Glaring Neon Lights and other New York City, NY Things to Do Tips

Pretty much any subway line should end up in Times Square (if it ends up at Grand Central, take the S shuttle to Times Square). Located on 42nd Street and Broadway, it's the part of the city that never sleeps. The lights and the sounds will dazzle you beyond belief.

Times Square used to have the reputation of being a bad area to find drugs and prostitutes. Now, after mayor Rudy Giuliani had a crack at it, it's a safe tourist attraction with glitzy neon lights to vow any visitor.

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Address: 42nd Street, Brodway & 7th avenue

Composing almost 850 acres, Central Park is visited by over 25 million people a year. With over 25 playgrounds, baseball parks, lakes, pools, an ice skating rink and the famous Delacorte Theater, Central Park is an oasis in a busy concrete jungle. Take a stroll, watch local performers (musical jazz, guitar places, acrobats or mimes), or enjoy a quick game of frisbee on the lawn.

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Website: http://www.centralpark.org/

As a Catholic, I truly enjoy visiting cathedrals and marvelling at the dedication and love that goes into building such monumental buildings. St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City is no exception.

St. Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of New York, Edward M. Egan. It is the largest decorated gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the United States. The Cathedral seats about 2,200 people. The Pieta is three times larger than the Pieta in St. Peter's, Rome.

Weekend mass times for St. Patrick's Cathedral:
Sat: 8am, 8:30am, 12noon, 12:30pm, and 5:30pm.
Sun: 7am, 8am, 9am, 10:15am, 12noon, 1pm, 4pm, and 5:30pm.

Note: On most recent trip, security has been heightened. All bags will be subject to search, and no flash photography inside is allowed.

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Phone: 212-753-2261
Address: East 51st St, 5th Avenue.

Frequently photographed and even the site of more than one marriage that I know of, the Brooklyn Bridge is an icon of New York City. The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 6,016 feet (1,834 m) over the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.

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Directions: Take the subway A, C High St. - Brooklyn Bridge or 4,5,6 Brooklyn Bridge.

To truly experience Chinatown, you have to eat at Dim Sum Restaurant. Order any of the following to enjoy true Chinese cuisine (and not the black gooey soy sauce laden Chinese restaurant crap they throw at you!):
"Har gow" ( shrimp dumplings), "siew mai" (pork dumplings), "lor bak go" (turnip cake), "char siew bao" (steamed roast pork buns), "dahn taht" (egg custard, much like creme brulee but baked pastry) and "jook" (congee/porridge with variety of meat and scallions).

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Directions: By subway:
6, J, M, N, Q, R, W, Z to Canal St station
B, D to Grand St station
F to East Broadway station
Website: http://www.explorechinatown.com/Gui/ExploreChinatown.aspx

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, fondly called simply "The Met", is a large museum, with tall columns and immense stairways. The diversity of their collection spans the Stone Age to the 20th Century. The Egyptian Art gallery includes a whole temple that was shipped to America as a gift.

Expect to spend an entire day at the Met, and still not see every item they have here on display. Alternatively, if you have less time and are seeing several other museums, immediately grab a floor plan and prioritize your choices for what you wish to see. I normally only accomplish 4-5 galleries in half a day's visit.

Hours:
Mon Closed
Tues-Thurs 9:30am-5:30pm
Fri-Sat 9:30am-9:00pm
Sun 9:30am-5:30pm

Suggested Contribution:
General $10
Students/Seniors $5
12 years and under are free, when accompanied by adult.

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Phone: 212-535-7710
Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Directions: Take 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk three blocks west to Fifth Avenue
Website: http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

For 125 years, the American Museum of Natural History has been one of the world's preeminent science and research institutions, renowned for its collections and exhibitions that illuminate millions of years of the earth's evolution, from the birth of the planet through the present day.

There are four floors of gallery space and the building is spread over an area of several city blocks. Inside there are 42 permanent exhibits and several temporary ones covering everything in creation from the beginning of time to the present, every discipline of human science: biology, ecology, zoology, geology, astronomy, and anthropology.

Museum and Rose Center Suggested Admission:
Adults: $14.00
Children (2-12): $8.00
Senior/Student with ID: $10.50

Hours:
The Museum is open daily, 10:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. The Rose Center remains open until 8:45 p.m. on the first Friday of every month. The Museum is closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Space Show Hours — Every half-hour, Sunday–Thursday and Saturday 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Friday 10:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

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Phone: (212) 769-5100
Address: Central Park West at 79th
Directions: Subway: B/C to 81 St, 1/9 to 79 St
Website: http://www.amnh.org/