Rec’s for a place to stay for a NYC jaunt?

Everyone wave to my Mid and his buddies. I’ve sent them this 😉👋🏼
 
justdoit19 said:
I’m actually tired just reading this…
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The funniest thing is DH leads the walking formation and I tag up at the end, because our non-big-city-qualified mids walk looking straight up or at the Interesting People (the naked people just wearing body paint in Times Square, for example) and not looking where they are going. I so appreciated our NJ/NY and Chicago mids who helped out with fending off people pushing flyers at the mids; they didn’t need to look up. One of our northern Michigan mids greeted every one of NYC’s finest with a big smile and hi, how are you. She got some looks but was determined to bring her hometown values with her.
 
Make sure they sample the pizza - so they will taste real pizza from NY and not that stuff in Maryland.
 
A1Janitor said:
Make sure they sample the pizza - so they will taste real pizza from NY and not that stuff in Maryland.
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Hear hear.

There’s a decent pizza place inside Penn Station, grab some to take on the train for a snack.
 
Capt MJ said:
The funniest thing is DH leads the walking formation and I tag up at the end, because our non-big-city-qualified mids walk looking straight up or at the Interesting People (the naked people just wearing body paint in Times Square, for example) and not looking where they are going. I so appreciated our NJ/NY and Chicago mids who helped out with fending off people pushing flyers at the mids; they didn’t need to look up. One of our northern Michigan mids greeted every one of NYC’s finest with a big smile and hi, how are you. She got some looks but was determined to bring her hometown values with her.
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Lol my son yelled at me for being nice and talking to the street people. A homeless guy whacked on drugs asked me for money and dropped his lighter. I picked it up for him. I had to listen to my son for two blocks to broadway why I shouldn’t have done that.
 
A1Janitor said:
Lol my son yelled at me for being nice and talking to the street people. A homeless guy whacked on drugs asked me for money and dropped his lighter. I picked it up for him. I had to listen to my son for two blocks to broadway why I shouldn’t have done that.
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Don Corleone!!? Wow, your son is truly connected. I love a fortuitous typo.
 
Capt MJ said:
The funniest thing is DH leads the walking formation and I tag up at the end, because our non-big-city-qualified mids walk looking straight up or at the Interesting People (the naked people just wearing body paint in Times Square, for example) and not looking where they are going. I so appreciated our NJ/NY and Chicago mids who helped out with fending off people pushing flyers at the mids; they didn’t need to look up. One of our northern Michigan mids greeted every one of NYC’s finest with a big smile and hi, how are you. She got some looks but was determined to bring her hometown values with her.
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True story: I worked for airlines for many years. In Chicago, and then the Midwest. I was stationed at La Guardia for a couple months to help with staffing shortages.

I was told by my local peers, to ‘stop being so friendly’. ‘Stop waving, saying hello, LOOKING at people’. They were convinced it would be the end of me. But my friendly Midwestern values were/are engrained.

Didn’t see much of the City as it was full time/overtime work at the airport. Speaking of interesting people/place 😬. Also, it was pre 9/11, so even a more interesting place than today.
 
Come out of Penn Station (under Madison Square Garden), walk a couple of blocks East and you're in an area of Korean Barbecue joints.
Don't miss stopping there for a meal as they are very good. Then continue East to Madison Ave and go the Morgan Library and Museum
between 36th and 37th st. It is the former home and collections of JP Morgan. It is not very well known so not inundated with tourists but is an absolute gem. they have THREE GUTENBERG BIBLES!!! Lots of other historic books, art, manuscripts, etc. Their special exhibitions are the real
treat though. A few yrs ago they had "Mary Shelley at 200" which was half about the author and half about Frankenstein. They had exhibits
on every one of the movies, even "Young Frankenstein" and lots more to see.

From there, head west and uptown a few blocks to head into Times Square.
 
A1Janitor said:
Make sure they sample the pizza
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You ain’t been to NYC until you’ve had:

A slice or three of pizza, and not from any fancy places either. Follow the locals, not the tourists.

A hot dog or two from Papaya King. Plus a juice.

A hot pastrami on rye from Katz’s. Plus a corned beef sandwich. And a knish and some latkes. And an egg cream. (Oh, and a liverwurst sandwich? Yes, please!) Katz’s will cost a pretty penny. But the portions are ginormous!

