Visiting NYC. Subway advice? Cool Museums?

Good luck navigating the American carnage.

Rip in peace

The Met is a must for fans of art & history.

Open Google Maps app and download the entire NYC to your local files so you can check subway stuff underground.

Where are you staying?

Taki said:

Looks like, yeah! But I'm down to subway wherever

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Week long is $32. Unlimited rides.

Go to my favorite museums, Natural History and Modern Art.

I've done a few museums while I was there and got the most out of the MET and the Natural History Museum. Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) is also worth it. I wanted to do the Guggenheim but didn't have time, for next time.

For the subway there are map apps you can download, that helped me out. Also downloading the entire Manhattan map on google maps is a good suggestion. Just put stars all over the map and you'll have plenty of places to visit and plan out. I starred a bunch of restaurants so I'd always have good places for food along the way.

I'm partial to the museum of the moving inage in LIC, not far outside of Manhattan. If you have a significant other, museum of sex is fun

My advice when it comes to subways is don't be afraid to find somebody and ask directions. Every weekend (well, every week too) there's a bajillion trains running on schedules different from the map because everything everywhere needs to be fixed.

dramazen said:

My advice when it comes to subways is don't be afraid to find somebody and ask directions. Every weekend (well, every week too) there's a bajillion trains running on schedules different from the map because everything everywhere needs to be fixed.

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Yea this. Ask people.

Nacho said:

I'm partial to the museum of the moving inage in LIC, not far outside of Manhattan.

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I enthusiastically second the Museum of the Moving Image, over in nearby Astoria. They recenty added an extensive Jim Henson exhibition, covering his entire career and chock full of artifacts from The Muppets, Sesame Street, and more. That lone would be worth the trip out there, but they also have an excellent permanent installation about the history of film and television, including some impressive props and costumes; my favorite object on display is the Tyrell Pyramid from Blade Runner. While you're in the area, be sure to stop by Mama's Empanadas on the way back to the subway and grab a quck snack. Or, if you're looking for a sit down meal in the area, it looks to be a hotbed of Serbian cuisine.

The big museums - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of Modern Art - are all amazing and an easy way to blow a full day each. However, if you want to mix it up a bit, in addition to the Museum of the Moving Image I can recommend the Morgan Library (depending on how much of a bibliophile you are), the Museum of the City of New York, the Frick Collection (for a pile of old masters in a swanky mansion), the Whitney (for 20th century and contemporary American art), the International Center of Photography, and the New York Transit Museum.

Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural History are on both sides of central park so its nice to walk through if you don't want to spend a full day on each

bump, hijacking this thread!

Will be in NYC from tomorrow for 6 days. Looking for some cool things to check out! It will be my third time in the city tho, so I've seen most of the more touristy things. Already on the schedule:

> Will probably walk the High Line again because it was fun
> given the weather; probably going to spend a day at Coney Island. Any other tips to escape the heat?
> already visited the Empire State building and Top of the Rock; is going in up in the Freedom Tower worth it?

FnordChan said:

I enthusiastically second the Museum of the Moving Image, over in nearby Astoria. They recenty added an extensive Jim Henson exhibition, covering his entire career and chock full of artifacts from The Muppets, Sesame Street, and more. That lone would be worth the trip out there, but they also have an excellent permanent installation about the history of film and television, including some impressive props and costumes; my favorite object on display is the Tyrell Pyramid from Blade Runner. While you're in the area, be sure to stop by Mama's Empanadas on the way back to the subway and grab a quck snack. Or, if you're looking for a sit down meal in the area, it looks to be a hotbed of Serbian cuisine.

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Cool, was looking into that earlier; me and my gf are both big film fans so we will probably go check that out :)

As far as museums that are a little less known I really like the Rubin. It's mostly Eastern European art, including paintings, sculpture, and photographs. The space is very calming too, and since it's not one of the "major" museums it's quieter and less hectic.

And with the subway - ask questions if you're not sure. Although it's hard to get lost on the subway in Manhattan, the local vs express question is one that can trip me up if I'm on a line I don't take normally. NYers are generally helpful with directions, once we realize you're not panhandling.

Download the city mappper app.

The subway is a dumpster fire on weekends and Google maps does not handle the rerouting at all. Citymapper does

Get a chopped cheese

https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/

So good.

I visited earlier in the year, genuinely the handiest thing for getting about the subway was the subway entrance locations on the Google Maps app. When you turn on the transit layer, and zoom in it shows you small blue arrows where the entrances to the subways are.

