Advice for a tourist in NY...

I'm sure you will soon get a shower of suggestions, but I would tell you to ditch the car in a garage in the Bronx and get around via public transportation. Dealing with a car in Manhattan is an expensive nuisance.

Oh HONEY dont drive in NY

please please please dont
you can commute and see some fabulous things by subway.
cheaper
easier


95th street has great hostels. You can get super cheap ( just a bed and dresser) or a full hostel with tv

I agree that there will be lots of suggestions. Just happy you're thinking of doing this, you guys..

That's exactly what I was thinking, GW, so thanks. The Bronx, eh? Great! Thank you.

No, we definitely do NOT want to be driving in Manhattan or any other place in NY city. We want to stay on the outskirts of town and subway in.

We want to do all the usual things, or some of them, and being a foodie, I'm wanting to go to some great restaurants and not spend $100 per meal. I want to go to the renowned, fave places of New Yorkers.

I am so excited - I really hope we get to go!

Brooklyn is another alternative and you can take the subway to Manhattan.
I loved Brighton Beach! They have reasonable B&B there too! Here is one
of them.
http://www.bbonline.com/ny/bibisgarden/

Or you can rent a small studio apartment right in Manhattan
http://www.212suites.com/Studios/320-east-54-street.html
This way you could have some meals in house too!

I was thinking of Brooklyn too, though of course I don't know it well. At least some areas look very nice.

Park the car somewhere, take the bus in and stay in the city. The price differential in accommodation is not worth the daily hassle of going back and forth. There have been several threads on this fairly recently. The Shewolf's and JoefromChicago's are the ones that spring to mind.

I personally don't like to stay much past 35th, and prefer to be south of 20th, but it depends on what you plan to do during your time in the city.

New York magazine recently published their annual cheap eats issue. It's available online for browsing/planning.

I presume that you will not be driving from the Yukon?

hey, mame. mebbe you want to meet the candidates for mayor while you are there...

http://www.nakedcowboyformayor.com/

where the hell was he when I was there???