None of this is haute cuisine, mind you. But you can get good haute cuisine in any big city. This stuff is what NYC is all about!
 
Downtown area. millennium hotel
For a free harbor tour with great sightseeing ops take the Staten Island Ferry.
Also check out governors island. Ferry to is next to Staten Island ferry.
See broadway shows for 1/2 price buy purchasing tickets from TKTS.
 
Capt MJ said:
I know your post said “don” for about 15 seconds. 🤣
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Haha. My son stayed with a sponsor family that recognized my son’s name. Asked him about it - it’s a famous mafia name. My father grew up in queens - Jackson heights. His uncle was a lawyer and had mob clients.

My son would be Fredo!
 
Capt MJ said:
Hear hear.

There’s a decent pizza place inside Penn Station, grab some to take on the train for a snack.
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BITE YOUR TONGUE!

Lombardi's on Spring Street is America's oldest Pizza place and worthy of a pilgrimage. Subway to Spring St just a couple of blocks away
and then walk down Mulberry (through Little Italy) to Canal St which is a treat in and of itself and then you're in Chinatown.
My kids used to love Canal St for knock-off watches and other "useful and impactful" gear. Subways are at Canal St to head to the next
destination.
 
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They’re mids, so they’ll probably want to run. Hard to beat Central Park for that, where they can loop together as many miles as they like. It’s truly an oasis amid that big-city hustle and bustle.

(I used to travel to Paris fairly regularly in my corporate days. So when DD and some shipmates went to France for a post-commissioning holiday, she asked me: “Dad, will you please give us some recos for places to eat? Oh, and recos for places to run?” I gave her a two-fer “eat-and-run combo” that they actually took me up on!)
 
RowingMom said:
My USMMA mid loves the Intrepid. Free admission, gone many a time on weekends. They all take the public transportation including bus and LIRR.

Tip: Don’t ever try to park at LIRR Stations near Kings Point. They love to ticket out of town visitors.
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No need for USNA mids to park near KP. If they HAVE to drive part of the way, park in NJ near one of the NJ Rail stations. I live less than
a 5 minute walk from a station and round trip fare to/from NYC from here is approx $10 for military, vets and seniors.
 
OldRetSWO said:
BITE YOUR TONGUE!

Lombardi's on Spring Street is America's oldest Pizza place and worthy of a pilgrimage. Subways to Spring just a couple of blocks away
and then walk down Mulberry (through Little Italy) to Canal St which is a treat in and of itself and then you're in Chinatown.
My kids used to love Canal St for knock-off watches and other "useful and impactful" gear. Subways are at Canal St to head to the next
destination.
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I said “snack for the train,” not the thoughtful, carefully researched and eternal journey through the best pizza places in the City, resulting in a serious, thoughtfully considered consumption of an authentic NY pizza. Of course, Lombardi’s, the pizza equivalent of a holy pilgrimage.
 
Capt MJ said:
I said “snack for the train,” not the thoughtful, carefully researched and eternal journey through the best pizza places in the City, resulting in a serious, thoughtfully considered consumption of an authentic NY pizza. Of course, Lombardi’s, the pizza equivalent of a holy pilgrimage.
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Near Penn Station there was a pizza shop the locals said was the best pizza. My son tried it and said it was great but expensive. Went once. A block away there was a corner shop that sold pizza for a buck a slice. It was just ok. My son ate at the ok place every day for a month.
 
Capt MJ said:
I said “snack for the train,” not the thoughtful, carefully researched and eternal journey through the best pizza places in the City, resulting in a serious, thoughtfully considered consumption of an authentic NY pizza. Of course, Lombardi’s, the pizza equivalent of a holy pilgrimage.
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John's on Bleeker
Ray's
Famous Ray's
World-Famous Original Ray's Pizza

All of the Ray's are not connected but are pretty good as is John's on Bleeker which folks say is the best.

Now if we go to BROOKLYN, there is a whole 'nother set of delis and Pizza to aspire to.
Numero Uno - "Junior's Deli" (has a branch in Times Square) is probably the best known.
L&B Spumoni Garden for Pizza
 
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