Hot answers tagged new-york-city
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For the US in general, 15% is the commonly expected bottom line, not 10, unless you're trying to send a mean spirited message to your server. 20% is far from unheard of.
In NYC in particular, 17% is probably the most common number - this is because NY Sales Tax on your restaurant bill is 8.5%, and most people just double the tax to calculate their tip - ...
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We went to Empire State Building during our Christmas season trip to NYC. I carried a small digital camera in addition to my phone which had a camera. My girlfriend carries a Nikon digital camera D50 with exchangeable lenses, and also a camera in her smartphone. Security checked the camera equipment without difficulty. I was completely unaware that there ...
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The High Line is open and accessible by
Subway
L or the A / C / E to 14th Street & 8th Avenue
C / E to 23rd Street & 8th Avenue
1 / 2 / 3 to 14th Street & 7th Avenue
1 to 18th Street & 7th Avenue
1 to 23rd Street & 7th Avenue
Bus
M11 to Washington Street
M11 to 9th Avenue
M14 to 9th Avenue
M23 to ...
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This zip code finder shows 11217 as the neighborhood of Boerum Hill.
This is a very nice part of Brooklyn. You have a choice of several nearby subway lines (Atlantic Ave - Barclay's Center is a major transit hub), which will get you into downtown Manhattan in 10-15 minutes, midtown in maybe 15-20 more. Smith Street has a lot of very good restaurants, as ...
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I usually round up to the next 5 dollar increment, with a minimum of 15%. If paying by credit card, I'll usually just use the automatic 20% button (the smallest offered), out of laziness.
This WSJ Article claims that the average in NYC is 18-19%. Which is above the national average by a little, but not much. That's a pretty decent number to target, but I'll ...
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If you do not have a tripod, bipod, monopod, or any other bulky equipment which will create an impediment or disturbance to the other guests, you should be allowed in. I've been up literally hundreds of times, and though I can't speak for them, I've a good feeling as to what they allow and prohibit.
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The Boerum Hill neighborhood is not a bad option. I have never been there at night; however, it is a mostly residential area and I at least have never felt unsafe. While the media has made much of some recent incidents of violent crime, similar incidents happen in any gentrifying neighborhood, including the adjacent neighborhoods of Fort Greene or Park ...
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I don't recall any bars in NYC having a dress code, so T-Shirt and Jeans should be fine as long as you don't come in looking like a complete bum. Having said that there are quite a few rooftop bars. Here is the list of some of them that have menus available.
230 Fifth
The Heights
The Local cafe
But you can simply look at the top 10 list(?) to pick the ...
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There are plenty of haunted houses around the City and in surrounded areas let's start with the obvious:
Times Scare
Recently started seeing ads for the Killers
And of course Jekyll & Hyde series of haunted establishments.
There are also plenty of online resources that list the haunted houses as well like HauntedHouse.com in New York and New Jersey ...
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Fastest
JFK AirTrain to Jamaica Station ($5, ~15 min)
Inbound Long Island Rail Road service to Atlantic Terminal ($6.25, ~20 min)
Cheapest
JFK AirTrain to Howard Beach Station ($5, ~15 min)
A Train (NYC Subway) to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station ($2.25, ~30 min)
Well, that's not entirely true. The truly cheapest options are to take the B15 bus and ...
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Some of the cheapest rooms in Manhattan you're going to get are at the YMCA and those are about $90-$130/night. I don't think you're going to have much luck with finding $50-$60/night rooms unless you have a friend, are okay with a hostel. You might be able to catch a lucky break on Airbnb if you're okay with being in someone's house.
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There's at least a couple of options, actually.
aplusnyc - they run art and architecture tours by design professionals - "a member of Guiding Architects, an international network for architectural guided tours by professionals."
Around Manhattan Official NYC Architecture Tour - "an educational around-Manhattan architecture tour, hosted by architects and ...
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Simplest answer to all your questions: If you're worried pay the fine and forget this ever happened. NY state is not likely to pass along traffic violation information to Singapore.
So with that in mind: you could try and go to NYS Traffic Violations Page and pay your ticket, unless of course you decided to plead "Not guilty" or your violation required a ...
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Amtrak runs daily trains for $114 that takes 13 1/2 hours, both of which are just above your thresholds.
Greyhound offers overnight buses that fit your requirements (10 1/2 hrs, $40 if buying now), or daily buses that take longer (presumably traffic related) - 12 to 12 1/2 hours.
Overall I'd recommend the bus, unless someone can find a plane flight for ...
