Tourist Information

NYC & Company is the city�s official tourism marketing site.

http://nycgo.com/a>

Off-the-beaten NYC track:

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/

What to do in NYC with only 36 hours to spare

http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/new-york-city/overview.html

Searching the city couldn't be easier here:

http://newyork.citysearch.com

Terrific A to Z guide:

www.ny.com

Great Eats

The New York Times does a fine job recommending places.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/dining

Fodor's lists its dining experiences by name:

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/new-york/new-york-city/restaurants-nam.html

Browse the menus of hundreds of NYC restaurants on this terrific site:

http://menupages.com/index.asp

Vegetarians aren't overlooked in NYC.

http://supervegan.com/restaurants.php

This extensive site also has reviews.

http://www.nyc.com/restaurants

If a listing can be found here, you'll know it's reliable.

http://nymag.com/restaurants

Free and instant reservations made here, plus there's plenty more
about each establishment.

http://www.opentable.com/start.aspx?m=8&n=16

Media

Terrific for skimming the city's latest buzz:

http://www.nypost.com

Better off the newsstands, but this Web issue is good for starters:

http://www.timeoutny.com

Offbeat and free in many public places. The Village Voice is a mainstay.

http://www.villagevoice.com

The Daily News competes with the NY Post. You decide what's best.

http://www.nydailynews.com

The Observer is a weekly (Wednesday) and well respected by native New Yorkers.

http://www.observer.com

Theatre/Cultural Events and Venues

Need a ticket? Not all venues but worth a browse.

http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?query=search&category=misc&VENUE_LIST_ONLY=1®ion=nyc&submit.x=8&submit.y=10/

"The official site of Broadway", is their claim.

http://www.livebroadway.com

Playbill is Broadway's exclusive magazine, and the program
you receive at the theater.

http://www.playbill.com

A good one-stop link for Broadway ticket sales, theater news, reviews, plus the buzz
on the Great White Way.

http://www.broadway.com

Off Broadway is at

http://www.offbroadway.com

Savvy New Yorkers and now you can see non-stop theatre on the cheap with an
Audience Extras membership.

http://www.audienceextras.com

The Town Hall is a Midtown favorite of New Yorkers

http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org

Dance devotees head for Chelsea's Joyce Theatre

http://www.joyce.org/calendar_joyce.php

The Neighborhoods

Free 2-4 hour visits to the neighborhoods where New Yorkers live and work.

http://www.bigapplegreeter.org

Terrific SoHo site that has it all:

http://www.sohonyc.com

NYC�s Chinatown is massive and the largest of its kind in the United States. Plan your visit here:

http://www.chinatown-online.com/nychinatown.htm

The Lower East Side is steeped with history and present-day development.

http://www.lowereastsideny.com/

No longer an eyesore, Harlem is booming.

http://www.harlemheritage.com/home.shtml

Official Greenwich Village site:

http://www.nycgv.com

Sports and recreation on the Chelsea waterfront is all here:

http://www.chelseapiers.com

The Upper West Side is now a more popular and expensive place
to live than the East Side.

http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=448

What would New Yorkers do without Central Park? It�s green, welcoming and
packed with activities.

http://www.centralpark.org/

Transportation

Getting into New York City form its three major airports gets easier every year.

http://www.ny.com/transportation/airports

A cross between a private taxi and the bus, the Super Shuttle (also known as the Blue Van) takes you door-to-door...but with other passengers.

http://www.supershuttle.com/default.aspx?content=NewYork

For a personal car service that's not that expensive, try Carmel.

http://carmelcarservice.com

Limo service for first-class visits.

http://www.gothamlimo.com

Ideal site for locating cross streets and avenues for a given address. Subway links available as well.

http://www.krusch.com/nysf.html

All you ever wanted to know about NYC�s subways is here.

http://www.nycsubway.org/

Official site of the city's Metropolitan Transit Authority for trains, buses and subways:

http://www.mta.info/