Topic: Visiting NEW YORK City

[mihai.i]

Along with Jupiters, you can also check out motoquest.com for motorcycle rentals.  You will not likely find vintage motorcycles for rent. 

You can buy Yankees' Tickets in advance  http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/ticketing/index.jsp?c_id=nyy
If you have never been to a game, try to find tickets along first or third base.

I don`t now why but i can`t buy tickets online from Romania. I saw the games schedule. Probably i will buy on the first day on my arrival.

[70CB750]

Sorry for the duplicate. 

Romania and credit card - it could be fraud protection, it happens sometimes.

[mihai.i]

I live Greenpoint 2 blocks from bar matchless, yes great bar and great food. Affordable too, and lots of bikes.

I'll gladly take you to a Yankees game. $6-20 for tickets. Beer is $10-14 .  I enjoy bringing my own spirits via a plastic flask.

Staten Island ferry is free
Nyc transit museum is $5 and amazing
One subway fair is $2.75, not sure what the unlimited are these days.
Cheap for: you can do as the cabbies do. $1 slice(pizza) it's just alright by New York standards or a topical slice place is $2.25-2.75 now a days, worth it. I recommend joes in Manhattan on carmine and 6th Ave. In Williamsburg, Tony's or across the street Carmine's. You can decide what's better.

Take the 6 train to the last downtown stop and stay in the train and you will see the old city hall station.
There is mcsorleys ale house on east 7th been around since 1854 or something like that. 2 types of their own beer and you order 1 they give you 2 at $5 for the pair.

REMINDER!: TIP $1 a drink. 18-20% food  10%taxi. 

Let me know when you arrive.


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I like this! I love these tips
Maybe we will see in NY.
my email is iliseimihai@gmail.com

EWhen i arrived i will buy a phone and a local phone sim to use for browsing and wattsapp.

[mihai.i]

If you never been to USA baseball game, you are for an experience:)

I take my visitors to Nationals, since they are closest - in DC - but we went to see Yankees on the new field few years back. 


http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/schedule/?c_id=nyy#y=2016&m=6&calendar=DEFAULT

 I will visit DC also but only for a day. I really want to go to Smithsonian!
But for the bassebal game i think the best option is for NY...

[mihai.i]

This showed up in my inbox today, 67 things to do for free in NYC.

 http://www.jetsetter.com/feature/things-to-do-for-free-in-new-york?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&utm_term=20160515_vJD_SUNJ_np&utm_source=jetsetter&DG=3a68a769-b107-441d-8b0d-e822874dad56&nl_id=156492

That is one heckuva long link, I hope it works.

And no, I'm not a jet setter, and I've never been to NYC (exc a stormy stop at LaGuardia), so I can't vouch for anything on this list.

good tip!

[mihai.i]

Mihai, when you're down here and if you want to get a SOHC4 ride together, PM me. I'm about 1.5 hours away and love to come down with a couple friends.

You should probably check out the Museum of Modern Art and the Natural History Museum. Fun spots. I also like The Highline Park on the west side. It's a board walk, garden, park thing build on an old elevated rail way. Gives you a cool, different perspective of the city. 
http://www.thehighline.org/visit

Also, ride the subway system. Cheap and quick. Don't be afraid to ask people for directions. When I've visited and lived in Europe many Europeans say that New Yorkers are very polite. Kind of a weird thing to hear but that's their impression.

Wow..great to hear that!
My email is iliseimihai@gmail.com Yiou cand send me your email and i will let you know when i am in NY.
Probably i eeill buy a phone and a phone sim with local carrier for internet and whatsapp.

The National History Museum is already on my list for a long time. I did`d new about The Highline Park, thanks for the tip!

Probably the subway sistem will be my main transportation .
 As for direction i allways ask the local people. I don`t trust technology...i am a SOHC Owner

[mihai.i]

Sorry for the duplicate. 

Romania and credit card - it could be fraud protection, it happens sometimes.

Yeah..that is what i think to. But no problem. I will buy as soon I arrived in NY.

I really hope i can see a basseball game!

It is ok to enter to the stadium with photo camera?

[JWilde]

Nope. That would be August. it goes like this:

April, May = who the hell knows. topsy turvy

June = THE PERFECT MONTH. Hot, dry, not too humid

July = Hot as hell with the onset of humidity

August = unbearable heat and humidity=

In terms of timing, June is the best summer month to visit. Ive lived in NYC all my life (except for having lived in London for a bit and Phoenix Arizona) and know NYC and its weather like the back of my hand.

Not what I was hoping to hear Jeffrey.
We're house swapping for a quaint little joint on Roosevelt Island in the beginning of August. Loving the must do suggestions but not the weather forecast.

August will be gross. I promise you. However roosvelt Island wont be as hot as the city proper, since its has water flowing on both sides. The city though, will be awful

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

I live Greenpoint 2 blocks from bar matchless, yes great bar and great food. Affordable too, and lots of bikes.

I'll gladly take you to a Yankees game. $6-20 for tickets. Beer is $10-14 .  I enjoy bringing my own spirits via a plastic flask.

Staten Island ferry is free
Nyc transit museum is $5 and amazing
One subway fair is $2.75, not sure what the unlimited are these days.
Cheap for: you can do as the cabbies do. $1 slice(pizza) it's just alright by New York standards or a topical slice place is $2.25-2.75 now a days, worth it. I recommend joes in Manhattan on carmine and 6th Ave. In Williamsburg, Tony's or across the street Carmine's. You can decide what's better.

