New York

Downtown Manhattan (under 14th st)

⁃Wall Street / financial district:

⁃South street sea port – museum of historic ships, beautiful views of the east river and brooklyn

⁃Stone st. – a small cobble stone street that has many small bars and restaurants, summers all restaurants have outside seating, best to come after 5pm as this is happy hour where all employees of the banks are coming after work. I recommend Adrienne’s old fashioned pizza 🙂 https://yelp.to/qTKq/4O8tgYBqLF 

⁃Walk to Broadway and Morris st. to see the famous Wall Street bull and the newest addition – the brave girl sculpture that was placed there last March in honor of the international women day 

⁃World Trade Center and Battery Park City

⁃Oculus – the gorgeous Caltrava designed building – the house of Westfield – NYC’s first big mall. Stores of famous and expensive brands (Lacoste, John Varvata, Armani etc.) but there’s also an Apple Store and of course the architecture. The oculus connects to many subway stations: A,C,E,2,3,4,5,R,W,J,Z and the Path – the underground train between jersey city, Newark, hoboken on the jersey side and NYC  

⁃WTC 4 – has the (second but much better) location of Eataly – an Italian supermarket that has 5-6 different Italian restaurants: pizza, pasta, meat, fish, vegetables, sandwiches, wine bar and so much more…

⁃Ground zero 9/11 memorial – I would keep it just at the memorial. There’s a museum there too that I hear is very depressing….

⁃Battery Park City – Brookfield place – a complex of high end shops and expensive but beautiful restaurants overlooking the North Cove Marina. There’s also a food court on the second floor of the main hall where you can find more reasonably priced foods

⁃Walk outside along the promenade overlooking the Hudson River

⁃Tribeca – a cool neighborhood to walk around, huge loft buildings, little allies, boutiques and restaurants 

⁃SoHo – the Whitney Museum

⁃NoHo

⁃Lower East Side – that is nowadays the coolest area in NYC in my opinion. Something like Florentine in the 2000… The New Museum

⁃Chinatown

⁃Little Italy 

⁃East Village

⁃West Village 

⁃Union square

⁃Washington square park

⁃Meatpacking district

⁃Free Tours by foot  – street art in Lower Manhattan http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/new-york-tours/ 

Chelsea, Flatiron and Gramercy Midtown under 42nd St.

⁃Chelsea Market

⁃The Highline – the elevated promenade starting at 34th street and 10th Ave and going all the way down to the meatpacking district 

⁃Madison Square Park on 23rd and 5th Ave (not to be mistaken with Madison square garden – the giant concert venue and sports hall)

⁃Flatiron building

⁃Eataly – the first location of the Italian supermarket with the Itai a. Restaurants within. This location has a Biereria on the 6th floor which is fun too 

⁃Shopping: 

⁃34th street on and around Herald Square (Macy’s, H&M, Desiguel Banana Republic, Victoria Secret, Uniqlo etc…)

⁃Chelsea – a small shopping center on 6th Ave between 18-19 streets – there’s a good TJ Max, Marshall’s and Bed Bath & Beyond

⁃5th Ave – pretty much all the way from 14th street to 59th street 🙂

⁃Bryant Park and the Public Library

⁃Of course – Times Square 

⁃Recommended restaurant and rooftop bar – Salvation Tacos at the Pod Hotel

⁃Curry Hill

Midtown 42-60

⁃Rockefeller Center

⁃Hell Kitchen – w 42-60 Streets from 8-10 Ave 

⁃Shopping:

⁃Nike store 

⁃Uniqlo

⁃Abercrombie & Fitch

⁃Apple Store 

⁃Time Warner shopping Center on Columbus circle

⁃Museums:

⁃MoMa – I hate it and never go as it is toooo crowded. If you must – go early morning at opening on a weekday – 53rd street bet 5-6th Ave 

⁃Museum of Art & Design – MAD – one of NYC’s best museums  – Columbus circle

Uptown – 60-120

⁃Upper West Side:

⁃Lincoln Center 

⁃Museum of Natural History – unnecessary if you don’t have kids

⁃Shopping: Columbus and Broadway – pretty much anywhere…

⁃Dining – along Amsterdam

⁃Columbia University – 116th street

⁃Riverside park

⁃ Upper East Side:

⁃Shopping – mainly on and around east 86th street 3rd Ave and Lexington

⁃Tons of restaurants and bars

⁃Museum Mile:

⁃Frick collection

⁃The metropolitan museum

⁃Cooper Hewitt Museum

⁃Guggenheim 

⁃Museo del Barrio – Latin culture 

⁃Central Park:

⁃Bethesda Fountain 

⁃The reservoir 

⁃Belvedere Castle 

⁃The Boat House

⁃The pond close to east 72nd street – remote control sailboats

⁃Alice in Wonderland sculpture 

⁃Great Lawn

⁃Strawberry Fields and the Imagine mosaic – close to west 72nd street 

Broadway and off Broadway shows:

⁃Beautiful

⁃Wicked

⁃Ave Q

        ⁃ Sleep No More https://mckittrickhotel.com/

Brooklyn

⁃take the train to Fulton Street in Brooklyn and walk over the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan 

⁃Brooklyn Bridge park is gorgeous 

It is important to learn the current patterns in order to plan your sail into the harbour, especially if you want to sail up the East River and into the Long Island Sound