Sarah's Guidebook
Parks
Visit cloisters, highly recommend walking tours at cloisters. Visit, Heather Garden, walk alongside the river, great view. If you are visiting in end of September to beginning of October, you can come dressed up for Medieval festival!
343 locals recommend
Fort Tryon Park
Dr To BroadwayVisit cloisters, highly recommend walking tours at cloisters. Visit, Heather Garden, walk alongside the river, great view. If you are visiting in end of September to beginning of October, you can come dressed up for Medieval festival!
Nice place to walk and chat. Stop for ice cream or cold drinks. It gets pretty crowded during summer.
2323 locals recommend
The High Line Park
Nice place to walk and chat. Stop for ice cream or cold drinks. It gets pretty crowded during summer.
Restaurants & Bars
This place is pretty awesome. It looks like an ice cream shop from the outside but opens til 3 AM! It's actually a speakeasy. There is a door made of ice cream pints.
7 locals recommend
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1707 2nd AveThis place is pretty awesome. It looks like an ice cream shop from the outside but opens til 3 AM! It's actually a speakeasy. There is a door made of ice cream pints.
Contemporary Thai restaurant. Nice ambience, good food at very reasonable price especially in lunch hours during the week.
101 locals recommend
Room Service
690 9th AveContemporary Thai restaurant. Nice ambience, good food at very reasonable price especially in lunch hours during the week.
Turntable NYC
20 W 33rd StLove their decors! Get a basket of wings and a tower of beer!
Museums
Find out how much you weigh in moon. Watch a short clip about space (it's okay if you didn't understand everything at first time). Space show is extra cost but totally worth it.
61 locals recommend
The Hayden Planetarium
200 Central Park WestFind out how much you weigh in moon. Watch a short clip about space (it's okay if you didn't understand everything at first time). Space show is extra cost but totally worth it.
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StLove their interactive tours! Book in advance!
I went there with a friend of mine and we had a lot of fun. I only went there for booby bounce house 🤣
172 locals recommend
Museum of Sex
233 5th AveI went there with a friend of mine and we had a lot of fun. I only went there for booby bounce house 🤣
Deserts
Oh man, they're insanely amazing!
Try Cronut, cookie milk shots, so many other yummy things!!!
157 locals recommend
Dominique Ansel Bakery
189 Spring StOh man, they're insanely amazing!
Try Cronut, cookie milk shots, so many other yummy things!!!
Serendipity 3
225 E 60th StVery cute place. A bit pricy but you'll have a good time 🥰
Washington Heights
My favorite places in walking distance from home
Hudson Greenway stretches from top of Manhattan to all the way down. This path by the river is perfect for cycling, running, jogging, walking, sitting around, BBQing, or just standing around. The cover photo is taken from here. Most part of the park has lounge areas, tennis court, play ground, tables and benches, grass to sit on or walk on, and my favorite part is that it's away from the traffic.
The closest entrance from my place is 158th Street.
502 locals recommend
Riverside Park
Hudson Greenway stretches from top of Manhattan to all the way down. This path by the river is perfect for cycling, running, jogging, walking, sitting around, BBQing, or just standing around. The cover photo is taken from here. Most part of the park has lounge areas, tennis court, play ground, tables and benches, grass to sit on or walk on, and my favorite part is that it's away from the traffic.
The closest entrance from my place is 158th Street.
Nice place to walk around on a sunny day. I heard this is the oldest mansion in NYC. If I'm wrong, please do let me know. Jazz band plays on every Sunday indoor during the winter and outdoor on the lawn during summer. They've got a gift shop to entertain visitors too!
107 locals recommend
Morris-Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel TerraceNice place to walk around on a sunny day. I heard this is the oldest mansion in NYC. If I'm wrong, please do let me know. Jazz band plays on every Sunday indoor during the winter and outdoor on the lawn during summer. They've got a gift shop to entertain visitors too!
I love the vibe. It's a cozy little place to read or work on stuff on laptop. Most importantly, they have good coffee and pastry 😋
6 locals recommend
Forever Coffee Bar 167
714 West 181st StreetI love the vibe. It's a cozy little place to read or work on stuff on laptop. Most importantly, they have good coffee and pastry 😋
I love their decorations. They've got couches by the window. Very cute little place. They serve coffee from morning to afternoon and drinks in the evening to night.
104 locals recommend
Taszo Espresso Bar
554 Edward M Morgan PlI love their decorations. They've got couches by the window. Very cute little place. They serve coffee from morning to afternoon and drinks in the evening to night.
Good burgers and beers. They have happy hours and trivia nights!
14 locals recommend
Hilltop Park Alehouse
3821 BroadwayGood burgers and beers. They have happy hours and trivia nights!
Traveler advice
Getting around
Subway is the way to get around!
NYC Subway made no sense to me at first but once you know the drill, you'll be writing this guide book in no time! Metro cards can be purchased at the station.
I highly recommend that you get an app, Gmap or any MTA transit map.
1. Express trains: A, D, Q, N, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
2. Local trains: C, E, B, R, W, 1, 6, L, S, 7
3. Trains traveling westside: A, B, C, D, E, 1, 2, 3
4. Trains traveling east to center: 4, 5, 6, Q, R, W, N, F
5. Trains that cross towns: 7, L, S
* Note: On weekends, express train may run local.*
**In some stations, differen trains stop at same platform**