New York??? When?? 'cause I live in NYC now! (And so does sola. You Have People here, dude.) And I'd love to see you/show you around (schedules permitting) when you get here!
Meanwhile, I can tell you the following:
1) If you want to see the Statute of Liberty, the best view is from the Staten Island ferry, which is free. You do have to go to Staten Island, but only for half an hour.
2) You, of all people, MUST go to Coney Island. You will understand what I mean when you get there.
3) Check individual museum webpages for their free/pay as you can days/ evenings. They almost all have them. The Bronx Zoo is free on Wednesdays, for example, and the Morgan Library (you also need to go there) on Friday nights. Also the $20 for the Met is only a *suggested donation*; you can give them less and still see the whole thing + the Cloisters in one day.
4) Uptown is north, downtown is south. When you're on the grid, 5th avenue is, essentially, the backbone in the middle of the island; the numbers go up as you go west (12th Ave is where you will fall in the Hudson) and down + change to letters as you go east (Avenue D is the far far east side). The names of avenues do change as you move along, so get a good map. But that's the basics.
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Date: 2010-01-07 12:19 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, I can tell you the following:
1) If you want to see the Statute of Liberty, the best view is from the Staten Island ferry, which is free. You do have to go to Staten Island, but only for half an hour.
2) You, of all people, MUST go to Coney Island. You will understand what I mean when you get there.
3) Check individual museum webpages for their free/pay as you can days/ evenings. They almost all have them. The Bronx Zoo is free on Wednesdays, for example, and the Morgan Library (you also need to go there) on Friday nights. Also the $20 for the Met is only a *suggested donation*; you can give them less and still see the whole thing + the Cloisters in one day.
4) Uptown is north, downtown is south. When you're on the grid, 5th avenue is, essentially, the backbone in the middle of the island; the numbers go up as you go west (12th Ave is where you will fall in the Hudson) and down + change to letters as you go east (Avenue D is the far far east side). The names of avenues do change as you move along, so get a good map. But that's the basics.