New York City things-to-do
Parks:
- Central Park
- Prospect Park
- Astoria Park
Seasonal New York
- Spring/Summer:
- Coney Island Beach and Amusement Park
- Veuve Cliquot classic
- Governors Ball
- Swedish Mid-Summer
Sporting/Activity
- The Cliffs (rock-climbing gym), Brooklyn Boulders
- Bubble Ball
- SPiN – Ping Pong 23rd street
- Flushing Meadows Pitch and Putt – Queens
- Chelsea Piers (Driving Range, Rink, Pool, Batting Cage)
- Skating at Central park or Bryant park
- Bowling
- Running group: NY Road Runners
Professional Sports
- Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Netts, Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Jets, Giants
Hiking:
- Breakneck Ridge (NY) (2 hr drive)
- Bear Mountain (NY) (1 hr drive)
- Mount Washington (NH) (8 hr drive)
Art:
- Performance Art: Sleep No More, Then She Fell
- Storm King
Museum:
- The Museum of Modern Art
- 10:30-5:30 (til 8 on Fridays)
- 11 West 53rd St, (b/t 5th and 6th)
- $25/adult, $15/student
- FREE Friday 4-8PM
- The Guggenheim
- M-W 10-5:45, Fr/Su 10-5:45, Sat 10-7:45 (Closed Thursday)
- 1071 5th Ave (b/t 88th and 89th)
- $25/adult, $18/student
- FREE Saturday 5:45-7:45 (line starts forming at 5:15…)
- American Museum of Natural History
- 10-5:45
- Central Park West at 79th St
- Pay what you want, suggested donation $22/adult, $17/student
- The Frick Collection
- Tu-Sa 10-6, Su 11-5 (closed Monday)
- 1 East 70th St (b/t Mad and 5th)
- $22/adult, $12/students
- FREE First Friday every month from 6-9pm, Sunday 11-1
- European art housed in a rich industrialists mansion, has a beautiful class covered courtyard if you are into selfies in beautiful places
- Museum of Food and Drink
- New Whitney
- Cloisters (also might be too cold)
- Cooper Hewitt
- Su-Fr 10-6, Sa 10-9
- 2 E 91st St (b/t Mad and 5th)
- $16/adult, $7/students (but online before)
- Free Saturday 6-9
- Design museum by the Smithsonian, has an engineer/architect vibe. Smaller museum, few hours to get through.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum
- M-F 10-5, Sa/Su 10-6
- Pier 86, 12th ave and 46th St
- $26/adult
- Buy through groupon gets you free admission to the space Pavilion
- The Whitney
- M/W/Th/Su 10:30-6, Fri/Sa 10:30-10 (closed Tuesday)
- 99 Gansevoort St (near the High Line)
- $22/adult, $17/student (in advance)
- FREE Fridays 7-10PM
- American art
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum
- Memorial 7:30-9
- Museum Su/Th 9-8, Fri/Sa 9-9
- 180 Greenwich St
- Museum $24/adult, $18/student
- Free access to the memorial itself
Late Night Talk Shows
Jimmy Fallon
- Follow him on twitter and he’ll put times when new standby tickets for the next month are available: https://twitter.com/fallontix?lang=en
- When tickets are available you have to sign up REALLY quick (within 5 minutes) here: http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/blog/how-to-get-tickets-to-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon/113111
- You can pick to go to the monologue rehearsal (~30 min) or the show taping
Colbert
- Lots of opportunities to get tickets
- http://colbert.1iota.com/show/536/The-Late-Show-with-Stephen-Colbert?
Daily Show with Trevor Noah
- Lots of opportunities to get tickets
- https://www.showclix.com/event/TheDailyShowWithTrevorNoah
1Iota – Online Live Show
- Has tickets to a lot of live tapings of shows
- Just make sure you pick something in your city!
- http://1iota.com/Tickets
SNL
- Extremely exclusive tickets – you get 1 try a year!
- http://www.nbc.com/tickets/pages/tickets-and-nbc-studio-tour#snl
- To enter the Saturday Night Live ticket lottery for the upcoming 2016-2017 season send an email in the month of August only to Snltickets@nbcuni.com. Please include all contact information and do not request a specific date. If you are selected, you will receive two tickets to a random show date and time. You may only send one email per household and all audience members must be at least 16 years of age. You will be notified if you are selected.
*If you really want to go to the more exclusive shows you can often try standby but you have to wait in line for 8 hours starting at 9am
Indoor Public Spaces
For a complete list of “Privately Owned Public Spaces” be warned it was last updated 2007
*note, most of the UES places are outdoor
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
- M-F 8a-10p, Sa/Sun 9a-10p, 61 E 62nd St and Broadway (Upper West Side)
- “Vertical gardens”, Seating, free wifi, public restrooms, free performances Th @ 7:30p
590 Madison ave
- Daily 8a-10p, @ 57th St (Midtown East)
- Large atrium with seating/tables sprinkled among art and bamboo shoots
Park Avenue Plaza
- Daily 8a-10p, 55 E 52nd St b/t Park & Mad (Midtown East)
- Large atrium with seating/tables, waterfall, Starbucks
Ford Foundation
- Hours M-F 8-4, 320 E 43rd St b/t Tudor City Pl & 2nd ave (Midtown East)
- Beautiful indoor garden, minimal formal seating
180 Maiden Lane
- M-F 8:30-5:30, b/t Front and South Street (South Street Seaport)
- Lots of seating, scattered trees, snack stand and restrooms available
60 Wall Street Atrium
- Daily 7a-10p, b/t William and Pearl St (Financial District)
- Palm trees, cafe tables/chairs, free wifi, take out places available
Brookfield Place
- M-Sa 10a-9p, Su 11-7, 220 Vesey St off West Street near the 9/11 Memorial
- Is a mall… that being said they have an atrium (“Winter Garden”) with palm trees and lots of tables.
