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How To Spend 3 Days in New York City Itinerary List (in order):
Day 1 Morning:
Tick Tock Diner, Nikola Tesla Museum, Bryant Park + Clean Restroom, New York Public Library, Top of the Rock, Grand Central Terminal, Ford Foundation Atrium Garden
Day 1 Afternoon:
Sarge’s Deli, Central Park: Sheep Meadow & Bethesda Terrace, American Museum of Natural History
Day 1 Evening:
John’s Pizzeria of Times Square, Times Square, Grand Slam New York, Beast & Butterflies (M Social Hotel)
Day 2 Morning:
Pearl Diner, 9/11 Memorial, The Oculus, The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island
Day 2 Afternoon:
Stone Street Historic District, Doyers Street, Deluxe Green Bo, The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, Washington Square Park, Friends Building, The High Line
Day 2 Evening:
Food Gallery 32: Kobeque, Rudy’s
Day 3 Morning:
Russ & Daughters/Russ & Daughters Cafe, Pier 11, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Jane’s Carousel, DUMBO – Manhattan Bridge View
Day 3 Afternoon:
Time Out Market New York: Bark Barbecue, Time Out Market Rooftop, Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport, Cannon’s Walk, Pier 35, Roosevelt Island Tramway, Smallpox Memorial Hospital, Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
Day 3 Evening:
Sakagura, The Friki Tiki
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:09 – Important Tips
01:06 – Day 1
06:34 – Day 2
11:45 – Day 3
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Thank you Jon for showing us the different tourist attractions in NYC. This video will definitely help me if I decide to plan a trip to this beautiful city.
Great vid as always. Have been using you as a source for years now. A lot of this I knew and have tried already (thanks in part to you) but you still teach me new things and give me great new ideas for our next visit.
One of the best 3-day itineraries I have ever seen and so good for first time visitiors especially.
I’ve been to NYC 5 times now since 2019 and still so much I haven’t seen. But so many of your videos made me feel like a pro at seeing great spots and getting around on the subway with city mapper app. Keep up the great work!!!
For real tho, if yall have to come this season, knowing it's cheaper, take your pictures during golden hour so you can get to see some color on this otherwise dead looking environment. Also, make sure you check the weather DAILY. Nyc weather during winter months is notoriously bipolar.
I am planning a trip to NYC in late February. I live in California. Wondering if I should wait until the weather warms up in the Spring or go in late February to avoid some of the crowds and higher costs in the Spring. I don't want to pack a bunch of warm clothes to add weight to my luggage.
bi-annual nyc trip is coming up second half of this month. hyped! your videos are an inspiration!
I dont know why the tonal shift in your voice at 8:52 made me LOL.. Great video though, I can tell I've been watching you for years because I've probably done almost all of the attractions on your list. (not the restaurants.. yet)
I think you nailed it. Can't wait to do this during my next visit
Good job Jon👍👍👍 I love the place!!!!
Awesome video again Jon! So many must do places put in a great itenerary – done most of these over the years! Personally, as well as some great ideas from you videos I always try to make sure to squeeze in Staten Island Ferry/ Brooklyn Bridge walk or I don't feel I've done NYC right 😀🗽
My son & I visited for 3 days in November. We learned so much from your videos! While 3 days isn’t enough, we packed in a ton, using many of your suggestions. Especially getting us over fear of subway. Great food at Sarge’s, Adel’s, Magnolia, John’s of Bleeker, Chinatown, & especially the Nona Maria. We went to the crown, summit OV, RiseNy, 9/11 museum, one world, walked the bridge, Central Park, Staten Island ferry, Roosevelt Island tram, dumbo, Brooklyn, high line, and more. Your videos helped fit so much into the short time we had. I’m still watching them now, after the trip. Thanks so much!!
Where would someone stay the three nights that would make sense based on this varied itinerary?
Just returned to UK following a Twixtmas visit to NYC, can agree Tik-Tok diner is fab (Steak and eggs benedict meant lunch was not necessary!) Also Tria and Georges diners both were superb traditional diners, inexpensive and great value for money!
That’s crazy, I was just watching your 4 days video.
As always Jon, so well put together!
3:49 love seeing the bit of Dutch history there with the 'delicatessen' (Delicacies in English) (or Harlem Meer is another one)
I really loved Carnegie Diner & Cafe
We visited New York in 4 days, we have so bussy schedule, that we tired when we flow to Miami. We will come back and the no schedule. 😉
Love to NYC from Trinidad 🇹🇹❤🌍🇺🇸
40 Bucks for a view?!?! How ridicoulos and expensive!!
Was just in NYC last week (during the absolutely bone chilling cold). Watched a ton of your videos prior to our trip. Key takeaways and highlights:
Citizen M hotel, museum of street art. beautiful, free and no one was there.
Peninsula hotel lobby for Christmas. Beautiful!
Bryant Park Winter Village
9/11 memorial. Didn’t realize it went into the depths. Touching and moving.
Rockefeller center was over rated and SO crowded, as you’ve said.
Things I loved that I didn’t know.
