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Tribeca cool on the downtown sidewalks of Manhattan

 peeterv If whilst strolling along a side street in the downtown New York City neighbourhood of Tribeca (also spelt TriBeCa), taking in the cityscape, you think you might’ve just passed Leonardo DiCaprio, with his head down and slouching under a Yankees cap… have another look – nope, you’re not dreaming – it’s Leo, all right.Your chances of bumping into a famous face or two on the street are definitely higher here than in most other parts of the Big Apple; for example, Robert DeNiro is an owner…

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4 family-friendly stars in NYC

    Everyone has a bucket list and a city they would like to visit, and there is certainly a lot in the Big Apple that will capture your imaginations, whether you're traveling on your own, with friends, your significant other, or your kids,.In fact, NYC is particularly rich in attractions that the whole family can enjoy, and here are five of the best, all in the borough of Manhattan (there are plenty of others in the Bronx, Brooklyn,  Queens, and Staten Island, but that's for another post):  …

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Queens, New York one of '7 Swell Spots to Travel the World Without Leaving the USA'

Victor Block At this time of limited travel, if you live in the United States it may be less easy visit other countries on your bucket list. But thanks to the USA's longstanding history of immigration, there's plenty of international culture, cuisine, and customs that can be experienced right here at home. Notable among them are the various Chinatowns in New York City, San Francisco, and elsewhere, And here are five other destinations whose ethnic enclaves will transport you to foreign shores.…

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  • Anyone who's planning to come into town, please take Evelyn Kanter's comment about cars and trains (below) to heart. Have fun, Bill! What's the company?
  • Well, well.  I will be down in Times Square once again for the New Year's celebration.  This time, like last year, I'll be working as a "Greeter" at Hurley's on W. 48th Street for a company that sold tickets of varying denominations (so to speak!) to venues all around New York, but particularly in Times Square.  I don't think I'll actually see the ball drop, but I will be down among the melee of visitors!
  • Leave the car at home.  Take public transportation only.

    New Year's Eve street closures around Times Square  Streets between 34th and 59th, avenues from Fifth to Tenth, are being shut to traffic starting at 3 p.m., to make room for one million of our closest friends.  Even train stations from 50th to 34th are being locked off and bypassed between 10p or 11p -- depending on the size of the crowds -- until after the ball drops.

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  • Driving out of ny. Roads seem fine. But if you're coming tonight, what will you do with the car?
  • We went skating this afternoon at Lasker Rink at the Harlem end of Central Park. Great music, not too crowded a crowd, cheap tickets ($2.25 for me, because I'm over 55), and a chance to see what happens when teens skate wearing those low-slung, baggy jeans. Merry Christmas.
  • Oh, I know, but you're really not comparing the right things.  Grand Central is a station only for the subways; Grand Central Terminal is the beginning and the end of the line for the Harlem, Hudson, New Haven, and soon a branch of the LIRR.  And it's "original" name, as the building opened in 1913, was Grand Central Terminal.  It was a station only when there were connecting horse trains to take passengers downtown to 26th or 14th street, and that's when most called it Grand Central Depot.  I know, picky picky, but that's what it is.

  • Donna -- You must have been going to LaGuardia, which is $12.  The bus to JFK or EWR is $15.  You also could have taken the M106 from the Upper West Side or Harlem to LaGuardia -- that's just $2.25, including the transfer from the nearest subway stop on its route.

     

    Bill -- Most of us natives call it Grand Central Station, which is its original name and what the train conductors on LIRR and Amtrak announce upon arrival.  I've been known to still call certain buildings as NBC and Pan Am, despite their newer designations as GE and Met Life, respectively.  And I can't think of anybody anywhere who will ever refer to the iconic NY Public Library at Fifth and 42nd as the Steven A. Schwarzman Building, which it's been renamed to honor of the millions the billionaire donated for its renovation.

     

     

     

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  • Yoo hoo, Donna!  Boring tour Guide here: it's Grand Central TERMINAL!  The biggest in the world - and getting bigger once the LIRR extension is installed into the third level.  (Penn Station's busier, though.)

    Speaking of which: you could take either the E train or an LIRR train to Jamica and connect to the Airtrain there; or you could take the Rockaway bound A Train.  But check with the MTA first; the E train has some quirks now; beware.

  • Are you thinking of the bus to the airport that's on the block south of Grand Central Station? I've taken that. I think it cost me $12 and we got caught in traffic.

  • And I wonder if anyone can remember the bus station over by First Avenue and the Midtown Tunnel? That would be dating you a bit, but there used to be more ways to get out of town it seems than there is now. (And how about extending that 7 train to Secaucus?)
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