My (not so) exhastive list of things to do in New York

As I am halfway to completely moving to New York, I thought I’d reach out to you all to see what I should do here (especially as I love crowdsourcing so much). As in, if you were here, what would you go eat or see or do. I originally thought I’d do the top 100 things to do in Timeout but it’s all done by season or type of thing to do. I want a real mix.

So this is my to-do list thanks to you. I’ve put the person’s name beside the item they suggested and I’ll add a link when I write about my adventure there. I’m also blogging 50 walks of New York so make sure to keep an eye on that as well.

Anything I’m missing? Leave a comment and I’ll add it to the list.

101 Park Avenue (@nokia_fan)
53rd Street Berlin Wall: Between 520 Madison Ave building & Burger Heaven there are four segments of the Berlin Wall (@nokia_fan)
A salmon bagel from Russ & Daughters (@nokia_fan)
A show off Broadway in one of the smaller theatres followed by dinner in the Italian quarter (Nicky R)
Any chance you could see my brother for me? He lives in NYC and I have been remiss. (Dan W)
Barney Greengrass on Amsterdam W86th for old school brunch (Fiona W)
Baseball game and hot dogs! (Jess D)
Best Chinese food at: xi’an famous foods, east broadway,new york (@nokia_fan)
Bike ride or roller-skate in central park (Buffy S/Harjit R)
Blind Tiger (Justin D)
Blue Bottle: various locations (Justin D)
Book shopping south of Union Square (Laura K)
Brandy Library: I kinda feel like a millionaire whenever I visit this place (Justin D)
Brooklyn Bridge (@nokia_fan)
Brooklyn Library (Laura K)
Brooklyn Zoo (Laura K)
Bruce Springstein concert at Madison Square Gardens (Margo)
Brunch in Brooklyn (Laura K)
Candle 79 (Sarah M)
Candle Cafe (me)
Carnegie Hall (@nokia_fan)
Chelsea Piers: This place is where I had my sweet sixteen on the rock climbing and giant trampoline into a massive foam pit area (Sarah M)
Chrysler Building (@nokia_fan)
Clinton Street Bakery is a must! Perfect for Sunday morning brunch!(Tim B)
Cloisters (Jill A)
Cocktails & dinner at Tao (Harjit R)
Coney Island freakshow (Willard F)
Coppelia for brunch (Magnus H)
DBA (Justin D)
Do poetry in Greenwich Village (Buffy S/ Harjit R)
Earls Beer and Cheese: http://nymag.com/restaurants/cheapeats/2011/earls-beer-and-cheese/ (Sarah M)
Eat a cupcake or 5! (Louise J)
Eat all the treats from Momofuko! (Sabine D)
Eat at one of the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives recommendations. Awesome. (TobyLauren B)
Empire State Building (@nokia_fan)
Epic Wine and Cheese at Casellula (Lauren R)
Fat Cat in Greenwich if you want a jazz club where you can grab a beer and play ping pong (Justin D)
Fatty Cue in West Village (Magnus H)
Films at the Angelika (Laura K)
Films at the IFC Center (Laura K)
Flatiron Building (@nokia_fan)
Frick Collection (Jess D/ Martin T)
Get a Grimaldis pizza (Alex M)
Go down to Princeton, sit in on a Paul Krugman lecture and ask him what countries are in an optimal EU currency area (Leigh C)
Go to antique boutique in union sq and buy a kilo of clothes for a dollar (Hannah K)
Go to the hotel Home Alone 2 was filmed in (Chris K)
Go to the Peanut Butter & Co place & order The Elvis (Ange M)
Gramercy Taven (Magnus H)
Grand Central Station (@nokia_fan)
Ground zero (World Trade Center memorial). Got to be worth a look.(Alex B/ Justin D)
Guggenheim Museum (@nokia_fan)
Have a liquid gold at Spitzer’s Corner, if you like beer. (Chris F)
High Line (Taylor D/ Kathryn C/ Justin D/ Karen R/ Magnus H)
Hitting balls in the cages at Battery Park (Ruth B)
Hockey Game (me)
I’m not sure if you’ll think this is really cool or crappy consumerism. I’m not sure if they still do this but if you buy something from American eagle in times square they’ll put you on their billboard. I happened on it by accident but got to be on a billboard in times square! (Leslie H)
Ippudo for Ramen (Magnus H)
Katz’s Deli (Linus G)
Live music/ film in Prospect Park (Laura K)
Lunch at Yurra & Co and then a stroll through the Design Museum on same street…. (Andrew R)
Meat packing district night out (Jess D)
MOMA (@nokia_fan)
MonkeyBar for cocktails on East 54th Street (Fiona W)
Nathan’s chilli hotdog coney island (Allan N)
NBC Studio 1A - Today Show (@nokia_fan)
New York Public (@nokia_fan)
Ninth Street Espresso: various locations (Justin D)
Paulie Gee’s in Green Point. In my opinion, it’s the best pizza in the 5 Boroughs. Not hard to get there. (Justin D)
PDT at Crif Dogs. You feel like superman going through the phone booth (@martinimummy)
Pony Bar (Justin D)
Queens Zoo (@nokia_fan)
Radegast in Williamsburg which is a german beer hall with great wurst. (Justin D)
Raines Law Room: Great cocktails, even better atmosphere. (Justin D)
Red Rooster: Oh my god this place is amazing. It’s up in Harlem, around 125th st. & Adam Clayton Powell or so. Obama visited there. (Justin D)
Rockefeller Center (@nokia_fan)
See the Knicks play (me)
Silvercup Studios (@nokia_fan)
Spend a day with a bunch of friends re-enacting, ‘The Warriors’ (Josh I)/ Ride the underground all the way to the stop where the gang eventually got home to in the film WARRIORS (come out to play!) (Paul M)
St Patrick’s Cathedral (@nokia_fan)
Strawberry Fields (@nokia_fan)
Stumptown at the Ace Hotel (Justin D)
Sub Mercer: you can only get in if you personally know the DJ for the evening. But if you can get in, it’s pretty chill, no cover, and a very nice place. (Justin D)
Take the ferry to Staten Island. Find a bar, drink a beer. The view of the city on the return journey is breathtaking! (Max D)
Tao on East 58th (Fiona W)
Tenement tour/ museum (Sarah M/ Dan M)
The boat tour gives a great history. There is one I believe that is put on by retired police and fireman I think…cannot remember the name for the life of me though. Something line… (Starr C)
The Breslin for the seafood sausage (Magnus H)
The Dizzy is my favorite in Columbus Circle. (Justin D)
The Islamic permanent collection at Metropolitan museum of art (Julia H)
The Metropolitan Opera (@nokia_fan)
The Unisphere in Queens (@nokia_fan)
The Way Station in Brooklyn. (Nicole)
Times Square (@nokia_fan)
United Nations (@nokia_fan)
Visit as many vintage/thrift stores as possible (Louise J)
Walk the Brooklyn bridge (Sara B)
Wandering through Lower East Side (Laura K)
Waters Edge River Boat (@nokia_fan)
Zabars (Jill A)