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Introduction

Central Park

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When many people say New York they mean Manhattan. The economic center, style center and cultural center of New York, maybe even the entire USA, Manhattan has an allure that can amaze anyone. From stunning skyscrapers to amazing museums and restaurants no trip is complete to New York with out a few days in Manhattan.

Neighborhoods

Sights and Activities

Central Park

Central Park was the first urban landscaped park in the United States. An icon of New York and a great place to settle down from the hustle and bustle. This park is the location of countless movies plays and ideas reflecting New York culture. It is also a great place to escape to for a few hours. (Location: From 59th Street to 110th Street and from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue.)

Museums and Galleries

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is one of the largest art museums in the world with a stunning collection that can take weeks to explore.
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an amazing modern art museum with leading artists showing their work.
• Guggenheim Museum is another great art museum feature the collection of Peggy Guggenheim.
• Ellis Island Immigration Museum is the place to go if you want to learn the history of the people that came to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century in search of a better life.
• American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, has great dinosaurs and other exhibits on natural history.
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum
• Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Corner of 91st Street and Fifth Avenue
• New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street
• American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street
• Museum Of Sex, 233 Fifth Avenue at 27th street, is a nice museum completely devoted to every aspect of sex future, past, and present.

Other Sights and Activities

Times Square

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• Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Ave, at 42nd Street, is an amazing building that has influenced countless other skyscrapers around the world.
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, is the world's largest cathedral.
• Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Ave, at 34th Street is a magnificent Art Deco skyscraper, and famous icon of the entire USA.
• New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, is a stunning structure with great public art.
• New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street between Wall St. and Exchange Pl., see were all the money is made and lost!
• Rockefeller Center, Between 5th and 6th Avenues, and between 49th and 50th Streets, is an amazing plaza that has ice skating in the winter and performances in the summer.
• Theater District is a great place to catch a play and enjoy an evening
• Times Square, shopping, theatres, restaurants where over 30 million tourists visit each year!
• Ground Zero go see the where the tragic events of September 11th 2001 took place.

Events and Festivals

Getting There

By Train

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

The subway system in New York is one of the best in the world. Although the trains do tend to run north and south making it a little hard to go east and west.

By Foot

By Bike

Eat

Drink

West Village

Fat Cat Billiards is a great basement bar with live jazz, pool, table tennis and chess to keep you entertained. Remember that once you get the pool balls from the bar you start paying for them.

Sleep

Budget

• Bowery's Whitehouse of New York website is a converted homeless shelter into a youth hostel. A bit basic but is a great price judging its location in Soho.

Mid-Range

Upscale

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