The Pretend Tourist in New York City (Fulton, Greenfield: neighborhoods, taxi)
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I have lived in New York most of my life and am still learning new things about it! I now visit New York with a tourist's frame of mind, never assuming that I can't enjoy attractions I may have passed a thousand times, thinking that they are for "out-of-towners" only. Here is one attraction I have often overlooked: The New York Water Taxi. I discovered that it is a great alternative way to visit some of New York's and Brooklyn's most interesting neighborhoods. It makes stops all along the coast of Manhatten and in Brooklyn. Cool! I am sure that most New Yorker's like me never knew it existed.
Here are a couple of pics shot at one of the most popular stops on the Water Taxi, The South Street Seaport in downtown NYC. See New York like a tourist guys!
The Seaport can definitely be "touristy", but I love to go down there and check out the boats, and hang out on the pier. I never go in the stores or eat there however.
It is a great spot.
Last edited by Green Irish Eyes; 11-08-2009 at 10:41 AM..
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I agree it is a great place to hang out and enjoy the boats but overpriced (a sundae at Baskin & Robbins in the Seaport cost me $9!). The trick is to eat on Fulton Street that leads to the Pier. It has a lot of little restaurants that cater to the lunchtime office workers and are very reasonably priced for a quick meal. Ruben's Empanadas on 64 Fulton St (two blocks from the Pier) is excellent. I enjoyed their food so much that I ate there twice in one day!
They have an Abercrombie & Fitch at the Seaport that is so pricey and exclusive that all of the windows are shuttered--no window displays or prices. They really rip off young people with exorbitant prices for common street clothes--$100 for a plaid shirt that sporting goods stores sell for $15. If you know how to spend wisely, the Seaport is a great place to browse.
I have lived in New York most of my life and am still learning new things about it! I now visit New York with a tourist's frame of mind, never assuming that I can't enjoy attractions I may have passed a thousand times...
This is true. Not long ago, wandering around my neighborhood in Brooklyn, I was fascinated to discover the remnants of South Greenfield, a vanished community located right in the middle of modern Midwood.
If you do enough exploring in New York City, you never know what you'll run into! (Or, as I also like to say, the city is positively oozing with history; you just have to know what you're looking for).
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I have lived in New York most of my life and am still learning new things about it! I now visit New York with a tourist's frame of mind, never assuming that I can't enjoy attractions I may have passed a thousand times, thinking that they are for "out-of-towners" only. Here is one attraction I have often overlooked: The New York Water Taxi. I discovered that it is a great alternative way to visit some of New York's and Brooklyn's most interesting neighborhoods. It makes stops all along the coast of Manhatten and in Brooklyn. Cool! I am sure that most New Yorker's like me never knew it existed. 
The Seaport
If you know how to spend wisely, the Seaport is a great place to browse.
