Metro New York

. Direct connecting flights are available to all large and most small airports east of the Mississippi, with a few international Flights to Toronto and Montreal. The Marine Air Terminal and the terminal used by Delta Air Lines for shuttle services to Washington D.C. and Boston, is one of the oldest, still-in-use, airport terminals in the world.

Other airports

Long Island MacArthur Airport (Islip Airport) (IATA Flight Code: ISP), in Ronkonkoma (Town of Islip) on Long Island, is served by Southwest Airlines, a major discount carrier in the US. American Airlines has a minor presence at the airport. The Long Island Railroad offers a discount package for MacArthur Airport travelers on its website.]

Westchester County Airport (IATA Flight Code: HPN), near White Plains (New York) | White Plains, NY, is served by several airlines. It is most convenient to Westchester County and adjacent areas of Connecticut.

Metro New York is also served by Teterboro Airport (IATA Flight Code: TEB), in Teterboro, NJ, though this airport is used primarily for general aviation and receives no commercial flights.

By Rail

Amtrak, 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245)], operates from New York Penn Station, directly under Madison Plaza Garden, on 34th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues. Popular trains leaving during rush hours can fill up quickly; it is a good idea to make reservations http:// online , or via phone, and pick up your ticket using a credit card or your confirmation number at one of the electronic kiosks located throughout the station. On some of the non-business routes, for example New York to Montreal, Amtrak takes more time and costs more money than taking the bus or renting a car. Check and compare schedules and prices before booking.

Amtrak's Acela express train provides regular fast commuter service between major points along the east coast such as Washington, D.C.]], Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Haven, and Providence. Amtrak services are also available to points along the East Coast down to Florida, to points between New York and Chicago, including Pittsburgh and Cleveland), to New York State including Albany, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and to Toronto and Montreal in Canada. Service to California takes 3 days and requires a change of train in Chicago.

Amtrak's ClubAcela , located near the big security desk in Penn Station, offers complimentary drinks, wi-fi access, newspapers and magazines, and clean bathrooms. Access to the club is granted to travelers with sleeper tickets, First Class Acela tickets, or Amtrak GuestRewards SelectPlus membership.

Get Around

By Rail

Metro New York is served by three commuter railroads.

• Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) operates between New York Penn Station and Long Island with New York City stops at Jamaica Station, Long Island City, Hunters Point in Queens, and Atlantic Terminal station in Brooklyn.
• Metro-North Rail Road (Metro North) operates between Grand Central Terminal and points north and east of the city all the way to Connecticut. Trains also stop at the Harlem station on 125th street and Park Avenue in Manhattan. The New Haven line serves cities along the coast with branch lines to Danbury and Waterbury. The Hudson Line serves points along the Hudson River to Poughkeepsie. The Harlem Line serves Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties to Pawling and Wassaic.
• New Jersey Transit operates between New York Penn Station and points in New Jersey. The Northeast corridor line goes to Princeton and Trenton. Services are also available for points along the Jersey Coast and, with a transfer in Secaucus, to points north of the city (in New Jersey and New York State west of the Hudson).

What to see in Metro New York

Many of the attractions of Metro New York are in New York City and the most populated metropolitan area in the United States.

Landmarks

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Naturally, Manhattan possesses the lion's share of the monuments that have saturated American popular culture. Starting in Manhattan/Financial District|Financial District, perhaps the most famous of these monuments is easy to spot - the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the nation standing atop a small island in the harbor, and perhaps also the most difficult attraction to access in terms of crowds and the long lines to see it. Nearby Ellis Island preserves the site where millions of immigrants completed their journey to America. Within Financial District itself, Wall Street acts as the heart of big business being the home of the New York Stock Exchange, although the narrow street also holds some historical attractions, namely Federal Hall, where George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States. Nearby and the World Trade Center Site is undergoing construction of a memorial to the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Connecting Financial District to Brooklyn/Downtown|Downtown Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bridge offers fantastic views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn skylines.

