Nyc this weekend - suggestions?

[mach gti]

I give tours of the city for cheap cheap.

[WakusPakus]

Of course I'm not being serious. I was poking fun at the ridiculous question in this thread. You found the Sbarro's line the first offensive one?

offensive no lol

but a piece of tourist bait - absolutely

was gonna say....a dude from FF where Pepe's is suggesting sbarros?

[The J]

FTFY.

Avenues run north south, streets run east west. So if you're going from the east side to 8th ave you're heading west not "up" or "down". No sense in confusing someone who's going to get shoved on the side walk by NYer's already.

Now you're just confusing matters. Read my post again... you misread what I wrote.

Central Park is above midtown. So if you're in midtown, you can't head DOWN 5th Ave along the Park. You'd be heading UP 5th Ave along the Park.

My route is to go from midtown, UP 5th Ave along Central Park, go through the Park (yes, that's west, across town), and come back DOWN 8th Ave. A big counterclockwise loop through Midtown -> Upper East Side -> Central Park -> Upper West Side/Back to Midtown.

I also didn't say that going from the east side to 8th Ave is up.


I think we're all trying to help here, so let's just have the OP get a map and take to the streets!

[WakusPakus]

Of course I'm not being serious. I was poking fun at the ridiculous question in this thread. You found the Sbarro's line the first offensive one?

Now you're just confusing matters. Read my post again... you misread what I wrote.

Central Park is above midtown. So if you're in midtown, you can't head DOWN 5th Ave along the Park. You'd be heading UP 5th Ave along the Park.

My route is to go from midtown, UP 5th Ave along Central Park, go through the Park (yes, that's west, across town), and come back DOWN 8th Ave. A big counterclockwise loop through Midtown -> Upper East Side -> Central Park -> Upper West Side/Back to Midtown.

I also didn't say that going from the east side to 8th Ave is up.


I think we're all trying to help here, so let's just have the OP get a map and take to the streets!

yeah, enough help. Get a StreetWise Manhattan map, a metro card with 25$ and a hooker....and all will be swell.

if i see you while im in the city this weekend buying sneakers ill wave.

[hipster.]

Now you're just confusing matters. Read my post again... you misread what I wrote.

Central Park is above midtown. So if you're in midtown, you can't head DOWN 5th Ave along the Park. You'd be heading UP 5th Ave along the Park.

My route is to go from midtown, UP 5th Ave along Central Park, go through the Park (yes, that's west, across town), and come back DOWN 8th Ave. A big counterclockwise loop through Midtown -> Upper East Side -> Central Park -> Upper West Side/Back to Midtown.

I also didn't say that going from the east side to 8th Ave is up.


I think we're all trying to help here, so let's just have the OP get a map and take to the streets!

Maybe I misread.

But I still think it's good to know that streets are east west and avenues are north south.

[dieselraver]

Snapped a picture of the enterprise schedule. It's going to be floating around Sunday!

[clutchrider]

Head to Bryan Park for a drink. The Bryan Park Cafe sits right between the park and the New York Public Library. If it's nice out you can sit there with plenty of shade from the tall trees and have a nice cocktail outside and even some lunch. One of my favorite spots to chill when I go down.

[mm3]

Don't listen to this man. There is nothing to see south of 34th street. Just stay in midtown, avoid places that natives go at all cost. Nothing to see, nothing to do where natives live or hang out.

[dieselraver]

Maybe I misread.

But I still think it's good to know that streets are east west and avenues are north south.

im curious, not trolling or anything, but how long have you lived in brooklyn for?

OP - lots to see uptown. Columbus Circle, you can see some bad-ass cars around there all the time, maybachs, phantoms, ferrari's Continental GT's etc. also the museum of natural history is up on 80something by the park, my brother works there, if you are serious about going i can get you VIP treatment (you pay for nothing) and get complete access to all the paid exhibits.