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I haven't done a Times Square New Year's Eve in over a decade, but I'd say if you can manage changing trains at 42nd Street during rush hour, it's no great challenge.
Compared to most American cities (if not, say, Mumbai), New York City is an "unyielding crush of humanity" on any ordinary day. The sidewalks are crowded, the subways are crowded, the stores ...
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To get a decent vantage point you should probably get into a restaurant like Olive Garden on Times Square or some similar, menu is not that fancy but the location is great and you might want to reserve the seat by the glass now.
Generally it used to be that to get a place by the fence you will need to be on Times Square the morning of the 31st (times have ...
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One would have to caveat the answer: Laws regarding child safety in Cabs may vary from state to state but here goes:
New York city officially exempts Cabs from requirement of Child Safety seats in Massachusetts you will need to restrain the child.
In Buses and commuter trains it is simply not possible to use a child safety seat at all as there is no ...
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The rooftop bar at Hotel Metro in midtown is unpretentious, cheap (by midtown standards), and gives you a pretty spectacular view of the Empire State building, though not a lot more (since you're more or less surrounded by tall buildings). They have no dress code.
Top of the Strand (at the Strand Hotel) is similar to Hotel Metro - same neighborhood, same ...
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I've been unable to find anything that is definitively less than 20 people, but there are a few promising options.
Day trips between Boston and New York typically leave around 7 a.m. and bring you back to your starting city around anywhere between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. (that's scheduled only - do expect delays due to traffic and construction, as the entire ...
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I discovered that option by reading this website: airport lounges sometimes offer good and reasonably priced solutions to rest.
Two questions could have relevant answers:
one about what the different lounges offer and one about how to get there for cheap
EDIT: with the PriorityPass, as you mention you have it, the KAL lounge requires you to have a boarding ...
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There is no safe way, as there is a high fence that bars access from the long-term parking lot.
To save money, I would take the Q10 bus from terminal 5 and transfer to the A train at Lefferts Blvd or the F train at Kew Gardens.
http://mta.info/busco/schedules/q010cur.pdf
There are other buses (B15, Q3), but I am not familiar with them.
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One thing to be careful about is that many AirBNB style rentals are actually illegal in New York City. Specifically, if the building has three or more units (almost all buildings), then the entire apartment cannot be rented out for a short term stay. (Though, if the host is still around and you're just renting a bedroom, that's perfectly legal.) So, unless ...
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Hostelling International USA - New York City on the Upper West Side @ Amsterdam Ave & 103rd St, 1/2 block from the #1-train which is a 10-minute ride to Midtown, or 12-14 min to lower Manhattan.
You would have your choice of a bed in an economy dormitory room which has 8-12 beds in it for 39 - 49 USD per night and includes linen and terry, or a premium ...
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Contrary to the popular opinion The City is not that big. So let's lay out a few rules that will help your search:
If you are going to stay in Manhattan there are very few places that have more then a 4 block walk to a subway that will take you almost anywhere you want to go, so drop a pin and there you will stay (just don't stay in the parks police ...
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They just mean you're not allowed to take photographs for commercial purposes in there, and stuff that into a blanket clause. I've seen hundreds of such statements all over the world and have never been told my professional level DSLRs and lenses aren't allowed.
That includes the WTC, though that was long ago before the digital age when I was still using ...
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While there are many dedicated and local sites that you can find for concert listings, I find that Last.fm's Events section usually has everything. Especially for large cities like New York, Toronto, and Montreal it will definitely cover everything, no matter how esoteric your music tastes are.
And if you 'scrobble' your listening to Last.fm, it can even ...
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The Acela trains in particular can be quite crowded.
The Northeast Corridor Amtrak routes on the Washington to Boston corridor are easily the highest traffic routes in the US rail network. In fact, there are many that actually commute along these lines several times per week between the various cities. (I.E. living in NYC and working in Boston or ...
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I got a partial answer from the TKTS booth folk:
There are no Broadway shows on New Year's Eve. Some off-Broadway
shows will play if out of the Times Square district. Also, the tkts
booth has to close around 3PM on New Years Eve.
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Ok. Based on your location there are a few places within a walking distance.
Circle Diner (website no longer works)
Bangalore which might be good for lunch but will run $30pp for Dinner for adults.
The King and I which may be decent.
But you can look at Yelp for the reviews.
When it comes to Manhattan there are options galore. I will give you some of ...
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There is a great service provided by Google which is dead on accurate as far as the city is concerned. The problem with the time you're landing and the time you will be going into the city is the fact that on a weekday this will be a rush hour, so here are the better options:
JFK
Take Airtrain to the E Subway Line in Jamaica and Take E train ...
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