Moving north to Manhattan/Midtown|Midtown, Manhattan's other major business neighborhood, you'll find some of New York's most famous monuments. The Empire State Building looms over it all as the tallest building in the city, with the nearby Chrysler Building also dominating the landscape. Nearby is the headquarters of United Nations overlooking the East River and Grand Central Terminal, one of the busiest train stations in the world. Also nearby is the main branch of the New York Public Library, a beautiful building famous for its magnificent reading rooms and the lion statues outside the front door; and Rockefeller Plaza, home to NBC Studios, Radio City Music Hall, and (during the winter) the famous Christmas Tree and Skating Rink.

Still in the Midtown area but just to the west, in the Manhattan/Theater District|Theater District, is the tourist center of New York: Times Plaza, filled with bright, flashing video screens and LED signs running 24 hours a day.Just to the north is Manhattan/Central Park|Central Park, with its lawns, trees and lakes popular for recreation and concerts.

Museums and galleries in Metro New York

New York has some of the finest museums in the world. All the public museums (notably including the Metropolitan Museum), which are run by the city, accept donations for an entrance fee, but private museums (especially the Museum of Modern Art) can be expensive. In addition to the major museums, hundreds of small galleries are spread throughout the city, notably in neighborhoods like Chelsea and Williamsburg. Many galleries and museums in New York close on Mondays, so be sure to check hours before visiting. The following is just a list of highlights; see neighborhood pages for more listings.

Arts and culture

New York City is home to some of the finest art museums in the nation, and in Manhattan, you'll find the grandest of them all. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan/Central Park|Central Park has vast holdings that represent a series of collections, each of which ranks in its category among the finest in the world. Within this single building you'll find perhaps the world's finest collection of American artwork, period rooms, thousands of European paintings including Rembrandts and Vermeers and the greatest collection of Egyptian art outside Cairo, one of the world's finest Islamic art collections, Asian art, European sculpture, medieval and Renaissance art, and antiquities from around the ancient world. As if all that wasn't enough and the Metropolitan also operates The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan|Upper Manhattan, houses a collection of medieval art and incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters and other monastic sites in southern France in its renowned gardens.

Near the Metropolitan, in the Manhattan/Upper East Side|Upper East Side, is the Guggenheim Museum. Although more famed for its architecture than the collection it hosts and the spiraling galleries are ideal for exhibiting art works. Also nearby is the Whitney Museum of American Art, with a collection of contemporary American art. In Manhattan/Midtown|Midtown and the Museum of Modern Art(MoMA), holds the most comprehensive collection of modern art in the world, and is so large as to require multiple visits to see all of the works on display, which include Van Gogh's Starry Night and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, as well as an extensive industrial design collection. Midtown is also home to the Paley Center for Media, a museum dedicated to television and radio, including a massive database of old shows.

In Brooklyn's Brooklyn/Prospect Park|Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Museum of Art is the city's second largest art museum with excellent collections of Egyptian art, Assyrian reliefs, 19th-century American art, and art from Africa and Oceania, among other things. Queens/Long Island City|Long Island City in Queens is home to a number of art museums, including the PS1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of the Moving Image, which showcases movies and the televisual arts.

Science and technology

In New York City, no museum holds a sway over children like the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan's Manhattan/Upper West Side|Upper West Side. Containing the Hayden Planetarium, incredible astronomy exhibits, animal dioramas, many rare and beautiful gems and mineral specimens, anthropology halls, and one of the largest collections of dinosaur skeletons in the world, this place offers plenty of stunning sights.

Near Times Plaza in the Manhattan/Theater District|Theater District and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum takes up a pier on the Hudson River, with the aircraft carrier Intrepid docked here and holding some incredible air and space craft.

Over in the Queens/Flushing-Northeast|Flushing neighborhood of Queens, on the grounds of the former World's Fair, is the New York Hall of Science, which incorporates the Great Hall of the fair and now full of hands-on exhibits for kids to enjoy.

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