My mom and I are headed to New York for May long (plus a couple days). We have been once before in 2017 and did the touristy things (top of the rock, hop on jop off bus, 9 11 memorial, cruise around the statue of liberty, movie walking tour of Central Park, and walked Times Square). We're wondering what else we should see and we are desperate for food recommendations as there are so many choices it's overwhelming! We're staying in between times Square and Central Park. Thank for any advice!

Eataly by the flatiron building...in there are restaurants to choose from including a rooftop...and it's a market as well!
https://www.eataly.com/us_en/stores/nyc-flatiron/
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Eataly New York Flatiron: restaurants, market and classes

Kelly well that looks amazing, thanks!

Go to a Broadway musical!

Holly we have 2 booked! Thanks!!

5th Avenue Deli

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So great! My mom and I just got back. We went out to the botanical gardens. So nice to see everything in bloom and the different exhibits. Took the tram to Rosevelt island, did the edge at sunset… pretty watching the city go from day to night. Went to Potus on Broadway… HILARIOUS!!

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Walk the High Line!

Cindy great suggestion! Pick up a take out snack and drink, then sit on a bench and enjoy a nice lunch people watching

Go to Ellen's Stardust Diner. It's an amazing experience!

Cheryl yes we did thar last time! So cool!

Scott's pizza tour and food tours in Greenwich Village are great.

Lincoln Centre for a great opera/ballet/concert. Check Ticketmaster for what else might be happening too.

I found the tenement museum tour very interesting!
https://www.tenement.org/
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Immigration Museum NYC | Tenement Museum

Judy The Tenement Museum has great food tours too. https://www.tenement.org/blog/introducing-tenement-kitchens/
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Introducing Tenement Kitchens - Tenement Museum

I was coming here to suggest the Tenement Museum as well. Easily my favourite thing we have done in NYC. Would also love to check out the new food tour and it looks like they’ve added a neighbourhood walking tour since we were last there.

John’s Pizza. It’s in an old church and the food is amazing.

The Met museum
Take the subway to Coney Island eat pizza at totonno’s
Take in a baseball game Yankee’s or Met’s both a great experience

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Best bagels I had in NYC,went 3 times. Haha
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go to Juniors for cheesecake and an egg cream
go to Katz' deli for a pastrami sandwich
visit the Guggenheim
go to Lincoln Centre
go to MOMA

walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

Go see “Sleep No More” https://mckittrickhotel.com/sleep-no-more/
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The McKittrick Hotel, est. 1939

The Halal Guys food cart on the corner of 6th and 53rd street

Also the Brooklyn Flea Market. https://brooklynflea.com/markets/dumbo
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Yankees game and For food, S'MAC in the East village. It's AMAZING

Second vote for the Tenement Museum. Also Radio City Music Hall, rent bikes and spend a day in Central Park. We toured St John the Divine Cathedral, then ate the biggest & best slice very nearby at Koronet Pizza, then grabbed shakes at the Seinfeld diner (Tom’s) for dessert. The Natural History Museum is fantastic, as is grand central station. We were disappointed that we didn’t get to Cloisters, and wish we would have fit in more than one broadway show. Have a great time!

Museum of Natural History, go for drinks on the rooftop patio at Gansevoort Hotel in the meat packing district and see if you have any chance of getting into one of the dinner clubs like the Mansion Supper Club or for a true show, Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar. Recommend the Lobby Bar at the W in Times Square (7th floor if I recall) for cocktails and the Speakeasy and Secret Room for cocktails and a side of burlesque that's unlike the what we get here. I always love a dinner at Smith and Wollanski's as you never know what celebrity you might see in that room. Oh and if you're up for shows, go off Broadway. Talent is amazing with a lot of well known performers without the fight for tickets and much more enjoyable. Enjoy

If you can go see “Come from Away” do it!! I saw it in Edmonton but I bet it would be even more amazing in NY!

Danielle , I saw it in NYC in May 2019. I loved it. Highly recommend it.

I used this app when I was there for the night in January. Had some awesome pizza.
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One Bite by Barstool Sports

I’m obsessed with The Gilded Age New York - Astors, Vanderbilts etc. So anything 5th Avenue! Check out mansions! https://www.townandcountrymag.com/.../gilded-age-mansion.../
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Soho District!!!!

Try the Elegant Tightwad Tour. It’s a walking guided tour of the garment district where you visit a number of designer studios. You get the opportunity to try on and buy designer clothes at a 75% discounted price and you may even be able to buy a one of a kind item. It’s a fantastic tour and well worth it.

