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New York City Guide

From the Statue of Liberty and Times Square to Central Park and the Empire State Building, the Big Apple has plenty of famous attractions to keep you busy. You can power walk through Central Park, shop in Chinatown or experience the culture and tradition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

But the city that never sleeps has so much more than tourist stops. Considered a cultural melting pot, New York City offers a plethora of restaurants to please any palate. The shopping venues are the things dreams are made of. Whether you’re visiting for fun or for business, New York is an unforgettable experience.

Arts & Culture
Radio City Music Hall – 2 blocks
Ed Sullivan Theatre – 6 blocks
Broadway and the Theater District – 6 blocks
Carnegie Hall Performing Arts Center – 10 blocks
Lincoln Center – 10 blocks
Whitney Museum – 1 mile
Guggenheim Museum – 2 miles
Metropolitan Museum of Art – 2 miles
Museum of Natural History – 2 miles

Attractions
Park Avenue – 1.5 blocks
St. Patrick’s Cathedral – 2 blocks
Rockefeller Center – 3 blocks
Trump Tower – 4 blocks
Times Square – 9 blocks
Empire State Building – 17 blocks
New York Stock Exchange – 3 miles
Soho – 4 miles
Statue of Liberty – 7 miles
Circle Line Downtown

Shopping
Madison Avenue – adjacent to hotel
5th Avenue - walking distance
Macy’s – 1 mile

Outdoor Recreation
Central Park, world famous for carriage rides, ice skating, rollerblading and biking paths and horse rides – 8 blocks

Sports
Madison Square Garden, home to the NBA Knicks and NHL Rangers – 2 miles
Yankee Stadium, home of MLB’s Yankees – 8 miles
Shea Stadium, home of MLB’s Mets – 10 miles
Continental Airlines Arena, home to the NBA’s Nets and NHL’s Devils hockey – 11 miles
Giants Stadium, home to the NFL’s Giants and Jets teams and MLS Metrostars soccer – 11 miles
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, home to the NHL’s Islanders – 27 miles

Universities
New York University – 1 mile
Fashion Institute of Technology – 2 miles

Dining and Entertainment
IL Menestrello (fine dining) – across the street
Burger Heaven – 1 block
BICE (fine dining) – 2 blocks
TGI Friday’s (American cuisine) – 3 blocks
ESPN Zone (sports bar and grill) – 6 blocks

Transportation
Grand Central Station – 7 blocks
Penn Station – 2 miles

Nearby Businesses & Corporations
Bank of America – 1 block
Cartier – 1 block
ING Barings – 1 block
McKinsey & Co. – 1 block
OmniCom – 2 blocks
Pricewaterhouse Coopers – 2 blocks
Seagrams – 2 blocks
CBS – 2 blocks
Chase Manhattan Bank – 2 blocks
Atlantic Records – 3 blocks
CitiGroup – 3 blocks
KPMG – 3 blocks
Sony – 3 blocks
Time Warner – 4 blocks
ABN AMRO Bank – 4 blocks
Accenture – 4 blocks
NBC – 4 blocks
Merrill Lynch – 4 blocks
Deutsche Bank – 4 blocks
Bear Stearns World Headquarters – 4 blocks
Colgate Palmolive – 5 blocks
Jeffries and Company – 5 blocks
Lehman Brothers – 8 blocks
Goldman Sachs – 2 miles
Mt. Sinai Hospital – 3 miles

For more information, visit the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau or the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of NY.

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