sample sales: Group of us are going to new york and are looking for some fun things to do without spending to much money. Were going late august and were thinking the central park zoo, chinatown, etc... a little shopping but on a budget...maybe a sample sale.|||Go visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, two landmarks of New York City. To get there by the ferry, you need to purchase round-trip ferry tickets at Castle Clinton National Monument in Lower Manhattan. Ferries from New York operate on a loop, stopping first at Liberty Island and then at Ellis Island before returning to Battery Park, New York. Directions to get the ferry dock: http://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/pu… Go visit the Empire State Building, one of the many landmarks of our city. It is located at 350 5th Avenue. To get there by MTA subway, take the 1, 2, or 3 (Seventh Avenue Lines), A, C or E (Eighth Avenue Subway) to 34th Street/Penn Station. Or take the B, D, F, N, Q, R or Path to 34th Street/Avenue of the Americas. Go to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, located at 234 West 42nd Street, between 7th and 8th. To get there by subway, take the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, or S to 42nd Street, Times Square, the A, C, or E to 42nd Street, which will empty out at 8th Avenue, or the B, D, F, or V to 42nd Street, which will empty out at 6th Avenue. To get there by bus, take the M6, M7, M10, M16, M20, M27, or M104 to Times Square. This is standard $2.25 fare. For express buses to Madame Tussauds, which are $5.50, from Staten Island, take the X1, X6, X7, X9, X17J, X22, X30, or X31 to the Staten Island Ferry, and take the 1 train from there to 42nd Street. From Queens, take the X51, QM1, QM2, QM2A, QM3, QM4, QM10, QM12, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM22, or QM24. From the Bronx, take the BxM2. Go to the New York Hall of Science in Queens. To get there, take the 7 train to 111th street station, and walk three blocks south. There are many ways to get to the 7 train. The easiest is by taking the A, C, E, N, Q, R, 1, 2 or 3 to 42nd Street, Times Square, or the 4, 5 or 6 to 42nd Street, Grand Central Terminal. Or, you can take the E, G or M to 45 Road – Court House Square, and transfer to the 7 there. You WILL need to use your MetroCard to transfer. Or, take the E, F, R or M to 74th Street, Broadway, and transfer there. Go walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, which is, if I'm correct, which I might not be, is the oldest structure in the city. If not the oldest structure, the oldest bridge. To get there, and walk across it, take the 4, 5, or 6 to the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall stop. Another option would be to take the J, M, or Z to Chambers Street. Go visit Coney Island, the home of the world famous Cyclone roller coaster. The amusement park is open in the summer, unless there is heavy rain. In the summer of 2009, there were hurricane warnings, so the park was closed, but luck is usually on your side when you go to Coney Island in the summer, as New York City summers are hot and muggy. To get there by train, take the D, Q, N or F train to Stillwell Avenue, which is the last stop. At Coney Island, there is also a nice beach to hang out, and a long boardwalk with some really awesome boardwalk food, like corn dogs and onion rings and french fries and milkshakes. Go visit the South Beach-Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk in Midland Beach, right off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. It is two-and-a-half miles long, and has some long, beautiful stretches of beach. In addition, it’s very easy to get to. To get to South Ferry station in Manhattan, take the 1 train to the last stop, or take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green and walk. The Staten Island Ferry is free of charge, and it takes about fifteen minutes to get from Manhattan to Staten Island. From the Staten Island Ferry Terminal take Bus S51 to Father Capodanno Boulevard and Sand Lane. Or, if you have a car, take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the Verrazano-Narrows, and follow the signs to Father Capodanno Boulevard, which will take you right to the beach and boardwalk. Go for a ride on the Circle Line. There are numerous different cruises – one is the Full Island Cruise, which takes you around Manhattan on a three-hour cruise. The Semi-Circle Cruise sets sail on a two-hour cruise down the Hudson offering a stunning panoramic of the famed New York skyline and a close-up view of Lady Liberty. The Liberty Cruise turns 75-minutes into a quick and inspirational way to see New York’s highlights from the water. There is also a Harbor Lights Evening Cruise, which allows you to view the hotspots of New York City from the water at night. Then, there is The Beast. It’s a boat that travels at forty-five miles per hour down the river to the Statue of Liberty. Both cruises are fun and informational, and are a great way to kill some time if you don’t have anything to do. Here is the Circle Line schedule: http://www.circleline42.com/site/schedul… Circle Line special events: http://www.circleline42.com/site/browse.… Go to visit some museums. There are so many, that listing directions to all of them would be a waste of your time and my time, so instead, I will give you a list where there is a list of all the museums of New York City. You can pick some that sound interesting, and then you can find directions to that place, either from the website, or from Google, simply by typing in "directions to" and insert the museum you would like to go to beside it. "Museums in New York City" http://www.ny.com/museums/all.museums.ht… “New York City Zoos and Aquariums” http://gonyc.about.com/od/zoosaquariums/… "Top 25 New York Boutiques" http://nymag.com/visitorsguide/shopping/… “Top 25 New York Shopping Destinations” http://nymag.com/visitorsguide/shopping/… “Shopping in New York City” http://gonyc.about.com/od/shopping/Shopp… "Best New York Boutiques" As voted by customers http://newyork.citysearch.com/bestof/win… "The Top 100 Boutiques in New York" http://www.luckymag.com/sites/cityguides… “Best New York City Picks” http://nymag.com/bestofny/food/ “The Best Restaurants in NYC” http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/rest… “New York City Attractions” http://www.lovetoeatandtravel.com/site/u… “Things to do in New York City” http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-27… "New York City Hotels" As voted by customers http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g60763… Note: Maps of New York City are at every newsstand, and newsstands are all around New York City. Also, for transportation, there are maps in subway cars and on subway trains, and there are also maps in buses. The maps at bus stops are usually just for the bus route. ☮ and ♥|||Visit Time Square when its dark out!|||buy a travel guide--a used one if you're trying to save money if i were you, i'd try to do something off the beaten path. otherwise your entire trip will be spent with tourists. depends on your interests, but lots of free shows and good food in nyc|||Going to a Broadway show is always fun! If you want to go to a popular one, you'll have to buy your tickets ahead of time, the more, the better, especially if you want to go to, say, Wicked. It also wouldn't exactly be the cheapest, either. But the tkts booth in Times Square (also a great place to go, 'specially after dark) sells tickets for not-so-popular shows for 20 to 50% off the normal price. The line is usually pretty long, but it's worth it for the deal you'd get. Some good under-the-radar shows are West Side Story, In the Heights, and Mary Poppins.|||Here are few low cost or cheap recommendations. -Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the"Crossroads of the World") -Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area -Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too) -Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the world) -A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor) -Museums. In regards to the a Broadway show "if its cheap." Well, you're in luck. The Broadway theaters and a local radio station his holding free show in Bryant Park every Thursday until August 12th. Check out my blog at the link below for all the information. Good luck Native New Yorker|||The link below can help you. Good luck!