10 Things You Need to Know About New York City

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Going for the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island depart from lower Manhattan. Well, long trip to New York was complete without trip of the empire state building for the best piece in Manhattan come here to the top of the Rockefeller Centre. Its got on overviews of Manhattan and it’s a great place to get a picture of the Empire State Building and Central Park which is right behind me. While you're on there spend the most of your time in Manhattan when in New York try and visit at least one of the other boroughs. Open the borough you'll find the Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Museum while Queens is full to ethnic neighborhoods like the Greek Store here. And in Staten Island you can visit the Staten Museum. Just one stop from Manhattan on the two or three subway line is currently to over in Brooklyn and here you'll find the Brooklyn from that which that you can see one of the nicest places in the whole of New York. This prevalent can be found in Brooklyn place where the other attraction in Brooklyn include Coney Island what its beach one prevalent and the neighboring Russian area Brighton Beach. New York is extremely easy to navigate. Manhattan is divided into number streets which one from north to south and avenues from east to west. Those can be handy for getting a rare Manhattan that kind of subway which is the best way to get to the other boroughs. And at some stage during your stay you will definitely use one of the cities famous yellow taxis. When getting a taxi in Manhattan as most of the avenues are one way find and get one on the avenue that’s going in the same direction you are because you may happen to walk a block or two you're going to end up saving yourself time and money. And always remember to tip the taxi driver of a 15%. New York has a reputation for being and expensive city but there is actually lots to do here for free. One of the most popular things to do for free is walk to Brooklyn Bridge while also free and worth visiting are drive central station on Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. And easily one of the best things to do for free in New York is where the Staten Island ferry is. The journey takes approximately 30 minutes to each way and both amazing views of lower Manhattan and then particular the Statue of Liberty. This is the mesh which isn’t only one of New York most famous museums but it also one of the world most famous museums. Over five million people pass through the door here every year and once inside they get to see everything from collection of ancient roman who works by contemporary American artist. Both are highlights in the mesh include collections of 19th century impression of start, a reconstruction of the Chinese scholars garden and the temple of gender. In actual ancient Egyptian temple will states back to 15BC. The Mesh is located on a part of 5th Ave Museum Mile. Other museums on the mile include the well known Guggenheim Museum and the lesser known Neue Gallary. That cross Central Park on Central Park West is just spectacular American Museum of Natural History. This enormous Museum has fascinating collections focusing on dinosaurs, extinct mammals and more. It is also connected to the row Centre which is all of by astrology. Located smack bang in the middle of Manhattan Centre Park is by far the world’s most famous city Centre Park. And to really appreciate it you need to put by put by at least half of age explore. Highlights of the park which cheap meadow which is great for just chilling over the lake where you can takeover rowing boats, the bow bridge which has appeared in numerous films, the rambles which is heavily would it make me a quite unique, the Bethesda Phantom which is the best known Phantom on the park and strawberry fields the tribute to the late John Lennon. New York shopping is legendary and the most famous place to go shopping is long 5th Avenue in particular between 59th Street and 47th Street. It is also home to some famous department stores namely Saks in 5th Avenue, Bloomingdale in Lexington Avenue, on Macy’s on Harrods Square the largest department store in the world. If you are a none US citizen and you're planning a shopping at Macy’s before you buy anything from here to Vision Center near the Broadway entrance show your passport as once you do you get the Macy’s discount card that less 11% of most goods. And for Burgeons Czech at Century 21 on Canal Street both in lower Manhattan. When it comes to food in New York it can stand to three pieces pizza, pretzels and pastrami. There are pizza places all over New York but one of the best pizza races is John’s of Bleecker Street in the west village. Pretzels can be bought at hotdog stands all over the city and Katz’s Deli in the lower east side and Carney Deli in midtown Manhattan are the most famous places to try for pastrami. While Cats and Carney Deli are the most famous places to go for pastrami they are quite expensive. So if you're looking to try the same thing at almost half the price come here to Eisenberg Sandwich located in 5th Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Manhattan flat iron district, they do equally good sandwiches that are far cheaper. Even though it such a big and busy city New York is full of villages. Site of Turtain Street and on west of 6th Avenue is the West Village. And here you'll find familiar looking kind of the cities thanks to program like Friends and Sex on the City. Over the other side of Manhattan is the East Village around Saint Marks place on the 2nd Avenue. And here things are little bit more alternative. The coolest of these villages is Greene Village and then particular around Bleecker and the McDougal street one of the welcome to finest village sign. It’s full of alternative shops and funky café’s. There’s a really laid by atmosphere here and she was trying and check it out. After the sunset over New York there are lots to do after dark. If you're in to the theater you got Broadway while if you're looking for something a little live here there are bars galore. One of the coolest places to go at night is GreeneVillage. Here you'll find bars like The Red Lion which always has live music, The World West Team 1849 while Slane is the village number one Irish bar. New York is also well know for it’s comedy club and one of the best in the city is the Comedy Cellar here on the McDougal Street in the middle of Bronx Village. Chrisrock and Joey sign for the both appeared here in the past and if you're looking for something a little bit different you should check it out. So that is our ten things you need to know about New York. Hopefully you'll pick up some tips and hints from what you just saw. For fact that you did everything that’s in this video log on to www.hotelworld.com /videos and for the biggest and best selection of Hostel in New York on the internet stay in the same size.