Before I answer what you asked, I'm taking a few paragraphs about how to help make your longterm plan come true, about moving to NYC. Use your time at community college in a smart way. I recommend, if you haven't already thought along these lines, to read up now and understand the kinds of jobs specifically needed in the NYC labor market.
Our country suffers from a "Middle Skills Job Gap." Community colleges are well-placed to fill this gap as they train the next entering workforce.
In NYC, areas of greatest employment need have been identified as: Healthcare (for current jobs) and Information Technology (for future jobs). As just ONE of many examples for "Middle Skills" in those fields, courses on medical billing or specific medical technologies might be available at your CC. For information technology, as just ONE example, Graphic Design might help someday to find entry work in media here. Talk to your counselor at the CC to help figure this out, to best match what they offer in courses to what NYC needs in jobs.
Read for what you find interesting in this report. Dig in, there's a lot here. Keep talking to your counselors at your CC over the years, so your program of study aligns with NYC job market.
https://www.jpmorganchase.com/corpor...AP-REP-AW6.pdf
Also I hope you (and everyone in your age group) can take one good class in writing. It's a skill that seems to be falling apart in your generation, thanks to Internet and texting. Someone who can write a decent memo or clear letter of introduction can get a job faster and last longer.
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If I had a day or two here, I'd include a bit of daytime at a museum, of anything that interests you. Google "museums NYC" and pick out whatever excites you.
Big ones include:
Museum of Natural History for science, astronomy and anthropology
Metropolitan Museum, for art and more
Small museums for specific interests are also fun and can be interesting. These can be enjoyed in just an hour or two, to drop in while you're in that neighborhood, for example:
Museum of Mathematics
Museum of Photography
Museum of Design (new one near Lincoln Center)
Museum of the City of New York, for city history
various ethnic histories, like Museo del Barrio, Asian History, Jewish Museum etc. Or if you can't decide, and you're down by Battery Park and Ground Zero, stop in to the Museum of Tolerance.
You'll know by looking at the website of each one if it'd interest you, and be sure to notice its location so it fits into your touring plan for the day.
There are even some good choices out in the boroughs, but what's involved in the transportation could take you an hour to get there, depending on where you are staying. For example"
New York Botanical Gardens, for plants, including indoor conservatory nice in winter
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, same interests
Museum of the Moving Image, in Queens = some history and tech about movies, TV and digital age
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