Joe’s Shanghai in midtown for soup dumplings.
Momofuku for amazing ramen and pork bao.
Milk Bar for dessert. Get the corn cookies and cereal milk ice cream with crunchies.

Take a Foods of NY walking tour. The original Greenwich Village tour is really good, but there are a number of options.

I really liked the high line walk, the tenement museum, and for dinners/lunches Russ and Daughter and the famous Peter Luger … both have been on food travel show. Peter Luger needs reservations as there’s always a line up for lunch.

free tours by foot! an amazing walking tour company..weve used them all over the world!!

Pearl I agree! We did their High Line tour, their Greenwich Village tour and their Soho, Chinatown, Little Italy tour. Super knowledgeable locals give the tours. They were fantastic. They have lots of other ones too.

Scott's Pizza tours is unique. They take you around to 4-5 pizza places that cook unique New York pizza! It's fun and you get a sample at each stop!

Do an eating tour, visit the Cloisters, the MOMA, check out the library, walk the High Line Park…

The Boathouse in Central Park is beautiful. Gramercy Tavern is wonderful too!!

We love doing tours there, food tours, etc.

Brooklynn, lots of ideas here!

Theatre

The Met museum and Ray’s pizza

Grey papaya’s

When we were there, one of the cops told us to look for the parking signs - then find an Irish pub close by. Never disappointed once!

Jazz pubs and Caroline's comedy club.

https://mckittrickhotel.com/#/?qty=1
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The McKittrick Hotel, est. 1939

The imagine mosaic is cool to see, broadway show, Ellis island (unsure if you did this last time?), there’s a NYC food tour that may help you experience the overwhelming amount of food choices, museum of modern art, museum of natural history, canal street, st Patrick’s cathedral is amazing for its architecture— oh I could go on

FAO Schwartz (the famous toy store in every movie), see a broadway show, or a show at Carnegie Hall, or both.
We found all the food gems away from the touristy areas. We just hopped on a train and went to different districts (safe ones) and walked around and just came across fantastic food.
The financial district is also cool to see.

You are all so amazing! I really appreciate it. Thank goodness I have this weekend to research all these paces before we go!

Walk the High Line. So beautiful

Go for soul food in Harlem...

The museums for sure. Maybe a show on Broadway the Bronx Zoo.

I lived in Brooklyn for a few years so of course I’d encourage you to explore there! Williamsburg and Greenpoint are full of cool hip restaurants and boutiques, Park Slope and Cobble Hill have the most beautiful brownstones, along with fabulous shops and dining. Could also explore the DUMBO area and the nearby parks along the river with amazing views of the bridges.

And some food suggestions you can look into: Cafe Mogador, Momofoku, Big Gay Ice Cream, PDT (a famous speakeasy, so fun), Jacks Wife Freda, Freeman’s, Franks Wine Bar, Cafe Spaghetti, Five Leaves, Milk and Roses, Scalino GP, Peter Pan Donuts… I’ll send more if I think of them

Ok last comment haha. Pick a cool neighborhood and just explore! My faves to explore were always the East Village, Lower East Side, and Greenwich Village. Or relax in the parks like Bryant Park (so close to your hotel, so pretty next to the big public library) or Washington Square Park.

I agree with Kari, explore Brooklyn or the Village!! I would also suggest some museums, you can't go wrong with MOMA or the Met....I also really liked the Guggenheim and the Whitney. Never made it to the Natural History museum, but I think it would also be awesome!

We did a Free Tours By Foot food tour in Greenwich that was a lot of fun. We also did an architectural boat tour around the island of Manhattan on a beautiful yacht.

Shanon Free Tours by Foot (Walking Tour) was theeee best thing I did on my 2 one week trips to NY. We booked one pm of Mid-town Manhattan and then the 6 hour all of Manhattan walking tour. OMG absolute best experience. BTW, please donate well to the Guides. This is their job. When we went in 2011 the recommended donation for the 6 hour day was $25. We each gave them $35.
PS we went to a performance @ Carnegie Hall for $26.50. Fantastic!! We went online and selected our seats. We sat in seats from Pretty Woman; nice balcony tall velvet chairs
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If you like TV shows many are taped @ Rockefeller Centre. Book online or stand in line. We got the last 2 seats for Conan O’Brien in 2009. All the shows are free.
How about book a Designer Shopping Tour. Groups of 6-12 people. They bring you to all up and coming designers!!! Clothing, jewelry, handbags etc.

Go see Lion King on Broadway - it was truly amazing!!!

Church in Harlem was incredible. We stopped on a tour to hear a couple of choir songs, go to a Broadway show for sure, Grenich Village is cool...

Coney Island, walk the High Line.

Free Walking Food Tour of Grenwich Village

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