When I was in New York, I explored the city on my own. I wanted to make the most of my trips, so everyday I would make a detailed plan for each lakwatsa.
Next New York day out (Tuesday July 24):
Things to remember:
1.) Bring sandwiches so I don’t have to buy food, and bring water
2.) Possible trains to take (Weekday schedule)
To New York:
9:43am-10:23am
To Crestwood:
9:30pm-10:00pm
3.) Wear Rubber shoes
Places to go:
1.) Met
Hours:
Tues 9:30am-5:30pm
Not prioritizing special exhibits because can’t take pictures
Priority areas:
First Floor:
Egyptian
Met store
Medieval art
European sculpture and decorative arts
Second Floor:
19th and early 20th century European paintings and sculptures
Modern and contemporary art
European paintings
Met store
Buy Met notebook
2.) New York Library
Schedule:
8:00am-9:10am-Eat, ligo, bihis
9:10am-9:43am-Walk to Train
9:43am-10:23am-Travel to New York
10:23am-11:30am-Take subway, go to met, explore met
11:30am-12:00nn-Go to roof and eat lunch
12:00nn-5:30pm-Met
5:30pm-6:30pm-Walk to New York Library, eat while walking, or eat at the Met Steps
6:30pm-8:00pm-New York Library
8:00pm-9:30pm-Grand Central
8:30pm-9:30pm-Walk to Grand Central and go home
How much will the lakwatsa cost?
Going to New York: (off peak) $7.00
Going home: (off peak) $7.00
Subway to Met: $2
Subway to Grand Central: $2
Entrance to Met: $1
Food: $10
Total: $29
Super cheap trip:
Going to New York: (off peak) $7.00
Going home: (off peak) $7.00
Entrance to Met: $1
Total: $15
Schedule for Friday:
1.) Things to bring
Water
Sandwiches
Buy Chips Ahoy
2.) Possible Departure time:
5:33am
6:07am (express)
3.) Return time
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
4.) Breakfast at Tiffany’s
New York-5th Avenue
Fifth Avenue and 57th Street
New York, NY 10022
212-755-8000
M-Sa: 10-7
Su: 12-6
5.) Central Park
Location: Central Park runs north to south from 110th street to 59th street and east to west from 5th Avenue to Central Park West
Hours: Only closed from 1:00am-6:00am
Relaxing places:
Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza E 59th
Sheep Meadow – West 66th to 69th Streets
The Mall - from 66th – 72nd Streets just east of mid-park
Balto – East 67th Street near the East Drive
East Green – East 69th to 72nd Streets
Strawberry Fields – West 72nd Streets
Bethesda Terrace – mid-Park at 72nd Street, Angel of the Waters at Bethesda Terrace
Conservatory Water (Model Boat Pond) – East 73rd to 72nd Streets
Hans Christian Andersen – 74th Street just west of Conservatory Water
Alice in Wonderland – 75th Street just north of Conservatory Water
Shakespeare Garden – West 79th Street
Turtle Pond – mid-Park between 79th and 80th Streets
The Obelisk (Cleopatra’s Needle) – 81st Street behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ewan where:
Cherry Hill
Sophie Loeb Fountain
Far attractions:
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir - mid-park from 86th-96th Streets
Conservatory Garden – East 105th Street, off Fifth Avenue
Burnett Fountain at Conservatory Garden’s English garden to the south
Conservatory Garden’s Italian garden in the center
Untermyer Fountain at Conservatory Garden’s French garden to the nort
6.) Go to the Met
Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, New York 10028-0198
Information: 212-535-7710
TTY: 212-570-3828
Enter the Museum at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street or at Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street.
