looking for a bit of info from anyone. I'm looking at getting a flight on the 7th Sept for one week to the Big Apple. Found a hotel in Brooklyn called the Sheraton and was wondering how easy it is to travelk around/costs.
Basically I'd like to take in as many of the sights like Times Sq/Manhattan/Central Park/Statue of Liberty but also interested in travelling to games at :
Yankee Stadium Citi Field Meadowlands
Yankees at home on 7th, Mets 10th to the 19th and Giants home opener on the Sunday.
Can you get the Subway quite easy to these places??
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Hi all,
looking for a bit of info from anyone. I'm looking at getting a flight on the 7th Sept for one week to the Big Apple. Found a hotel in Brooklyn called the Sheraton and was wondering how easy it is to travelk around/costs.
Basically I'd like to take in as many of the sights like Times Sq/Manhattan/Central Park/Statue of Liberty but also interested in travelling to games at :
Yankee Stadium Citi Field Meadowlands
Yankees at home on 7th, Mets 10th to the 19th and Giants home opener on the Sunday.
Can you get the Subway quite easy to these places??
Cost jumps up from £950 to over £1500 for the week if I stay in Times Square. That kind of takes half of my spending money then so I'd rather have more money to blitz and stay in Brooklyn.
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Cost jumps up from £950 to over £1500 for the week if I stay in Times Square. That kind of takes half of my spending money then so I'd rather have more money to blitz and stay in Brooklyn.
not necessarily got a budget but obviously the cheaper I can make i the more I have to blitz. I'd normally wouldn't be too bothered with the funds but moving soon to Oz so kind of a last chance to get to NYC for the next couple of years
Other option I have is to stay in Newark for around £650 which would give me around £1350 to go at through the week. My sister went for 5 days and travelled in/said it was quite easy to do.
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thanks G&G,
not necessarily got a budget but obviously the cheaper I can make i the more I have to blitz. I'd normally wouldn't be too bothered with the funds but moving soon to Oz so kind of a last chance to get to NYC for the next couple of years
Other option I have is to stay in Newark for around £650 which would give me around £1350 to go at through the week. My sister went for 5 days and travelled in/said it was quite easy to do.
I've been to NYC twice. Once I was with a bunch of cheap fucks and we stayed in like a Super 8 in New Jersey for dirt cheap and the 2nd time i went with my wife and we stayed like a block off Times Square. It's well worth the extra money to stay in Manhattan. ... you'll waste so much time going back and forth to your hotel.
Use priceline's name your own price and use this site as a guideline for what other people are getting rooms for.
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I've been to NYC twice. Once I was with a bunch of cheap fucks and we stayed in like a Super 8 in New Jersey for dirt cheap and the 2nd time i went with my wife and we stayed like a block off Times Square. It's well worth the extra money to stay in Manhattan. ... you'll waste so much time going back and forth to your hotel.
Use priceline's name your own price and use this site as a guideline for what other people are getting rooms for.
looking for a bit of info from anyone. I'm looking at getting a flight on the 7th Sept for one week to the Big Apple. Found a hotel in Brooklyn called the Sheraton and was wondering how easy it is to travelk around/costs.
Basically I'd like to take in as many of the sights like Times Sq/Manhattan/Central Park/Statue of Liberty but also interested in travelling to games at :
Yankee Stadium Citi Field Meadowlands
Yankees at home on 7th, Mets 10th to the 19th and Giants home opener on the Sunday.
Can you get the Subway quite easy to these places??
If you are flying on the 7th, you sure as hell don't want to try to make it to a Yankees game the same day ( even though it is a night game )
Trying to get into the first home game the Giants play at the new stadium would cost you BIG BUCKS..
Enjoy the trip, but plan your time accordingly. Also 9-11 anniversary will be going on while you are there. Maybe go to ground zero and watch ceremony / ringing of the bell / reading of the names
it's quite moving
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Quote Originally Posted by UKIRONMAN:
Hi all,
looking for a bit of info from anyone. I'm looking at getting a flight on the 7th Sept for one week to the Big Apple. Found a hotel in Brooklyn called the Sheraton and was wondering how easy it is to travelk around/costs.
Basically I'd like to take in as many of the sights like Times Sq/Manhattan/Central Park/Statue of Liberty but also interested in travelling to games at :
Yankee Stadium Citi Field Meadowlands
Yankees at home on 7th, Mets 10th to the 19th and Giants home opener on the Sunday.
