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New York City

Simply, New York City has more of everything than anywhere else on the planet, and better than anywhere else, too. The Metropolitan Opera and Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitans baseball team, better known as The Mets, and their rivals, The Yankees. Broadway theater and the stars of tomorrow at the comedy clubs. The Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island, better ridden before eating a Nathan's Famous hot dog slathered with spicy mustard. Clippity-clopping around Central Park in a horse-drawn carriage, dim-sum in Chinatown, sushi in Soho, jazz brunches in Harlem, designer shopping on Fifth and Madison, discount shopping in Brooklyn. Your choice of Little Italy in Manhattan or the Bronx, which also has its own island, City Island, with a main street of seafood restaurants. The hip new Lower East Side, which the grandparents of its fashionable newcomers couldn't wait to move away from. The Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo and Coney Island Aquarium, and the two-footed club-crawling animals of Chelsea. Buy yourself a $7 unlimited one-day subway/bus pass or a $24 weekly, and try to see, do and eat it all. Try.
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Evelyn Kanter is a contributor to Fodor's NYC and Fodor's Canada, editor of the Michelin Green Guide Switzerland, and author of Great Destinations: The Hudson Valley.

Interests

    Architecture
    Art
    Comedy
    Culture
    Dance
    Fine Dining
    History
    Museums
    Music
    Nature
    Nightlife
    Parks/Gardens
    Performing Arts
    Professional Sports
    Romance
    Zoo

Activities

    Shopping
    Wine Tasting

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New York City Facts

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Northeastern United States
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New York City Must See/Do

  1. World Trade Center area (New Yorkers never call this Ground Zero)
  2. Empire State Building Observation Deck, carousel ride and the zoo in Central Park, the subway, outdoor dancing in the plaza of Lincoln Center in summer
  3. ice skating under the holiday tree in Rockefeller Center in winter
  4. Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, shopping, seeing the Manhattan skyline from the Staten Island Ferry or the walkway across the Brooklyn Bridge.

New York City Most Overrated

  1. Taxis because walking or taking the subway is faster, cheaper and arguably safer.
  2. The $300 tasting menu at Masa. Tours that drive you past where your favorite movies and TV shows were filmed.

When to Visit New York City

Pick any month - that's the best time.

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New York City Events

  • November, Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • May, Tribeca Film Festival
  • June, LGBT Pride Parade
  • October, Halloween Parade
  • January, New Years Eve
  • August, West Indian American Day Carnival Parade
  • June, Mermaid Parade (Brooklyn)

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