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WHAT
The Empire State Building Observatory
350 5th Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets.
Tel: 212-736-3100
Discount
with your NYCard
Subway: 6 to 33rd Street.
WHY
A really useful geography lesson with views that you’ll remember
forever.
WHEN
As soon as you arrive, or the first clear day. Queues are shortest
in the mornings.
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WHAT
A Broadway show.
WHY
Because Broadway is just so New York. The lights, the song, the razzmatazz. Take a stroll up The Great White Way and keep the jet lag at bay.
WHEN
Buy your same-day, half-price theater tickets at the TKTS booth
at the South Street Seaport (on the corner of John and Front Streets)
after an early morning cruise around the harbor. This TKTS location
is much less busy than the one in Times Square. Booth open 11:00
am-5:00 PM Mon-Fri, 11:00 am-3:00 PM Sat.
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WHAT
Frick Collection
1 E.70th St. (at 5th Ave.),
Tel: 212-288-0700
Subway: 6 to 68th St.; Buses M1/M2/M3/M4/M5 to 72nd St
WHY
One of the world’s most exquisite museums of art. Set in a 5th Avenue mansion, something will please you: a room-full of frothy Fragonards, a brace of fiery Turners, or the calmness of the sculpture around the reflecting pool.
WHEN
After breakfast. Any day but Monday. 10:00 am-6:00 PM Tues-Sat.;
1:00 PM-6:00 PM Sun. Cash bar in the Garden Court from 6.30 on Friday
evenings. Children under 10 yrs. of age not admitted at any time
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WHAT
Bloomingdale’s
1000 3rd Ave. (betw. E.59th and E.60th Sts.)
Tel: 212-705-2000
Go
to the visitor desk with your NYCard and receipt from any purchase,
however small, for a worthwhile free gift.
Subway 4/5/6 to 59th St.
WHY
Iconic New York one-stop shopping — all the designers and so much more. Take lunch in the store’s Le Train Bleu restaurant or go to Serafina Fabulous Pizza at 1022 Madison Ave. (at E.79th St.)
WHEN
‘Till you drop. Remember, they’ll be happy to deliver everything to your hotel.
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WHAT
World Yacht Dinner Cruises
Pier 81 (at W.41st St. and Hudson)
Tel: 212-630-8100
Discount
with your NYCard
Get
to 42nd St and catch the westbound M42 bus to Pier 83 and stroll
down.
WHY
Fantastic views while you dine and dance (remember that jacket). A really memorable experience.
WHEN
Arrive at 6:00 PM (boat departs at 7:00 PM), return at 10:00 PM Reservations a must. Fewer cruises in winter, call for details. A bit more expensive at week-ends.
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Five Must-See Attractions