April 8-13 itinerary

I have been looking over this forum for a few weeks now and have found the information here very useful. I have just about put together an itinerary and would be grateful for any of you knowledgable people to cast your eyes over it and let me know if there is anything thet you would change. We intend to use the buses and underground for our means of transport and will be buying the passes. We are staying at the Fitzpatrick Manhatten and will be flying in to Newark.

Wed

Arrive 2:30

PerfectPint - Food

Top of the rock

Thurs

Statue of Liberty Ferry + Ellis Island Audio

Ground Zero via Castle Clinton Battery Park %26amp; Little Church

back to hotel

Chola Indian for dinner

Brandy%26#39;s Piano Bar

Fri

United Nations

St Patricks Cathedral

Grand Central/Chrysler - Free Walking Tour

Public Library/Bryant Park

Waldorf Afternoon Tea

MoMA

back to hotel

Marquis Lounge Cocktails

Don鈥檛 Tell Mama

Sat

Brooklyn Bridge-Sth St Seaport

Police Museum

Food Greenwich Area

Greenwich Village/Washington Park

back to hotel

Swing 46 Caberet club with dinner

Sun

Central Park - Strawberry Fields/Dakota etc

Times Square

Trattoria Tracalatori - Lunch

Radio City Music Hall

back to hotel

Greenwich village - Foccaceria

Comedy Cellar

Mon

Tenement Building Tour

Lunch Pellegrinos

Shopping So-Ho/Union Square

5th Avenue shops

Leave for airport around 6

April 8-13 itinerary

Wow ! hope you are wearing running shoes. One slight

edit on Sunday spend a little more time in Central

Park. For Strawberry Fields enter at W72nd street

across from the Dakota and after viewing the John

Lennon mosaic continue down the path to the

Bethesda fountain- clearly one of the nicest spots in

the park then continue past the fountain up the path

to the boathouse and then to the conservency waters

to the East side of the park. You will then be on

5th Avenue. Turn right and either walk down 5th or

take a bus on 5th (one way going downtown) get off

at St Patricks and Rockefeller Center will be on

your right. Radio City is on the other side of that

building on 6th Avenue. Cross the street walk down

town to 42nd street on either 7th ave or Broadway

to see Times square.

April 8-13 itinerary

Those are the exact dates that I will be there. If you do go to Central Park on Sunday, follow the directions from the previous post and head down 5th Ave. for the Easter Parade- great photo op of some fancy Easter bonnets, should be worth a look.

sorry me again. I didn%26#39;t recognize it was easter,

only change would be definitely walk down 5th as the

buses will be diverted. If you have already seen

5th by that time you can always jump on the R train

going down town at about 60th and 5th. Easter Parade

is not really that big a deal to NY%26#39;ers and as I

remember it is over quite early but seeing all the

people going the various churches on 5th (there are

at least 3). If you do take the train you can either

get off at 49th or 42nd and you will be in Times

Square area

Double check the UN web site...I think they are closed that Friday...Good Friday.

Thanks for the replies and advice, much appreciated. The UN is closed on Good Friday and also at the weekend, although I could not see this information on their website. I emailed to check and they replied very quickly, I think we may try to fit this in on the Monday morning.

I have found the evening entertainment the most difficult to decide on; there%26#39;s so much choice, we may still change some of that. This is our first vist to New York and we%26#39;re getting quite excited.