Neighborhoods and places I know extremely well and can create a customized tour for you of are:
Manhattan: Financial District, Tribeca, Lower East Side, Little Italy, Chinatown, SoHo/NoHo, Greenwich Village, East Village, Chelsea, Gramercy, Midtown, Times Square, Central Park, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Prospect Park, Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Red Hook, Coney Island
Staten Island: Great views, great Ferry to and from Manhattan with spectacular views of the Statue of Liberty and the Harbor and the best pizza in the city!
Some of the attractions I can help you find and enjoy in geographic order from South to North starting at the bottom of Manhattan:
Downtown | Lower East Side | SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown | Greenwich Village | East Village |
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Staten Island Ferry Battery Park New York Stock Exchange Wall Street Trinity Church Alexander Hamilton sites The Oculus City Hall Brooklyn Bridge | Manhattan Bridge Williamsburg Bridge Tenement Museum Essex Market Katz’s Deli | Original St. Patrick's Cathedral Five Points | Washington Square Park Hudson River Park | St. Mark's Place Former home of The Fillmore East Former home of CBGB's Little Ukraine Saint Mark's Historic Church |
Chelsea | Gramercy | Midtown | Upper West Side | Upper East Side |
Hudson River Park Whitney Museum High Line Union Square Chelsea Piers Chelsea Market | Madison Square Gramercy Park | Herald Square Empire State Building Macy’s Grand Central Terminal The Intrepid Times Square Rockefeller Center St. Patrick's Cathedral Top of the Rock | Columbus Circle Lincoln Center Museum of Natural History New York Historical Society | the 59th Street Bridge Roosevelt Island Metropolitan Museum Guggenheim Museum Jewish Museum Museum of the City of New York Conservatory Gardens |