{"id":11575,"date":"2022-11-12T01:18:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T01:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/challenge-see-new-york-24-hours\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:43:21","slug":"challenge-see-new-york-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/challenge-see-new-york-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 24 Hours Exploring New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

The challenge: You’re breezing through New York<\/a> for one night and need to catch a flight to London the very next day. Can you see all the major sights and get a good feel for New York in the next 24 hours?<\/p>\n

This is actually a real-life scenario we faced a while back and essentially had to cover a huge bit of sightseeing over this period. It was really tough and. Oh, who am I kidding?<\/p>\n

The only thing better than 24 hours in New York is 24 days in New York… or even 24 weeks; but I digress.<\/p>\n

We’d spent quite a bit of time in Canada and on the West Coast of the US before this (which was relaxed as there was enough time to do everything at a relaxed pace) and so we had to make every minute in New York count. Here’s how it went and in the order in which it went.<\/p>\n

Base Camp: The Andaz on Wall Street – an amazing hotel! We’ve stayed there every time we’ve been in New York since then! Loved it every time. Location, decor, wine and snacks reception in the evenings and free minibar.<\/p>\n

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First things first, explore the immediate neighbourhood by popping down Wall Street to see the NYSE and other sights.<\/p>\n

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Next: Hop on a boat to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island but before any of these, pop into a local coffee spot for a LARGE cup of joe as hadn’t slept on the red-eye flight in and had to deal with a time difference of 3 hours.<\/p>\n

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Then: Hotfoot it to a taxi to take us to the New York Public Library (which we explored in more detail upon alighting from said taxi)<\/p>\n

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Then made our way to Times Square where lots of gawking at signs and photos were taken.<\/p>\n

In addition to grabbing a coffee! Not sleeping on the red-eye flight into New York was slowly starting to get its revenge.<\/p>\n

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Followed by a brief trip to Madison Garden Park (in truth, stopped for a coffee again here.<\/p>\n

I actually fell asleep on the chair at Dunkin Donuts – only for like a minute or two; can’t tell you how refreshing it was though.<\/p>\n

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Then gawked at the Flatiron building (which I personally find quite impressive).<\/p>\n

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Got a cab to Central Park…<\/p>\n

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Walked into The Plaza Hotel (had to see where Home Alone and other great movies were set!)<\/p>\n

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Then walked down Fifth Avenue, stopping briefly at Saks Fifth Avenue and a couple of other stores for a mini-shopping break…<\/p>\n

Stopped to check out St Patrick’s Cathedral<\/p>\n

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Then walked across to the Rockefeller Centre at 30 Rock! (I can’t say 30 Rock without the theme of the TV show playing in my head! Hehehe!)<\/p>\n

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Checked out Radio City…<\/p>\n

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Headed over to Grand Central station (again, a scene of many-a-movie)<\/p>\n

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Took a taxi back to base camp (i.e. the Andaz Hotel) and had a quick 2-hour nap!<\/p>\n

It had to be done, Lloyd was so cranky at this point! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Post nap, checked out more of Wall Street (after some wine at the hotel of course!) and took the mandatory photo next to the Wall Street Bull.<\/p>\n

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Then headed over to the Empire State Building for a great view over all of New York (which looked so amazing at night!).<\/p>\n

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Then walked to Times Square to get a taxi to back to Wall Street (i.e. my new home now, I was really starting to settle into New York waaaaaaaaay too easily)<\/p>\n

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At the last minute, remembered that we hadn’t been on Brooklyn Bridge so quickly headed over to Brooklyn Bridge and slowly ambled back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

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Read more: Best things to do in New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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24 Very Best Things To Do In New York<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n