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New York tips, please!

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FriteFuaite · 03/06/2018 23:56

Hoping to go to NY in October and v excited as never been there before!
Thinking of staying in an Airbnb, there will be 4 of us. Any recommendations on whereabouts to stay? We would like to be central enough, but don't mind walking.

TIA!!

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TroubledLichen · 04/06/2018 00:57

How exciting! Be very wary of Air BnB though. For the most part it’s not allowed in New York; short term rentals in buildings with 3 or more units are illegal. Are the 4 of you all adults or does that involve kids?

AttilaTheMeerkat · 04/06/2018 07:49

You will need to stay in a hotel. NYC and their five boroughs have very strict laws on apartment rentals and many advertised are illegally sublet by their tenants or are not as appears. Finding an actual legal apartment rental is about as easy as finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. NYC apartments as well tend to be overall very small and some have no lifts. Such rental sites also do not check the veracity of listings and many people have been scammed over the years.

I would look for hotel accommodation and stay in midtown Manhattan. I would also look into flying into Newark airport rather than JFK.

Candyflip · 04/06/2018 07:54

If you just want a room, air bnb is a good way of finding somewhere. LIC is cool, and only one stop to Grand Central. Queens is kind of how Brooklyn was a few decades ago, it is where all the cool kids are at now!

Follyfoot · 04/06/2018 07:58

If you just want a room, air bnb is a good way of finding somewhere

No please dont do that, it's almost always illegal. A friend of mine lives in Manhattan and warned us about this years ago. He has known of people being thrown out because they were on holiday and subletting.

We stayed at the Sofitel in mid town, it was lovely and we had a view of the Empire State and the Chrysler buildings.

Candyflip · 04/06/2018 08:04

Rooms are fine. It is very popular in NY. It is the whole apartment that is illegal.

Talith · 04/06/2018 08:07

Hotel 91 in Chinatown is very reasonable clean decent and whilst not central exactly isn't across the river in Brooklyn and not too far from everything by subway. It is under a bridge though!

AttilaTheMeerkat · 04/06/2018 08:25

The tenant has to be present in the apartment even if only one room is being rented. NYC apartments generally are not known for being spacious at the best of times. OP would be better off having decent hotel accommodation and staying in actual midtown Manhattan.

Bottomofsmughill · 04/06/2018 08:29

We stayed in a hotel in midtown Manhattan which was perfect. Look up all the old threads on here- they were really useful.

  1. Wear trainers - you'll walk miles and miles and miles. We were so grateful for the very comfortable bed in our hotel!
  2. Staten Island Ferry is free. Sit on the right hand side on South ferry and it takes you past the Statue of Liberty.
  3. Ground zero memorial is moving if you ignore the people taking photos which bothered me. I wasn't planning to go to the museum but DP wanted to and it was amazing--very sensitively done. after the return trip.
  4. Definitely visit Top of the Rock in the morning and you have views of Empire State.
  5. Visit Empire State about 10/11 at night - there no queues, and the view of the city at night is beautiful -(and you can pretend you're in Sleepless in SeattleBlush)
  6. Moma- look up what day is free entry as it's worth popping in for an hour although busy.
Guggenheim- we went in to entrance only as I wanted to see the staircase! It's right by Central Park.
  1. Walk or cycle round Central Park.
  2. High line park is busy but relaxing
  3. Visit Katz deli (huge portions!) from when H met S
10. Grand Central Station is beautiful 11. Greenwich village full of cool coffee places and shops. East village v friendly and chatty. 12. Time Square - horrible. Full of tat, just a big busy street. Visit to see it then avoid! 13. Walk or hire a cycle over Brooklyn Bridge then get pizza at Julianas. We queued for a while but it's the best pizza ever! Also in Brooklyn tiny Dumbo beach - there's a carousel, lovely walk up to brownstone houses on Brooklyn Heights. 14. We took Subway to Harlem and had ice cream at Sugar Hill Creamery - delicious then walked back through north side of Central Park. Have fun!!! I want to go back again to do all the bits I missed like cocktails, Natural History museum, shopping!
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