NY Day Plan - any advice?

Hello all. I%26#39;m coming to NY for a week and have planned a bit of a %26#39;schedule%26#39; although, apart from one gig and some dinner reservations, the whole thing is pretty flexible. Could you tell me what you think? I%26#39;ve not planned anything for the last two days as yet - might just keep that for some extra shopping and walking about.

Sat

(Arrive at hotel about 1pm)

- Shake Shack lunch at Madison Square Park

- walk past Empire State Building

- check outGrand Central Station

- walk throughTimes Square

- visit The Pond in Central Park

8pm - Schiller%26#39;s,

Sun

- Breakfast at Balthazar

- visit Central Park ( and the Met)

- Hire a boat at Central Park Lake and have lunch at the Boathouse

7pm - Stanton Social for dinner

8.45pm - Ractonteurs at Terminal 5

Mon 2

- Clinton Street Baking Company breakfast

- Cut through Chinatown

- see Ground Zero site

- visit St Paul%26#39;s chapel

- Walk over Brooklyn Bridge

- Grab pizza at Grimaldi%26#39;s and some ice cream

- Visit MoMa for quick visit(open til 5.30pm)

- Go to Top of the Rock

8.45pm - The Modern for dinner

Tues

- Shopping in East Village/LES/SoHo

- check out some Midtown dept stores

- Get Staten Island ferry (see Statue of Liberty)

- Helicopter tour at 6.30pm

- Dinner in 60 Thompson

NY Day Plan - any advice?

Have you ever been here before? The things you mention on day 1 are not really that close to each other and you would be exhausted walking to all those places imo. Plot it out on a map.

NY Day Plan - any advice?

Yes, this will be my third visit.

I think Sunday is probably OK as it%26#39;s just walking around the park and visiting museum or two.

Saturday seems a lot but i%26#39;ve looked at it on a map and Grand Central through Times Sq and up to the park looks do-able in an afternoon? Or am i over-estimating my walking abilities?!

Monday was the day i was a bit worried about. Our hotel is LES and walking through Chinatown down to the Brooklyn Bridge might be too much? I guess i could walk through Chinatown the the Manhattan Bridge, eat at Grimaldi%26#39;s then back across the Brooklyn Bridge and visit the chapel from there? It%26#39;s easy enough to get cabs and the subway so we won%26#39;t always have to walk everywhere i guess?

I think that might be a better plan, thanks for making me stop and think!

Is this your first trip to NY?

Sat - get rid of the pond in Central Park. Since you will be visiting Central Park the next day, save the pond for that.

Mon - I don%26#39;t think you will have time to go to Brooklyn and MOMA, they are on opposite sides of town. Save Brooklyn for its own day. Have lunch at Grimaldi%26#39;s and walk around one of the hippest neighborhoods in New York - DUMBO. Then head to Williamsburg for some boutique shopping. I also highly recommend you go hang out there at night as its a hipster scene not seen anywhere else in NY, not even the village.

Try to work the UES into your schedule as a dinner spot and to walk around as well on Union Square.

Oh please tell me more about Williamsburg and DUMBO! Most of the nightlife i%26#39;ve been looking at features around LES, East Village, the Village, SoHo etc. It all looks good but i%26#39;d love to try some other places one night!

Might factor in the UWS. I stayed there last time and it was nice but not my fave part of town. I%26#39;m going with my boyfriend though and i know he%26#39;d like to trek all the way up there to see the outside of the diner from Seinfeld, so i guess i should humour him for this one thing!

Oh and visiting Brooklyn and MoMa - we were just going to Brooklyn so we could walk across the bridge really, not to spend much time there. And i%26#39;d only like an hour or so in MoMA as i%26#39;ve been there before too (but figure since we%26#39;re eating there at night i might as well pop in for an hour before it closes)...

Williamsburgh and DUMBO are gentrified neighborhoods with a lot of converted factories. They are not touristy and they%26#39;re filled with young people. See www.freewilliamsburg.com/bars/index.html for a night out. DUMBO is more residential and less of a hang-out spot.

Day 1 - I%26#39;d get rid of the Pond and stick with the rest of your itinerary. The rest of it will be a hike, but it%26#39;s definately doable if you don%26#39;t mind walking.

Day 2 - looks good!

Day 3 - If you%26#39;ve been to MoMA before, and you know you don%26#39;t need a ton of time, then this is okay... Brooklyn has some really interesting spots, great boutiques - you might want to check that out and allot some time for that? Also, since you%26#39;re down that way already, you might want to do the Staten Island trip this day... it%26#39;s about an hour round trip.

Day 4 - Midtown%26#39;s not really near East Village/LES/SoHo... that%26#39;s a lot of ground to cover for shopping, unless you%26#39;re staying in the East Village/LES/SoHo...

Thanks for the help, we are staying in the LES, yes.

We%26#39;re actually going for 6 days so i still have 2 spare days to fill so i%26#39;ll probably dedicate part of one of those to checking out boutiques in Brooklyn. Is there a particular part of Brooklyn i should go (like which train should i get?)

I know my way around Manhattan pretty well but completely clueless about Brooklyn.

Thanks!

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