3-Day New York City Trip
A focused NYC long weekend hitting the essentials plus one surprise. Stay Midtown or Lower Manhattan.
Build this tripAt a glance
- Duration
- 3 days
- Cities
- 1
- Flight legs
- 0
- Budget/day
- $350
Cities
- New York
The plan
Day 1: Statue of Liberty + Ellis Island in the morning, lunch in the West Village, High Line walk to Hudson Yards, dinner anywhere that isn't Times Square. Day 2: Central Park morning run or bike, Met or MoMA afternoon, Broadway show at night. Day 3: Brooklyn day -- DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge walk back, Williamsburg dinner. Fly out late from JFK or LGA. Use the subway, not cabs.
When to go
April-May or September-October; avoid humid July-August.