Hours open: Friday 9:30am-9:00pm
How much admission: $5
Time to finish the Met :3hrs
Get free brochure
Food cannot be brought inside
Water can be brought inside
Photographs: permanent collection only, no flash, no video
Schedule:
4:30am-5:00am-Eat and get dressed
5:00am-5:33am-Walk to train
5:33am-6:00am-travel
6:00am-6:30am- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
6:30am-7:00am- Walk to Central Park
7:00am-8:30am-Central Park
8:30am-9:00am-Walk to Met
9:00am-9:30am- Fall in line to get ticket
9:30am-3:30pm-Met
3:30-4:00-Walk to MoMa
4:00-8:00pm-MoMa, MoMa shop
8:00-8:30pm-Walk to Grand Central and go home
Another Friday lakwatsa:
Things to Remember:
1.) Baon: food and water
2.) Possible trains to take (Weekday schedule)
To New York:
9:43am-10:23am
To Crestwood:
9:30pm-10:10pm
3.) Wear rubber shoes
4.) Things to ask at Grand central
How to get to the Met
How to get to MoMa after the Met
5.) Agenda for this day
See impressionist paintings the Met
Finish MoMa, and go to MoMa shop
Places to go:
1.) Met
Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Hours: Friday 9:30am-9:00pm
Subway: take uptown 4, 5, 6 to 86th street
2.) MoMa, MoMa shop
Get free audio
Address: 11 W 53 Street between fifth and sixth avenue
Shop Hours:
Fri 9:30am-9pm
Museum hours:
Fri free 4pm-8pm
Subway:
E or M to 5th Avenue/ 53 street
B, D, F to 47-50 streets/ Rockefeller Center
Bus:
M1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to 53 street
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
5th Ave 42nd street
Hours: Fri 10am-6pm
Library attractions:
South court
2nd floor Jill Kupin Rose Gallery
Astor Hall
3rd floor McGraw Rotunda
Edna Barnes Salomon Room
***Main Reading Room ***
Exhibit: Fri 10:00am-6:00pm
4.) Grand Central
Address: W 42nd St, Park Ave
5.) Wicked
Address: 51st street Broadway
Schedule:
9:43am-10:23am-Travel to New York
10:23am-11:00am-Subway to Met (maybe even faster), Eat lunch, (Met steps or subway)
11:00am-12:00nn-Met (impressionist paintings)
12:00nn-12:30nn- Met (modern art, 2nd floor)
12:30nn-1:30pm-Met (special exhibit 2nd floor, photographs, special exhibit second floor, European, special exhibit 2nd floor, photo, Greek and Roman, Ancient Near Eastern art)
1:30pm-3:00pm-Met (Asian art)
3:00pm-3:30pm Met (Musical Instruments)
3:30pm-4:00pm-Met (American Wing 2nd floor, Met store 2nd floor)
4:00pm-5:00pm-Travel to MoMa (subway to Grand central then walk? Or is there an easier way? Or just walk?)
5:00pm-8:00pm-MoMa, MoMa shop
8:00pm-9:00pm-Walk to Grand Central
9:00pm-9:30pm-wait for train
9:30pm-go home
Budget 1: (no walking, one peak)
One peak train: $10
one off peak train: $7
two subways: $5
total: $22
Budget 2: (with walking)
two off peak trains: $14
one subway: $3
total: $17
Budget 3: (one peak with walking)
One peak train: $10
One off peak train: $7
One subway: $2
Total: $19
Aug 10, 2011 Wednesday
Expenses:
Two off peak trains $14
Two subways $5
Magnolia Bakery banana pudding 16oz $5.75
Pizza $10
Total: $34.75
Schedule:
6:00am-8:00am-Bigis, ligo, prepare, etc
8:00am-9:43am-Walk to train
9:43am-10:23am-Travel to New York
10:23am-12:30nn-Times Square, John’s pizza
12:30nn-1:45pm-Bryant park writer’s workshop
1:45pm-2:15pm-Take the downtown 6, travel to Downtown, arrive 14th street Union Square
2:15pm-5:00pm- Murray’s Bagels (500 6th avenue near 10th or 11th street), Magnolia Bakery, High line
5:00pm-6:00pm-14th street, 5th avenue, Washington Square Park, University Place,
6:00pm-7:00pm-8th street, Broadway, Astor Place,
7:00pm-7:30pm- Subway uptown 6 to grand central
7:30pm-8:30pm-New York Public Library
8:30pm-9:00pm-chill at grand central then take the 9pm train home
Second Downtown lawatsa:
1.) Rain Venue
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 West 44th street
(between 5th and 6th avenues)
2.) New York Public Library
Wed 10am-8pm
5th Ave 42nd st
3.) Grand Central
Address: W 42nd St, Park Ave
4.) Times Square
Neighborhood Boundaries:
40th Street on the South
53rd Street on the North
9th Avenue on the West
6th Avenue on the East
Third Downtown Adventure Aug 11 Thursday
Schedule:
7:30am-8:10am-Go to train station
8:10am-8:47am-Travel to New York
8:47am-9:00am-Subway 6 to union square park
9:00am-10:00am-14th street, Murray’s Bagel, Magnolia Bakery, Bethune street, river, morton street, hudson street,
10:00am-11:00am-christopher street, groove street, commerce street, christopher street,
11:00am-12:00nn-6th avenue, The New School, 6th avenue, edgar allan poe, cornelia,
12:00nn-1:00pm-thompson, macdougal, Carmine,
1:00nn-2:00pm-the garden near carmine for lunch