[deagle]

bring lots of quarters if you want to park your car

visit manhattan's chinatown/little italy (theyre next door)

there's bakeries for iced coffee and pastries (most have english translations now)

there's also manhattan mall

times square (you can photoshop yourself into a generic new yrs pic later, lol)

statue of liberty and ground zero are almost a must

[Giovanni]

bring lots of quarters if you want to park your car

the new machines take credit cards and you will need one. some metered spots are 50 cents for 10 minutes with a 2 hour maximum.

[hipster.]

im curious, not trolling or anything, but how long have you lived in brooklyn for?

8 years.

Are you disagreeing that if you walk a street it runs east to west, and that an avenue will walk north to south?

Manhattan is a grid. I'm not saying that if you walk west you'll hit every street, I'm saying i if you walk west you're probably on a street.

[dieselraver]

8 years.

when we doing our downtown barhop?

[hipster.]

when we doing our downtown barhop?

Haha, anytime man. Pianos, the living room, otto's, V-Bar, you let me know.

[hipster.]

[Mtl-Marc]

Skip NYC, visit Jersey City instead.

[mm3]

I know

Skip NYC, visit Jersey City instead.

[ohsnappe2]

brooklyn and queens!!!

[GsR]

Skip NYC, visit Jersey City instead.

Just prepare to have limited options after midnight, b/c everything closes early.

[02Jett]

Anything cool to do in\around Manhattan? Going again this weekend.

Cheetahs! Nyotaimori (Naked Sushi and Crotch Dance)at 252 W 43rd St between Seventh and Eighth Aves. One of the most unforgetable NYC experience.

[02Jett]

Peter Luger in Williamsburg or The Palm on 2nd Avenue. Chinatown for tons of **5** restaurants. Head for the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge. Grimaldi's for great Pizza, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory or just hit the concessions by the Brooklyn Bridge Park.

911 Museum is a must...Not sure if you can get in without reserving a spot though.

[flg]

Peter Luger in Williamsburg or The Palm on 2nd Avenue. Chinatown for tons of **5** restaurants. Head for the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge. Grimaldi's for great Pizza, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory or just hit the concessions by the Brooklyn Bridge Park.

911 Museum is a must...Not sure if you can get in without reserving a spot though.

Agreed. But skip grimaldis there always packed and IMO i had better. Lived in Williamsburg my whole life.


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[hipster.]

I know

Then lighten up.

[SpecialFX]

BABE 2012 stars there tomorrow. I am a team captain but sadly it ended up that none of my team could go :-(

[mm3]

Then lighten up.

What I do?

[Rennwagen]

Don't go to the Bronx.

[ohsnappe2]

Don't go to the Bronx.

youre selling yourself short man.

[rconn14]

Considering this is a car forum... if you walk uptown from Grand Central on Park Avenue there are a handful of premium showrooms. You'll hit Audi, Benz, Ferrari and you can sit in a TTRS, R8, SLS AMG, and check out a 458 and an FF - I've never asked them to let me sit in them in Ferrari though. They're always dicks in there.

[dieselraver]

Don't go to the Bronx.

arthur ave is first and foremost the best italian food you can get hands down in NYC. lots of great places and things to see in the Bronx. don't listen to the closemindedness of this guy with the typical stereotypes.

i frequent the Bronx, White Plains road, East Tremont, Harlem with no problem whatsoever. Hell even Grand Concourse at night feels safer than Baltimore where my sister lives.

[TisforTurbo]

I just got back from a NYC trip, one of my favorite places was High Line park, its an old above-ground subway line that they turned into a park, it was surprisingly cool. We also went to this pizza place nearby in Chelsea called Artichoke Basilles that was quite good.

[hipster.]

arthur ave is first and foremost the best italian food you can get hands down in NYC. lots of great places and things to see in the Bronx. don't listen to the closemindedness of this guy with the typical stereotypes.

This. There are plenty of interesting things. Some rough neighborhoods, yes, but if you feel like making the hike there's nothing wrong with the area.

I don't go often because it's a hell of a haul from Brooklyn. I'm always thankful when video shoots up there get cancelled because I'm lazy and don't feel like hauling my equipment that far.

