must see places in NYC, where to go, where to shop, touristy places too? best places to shop, sample sales, etc :) THANKYOU :)|||May I recommend the following. Landmarks -Empire State Building -Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island -Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck, as well as the Christmas Tree (and a tour of the NBC studios) -Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the"Crossroads of the World") -Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area -United Nations -Central Park -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) -Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus -Conference House (located on Staten Island the house was the scene of the only peace conference during the Revolution, Lord Howe versus John Adams and Ben Franklin) -Bronx Zoo/New York Botanical Garden -Yankee Stadium (home to the 27 Time World Champion New York Yankees) -City Island -Riverdale -Governor's Island Museums -Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 82nd to East 103rd Streets) -Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Planetarium) -MoMa -Whitney Museum of American Art -New Museum of Contemporary Art -Madame Tussuad Wax Museum -New York City Fire Museum -New York City Police Museum -Transit Museum -The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum -The Bronx Museum of the Arts -Brooklyn Museum -Milk Gallery -American Craft Museum -Museum of American Folk Art -Museum of the Moving Image -The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) -The Municipal Art Society -Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture -The Studio Museum of Harlem -The 9/11 Memorial Site Preview Center -Tribute WTC Visitor Center -Jacques Marchais Tibetan Museum (only Tibetan museum in the USA) -Alice Austen House (one of the first professional women photographers, many of her prints are on display, and her home had an absolutely unbelievable view of the harbor) -Snug Harbor (nation's first and only home for retired mariner, its now a museum complex) -Staten Island Museum -Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Other Attractions -Broadway Show Shopping -Macy's (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square) -Bloomingdale's (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets) -The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don't max out you credit cards) -FAO Schwartz -Toys "R" Us in Times Square -Disney Store in Times Square -Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street) -Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can't get on Fifth Avenue) -NBA Store (for the basketball fan - 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street) -The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue) -The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street - Columbus Circle) -Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth) -M&M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue) -Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping) -H&M -Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street) -forever 21 -Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave) -Abercrombie & Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets) -American Eagle Outfitters (4 locations in Manhattan) -Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan) -Adidas Originals Store -Alikat NYC -Diesel -Gap (several locations in Manhattan and around the city) -Diesel (4 locations in Manhattan) -GirlPROPS -Niketown (East 57th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues) -Old Navy (several locations in New York City) -Olive & Bette鈥檚 (3 locations in Manhattan) -Paragon Sporting Goods (18th Street and Broadway) -The Puma Store (521 Broadway near Spring Street) -Quicksilver (3 locations in Manhattan) -Kenneth Cole (6 locations in Manhattan) -Tommy Hilfiger (3 locations in Manhattan) -Wet Seal (West 14th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues) -Zara (7 location in Manhattan) -Manhattan Mall -Queens Center Mall -Queens Place Mall -Roosevelt Field Mall (on Long Island) -Fulton Street Mall -Kings Plaza Mall -Woodbury Common Premium Outlets -Garden State Plaza -The Westchester Mall -Palisades Center Mall -Westfield Sunrise Mall -Green Acres Mall -Jersey Gardens -Newport Center Mall Restaurants In regards to places to eat in New York City. There are thousands of restaurants in the Five Boroughs of New York City. Depending on your taste, your budget and your preferred location, may I recommend the link below. http://www.menupages.com/ -- MenuPages.com is the one of the best website on the Internet. It included menus with prices, as well as restaurant reviews. Bon appetit! I hope this information is very helpful. Good luck Native New Yorker|||I basically live in NYC so here are some things you must check out: -Broadway play they are all great, fun and very enjoyable to watch! -Times Square if you have never been, everybody as to see it once! Inside, they have the M&M store, huge stores like American Eagle, Forever 21 etc. -Soho It is beauitiful with cobble stone streets, plenty of small cafes, small shops -Central Park another one of those things you must see It is beauitiful to walk around during the day -Simply looking inside Grand Cental Station and looking at the cieling with all the art -Right next to the station is Bryan Park It has iceskating, boutiques, resteraunts and a very historical library to check out -Little Italy has the most amazing desserts, backeries, italian dinners and lunches

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