2:00pm-3:00pm- 8th street, waverly place, crosby, lafayette
3:00pm-4:00pm-2nd avenue
4:00pm-5:00pm-saint mark’s
5:00pm-6:00pm-Chill somewhere
6:00pm-6:30pm-subway 6 to grand central, walk to bryant park
6:30pm-8:00pm-Bryant Park, writer’s workshop
8:00pm-8:30pm-grand central take 8:30pm train home
Expenses:
One peak train $9.25
One off peak train $7
Two subways $5
Magnolia Bakery $18
Murray’s Bagels $5
Total: $44.25
Places to go:
1.) Rain Venue
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 West 44th street
(between 5th and 6th avenues)
2.) New York Public Library
thurs 10am-6pm
5th Ave 42nd st
3.) Grand Central
Address: W 42nd St, Park Ave
4.) Times Square
Neighborhood Boundaries:
40th Street on the South
53rd Street on the North
9th Avenue on the West
6th Avenue on the East
5.) Jefferson Market Gardens & Library, 425 6th Avenue @ W 10th St
6.) The New School
66 West 12th street
ground floor art musem grey art Gallery
7.) 6th avenue
Patchin Place Review:
10th street between 6th and Greenwich avenues
row houses
No. 4 Patchin Place the house American poet e.e. cummings, open, has plaque
Golden Swan Garden:
6th avenue at W 4th street
Saint Joseph’s Church:
365 6th avenue
Milligan Place:
corner on 6th Avenue
small homes
8.) Thompson street
9.) MacDougal street
Minetta Tavern:
Favorite of Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, e.e. cummings
30-132 MacDougal St.:
house that used to belong to Louisa May Alcott’s uncle. She wrote “Little Women”
Vintage Clothing:
175 macdougal street
10.) The Carmine Street Mural, the Carmine Street Pool
11.) Edgar Allan Poe
85 West 3rd Street
12.) Cornelia
between W 4th and Bleecker
13.) Christopher Street
14.) Groove St
Friends building:
Bedford St & Grove St corner in Greenwich Village
Grove Court, off of Grove St., just South of Bedford St., little houses
15.) Commerce Street in the West Village
16.) Morton Street
Two streets away from St Luke’s Place
17.) Hudson street
White Horse Tavern:
567 Hudson Street where Dylan Thomas drank to death
Episcopal church:
between Hudson Street on the east and Greenwich Street on the west, Christopher Street to the north and Barrow Street to the south.
walled garden:
Address: 487 Hudson Street
18.) Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker
19.) No. 116 Waverley Place
then the home of an English professor, that Edgar Allan Poe performed the first public reading of his poem “The Raven”.
20.) Bayard-Condict Building Hardly
Address: GV/NoHo: 65 Bleecker St @ Crosby St
21.) Lafayette Street
Astor Library building:
first public library nyc.
245 Lafayette avenue
Colonnade Row:
Greenwich Village/NoHo: 428-434 Lafayette St
Sculpture for living:
445 Lafayette Street
22.) 2nd Avenue
Filmore East:
105 2nd avenue
Saint Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Church:
East Village: 131 East 10th St @ 2nd Ave
Gem Spa:
131 2nd avenue
best egg cream drink
Jaffee Art theater building:
189 2nd avenue
23.) Saint Mark’s Place
Vintage Clothing:
37 st mark’s place
4 st marks place
German american shooting society:
12 st mark’s place
nice building
Electric circus:
19-23 st mark’s place
shops and resto
Tour information: Village Alliance:
8th street saint marks place
Ewan if have time to go:
24.) Abingdon Square park
Eighth Avenue and West 12th Street
25.) High line
Open to public: Gansevoort Street to 20th Street. (bet. Tenth and Eleventh Aves.)
Hours: 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily
Every Thursday dance
5.) Jefferson Market Gardens & Library
425 6th Avenue @ W 10th St
6.) Broadway
Grace Church: 802 Broadway
Wanamaker’s: 770 broadway
7.) Astor Place
The Copper Union:
Astor Place and copper Square
Great Hall of Cooper union Abraham Lincoln speech
The alamo:
Traffic island at astor place
Abstract sculpture
8.) 8th street
The Marlton:
5 W 8th street
residence hall
6-26 E 8th street:
stucco houses
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture:
8 West 8th street
Vintage Clothing:
18 west 8th street
27 W 8th street:
published James Joyce
8th street bookshop:
32 W 8th street
where unconventional writers meet
Electric Lady Sound studios
52 West 8th street
9.) University Place
Ralph Lauren Rugby Shop: 99 University Place
Cedar tavern: University place between E 8th and 9th streets
Washington Mews: Between University place and 5th avenue
10.) Washington Square
No. 7 Washington Square North: Edith Wharton lived
No. 18 Washington Square North: Henry James’s grand-mother’s house
Washington Sq. Park: The Hanging Tree is located at the north-west corner of the park.
