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May 1st used to be known as Moving Day in NYC before 1873. Leases were signed on this day and the streets were clogged as tenants moved in and out of their apartments. All trade ceased that day because of traffic congestion. Well 135 years later with the current traffic congestion, it feels like Moving Day every day. The State Legislature stopped a bill proposed by our Mayor that would have provided some relief. This plan which has been implemented in London would have levied an $8 fee on every car that entered Manhattan below 60th Street from 8am to 6pm and cut down traffic. Well traffic never slowed New Yorkers down especially since we now have the new Smart Car making its debut in the US. There are many ways to navigate Manhattan's congestion. So breathe easy, Briggs knows all the ins and outs to move our guests swiftly around town. Achoo!!
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The subway is still the most efficient, and fastest way to get around town. Also bicycles, buses and pedicabs are swift means to traverse long distances. But nothing beats walking and New Yorkers are inveterate flanneurs. It’s our secret of being the most healthy and in shape of all American citizens (not to mention being environmentally sustainable). It’s the best way too to see New York from the street level and to feel the pulse and energy, the jostle of the crowds. You can’t get that in a mall.
More ways to go:
Rent a
Bike in Central Park
Water Taxi
around the Island
Rowboats on the
lake in Prospect Park
Kayak on the
Hudson
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If you get stuck in traffic,
you can always hop out of your cab and grab a hot dog, falafel or
pretzel at the city’s many corner push carts and get back in before the
light changes! The Avenue of Americas (6th Ave. to us New Yorkers) is
famed for its myriad food carts. If you are really stuck, pay your fare,
get out and have a cappuccino or Cosmo at a sidewalk café. Wait till the
traffic clears up and hail another hack and journey on. If you are in
the Bronx you can drive through White Castle and grab a bag of burgers.
Fast food:
Hot
Dog Stand in front of the Met Museum
Washington
Heights Shaved Ice Cones
Tacos
from a movable Taquerias truck
Mister
Softee!
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Take the “A” train to the New York Transit Museum; one of the city's leading cultural institutions devoted to urban public transportation history. Located in an abandoned subway station in downtown Brooklyn, you can go into vintage subway cars and see how our ancestors got around with no air conditioning! Many movies are made here. So when watching a scene that takes place on a subway, you can almost bet it was filmed there. And after wards, to avoid traffic back into Manhattan, take a breathtaking stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge
Classic strolls:
Hudson
River Park Walk
Cable
Car to Roosevelt Island
Staten
Island Ferry
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Passing Strange is a moving rock concert musical about a musician growing up in the 70’s and finding his inner self. Little Mermaid is swimmingly doing very well and is a joy for the kids. Chorus Line is still stepping high and the new farce, The 39 Steps can keep you in laughingly aerobic shape. Take a Boeing Boeing or jump into “Greased Lightning” around the corner to Avenue Q. Or grab your umbrella and fly over to Mary Poppins.
Openings:
In
the Heights
Sunday
In the Park with George
Closings:
Met
Opera - for the season
City
Center - for renovations
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