Toys R Us giant ferris wheel
in side the multi-story toy
store in Times Square
Times Square, center
of theater, music and
dance
New York City By RV
Once you park the rig in Liberty Harbors safe and
convenient park you catch a ferry on weekdays or
the PATH train on weekends and within a half hour
you are in the city.
By dividing the city onto four walks you can make it
a whole lot less confusing.
The first walk starts on the Great White Way once
you descend from the Empire State Building and
head north for a half-mile on Broadway through the
heart of the Theater District. Times Square.
Check first with Liberty Harbor to reserve show
tickets. If not check the TX booth in Times Square.
Music, dance, and theater rule this once gritty
intersection This slice of New York City nightlife
recently struggled through rebirth as a gleaming
family entertainment center in the heart of the
entertainment district.
Not just Good Morning America broadcasting live
each morning while a sidewalk audience of cell
phone-junkies peers through picture windows, or
David Letterman romping through this
neighborhood torturing Rupert G. during his
evening show from the Ed Sullivan Theater, Times
Square is the ESPN Zone Sports Bar with big
screen TV game coverage throughout, even in the
lavatories; it is the Broadway City Arcade featuring
not just for kids virtual reality, and it is the gigantic
windows at Toys-R-Us welcoming kids with a ride
on the indoor Ferris wheel.
Intrepid Museum
will open again in
Fall of 2008
Rockefeller Center's 11-acre Art-Deco style
complex on 5th Avenue and 48th Street, home
of the Radio City Music Hall and the Rockettes
hosts one hour NBC guided tours of the TV
studios where the Today Show, NBC Sports,
Conan's Late Night, Dateline, Nightly News, and
Saturday Night Live broadcast.
Three blocks north to West 53rd Street brings
you to the Museum of Modern Art's Renoir
Water Lilies and Van Goh Sunflowers.
For dining try Oceana on East 54th Street and
Madison lunch: four-star, elegant.
Four blocks south on Madison you will find Saint
Patrick's Cathedral, built in 1858, its 330-foot
spires top the largest Gothic style cathedral in
the country.
The Chrysler Building, New York's second
tallest, looms in art-Deco extravagance seven
blocks south on Park Avenue not far from the
United Nations Headquarters and its tours of the
complex so often seen in the news. No
longer on US territory, your U. N. guides will
explain in many languages the work done at the
UN to improve the lives of people around the
world.
If you return to Broadway by cab at dusk you'll
see Times Square gleaming as brightly as day
and feel its New Years Eve excitement again in
the brilliance of multi-story ads and blazing
billboards.
RV to New
York City
Park the RV at Liberty Harbor and Take these Four Walking Tours
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Liberty Harbor RV Park put us
right across the river in New Jersey
with a view of the Statue of Liberty.
They have all types of slots even for big rigs. The
nearby Path train took us into the heart of the city
within 45 minutes.
During the week the ferry runs over to wall street
from Liberty Harbor.
Once You park the RV you can head over to the
Empire stat building for a view of New York City
The walking tours described here will help divide the
city into four bite-sized pieces:
Museum Mile in uptown, the Great
White Way in Midtown, Fifth Avenue
Boutiques in lower Midtown, and
the River Walk in lower Manhattan.
Dining is a great
experienced in New York City
because of Italian, Chinese
and many other ethnic
neighborhoods.
RV in place and safe for the
evening, Why not try some
New York City Dining
Down on 7th you will find the landmark Carnegie
Deli noted for its Pastrami and Cheesecake.
Too Plebeian, take Broadway to the Trump
Tower on the southwest corner of Central Park
and end your day at one of only six New York
restaurants consistently worthy of four stars and
a place on a special New York Times
"extraordinary" list: Jean Georges: French
dining in an exquisite setting.
The next day's walking tour, the Museum Mile,
starts at 843-acre Central Park, designed in
1858 by Fredrick Law Olmstead and Calvert
Vaux. Offering 58 miles of pedestrian, bike, and
rollerblade paths with nature centers, a pond
with Gondola rides, a wildlife center, a
strawberry field memento to John Lennon, a
zoo, and a carousel with 58 hand-carved
horses, the park also offers the Museum Mile:
natural history, photography and art museums
that would take days to explore.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art stands above
all the rest with its Egyptian, Greco-Roman, and
American Art and its extensive collection of
Impressionist and European paintings. Unable
to see the entire two million pieces, take a
romantic afternoon interlude: wine and cheese
on the Met's rooftop patio with a splendid view
of Central Park.
Also on the border of the park, the American
Museum of Natural History and its Hayden
Planetarium, the International Center of
Photography, The Jewish Museum, the Whitney
Museum of American Art, the Frick Museum, the
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and the Frank Lloyd
Wright designed Guggenheim Museum.
Grand Central Station is
one of the busiest places in
New York City
Photo Courtesy Circle Line
Photo courtesy Circle Line
Photo Rain Rodolph
Guided Tours at the United Nations building
Best Bargain: 45 MPH ride
on Circle Line Tours "The
Beast"
New York City By RV
New York City was a 45 minute train ride under the river. Once the RV was safely parked at Liberty Harbor Marina and RV Park we had our mobile hotel with a view of the skyline.
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New York City by RV is possible because Liberty Harbor Marina and RV
Parks offers sire that are just a ferry ride or trolley ride from Manhattan.
The park is on the shore with a view of the Statue of Liberty.
RV Vacation in New York City?
From the dock at Liberty Harbor you can get a ferry to Manhattan or you can take the PATH
train and subway to the Empire State Building.
Views of the city from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building will show that you can break
up New York City into four simple day-space chunks during your vacation.
Look north to the mile of museums that cluster along Central Park while below you shine the
lights of Broadway's Great White Way. To the south, Fifth Avenue touches the Flatiron and
Little Italy, and further south, the Riverwalk beneath the Brooklyn Bridge leads to the meeting
of the East and Hudson Rivers at Battery Park and the ferry for the Statue of Liberty.
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New York City by RV is possible
because Liberty Harbor Marina
and RV Parks is just a ferry ride
or trolley ride from Manhattan on
the shore with a view of the Statue
of Liberty.