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iggypop · 10-04-2007, 12:02 AM

Yep its official Im heading to New York tomorrow morning! So excited! Got tickets to see Ovechkin play the Islanders on Monday. Oh and Ive got tickets to see the Yankees play the Indians, ohhh Im so pumped to watch some Mlb playoffs, espically live in Yankee Stadium!!

Anyways, any tips for where to go while Im just touring around? Anything really worthing seeing? Anything worth avoiding? Any good/ cheap hostel recomendations? TIA guys. Man Im pumped for that baseball game!

The Goon · 10-04-2007, 07:57 AM

If you like museums, there's a whole lot there to keep you entertained. Maybe go see a broadway show, or try to get tickets to SNL/Letterman/Daily Show/Colbert Report.

Make sure to check out Central Park and Times Square.

North East Goon · 10-04-2007, 11:45 AM

Dont eat in Times Square - there retaurants are expensive and tourist traps. Go off to restaurant row on 9th I believe? Great family owned restaurants all along the street.

Got Miikka? · 10-04-2007, 12:04 PM

Getting tickets to SNL is apparently less likely than winning the lottery - it's a really small studio and cast and crew get first dibs to give seats to friends and family. You might be able to get into a Conan taping because his tickets go on standby daily; you'll have to wait in a long line, however, for a chance. Best bet? Take the NBC tour at 30 Rock and you'll get to peek in most of the studios on site (ie. SNL, Conan, Dateline) and some other fun behind the scenes stuff. Good for celebrity sightings. It's relatively cheap ($30 US if I recall correctly - this was a few years ago however).

Don't miss out on the Met or the MoMA, two world class museums that are loaded with famous exhibits. Met is actually on Central Park east so you can check it and the park out on the same day. MoMA moves a lot, I'm not sure if it's located in Brooklyn now, but in any event worth finding and going to - works by Warhol, Dali, Picasso. The museum itself is worth checking out, funky architecture.

Really, you can't go wrong no matter what you do in NYC, it's just a happening town and there's cool stuff going on everywhere.

GreenLantern · 10-04-2007, 01:04 PM

Question for you New Yorkers, is that restaurant they eat in on Seinfeld a real restaurant? I understand the inside is a set, but they always show the outside of it... just wondering.

Radio · 10-04-2007, 01:04 PM

I have made the sojourn to NYC for work twice. First in late June 2006, then in October 2006. Both times I stayed in Manhattan, on Broadway about 3 blocks east of MSG.

First trip I took in an Indians/Yankees game. Since I was there alone I asked a lot of questions about making the trek through Harlem into the Bronx. The general concensus was I'd safe as there would plenty of people on the subways after the game.

Ended up one of the local guys on site said he'd go to the game with me and said he would drive there. Whole other story about driving in NY...the Bronx is a pretty scary looking part of town... We ended up buying tickets from a scalper for $55US...first level, 13th row behind home. That was my first MLB game, it was very cool.

Apparantly they are tearing down Yankee stadium sometime in the future and building a new stadium next to it and the current stadium will become parking.

When we left, the traffic was not moving. So the guy I was with took me back to my hotel on the train and returned to get his car after. I was glad for that cause even though there were plenty of people there were also plenty of trains...getting on the wrong one would've been easy!

Second trip I took in a Rangers/Devils game at MSG. Again very cool to be in such a famous arena. Noticed they didn't have any promos, no t-shirt cannons or anything of that nature. No hotties cleaning the ice either. Did see a couple wearing Flames jersey's though which was bonus.

I also took in an Islanders/Pengiuns game at Nassau Coliseum. Don't follow the directions given by the Islanders website to get there though. Again I asked locals about travelling there from Manhattan and taking the bus from the train station to the arena. I got a resounding DON'T walk anywhere in that area, get off the train and straight into a cab. When the game is over go to the Marriott across the street and get a cab straight back to the train! So I did...

Completely different crowd on Long Island...seemed a lot angrier than the MSG crowd. But it was very cool to see all the banners. They had some promos here and hotties cleaning the ice. Funny how 3 of them would skate down to Fleury's net, 1 would scrape snow while 2 would twirl around and bend over in front of him...it was awesome.

Other than the sporting events I did the usual touristy things. The Rock (Rockafeller sp? centre), The empire State building (go in the evening it's open till midnight no line ups), Times Square, NBC Studios, Ground Zero (mot really touristy so to speak...). tried to visit the Statue of Liberty but was too late...apparantly you can't go up to the top anymore anyways.

But enough of my ramblings...it's a very cool place to visit...more to do and see than you'd imagine. There's a Jets/Giants game this weekend you should try and attend that.

Radio

CaptainCrunch · 10-04-2007, 01:31 PM

Strawberry fields in central part is a must see. Going up the empire state building. Getting the UN tour.

Times square just for the T-shirt shops.

StrayBullet · 10-04-2007, 03:02 PM

Otafuku in the East Village is a great little Japanese restaurant. It's on E 9th Street. I always make a point to go there for their, takoyaki.

flamingreen · 10-04-2007, 03:30 PM

Joe's Pizza in Greenwich Village is excellent, mind you any eatery in Greenwich is great. Make sure you bring a good pair of shoes as you will be doing a bunch of walking. Don't be afraid to ask the locals for directions/info; I've found New Yorkers to be incredibly polite and helpful. Oh, and I believe there is still a cab strike going on so unless you like paying hiked prices for fares take the subway. It's quick, clean, efficient and as far as safety is concerned; I've always felt safer walking around New York than I ever do in Calgary.

psicodude · 10-04-2007, 04:05 PM

We took a tour of Rockefeller pcenter and the NBC studios that was actually really cool. We got to see the set's of a couple shows like Dateline and SNL. We also went to a Yankees game and it was incredible. The subway stops right beside the stadium and there are a million people around, so don't sweat it. You couldn't pay me to that neighborhood without a ball game on though.

The only other advice I can give is to embrace the subway system. It is really easy to understand, and you can get anywhere in Manhatten in 20 minutes.

The Goon · 10-04-2007, 04:10 PM

When I went to a Yankee game a few years back, I took a boat up the East River which dropped me off right by Yankee Stadium. Took the boat back to midtown Manhattan. Great way to travel and fairly stress-free.

OILFAN #81 · 10-05-2007, 01:57 PM

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Seriously though, i've been to NY a few times and Times Square is something you really want to go to. The memorial site of 9/11 is very interesting to check out as well. Statue of Liberty, The Metropolitian Museum of Art, Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium(never been) are all also great to see.