3 washington square north: Edward Hopper lived
New York University: 100 washington square east
The row: 1-13 Washington square north, greek style houses
11.) 5th avenue
1 and 2 5th avenue: art deco tower
10 5th avenue: gothic houses
Brevoort Hotel: 11 5th avenue
12.) Mark Twain House
14 West 10th St. (has plaque)
13.) Murray’s Bagels
500 6th avenue
Many flavors
$1 each
14.) Bleeker
Magnolia Bakery: best banana pudding, 401 Bleecker Street West Village
15.) High line
Open to public: Gansevoort Street to 20th Street. (bet. Tenth and Eleventh Aves.)
Hours: 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily
Every Tuesday star gazing
Every Wednesday nature based-fun
Every Thursday dance
Every Saturday activities and free tour
Entrances:
Gansevoort Street
14th Street (Elevator access late summer 2009)
16th Street (Elevator access)
18th Street
20th Street
Directions:
SUBWAY L to 8th Avenue; A/C/E to 14th Street; C/E to 23rd Street; 1/2/3 to 14th Street; 1 to 18th Street or 23rd Street
BUS M11 to Washington Street or 9th Avenue; M14 to 9th Avenue; M23 to 10th Avenue; M34 to 10th Avenue
Food at highline:
L’ARTE DEL GELATO:
Chelsea Market Passage
near West 16th Street Returning
MELT BAKERY
Gansevoort Plaza, below the High Line
Gansevoort and Washington Streets
ice cream cookie sandwiches.
LA NEWYORKINA
near West 23rd Street
paletas (ice pops) in flavors that range from mango-chili to hibiscus to fresh coconut.
PEOPLE’S POPS
near West 16th Street
Greenmarket fruit-based ice pops and shaved ice
THE PORCH
West 15th Street
views of the Hudson Riverbruschettas and sandwiches, fruit, and wine and beer from New York State.
Not sure if have time to go:
1.) Christopher Street
2.) MacDougal street
Focacceria’s: Italian restaurant, MacDougal St
Vintage Clothing: 175 macdougal street
Minetta Tavern: Favorite of Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, e.e. cummings, 30-132 MacDougal St., house that used to belong to Louisa May Alcott’s uncle. She wrote “Little Women”
5.) The Carmine Street Mural, the Carmine Street Pool
6.) Patchin Place Review
10th street between 6th and Greenwich avenues
row houses
No. 4 Patchin Place the house American poet e.e. cummings, open, has plaque
7.) Milligan Place
corner on 6th Avenue
small homes
8.) John’s Pizzeria
278 Bleecker St (at Bleecker and Jones)
A classic New York pizza place – brick oven,
The lines are often long but the service is fast
Whole pies only, no slices.
Other Info:
1.) Greenwich village
Basic information:
“The Village”
Broadway on the east, the Hudson River on the west, Houston Street on the south, and 14th Street on the north
neighborhoods surrounding it are the East Village to the east, SoHo to the south, and Chelsea to the north.
West Village” is synonymous with Greenwich Village
2.) West of University Place
3.) 4th street
4.) Bleeker
Roni’s dress shop reasonable prices
5.) Colonnade Row
Greenwich Village/NoHo: 428-434 Lafayette St
6.) Astor Library building
first public library of New York City.
245 Lafayette avenue down in the village.
7.) Nice restaurants
Magnolia Bakery for dessert:
chocolate and vanilla
must try banana pudding
Less than $5
401 Bleecker Street
Joe’s Pizza, 7 Carmine Street (at 6th and Bleecker)
Lakwatsa files Wednesday:
Important things to do:
1.) New york public library
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Wed
5th Ave 42nd street
2.) American Museum of natural history
Highlights Tour offered hourly from 10:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m
Central Park West at West 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
Phone: 212-769-5000
Hours: daily 10am-5:45pm
3.) Brooklyn bridge
4.) Staten island ferry
One hour the whole trip
Staten Island Ferry Addresses
Manhattan: Whitehall and Water St
New York, NY 10006
Staten Island: 1 Bay St.
Staten Island, NY 10301
Staten Island Ferry Cross Streets In Manhattan, Whitehall and Water Streets, at the water’s edge.
Nearest Subways to Staten Island Ferry:
In Manhattan, J or Z to Broad Street; 1 or 9 to South Ferry; 4 or 5 to Bowling Green. In Staten Island, Staten Island Railway to St. George.
Staten Island Ferry Hours:
The ferry operates 24 hours a day every day of the week. T
wait half an hour for the next departure
Each trip takes half an hour.
5.) New York stock exchange
6.) Times Square buy i love ny tshirts
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Oh my goodness! You covered your bases!!! I bet you had a blast! The next time you are headed this way you should check out Family In New York! They specialize in custom private New York tours. They also offer New York layover tours, accessible tours, day trips, and more! You did a great job of seeing NY on your own but they can show you the city in a way you haven’t seen it before!
Yes I had so much fun! Next time I go to New York I’ll definitely try that tour. Thanks!
I love this
Sounds like you’d seen a lot!
Hahaha. Yeah I had fun!