The Mini Rough Guide to New York (Travel Guide eBook) , livre ebook

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This Rough Guide Mini e-Book is designed to inspire you and help you plan for your visit to New York, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Highlights, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan an unforgettable trip. The Introduction and History and Culture chapters give the lowdown on New York, past and present, while the Out and About chapter is a comprehensive guide to all the best sights. You will find ideas for getting active in Things to Do, while the Food and Drink chapter introduces you to the local cuisine and gives listings of our favourite restaurants by area. Travel Essentials offers just that; practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, Where to Stay provides a special selection of hotels for every budget.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in New York are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of New York. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Rough Guides:
Published in 1982, the first Rough Guide – to Greece – was created by Mark Ellingham and a small group of friends who couldn’t find a guidebook to meet their needs. Combining a contemporary, journalistic style with a thoroughly practical approach to travellers’ needs, the immediate success of the book spawned a series that rapidly covered dozens of destinations. These days, Rough Guides include recommendations from budget to luxury and cover more than 120 destinations worldwide, all regularly updated by our team of ever curious, roaming writers. These Rough Guide Minis may be small, but they are packed with information and inspiration and offer amazing value for money.
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Table of Contents
10 Things Not To Miss
A Perfect Day in New York
Overview
A City Transformed
A Gorgeous Mosaic
History and Culture
New Amsterdam
New York
The New Republic
Burgeoning Town
Mass Immigration
Highs And Lows
Out and About
Downtown
One World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial
Battery Park City
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Fraunces Tavern
Wall Street
Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
West Midtown – Theater District
Times Square and Broadway
North of Times Square
West 42nd Street
Central Midtown
Bryant Park
Rockefeller Center
Fifth Avenue
Museum of Modern Art
East Midtown
Madison and Park Avenues
Grand Central and the Chrysler Building
United Nations
South Midtown
Empire State Building
Upper East Side – The Museum Mile
Frick Madison
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Neue Galerie
Guggenheim Museum
Other museums
Central Park
Park highlights
Upper West Side
Lincoln Center
Natural History Museum
Columbia University Area
Harlem and North Manhattan
An historic district
Washington Heights
The Cloisters
Other neighborhoods
The Lower East Side
The Bowery and Nolita
Chinatown
Little Italy
SoHo and Tribeca
Greenwich Village
East Village
Meatpacking District and Chelsea
Excursions to the outer boroughs
Brooklyn
The Bronx
Queens
Things To Do
Shopping
When and Where to Shop
What to Buy
Entertainment
Theater
Classical Music and Dance
Film
Dance Clubs
Cabarets and Jazz Clubs
Bars
Sports
Watching Sports
Playing Sports
Children’s New York
Food and Drink
Price
Meals and Meal Times
New York Specialties
Iconic delis and the pastrami sandwich
Diners and coffee shops
Bakeries
Bagels
Pizza
New York cheesecake
Steakhouses
Burgers and hot dogs
Carts
Healthy fast food options
Ethnic Enclaves
Where To Eat
Downtown
Midtown
The Upper East Side
The Upper West Side
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodations
Airports
B
Bicycle Rental
Budgeting for your trip
C
Car rental/hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
Customs regulations
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies
G
Getting there
H
Health and medical care
L
LGBTQ+ travelers
Lost property
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening hours
P
Police
Post offices
Public holidays
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transportation
Travelers with disabilities
V
Visas and entry requirements
W
Websites
Weights and measures
Y
Youth hostels and YMCAs
Where To Stay
Downtown
Midtown
Herald Square, Murray Hill, Gramercy Park
The Upper East Side
The Upper West Side
10 THINGS NOT TO MISS

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1. Brooklyn Bridge
Stroll across this 19th-century icon. For more information, click here .

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2. The Guggenheim
As well known for its architecture as for its paintings. For more information, click here .

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3. Statue of Liberty
Welcoming millions to New York since its dedication in 1886. For more information, click here .

