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I am here visiting with some friends. Any "must see" or "do" things we should check out while we are here?

We saw the 9/11 museum and are going to a boston comedy club tonight and tried new york pizza. Those were the things I had on my bucket list but now we got a couple more days to kill so any recommendations would be appreciated!
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  • I love the top of the  Empire State building. 
  • Statue of Liberty is great but it will eat major time- perhaps just take the ferry to Staten Island & back
  • I would do at least one long subway ride underground and elevated- out to Queens or the Bronx
  • One ferry to Staten Island, Statue of Liberty, or Brooklyn
  • I would do one long taxi ride, maybe up to Harlem 125th St for soul food or barbeque.
  • Dumbo is the hippest place these days, I've heard-  on the far side of Brooklyn Bridge- maybe walk or bike or scooter out there for a meal or show.  Brooklyn Bridge by itself is amazing.  Do they have scooters for rent in NYC, I wonder?
  • I think the Egyptian and Roman exhibits @ the Met are awesome and a walk around Central Park is a must.  Maybe get lunch at Zabar's Deli.
  • I've never been to the Guggenheim but that is on my bucket list.
  • I would definitely try to walk the new High Line Park.
  • There's an immersive Van Gogh exhibit on Pier 36 that sounds like a blast.
  • The best meal of my whole  life was a summer night out on Mulberry St. but that was 20 yrs ago.    I called the front desk at the Ritz and asked them to tell me the best Italian on Mulberry St.  If I was there now, I'd probably see if I could get into Craft- Tom Collichio's place- which is not on Mulberry.
  • Definitely a bagel from a top rated bagel shop- they really are better in NYC
  • You got to try to do a show.  I would try for Hamilton or Little Shop of Horrors or Company but its all about last minute availability.
  • Late night Chinese in Chinatown
  • Coffee shops in Greenwich Village & walk around Washington Sq.  There's a Spanish restaurant called Sevilla with amazing Paella & Sangrias.
    • Of course, it Pride month so I'd be checking out Christopher St.
  • Some mid-town Dive Bar like Strangelove's
  • Time's Square at night, of course
  • Robert De NIro's Tribeca Film Fest is this week- might be hard to get a movie but the art galleries and sidewalks will be hopping down there.
  • No matter how hard you try you will only scratch the surface- there's a million things to do.

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Awesome reccomendations man! I'll try to do as many of those as we can. Done a couple of them like riding the subway. Yyw recommended a cheesecake place so we tried that and we went around Greenwich village. Will check out other stuff.
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I've never been, but depending on what you're into, seeing Time Square and even casual shopping there is not a bad idea from what I heard from my friends that visited
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..."Jones Beach is accessible by car, boat, bicycle, and in the summer season by bus. Most visitors arrive by car via the Meadowbrook State Parkway or the Wantagh State Parkway; the recreation area is also accessible via the Ocean Parkway. A significant portion of visitors take the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to Freeport and then a bus to Jones Beach.[35]
.....Boaters often anchor on the bay side of Jones Beach (i.e., Zachs Bay), especially at night during a show such as the fireworks show on July 4.[36]
A greenway alongside the Wantagh State Parkway allows bicycling, skating or walking about four miles (6.4 km) from Cedar Creek County Park on Merrick Road into Jones Beach. A similar route to Long Beach is under consideration.[citation needed]"...

Stay at least 15 ft from the larger purple jellies, when swiming. I love NY

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passionately kiss in public while putting out your arm for a taxi to stop and drive you two away.

sorry, I thought this was a movie