The sculptures next to the Oculus were really cool.
Some broadway rush tickets go on sale Monday for the whole week. I missed the Moulin Rouge tickets because I thought it was day of.
I didn’t know Times Square turns into art exhibit for 3 minutes around midnight every night. Missed this and wish I had known.
The Louis Vittuon baggage building on 6th Ave was really cool. Not sure if it is always there, but was neat.
Thanks for your help! We had a great time!
Thanks for sone good ideas, can you also pinpoint good Mexican places?
Pearl Diner is meh
As a tourist I can vouch that those Bryant park toilets are awesome. Flowers and music❤ in there
I used to live in NYC (2001-2002). Your videos bring up great memories and keep me up to date with my favorite city ❤ Thank you 🙏🏼
Bring very comfortable shoes😂…good video
What great ideas. Thanks
Hiii, do you suggest reserving a table in advance at Beast & Butterflies? Or can you get a table without waiting too long?
To enter NYC you must now pay a $9 toll to take a cab or drive below 60th street. And will increase to $12 in 2027. That's in addition to the bridges and tunnels already charging a ridiculous toll. So everything you now pay for (Uber, yellow taxis, Restaurants, attractions, etc, will increase exponentially before Summer arrives. Because all deliveries of food, goods, etc. will cost more for businesses. And those costs will be passed down to who? Yes, us the consumer!! They will all blame the congestion toll on the exorbitant increases on their services. Avoid NY at all costs. It's not worth it anymore.
I Live In NYC I HAVE HEARD OF THESE PLACES And Yes People Use Cash
Can anyone give me input on the Belvedere hotel and the Park Central hotel? These are the two I’m looking at based off location and budget. I m concerned with bed bugs. I’ve read mixed reviews on both.
Hasn’t Pearl Diner been closed for a couple of years?
Only in NYC can you find the best pizza in a church and a museum in a hotel basement! This city is wild! 🍕🏛
Excellent, as always Jon ❤❤❤
I relocated out of Brooklyn in 2013 move back to west coast where I was born because of the cost of living.
Wanted to visit in 2023 and 2024 and the prices to stay in hotels off peak season for 3-4 days is ridiculous expensive over 1K. I believe it’s because of the immigrants. I wont be visiting until the cost of hotel decrease.
Taking public transportation is definitely much better than taxi. Hoping to visit with my 13 year old daughter in 2025
Jon
Happy New Year to you and your family.
I always like,going to DUMBO and Brooklyn Bridge Park. I'll just wait till it gets warmer.
Great video! The only change I would make is go to the summit one observation deck instead of top of the rock. Very interactive and it’s open until midnight so you can go at the end of your day to see NYC lit up in all its splendor. Also shout out to action kid in beginning of video!
Just use google street view
My friend and I were in Boston last year for a model railroad convention. We had an extra day to fill, and wanted an excuse to ride Amtrak Acela, so we made a day trip to NYC. Arrived at 10am, walked around (and subway) until 7pm. Saw Columbus Circle, walked around the lower part of Central Park, subway down to Tribeca to see the Ghostbusters headquarters, walked to the 9 11 memorial, Battery Park to see the Statue, subway to Brooklyn, walked around DUMBO, had pizza for lunch, hung out on the banks of the East River, walked over the Brooklyn Bridge, walked past the Empire State, and returned to Penn Station. It was an epic day. So glad we did it! Yes, I would have loved to spend more time, but something is ALWAYS better thsn nothing.
Jon ! Mark my words, my next trip to NYC will be at least a four day trip !
Hopefully you see this because I know you’d appreciate it: earlier today I stopped by Gai Kitchen (per your recommendation) and just before I left, a family from Germany finished their meal, thanked the staff and asked them if they’ve heard of you because it was because of your videos that they discovered that place, as well as plan their vacation. Before they left, I told them that I too discovered it from the same video and we all had a laugh about it. Thank you for all that you do!
Pretty good sample trip. Not enough pizza though. Johns of Bleeker and Prince Street in Lower Manhattan and Ignazios in DUMBO are always mandatory for me.
Also I'd recommend the Staten Island Ferry over any paid ferry/sightseeing boats. Completely free views of the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan/Brooklyn skyline.
Hi. Does anyone know what is happening in NYC in Sept?? Hotel prices are double for Sept compared to june july and august. What gives?
It's not the safest city
The image shown at 4:35, I went on the weekend and could not find this anywhere. Where abouts is it located?
It seems this image is in fact from St George's Hall in Liverpool.
Very random that it’s included in this video if that’s the case.
I love how you start of this video in Tick Tock Diner and the New Yorker Hotel, where I'll be staying in just 4 weeks!
Jon the signup for your free guide is not working unfortunately.
Your videos gave alot of good tips for our trip 2 years ago. Unfortunately the NY library reading rooms are not accessible for tourists.
Watching your videos is giving our family so many tips for planning our trip for this Christmas to NYC. But we are looking for one bit of advice which is somewhere for Christmas dinner on Christmas Day. Any tips?