We've booked our flights for May half-term 2018 so need to think about accommodation and location now. We are 2 adults and a 10 year old and will be staying for 6 nights.
Is Airbnb ok over there or should we stay with hotels?
Which area is best for tourists? Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope have been mentioned to me.
Manhattan is the main "tourist" area. Depends what you want to do. Obviously city centre hotels will be expensive but you have less travel to deal with. Subway is good/can be very busy.
Yellow cabs are fine for travel, not much chat from them and can be fairly wild ride at times with the traffic but generally they are fine.
Anywhere near times square (but not in it) will put you pretty central for most of the tourist spots. Tbh 6 days is a lot. I'd see about tagging on boston or Niagara falls if possible.
We stayed in Queens when we were there, just over the Queensboro bridge, hotels are a bit cheaper there. 15 subway ride into Times Square. The little cable car ride from Roosevelt Island into Manhattan is well worth it.
We stayed in east 39th which was well within easy traveling distance to everything we wanted to do. The hotel was pretty cheap too by NYC standards pod 39 they also have one on 52nd or 54th street.
Renting an apartment I think is illegal in new York for less than 1 month but I know people who have air bnbd but we didn’t want to risk it.
2-12-2019 22:16:52
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