New York City

[jglfan]

Go to the top of the Empire State Building, the view is awesome. As mentioned there are several boat rides, the one I like is the Circle line route which circles the island. Check this because my memory is vague, but the Circle Lines pier is around 25th street, on the west side (the Hudson River). It is just south of where the aircraft carrier whose name escapes me is located. There are cool planes on the deck too. Also a destroyer and submarine there. The trip around Manhattan goes south on the Hudson past the Statue of Liberty (you'll need a separate ride to dock there) around the south tip where the Trade Center was and then up the East and Harlem Rivers. At the northern tip is the NYC (now Amtrak) swing bridge connecting their line to what used to be the west side freight line, now Amtrak to Penn Station. You should definitely go to Grand Central Station, it was refurbished a few years ago and is beautiful. Commuter trains run from it up along the Hudson. Take one if you have time, the trip starts underground, the signals are cool to see. The tracks surface (don't remember what street) on Park Avenue and pretty quickly wind up on an el. The track crosses the Harlem River near Yankee Stadium. Haven't been there since the old one was torn down and the new built. I loved the view of the old one from the train. It is a very scenic ride up the river, sit on the river side of course. If you take it up to Peekskill there are nice restaurants on the river.

Have a great trip and PM me if you like, I live about 1/2 hour from there.