The met (museum) is considered a k-mart of art. The MoMa offers more of an original and cohesive collection. You probably don't need comfortable shoes for the MoMa given how small it is unless you're planning on walking over the bridge to PS1 after. For more traditional art, the Frick is much better.
People who talk about the greatest pizza in NY, don't generally talk about it by the slice. And John's is considered a tourist joint but the rest like lombardis and ferraras and the 5-10 other old, pizza by the pie joints are pretty much the same. And those aren't greasy.
And spring awakening? How risque deltalum.
I second central park...only because my apartment is right next to it and that makes all the ladies up in NYC dig me.
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The Cloisters is actually pretty interesting, and you can use the same "badge" for the Metropolitan Museum -- The Cloisters being a unit of The Met.
And, The Met is great. The museum and the opera, but I'm talking museum in this case.
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) is also good. Wearing comfortable shoes is good advice for all of these.
I (we) try to see at least one show every time I go to the city. Last time (about two weeks ago) we saw Spring Awakening. Dark, but really good.
I worked for NBC for a number of years, so the NBC Tour is nothing to me, but the Radio City Musical Hall tour was fun when we saw it several years ago.
If you're going to be at Rockefeller Plaza (Radio City), a lot of the famous stores are in the same block of Fifth Avenue on the East side of the Plaza. Just go out the arcade by the skating rink.
I can't even remember the name of the place, but the best Pizza I've had in NY was at a place at about 34th and Third. There are a lot of spots, though. Just be sure you like thin crust and grease.
I always think it's fun to walk around in Central Park which goes from 59th Street to 110th between Fifth and Central Park West. There's a lot to see there and it's only a few blocks North of Rockefeller Plaza.
Finally, although it sounds really "touristy," if it's your first time in the city, don't discount one of the double decker bus tours. You can cover a lot of ground, and the ticket is good for 24 hours and you can get off and on as often as you want.
Also, get a MetroCard to use on the subways and bus systems. I agree, the subway is great!
Have a good time.
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