Long Weekend in New York City: Trip Summary

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

  • Arrived at LaGuardia Airport (LGA)

  • Checked into the New York Budget Inn at 200 E 34th St (Now permanently closed)

  • Walk around Chelsea and the High Line

  • Grabbed a quick dinner at Starbucks

  • Empire State Building at night

  • Wander around the immediate area 

Thursday, May 18, 2017

  • Empire State Building at 8am until about 9am

  • Rode a hop-on Hop-off bus tour of downtown NYC

  • Got off at Rockefeller Center to take pictures and walk back to Times Square

  • Walked around what I could of Times Square 

  • Wandered around Central Park

  • Dinner at Hourglass Tavern 6:30pm

  • Phantom of the Opera at 8pm

Friday, May 19, 2017

  • Battery Park

  • Freedom Tour

  • Lunch with Beth and Doug

  • Walk around Greenwich Village

  • Washington Park and West Village

  • MOMA

    • Free from 4-8pm on Fridays 

  • Met up with Andrea in Central Park

  • Walked the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset

Saturday, May 20, 2017

  • East River Ferry

  • Brooklyn Bridge

  • Dumbo Bridge

  • Prospect Park

  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  • Brooklyn Heights

  • Roosevelt Island

  • Upper East Side

  • The Met