[PolskiHetzen]

This. There are plenty of interesting things. Some rough neighborhoods, yes, but if you feel like making the hike there's nothing wrong with the area.

I don't go often because it's a hell of a haul from Brooklyn. I'm always thankful when video shoots up there get cancelled because I'm lazy and don't feel like hauling my equipment that far.

What areas should one avoid in Manhattan? I'm going end of the month. First time there.

[hipster.]

What areas should one avoid in Manhattan? I'm going end of the month. First time there.

If you realize you're on the corner of any street that says "Malcom X Blvd" Especially ones that intersect with oh say Dr Martin Luther King Jr and happen to be north of Marcus Garvey Park...

No but seriously this is a scary corner https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&s...ed=0CAsQ8gEwAA



I'd say stay the hell out of BedStuy and Buschwick after dark. Same goes for other parts of Brooklyn like Crown Heights and Sunset Park. Baddies will smell the "tourist" on you from a mile away.

Otherwise most of Manhattan it's self is pretty tame. You'll know you're getting into the wrong area well before you actually get too far in. But as I said most of Manhattan is pretty watered down until you get to parts of Harlem.

It's a shame really. I've lived in NY all my life and I miss the dirtiness of it.



(Ps- The deli/bodega they shoot in front of in this video, it's no longer there. A Kim's Organic Market is there now . You don't really live in a gentrified part of Williamsburg if there aren't 2 Kim's markets near by. )

[PolskiHetzen]

If you realize you're on the corner of any street that says "Malcom X Blvd" Especially ones that intersect with oh say Dr Martin Luther King Jr and happen to be north of Marcus Garvey Park...

No but seriously this is a scary corner https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&s...ed=0CAsQ8gEwAA

(Ps- The deli/bodega they shoot in front of in this video, it's no longer there. A Kim's Organic Market is there now . You don't really live in a gentrified part of Williamsburg if there aren't 2 Kim's markets near by. )

I'd say stay the hell out of BedStuy and Buschwick after dark. Same goes for other parts of Brooklyn like Crown Heights and Sunset Park. Baddies will smell the "tourist" on you from a mile away.

Otherwise most of Manhattan it's self is pretty tame. You'll know you're getting into the wrong area well before you actually get too far in. But as I said most of Manhattan is pretty watered down until you get to parts of Harlem.

It's a shame really. I've lived in NY all my life and I miss the dirtiness of it.

That corner doesn't look bad. There is a Starbucks right there?

Anything south of Central Park, in Manhattan, I should worry about at night? If it's like Chicago, we should be alright. I just don't want to get on off the wrong train stop. Like you said, I'll know I'm heading in the wrong direction, but that's only if I'm on foot.

[hipster.]

That corner doesn't look bad. There is a Starbucks right there?

Anything south of Central Park, in Manhattan, I should worry about at night? If it's like Chicago, we should be alright. I just don't want to get on off the wrong train stop. Like you said, I'll know I'm heading in the wrong direction, but that's only if I'm on foot.

There are Starbucks everywhere, despite crime or poverty, Starbucks will put a foot down.

South of Central park is Times Sq, Chelsea, Gramercy, Flatiron, Union SQ, Washington Sq (can be a little sketchy after dark near the courts on 6th Ave and W14th), East Village, West Village, Astor Place, NoHo, SoHo, Meatpacking, The Bowery, Tribeca, NoLita, Little Italy, Chinatown.

All of those places you'll be fine, drunks and hooligans late nights on the weekends. But nothing too crazy.

Alphabet City and LES (lower east side) have tons of bars and stuff, but there are also plenty of impoverished neighborhoods and housing projects sprinkled through out. If you're in LES, stay north of Delancey and you'll be fine. South of that get's a bit rough around the edges.

Then further south you have The Financial District, and the Seaport. It's pretty touristy and safe now that people are living down there. Back before condos were built down there it was a ghost town after dark. It's still pretty hard to get taxi's down there.