Statue
of Liberty and Ellis Island Tours -- leaves from Battery Park to reserve a
seat click
here or call 1-877-523-9849
The Ellis Island Immigration Museum is part
of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and is one of the country's most popular
historic sites. In 2001, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, in partnership
with the National Park Service, unveiled the American Family Immigration History
Center®. a family research facility at Ellis Island provides visitors with advanced
computer and multimedia technology, printed materials, and professional assistance
for investigating immigration history, family documentation, and genealogical
exploration.
TKTS
Booths ($50 half price tickets)
Offer tickets to Broadway and Off-Broadway
musicals and plays up to 50% off. TKTS only accepts cash or TKTS gift certificates.
TKTS booths located in Times Square and South Street Seaport. Broadway
Student Rush tickets ($20-$25)
Normally available when the box office
opens or a few hours before the production starts. Tickets tend to be about $20-25
each. Student ID is sometimes required.
Visit www.gonyc.com
and www.talkinbroadway.com for more
information Broadway Front Row Lottery, Rush, and Standing Room Only
A
lottery list is made followed by a drawing about an hour prior to show time to
determine who will snag $25 front-row orchestra seats. Then there's the rush and
the standing room only lotteries too.
For more information visit www.playbill.com
and www.talkinbroadway.com
(SR=Standing Room; RUSH=Rush) Summerstage
concerts in Central Park (FREE)
Admission is free on a first-come, first
served basis, no tickets required. Located in Rumsey
Playfield in Central
Park (212-360-2756) Shakespeare
in the Park (all summer, $20)
Performances Tuesday- Sunday at 8pm. Rush
tickets ($20) and group ticket sales are available. Summer
Swing dancing at Lincoln Center (lessons, $15 to $78)
Outdoor dance party
features 25 theme nights. Begins with a dance lesson at 6:30pm for dancers of
all levels of experience and live music begins at 7:30pm. Most tickets for individual
events are $15 (price includes dance lessons), six-night swing pass for $78 or
a season pass for $225. Street
Fairs
All summer long (food, music, jewelry, eat food from every country)
Bryant Park
Movie Screenings (FREE)
There are free movie screenings in Bryant Park
every week in the summer. Mondays at dusk. Fourth
of July Fireworks
See it in person or on NBC at 9.m. Can be viewed in Manhattan
in southbound lanes of the FDR drive from 14th to 42nd Street will be open for
the public from 7:30pm to 10:00pm. On-ramp entrances for pedestrians are located
at 23rd, 38th, and 42nd streets. The FDR Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic
between Houston St. and 63rd St. from 7:00pm until 1:00am. In Brooklyn and Queens:
Great views from Hunter's Point, Queens, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and anywhere with
an unobstructed view of the East River between 23rd & 42nd Sts. In addition,
on the water, all spectator vessels in the East River must stay south of the Williamsburg
Bridge or north of the Southernmost tip of Roosevelt Island. Vessels in Newton
Creek should stay east of the Pulaski Bascule Bridge. Riverside
Parks (FREE)
Free events at various dates and times. For instance-Teach
Your Child to Ride a Bike, Kayaking on the Hudson, concerts, dancing. Public
Library Storytelling (FREE) Tickets
to Regis and Kelly (Priceless)
TRANSPORTATION
Take
the AirTrain to or from JFK or Newark ($7 - $15 per person)
Airport train
service that takes you between JFK or EWR and Penn Station via the Long Island
Rail Road, New Jersey Transit, or New York City Transit. (24 hours a day) I still
prefer to use a limo or taxi, but another way to get to the airport. Metrocard
instead of taxisWith MetroCard your rides can cost less.
Accepted on buses,
trains, Staten Island railway, Path, AirTrain. Now, when you purchase a 30-Day
Unlimited Ride MetroCard, you'll be protected from loss or theft of the card as
long as you purchase it with a credit, debit, or ATM card from a MetroCard Vending
Machine. Check out www.hopstop.com
A great website that will give you step by step subway or taxi directions to and
from anywhere in the city. 1-Day Fun Pass ($7.50) Good for unlimited subway
and local bus rides.
7-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard ($25)
14-Day Unlimited
Ride MetroCard ($47)
30-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard ($81)
Take
the train to the Mets or Yankee games ($2)
- Beat traffic, tolls, parking
headaches, and rising gas prices. Let the MTA take you to the games.
Get to
Shea on the to Willets Pt-Shea Stadium. Or take Metro-North Railroad to Grand
Central Terminal; its 30 minutes or less by subway to Shea.
Get to Yankee
Stadium on the or train to 161 St-Yankee Stadium. Or take Metro-North Railroad
to 125th Street; it's less than 10 minutes by subway to the Stadium.
Take
a ferry to the Rockaways ($6)
Ferry Service from Rockaway to Lower Manhattan
for $6. "The best part: no traffic," declared Mayor Bloomberg during
a ceremony at the Brooklyn Army Terminal landing dock.
SPORTS
Mets
tickets for $5
Tickets in the back rows of the Upper reserved, Lower reserved,
and Mezz. Reserved sections can be purchased for only $5 Yankee
tickets for $14
Bleacher seats
SIGHTSEEING
Take
the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty (FREE)
The ferry runs
between the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island and Whitehall Terminal
in Lower Manhattan. It runs 12am-11:30pm 7 days a week. MoMA is free on Friday
evenings. Free from 4-8 pm. Tickets for "Target Free Friday Nights"
are not available in advance. Carousel
in Central Park ($2)
Open everyday throughout the summer from 10am to 6pm
for $2 per ride. Sightseeing
Tours on land and in air of New York City Different deals for different tours.
How about a Sex
And The City Hotspots tour or a Sopranos tour, or a day cruise or a helicopter
ride . . .
Or a
48-hour drop in and drop out 6 in 1-All Around Town package includes a 48
hour pass to see: *Downtown Tour *Uptown Treasures & Harlem Tour * Night Tour(Ticket
valid for ONE Night Tour) * Brooklyn Loop(Ticket valid for ONE Brooklyn Tour)
*Harbor Cruise OR (in Winter only)Semi-Circle Cruise (except Tues. & Wed.) *Entrance
to the Museum of the city of New York South
Street Seaport
A community in Lower Manhattan complete with a maritime
museum and more than 100 shops, cafes and restaurants. Walk
over the Brooklyn Bridge (FREE) Bronx
Zoo
Enjoy warm-weather rides and attractions including the Wild Asia Monorail,
Butterfly Garden, and the Children’s Zoo, and much more NY
Botanical Gardens
Across 250 exquisite acres, The New York Botanical Garden
features 50 gardens and plant collections, a landmark conservatory, and lots of
family events. Children's Museum
of the Arts
Exhibits and collections,
children's art workshops,
The Guggenheim
Museum Save $2 a person with newyorksmartsave.com
Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright, some of the better known pieces in its permanent collection
are by Picasso, Klee, Van Gogh and Cezanne. From the original exhibition, which
included two ramps devoted to Kandinsky's work, to more recent exhibitions including
the works of Max Beckmann, Robert Maplethorpe and one devoted to the art of Africa.
Adults $18 Students and Seniors (65 years +) with valid ID $15 Children under
12 Free Chinatown
A penny-pincher's paradise, and these days the storefronts
and arcades all seem to flog the same schlock. Still, eagle eyes may spot standouts
like mother-of-pearl drop earrings, talked down to a tiny $2 - bargaining is expected;
name your tab.
Visit www.explorechinatown.com and www.chinatown-online.com
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