Massive Nights said:

I visited earlier in the year, genuinely the handiest thing for getting about the subway was the subway entrance locations on the Google Maps app. When you turn on the transit layer, and zoom in it shows you small blue arrows where the entrances to the subways are.

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wow what a great feature!

Carn said:

bump, hijacking this thread!

Will be in NYC from tomorrow for 6 days. Looking for some cool things to check out! It will be my third time in the city tho, so I've seen most of the more touristy things. Already on the schedule:

> Will probably walk the High Line again because it was fun
> given the weather; probably going to spend a day at Coney Island. Any other tips to escape the heat?
> already visited the Empire State building and Top of the Rock; is going in up in the Freedom Tower worth it?

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Visited the Freedom Tower when my family visited me a year or so ago and the view was neat, oddly enough my favorite part of the Freedom Tour was the elevator ride up. I think the Tenement Museum and the Transit Museum are both must sees. Governor's Island is also great and I think just opened up free hour long bike rentals there too Monday - Friday.

Wag said:

https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/

So good.

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Checked it out a few years back, but I see they have a shuttle now. Hmmm.. afraid I can't convince my gf to go but we'll see.

Massive Nights said:

I visited earlier in the year, genuinely the handiest thing for getting about the subway was the subway entrance locations on the Google Maps app. When you turn on the transit layer, and zoom in it shows you small blue arrows where the entrances to the subways are.

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Damn that's a nice feature, will use that for sure!

sebco said:

Visited the Freedom Tower when my family visited me a year or so ago and the view was neat, oddly enough my favorite part of the Freedom Tour was the elevator ride up. I think the Tenement Museum and the Transit Museum are both must sees. Governor's Island is also great and I think just opened up free hour long bike rentals there too Monday - Friday.

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Governer's Island sounds like a great way to spend a decent part of day!

Highline is great and kinda a romantic thing during sunset.

Also yes to the Subway unlimited week pass, it felt like it almost immediately paid for itself.

Museum of Modern Art and cool and, if I'm not mistaken, free on Fridays. Download a subway app on your phone. It's pretty easy to know where to go once you get your bearings.

Moma is on the list :)

and thanks for all the subway tips but as mentioned, won't be the first time for us; will get a week pass and we'll find our way around :)

I went to New York two years ago. Nothing really to add on the museum front. Other than the met being fucking huge. You'll run into a lot of Subway car performers. Stare straight ahead and don't engage. Showtime!

I felt very cool the one day my phone ran out of juice and I made it back to my Brooklyn Airbnb by myself.

Buy an unlimited metrocard

Try not to touch the poles

Ignore performers

Don't feed the rats

Win


Honestly you can just put wherever you're going in Google Maps and it'll tell you which trains to take.

Guggenheim and Moma are my suggestions on the museum front. A lot of nice little ones too if you do some research. Museum of Natural History is dope but I haven't been there in a long long time.

Honestly not worth visiting a bunch of touristy things like the Empire State Building.

The only real touristy thing worth doing is visiting Central Park imo.

I say you hit up St Marks / Union Square -> Bryant Park / Midtown -> Times Square / Grand Central -> Columbus Circle / Central Park in that order or the opposite. You can also throw in LES / Chinatown if you want.

A lot of shopping / food / bars on the way.

Brooklyn is a lot more gentrified now but still sucks imo. But you'll be able to find some nice grub there along with a bunch of hipsters.

Arrived today, lines at JFK felt like ages but was only around an hour or so. checked in around 5, had some pasta, visited the WTC memorial (around the corner of our hotel); bought myself some budweisers (yes I know, tons of other options), and hitting the bed kinda early because of the time difference. Will probably go to Governer's Island tomorrow.

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If you have already been to all the big museums (the met, Nat. History, MoMA, Guggenheim), I highly recommend the cloisters. It's a bit of a trek up north in fort Tyron park in Washington heights (A train gets you there) but they have a great collection of euorpean gothic art. Not many people go or even know about it since it's out in the city fringes but well worth a visit imo.

Massive Nights said:

I visited earlier in the year, genuinely the handiest thing for getting about the subway was the subway entrance locations on the Google Maps app. When you turn on the transit layer, and zoom in it shows you small blue arrows where the entrances to the subways are.

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How do you enable that feature on? In the city atm.

AMAGON said:

How do you enable that feature on? In the city atm.

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Just gotta turn on the transit layer in Maps.

If you'll be training everywhere get a weekly unlimited metro card