Take the 6 train to the last downtown stop and stay in the train and you will see the old city hall station.
There is mcsorleys ale house on east 7th been around since 1854 or something like that. 2 types of their own beer and you order 1 they give you 2 at $5 for the pair.

REMINDER!: TIP $1 a drink. 18-20% food  10%taxi. 

Let me know when you arrive.


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That sounds like a solid connection for a Yankee's game.

[BobbyR]

I am sure locals will pitch in, but I always liked using the Staten Island Ferry, afaik it is free 

http://www.siferry.com/

while you are at Staten Island, check out the 911 memorial.

If possible, go see a baseball game - Yankees of course - for people from Europe, that is something very American and different.

Intrepid Sea and Air Museum

World Trade Center

Brooklyn Heights

Be prepared for hot a humid weather, NYC in June is no joke.

Thanks for the tip with the ferry and for he locations. WTC was in my min, but i had no idea about Brooklyn Heights and Intrepid Sea and Air Museum.

Which is fun to watch? NY Yankees or Mets ?

You cannot go  wrong with either the Yankees or the Mets.  You can see both the WTC and the Intrepid in the same trip. The Mets play in Queens, so it may be easier to get to.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

You cannot go  wrong with either the Yankees or the Mets. 

Those are fighting words for many.

[74cb750]

my wife and I are also visiting NYC soon and we've found the info here interesting. Thanks guys.
michel

[Gene]

The Yankees stink this year - go to a Mets game!

[Stev-o]

The Yankees stink this year - go to a Mets game!

Or go to a Yankees/Red Sox game and root for the Sox. Could be fun!

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

The Yankees stink this year - go to a Mets game!

Or go to a Yankees/Red Sox game and root for the Sox. Could be fun!

One has to wonder if that would be similar to the guy who got pancaked outside of Dodger Stadium.

[Gene]

The Yankees stink this year - go to a Mets game!

Or go to a Yankees/Red Sox game and root for the Sox. Could be fun!

One has to wonder if that would be similar to the guy who got pancaked outside of Dodger Stadium.

That still pisses me off - woops!  Wrong thread . . .

[Gene]

The Yankees stink this year - go to a Mets game!

Or go to a Yankees/Red Sox game and root for the Sox. Could be fun!

And you're mean . . . 

[74cb750]

you could not pay me to go to a baseball game, but my wife would go.
So take the wife, I'll be in the bar down the street.

[74cb750]

Just talked to my son last night.
He says there are many things to do for free.
PM me your email and I will have him contact you/send you links to free stuff.
michel

[mihai.i]

Just talked to my son last night.
He says there are many things to do for free.
PM me your email and I will have him contact you/send you links to free stuff.
michel

my e-mail is iliseimihai@gmail.com

Thanks

Mihai (or michel in french

[74cb750]

Mihai,
Michel,

most people here in  USA can't pronounce my name correctly, so I tell them to just call me Michael. 

sent email to my son in NYC,
you should be receiving something soon.
peace,
michel/michael/Mihai

[BobbyR]

You cannot go  wrong with either the Yankees or the Mets. 

Those are fighting words for many.

For someone who has not been to a Baseball game the vibe is the same. When I was a kid we could get free tickets from a newspaper. When we went to the Polo Grounds to see the Mets, Casey Stengel would come out and talk to us.  During warmups, they would hit some balls to us. I have a soft spot for them for being kind.
As a lifelong New Yorker I can root for either team.

[70CB750]

I started watching baseball when my son begun to play, later i took him to games even  I dont really care for any sports to watch.  The best ball game I ever saw was this local Warrenton game of Gaters - kids who where trying to make it into a big teams or something like that - now that was a game full of excitement, they each put it 100% and you could tell.  Compare to that a big baseball game is boring and slow, but the atmosphere is still amazing and all my european visitors were blown away by just seeing Nationals to play any team.

It is the whole show, the music, the fun, honoring soldiers visiting the game puts tears in my eyes every time.

You cannot go  wrong with either the Yankees or the Mets. 

Those are fighting words for many.

For someone who has not been to a Baseball game the vibe is the same. When I was a kid we could get free tickets from a newspaper. When we went to the Polo Grounds to see the Mets, Casey Stengel would come out and talk to us.  During warmups, they would hit some balls to us. I have a soft spot for them for being kind.
As a lifelong New Yorker I can root for either team.

[74cb750]

Lukas LaLiberte
11:27 AM (2 hours ago)

to me
for Europeans, off the top of my head:
1) The High Line - miles long park on the west side of NYC. Amazing park built on an abandoned elevated rail with views of the city. Absolutely worth spending a few hours.
2) The metropolitan museum of art - pay what you want (means technically, could be free), and a massive art collection worth checking out
3) Central Park - this place is big. It is worth walking around and exploring for some time. The ponds and bridges and natural landscapes are pretty amazing. Buy a hotdog at a cart and lay in the grass and just people watch.
4) Washington Square/Greenwich Village - Avoid times square and go to the old villages of lower manhattan where the streets are winding, low rise, and super vibrant. The home of Jane Jacobs, almost ruined by a large expressway...the heart of old NYC.
5) Chinatown - get lunch for less than 5 dollars at a number of underground and hole-in-the wall places.
michel from my son in nyc,ny

[74cb750]

Don't go to Times Square,
it is a tourist ripoff, cheap goods sold in stores, bunch of nasty pan handling people,
druggies, etc etc, probably the worst of NYC high rise areas.
Maybe it was a nice place to visit in the 1800's.