Keys to the City

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 Agenda

• Travel
• The Five Burroughs
• Daytime
• Nighttime
• Food

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 Travel

• MTA Metro-North Railway

– Avoid Parking Fees
– Buy in Bulk
– Sleep or Drink
– Grand Central Terminal
• Taxi
• Subway
– Get a Map
– Military Discount…Sometimes
– Sanitation
– Safety
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Travel

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Five Burroughs

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 Staten Island

• “the forgotten borough”

• Residential
Neighborhoods
• Staten Island Ferry

• Fun Fact: Only borough

without below ground
transportation

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 Bronx

• Yankee Stadium
• Bronx Zoo

• Fun Fact: Only borough

primarily on mainland

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 Queens

• Ethnic Neighborhoods
• Astoria
• JFK and LGA
• Citi Field (Mets)

• Fun Fact: Most ethnically

diverse county in the U.S.

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 Brooklyn

• Brooklyn Botanical
Gardens
• Coney Island
• Brighton Beach

• Fun Fact: Only borough

primarily on mainland

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Manhattan

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Manhattan

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 Manhattan

• Times Square
• Central Park
• Met (free)
• MOMA (free +1)
• Guggenheim ($15)
• American Museum of Natural History (free)
• Highline
– 1.45 miles
– 20th Street to Gransevoort Street
• Shows
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Urban Theater

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 Daytime

• Museums
• Parks
• Attractions
• Food

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 Nightime

• Music
• Bars
– McSorley’s
• Oldest “Irish” tavern in NYC
• Last of “Men Only” pubs, 1970
• Light and Dark Beer
– 230 Fifth Ave
– Bleeker and MacDougal
– Pizza Pub, Sake Bomb
• More Food
– Artichoke Pizza
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 Food

• Katz’s Delicatessen
• Pizza Pub
• Crif Dogs
• Baoguette

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Keys to the City

LIFE SKILLS UTT

CDT SCHMEDEMAN