Can you get the Subway quite easy to these places??
If you are flying on the 7th, you sure as hell don't want to try to make it to a Yankees game the same day ( even though it is a night game )
Trying to get into the first home game the Giants play at the new stadium would cost you BIG BUCKS..
Enjoy the trip, but plan your time accordingly. Also 9-11 anniversary will be going on while you are there. Maybe go to ground zero and watch ceremony / ringing of the bell / reading of the names
If you are flying on the 7th, you sure as hell don't want to try to make it to a Yankees game the same day ( even though it is a night game )
Trying to get into the first home game the Giants play at the new stadium would cost you BIG BUCKS..
Enjoy the trip, but plan your time accordingly. Also 9-11 anniversary will be going on while you are there. Maybe go to ground zero and watch ceremony / ringing of the bell / reading of the names
it's quite moving
It seems a pain but i fly into nyc from nc and go to yankee stadium the same night all the time. I always take 6am flights though. Last year i actually flew in and made it to a 1pm game as well.
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Quote Originally Posted by 5_for_Fighting:
If you are flying on the 7th, you sure as hell don't want to try to make it to a Yankees game the same day ( even though it is a night game )
Trying to get into the first home game the Giants play at the new stadium would cost you BIG BUCKS..
Enjoy the trip, but plan your time accordingly. Also 9-11 anniversary will be going on while you are there. Maybe go to ground zero and watch ceremony / ringing of the bell / reading of the names
it's quite moving
It seems a pain but i fly into nyc from nc and go to yankee stadium the same night all the time. I always take 6am flights though. Last year i actually flew in and made it to a 1pm game as well.
Yankee Stadium is a breeze to get to. You can get there in no time on the 4 train or the D train. not a problem at all.
Don't go to the Statue of Liberty. you can't go up it. It's not that impressive. If you want to do something, grab a circle line boat cruise that takes you past it. no point to getting off on the island.
If you want to go up to the top of a building, go to Top of the Rock at the top of 30 Rockefeller Center. you can reserve a time and the elevator is only one trip of 1 minute. it will take you hours to get to the top of the empire state building for the same price.
definitely go to central park and check out the metropolitan museum of art. it's free. they try to get you to pay $20, but you really don't have to. it's only a suggested donation. I go about once a month so i don't pay $20 every time. i usually just buy the audio tour for 6 bucks and call it a day.
Don't go to "Ground Zero" unless you enjoy visiting construction sites.
My favorite pizza in the city is John's on Bleecker.
Prospect Park in Brooklyn is another amazing park, even bigger than Central Park. worth checking out.
You can get to Citi Field on the 7 train very easily as well.
Save your efforts on the Giants game. just find a good bar to watch it at.
Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink (Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the city.
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Yankee Stadium is a breeze to get to. You can get there in no time on the 4 train or the D train. not a problem at all.
Don't go to the Statue of Liberty. you can't go up it. It's not that impressive. If you want to do something, grab a circle line boat cruise that takes you past it. no point to getting off on the island.
If you want to go up to the top of a building, go to Top of the Rock at the top of 30 Rockefeller Center. you can reserve a time and the elevator is only one trip of 1 minute. it will take you hours to get to the top of the empire state building for the same price.
definitely go to central park and check out the metropolitan museum of art. it's free. they try to get you to pay $20, but you really don't have to. it's only a suggested donation. I go about once a month so i don't pay $20 every time. i usually just buy the audio tour for 6 bucks and call it a day.
Don't go to "Ground Zero" unless you enjoy visiting construction sites.
My favorite pizza in the city is John's on Bleecker.
Prospect Park in Brooklyn is another amazing park, even bigger than Central Park. worth checking out.
You can get to Citi Field on the 7 train very easily as well.
Save your efforts on the Giants game. just find a good bar to watch it at.
Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink (Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the city.
Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't
go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and
look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink
(Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side,
Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you
even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the cit
Yeah but you have to do times square. Overpriced? Sure probably but still worth going to. I do all the time.
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Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't
go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and
look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink
(Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side,
Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you
even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the cit
Yeah but you have to do times square. Overpriced? Sure probably but still worth going to. I do all the time.
Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't
go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and
look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink
(Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side,
Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you
even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the cit
Yeah but you have to do times square. Overpriced? Sure probably but still worth going to. I do all the time.
as someone who worked in manhattan on and off for years i hated times square and rockefeller plaza
nothing but big neon signs
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:
Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't
go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and
look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink
(Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side,
Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you
even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the cit
Yeah but you have to do times square. Overpriced? Sure probably but still worth going to. I do all the time.
as someone who worked in manhattan on and off for years i hated times square and rockefeller plaza
Yeah times square you will have a bunch better time. Yes you can get to the subway from almost anywhere
I disagree with this.
Times square is where all the tourists stay and is crowded. You can always take a subway to times square and stay away from the this crowded tourist area when you dont need to be there. Theres plenty to do throughout the city without having to be in that area. I actually hate times square.
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:
Yeah times square you will have a bunch better time. Yes you can get to the subway from almost anywhere
I disagree with this.
Times square is where all the tourists stay and is crowded. You can always take a subway to times square and stay away from the this crowded tourist area when you dont need to be there. Theres plenty to do throughout the city without having to be in that area. I actually hate times square.
Yankee Stadium is a breeze to get to. You can get there in no time on the 4 train or the D train. not a problem at all.
Don't go to the Statue of Liberty. you can't go up it. It's not that impressive. If you want to do something, grab a circle line boat cruise that takes you past it. no point to getting off on the island.
If you want to go up to the top of a building, go to Top of the Rock at the top of 30 Rockefeller Center. you can reserve a time and the elevator is only one trip of 1 minute. it will take you hours to get to the top of the empire state building for the same price.
definitely go to central park and check out the metropolitan museum of art. it's free. they try to get you to pay $20, but you really don't have to. it's only a suggested donation. I go about once a month so i don't pay $20 every time. i usually just buy the audio tour for 6 bucks and call it a day.
Don't go to "Ground Zero" unless you enjoy visiting construction sites.
My favorite pizza in the city is John's on Bleecker.
Prospect Park in Brooklyn is another amazing park, even bigger than Central Park. worth checking out.
You can get to Citi Field on the 7 train very easily as well.
Save your efforts on the Giants game. just find a good bar to watch it at.
Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink (Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the city.
Best post and advice in this thread.
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Quote Originally Posted by Gunners:
Yankee Stadium is a breeze to get to. You can get there in no time on the 4 train or the D train. not a problem at all.
Don't go to the Statue of Liberty. you can't go up it. It's not that impressive. If you want to do something, grab a circle line boat cruise that takes you past it. no point to getting off on the island.
If you want to go up to the top of a building, go to Top of the Rock at the top of 30 Rockefeller Center. you can reserve a time and the elevator is only one trip of 1 minute. it will take you hours to get to the top of the empire state building for the same price.
definitely go to central park and check out the metropolitan museum of art. it's free. they try to get you to pay $20, but you really don't have to. it's only a suggested donation. I go about once a month so i don't pay $20 every time. i usually just buy the audio tour for 6 bucks and call it a day.
Don't go to "Ground Zero" unless you enjoy visiting construction sites.
My favorite pizza in the city is John's on Bleecker.
Prospect Park in Brooklyn is another amazing park, even bigger than Central Park. worth checking out.
You can get to Citi Field on the 7 train very easily as well.
Save your efforts on the Giants game. just find a good bar to watch it at.
Don't do anything in times square but look. Don't go to a bar, don't go to a restaurant. They all suck and are overpriced. Just go and look and leave immediately. plenty of better places to eat and drink (Soho, the Village, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Chelsea, Meatpacking). All those places should be visited before you even go to times square. They are the real neighborhoods of the city.
Ok i get it if you guys actually live in manhattan and have no interest in going there. I wouldnt either probably. But for those who visit it can be very interesting and a good time. I dont mind it.
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Ok i get it if you guys actually live in manhattan and have no interest in going there. I wouldnt either probably. But for those who visit it can be very interesting and a good time. I dont mind it.
It seems a pain but i fly into nyc from nc and go to yankee stadium the same night all the time. I always take 6am flights though. Last year i actually flew in and made it to a 1pm game as well.
Dude is in the UK
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:
It seems a pain but i fly into nyc from nc and go to yankee stadium the same night all the time. I always take 6am flights though. Last year i actually flew in and made it to a 1pm game as well.
Last year i actually flew in and made it to a 1pm game as well.
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