Posted on 04/15/2015 1:58:44 PM PDT by eeevil conservative
My son is graduating from college! Worked his way through on his own! As a gift, I am taking him to NYC. Staying with my sister in Queens.
I want to do just ONE thing that is extra special- like to a taping of the The Tonight Show?
Any ideas, suggestions?
We will be going to see Statue of Liberty, Coney Island, Central Park, etc... But I am looking for one thing that will stand out for a young man graduating college-- no girlie clubs! MOM is on this trip!
Agreed.
Eli’s Bread Factory at 91st and Lexington. Not as famous as that other place but, I use to drive into Manhattan, very early, and park in the garage across the street.
Drop my dog off at the best dog kennel ever, back across the street “See Spot Run” and then have breakfast at Eli’s.
Coffee is so damned good.
There is also a fantastic grocery on the bottom floor, through another entrance.
I guess. If you like hanging around...LOL
Been there too.
I luv NYC...
Loved your last sentence.....going to do that this summer!!
I took my 10 year old son on a surprise trip to a Yankees game in the old stadium 15 years ago. We took the train up from Philly where we were visiting my folks in the ‘burbs. Came into Grand Central then switched to the subway. A cop asked if we were going to the Yankees game and my son’s eyes got big as baseballs when he put two and two together. It was a fantastic day. Have fun!
Pretty sure you can’t go the gallery of the NYSE anymore....sad.
Too bad. I consider myself lucky to have had the pleasure, then. It was fascinating.
What’s going on with Tavern on the Green?? Used to LOVE that place years ago....did they re-open?
GROUND ZERO!! Wash, rinse, repeat!!!
the MMA is FREE????
Oh, definitely. As I said, I was just giving my opinions as a native. I agree that the crown of the statue is incredible (I did it as a child, pre-9/11, in the middle of a school week, when the crowds/security was nowhere near what it is today). But I also worked down the block from Battery Park for a number of years, and seeing the crowds waiting for hours to get on the ferry just looks miserable.
The Met (and many other NYC museums - but not all) charges a “suggested donation” of $25 (!) to get in. You can pay all of it, some of it, or nothing - whatever you’d like.
Oh, yes. Another one I forgot.
Wave Hill is another "best-kept secret" type of place. I've only been in the fall (great for when the leaves are changing colors), but imagine that it's amazing now too.
MoMA-the Museum of Modern Art.
http://www.moma.org/
“The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world.[2] The museum’s collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art,[3] including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist’s books, film and electronic media.
The Library’s holdings include approximately 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, over 1,000 periodical titles, and over 40,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups.[4] The archives holds primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art.[5]
MoMA also houses a restaurant, the Modern, run by Alsace-born chef Gabriel Kreuther.”
Source: Wikipedia
Allow me to give you an official New York City greeting:
Welcome to new york!
Now get out.
;-)
Stay the hell away from central park after dark.
Have a slice of pizza. Not from those fast food chains such as dominos, little caesars, papa johns, or pizza hut. I mean one of the independent pizzerias. There are many, so I dont know which ones are the best.
Also you must have a dirty water dog and a yoo hoo. Dirty water dog is new york slang for a hot dog from a hot dog cart street vendor. (No ketchup. Must have it with mustard, sauerkraut and onions. You can leave out the onions if you wish)
Next, a big pretzel with mustard. Can usually buy them from the dirty water dog vendors.
Also, a potato knish. The square ones. With mustard. A jewish delicatessen will have them.
Bagels. Must have a good bagel. Usually with cream cheese (and lox. Or just with cream cheese)
The subways: stay the hell away from the edge of the platform until your train pulls in. Keep your back planted against the wall. If your platform has no wall and is bordered by tracks on both sides, keep your back planted against one of those I beams. On the side of the I beam that is facing the inside of the platform. Not the side facing the tracks. Ignore the native new yorkers that stand at or near the edge of the platform. Theyre morons.
If you are in Queens may want somethng including Long Island.
Mets game
If Islanders are still playing in May may be able to get Stanley cup tix and close out Nassau Coliseum
Flushing Meadow Park
Merchant Marine Academy
Day trips:
Jones Beach/Robert Moses Beach/Fire Island -
Charter fishing off Captree: Go for fluke or striped bass
Cradle of Aviation Museum at old Mitchell Field
Teddy Roosevelt home in Oyster Bay
You’ll be horrified by Coney Inland and the train trip there. It ain’t what it used to be, if it ever was.
My favorite part of Grand Central is the whisper wall. And the ceiling.
There really is so much to do. You kind of have to cater to particular tastes. My suggestions on what to visit would depend on what was important to them: art, music, religion, military, history, entertainment, views of the city, architecture, etc...
woodbutcher1963 @ post #3 gives a really good list of attractions for a short trip to NYC, confirming #2’s Yankee Stadium suggestion NOTE: when/if you go to the Met or MOMA (make it the Met a between the two, IMO) you do NOT have to pay $25/person. That is ‘suggested donation’ but not mandatory.
If you have time, get TKTS, half price tickets to Broadway shows; walk the High Line. At least once manage one of your subway rides to/from Queens that lets you off at Grand Central Station and walk its main hallway, it could be only a few minutes but a fabulous place architecturally (IMO).
If you have a half day, beyond the Staten Island Ferry, there’s the Circle Line boat ride around Manhattan Island.
Maybe your son should now go to grad school so you when he graduates you have a reason to return. There’s a TON of fun stuff to do in the Big Apple, and it truly is electric. I ALWAYS feel the electricity the second I emerge onto Manhattan Island thru a tunnel or across a bridge. Have a ball, and super congrats to your son.
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