Music Venues:
Food Courts
Urban Space – Vanderbilt
- M-F 6:30-9, Sa/Su 9-5
- E 45th and Vanderbilt (blocks from Grand Central)
- On the smaller end but a nice variety and some truly delicious standouts. Great for those family members coming into Grand Central who are starving with little kids who only want pizza (while you can have something more “sophisticated”).
Personal favorites:
- Delaney Chicken – truly delicious fried chicken sandwiches
- Lobster from Main Coast – self. explanatory.
Chelsea Market
- M-Sa 7-9, Su 8-8
- 75 9th Ave b/t W 15th & 16th
- Winding hallways of various food stands (very reasonable cost) and more formal restaurants. Just enough hipster vibe to make you feel cool. There are shops too, I don’t even know what kind…
Personal favorites:
- Num Bang – Vietnamese Banh Mi
- Los Tacos No. 1 – Always a line a mile long but moves quickly.
- Doughnuttery – Tiny doughnuts!
- Cappone’s – Italian sandwiches
Gansevoort Market
- Daily 8-8
- 353 W 14th St b/t 8th & 9th
- A neat collection of food near the base of the Highline and the Whitney. Features some great NY staples like Big Gay Ice Cream shop and Poke bowls.
Brookfield Place
- M-Sa 10a-9p, Su 11-7
- 220 Vesey St off West Street near the 9/11 Memorial
- Look familiar? Also made the list for public indoor spaces. This is in fact a mall, kind of a fancy person mall. A bit more on the pricy side for what you get ($10 for a meal) but some unique options.
Smorgasburg
- Sa/Su 10-6, Outdoor starts again April 1
- Saturday – Williamsburg – East River State Park (90 Kent Ave at N. 7 St.)
- Sundays – Prospect Park
- Winter Weekends: Winter Flea @ 1 Hanson Pl, Brooklyn (Atlantic Ave/Barclay Center subway stop)
- Best “artisanal” foods from Brooklyn, what places changes per season but always selected well.
Foursquare has a list with a few other places, if you attend any of these let me know and we can add them.
Mini-vacation:
- Phoenicia, NY
- Woodstock, NY
- Lake Placid, NY
Take out
- Seamless https://www.seamless.com/lets-eat
- If you haven’t heard of this then I’m sorry you’ve been suffering for so long
Delivery.com https://www.delivery.com/
- Delivery for food, alcohol, groceries
Postmates
- https://postmates.com/
- Get something delivered to you from anywhere in the city. Want S’mac but live on the UES, no problem. Also, extra bonus Clark Owyang could be your delivery guy (ruminate on that).
Pio Pio (Peruvian Chicken) (Restaurant)
- Has it’s own ordering site! http://www.piopio.com/
- Located on 1st Ave and 90th St, delivers to all you UES peeps
- Minimum $10, Free delivery
Carmine’s (Restaurant)
- Are your parents coming over and you want a boat load of food? Carmines delivers!
- Family style Italian http://www.carminesnyc.com/menus/
- $15 delivery fee if you call 212-362-2200 (UWS site delivers to the UES)
- $20 delivery fee if you use Seamless
Groceries:
Grocery Delivery Websites |
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| Name | What | Promotion | Once | Year |
Instacart |
Delivery from costco, whole foods, fairway, etc
2 hour window for delivery |
Free delivery first order | $8 | $150 |
Peapod |
Stop and Shop delivery (cheaper food)
2 hour window for delivery |
$20 off first $75 order
60 days free delivery |
$10 | $100* |
Google express |
Non-perishable goods from target, costco, etc
Pick a day, arrives in a box |
At one point a free 6mo shipping trial, unclear if still in effect | $5 | $95 |
Fresh Direct |
Grocery delivery
2 hour window for delivery |
$50 off first two orders | $6 | $120 |
Amazon Fresh |
Grocery delivery
1 hour window for delivery |
30 day free trial | $15/mo | |
| *Certain times decrease cost of delivery, some weird rules for unlimited delivery | ||||
Exercise
Elmhurst gym
You will need 2 documents: 1) Fill out the form (attached) and 2) doctor’s letter (see attached template). Bring them to the office next to the police station near the main elevators and you’ll be pumping iron on your ortho rotation.
92Y
New registration system (http://gradschool.mssm.edu/eforms/y-pass-registration/). You’ll need to sign up for each day you plan on going which may sound like a pain but it only takes 30 seconds to complete. Bring said pass with your hospital ID.
NY Sports Club
As a Sinai employee, you’ll be offered a discounted rate of 50 bucks a month which is almost half off.
1637 3rd Ave (cross 3rd)
Equinox
Nachi goes there so you probably shouldn’t.
203 E 92nd St (cross 3rd)
Synergy
http://www.synergyfitclubs.com/
1781 2nd ave (cross 93rd)
~$45/mo if you show your Sinai ID
Self-Care
Massage
Taiji Rubbing
- 119 E 96th (b/t Park/Lex)
- 212-828-1568
- $1/1min
- 12 W 57 (b/t 5/6)
- 877-862-5477
- Fancy (read expensivo)
Mani/Pedi
Shangri-la Nail Salon
- 93rd and Lexington
- From our esteemed Dr. Wilder, “Awesome Mani and pedi, excellent service, and you get a punch card, every 10th visit you get free Mani!”
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