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4. MoMA
Home to one of the world’s best collections of modern art. For more information, click here .

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5. Times Square
Get up close to the spectacle of this iconic world landmark. For more information, click here .

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6. Empire State Building
The famed skyscraper offers eye-popping views of Manhattan. For more information, click here .

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7. American Museum of Natural History
From dinosaurs to planets, it’s all here. For more information, click here .

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8. Greenwich Village
A laid-back feel characterizes the infamously bohemian ‘Village’. For more information, click here .

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9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A vast and fabulous trove of historical treasures. For more information, click here .

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10. Central Park
Unwind in New York’s playground. For more information, click here .
A Perfect DAY IN NEW YORK
9.00am
Breakfast. Enjoy the quintessential breakfast of New Yorkers – bagel, lox, and cream cheese – at Katz’s Delicatessen on the Lower East Side. After breakfast, stroll down Ludlow where you can window-shop the hip neighborhood’s boutiques.
10.15am
Lower East Side origins. Just a couple of doors down from Delancey on Orchard Street is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Here you can step back in time and learn about the immigrants who originally populated the Lower East Side with a visit to the tenement building built in 1863. You can tour recreated homes of former residents who lived here between the 1860s and 1980s.
11.15am
Walk to Brooklyn. Continue heading south, through bustling Chinatown, to the Brooklyn Bridge entrance at the end of Centre Street. Cross the bridge via the walkway to arrive in Brooklyn at the other side of the East River. It takes around a half hour to cross the bridge, or a little more if you stop to take in the view.
12.30pm
Pizza perfect. A Brooklyn institution, Grimaldi’s Pizzeria (1 Front Street; exit the bridge via the first stairs) is a must. After lunch, wander down Old Fulton Street. Grab an ice cream from Ample Hills Creamery (1 Water Street) before strolling the promenade along the East River in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The views of lower Manhattan are picture-perfect.
2.30pm
Old Masters in the afternoon. Take the subway to the Upper East Side. The temporary Frick Madison (945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street) is a wonderful museum, much more manageable than the nearby Met. The collection includes works by artists including Rembrandt, Vermeer and Gainsborough. Note that the collection should move back to its original home, the mansion of Henry Frick, at the end of 2023/early 2024.
4.30pm
Central Park. After the Frick, take a walk through Central Park, which is just across Fifth Avenue. There is an entrance at 72nd and Fifth Avenue. Stroll to the Lake, Strawberry Fields or the Shakespeare Garden.
6.30pm
Dinner time. Head to one of the best steakhouses in the Times Square neighborhood, Charlie Palmer Steak NYC, for the pre-theater prix-fixe menu. Or try the legendary Sardi’s in the heart of New York’s Theater District for dinner and a pre-show cocktail.
8.00pm
Broadway. Hit the Great White Way and enjoy one of the many Broadway or off-Broadway performances.
10.30pm
City lights. Top off your day with a perfect panoramic view of the city with all its sparkling lights from Top of the Rock on the 69th floor of the Rockefeller Center. Or head to the on-site bar, Bar SixtyFive, for cocktails with a view.
Overview
First-time visitors to New York usually come with wide eyes and high expectations. The quintessential urban landscape – the Big Apple – does not disappoint. No matter what it is you are after, you will find it: great theater, marvelous museums, luxurious hotels, fascinating history, exciting nightlife, sumptuous dining. Peace and quiet can even be found, in the rooms of high-rise hotels far above the teeming streets, or by venturing into the upper reaches of Central Park, or walking out onto the terrace overlooking the Hudson River at the Cloisters.

‘The city’
New Yorkers refer to Manhattan as ‘the city’, even though they identify the other boroughs by name. For addresses, ‘New York, New York’ means Manhattan.
At first, New York can be a little overwhelming, however once you get over the crowded streets and the wailing sirens, you can start to see that there is more to New York than its tourist attractions and museums. It’s