes taking the Newark subway, and there was another way I could take the Erie Lackawanna RR which ran through my home town, Montclair NJ.