I would like to live in New York: who knows how many times you have thought it! While waiting to make the fateful decision, you can always try to live the Big Apple as a real New Yorker, avoiding the usual tourist circuits and mimicing you among the crowd of those who live there and know it well.
If it is summer, start your day heading to the beaches, easily reachable by public transport, where families and groups of friends meet for a picnic or a walk along the ocean.
The most famous is Coney Island in Brooklyn with its promenade, where to spend hours of pure fun, between the amusement park Moon with historic wooden roller coaster built in 1927 and the New York Aquarium, the oldest aquarium in the United States, recently reopened, which houses over 350 animal species including walruses, marine lions, marine otters and penguins.
Not far, Brighton Beach, smaller and intimate, made famous by Neil Simon's 1983 show Brighton Beach Memoirs. And then maybe you'll even jump Rockaway Beach in Queens, frequented by surfers and sportsmen who compete at beach volleyball, tennis or basketball.
If you prefer the caring for parks, one of the must-haves in New York City is the terrace overlooking Central Park Metropolitan Museum of Art, that every year hosts innovative art installations. As an alternative, there is Bryant Park, where every Thursday until mid-August lunch takes place while attending some of the most famous Broadway musicals for free.
With the sunshine, nothing better than an open-air drink with a view. Among the addresses to be marked on the agenda, Lower Manhattan the Beekman Beer Garden Beach is an outdoor bar and restaurant overlooking the East River, where you can admire the Brooklyn Bridge by enjoying beer and burgers with your feet in the sand comfortably seated on the sofas, challenge your friends to billiards and attend concerts. Another place much loved by New Yorkers is Beer, on the terrace of Eataly NY on Fifth Avenue where you can enjoy the view of Midtown enjoying a craft Italian-German beer.
To end the day in beauty, nothing better than to discover the rooftops of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and enjoy a good films on roofs. Innumerable are the screenings that take place until September, followed by after-party with open wine-beer bar and DJ for a perfect New York style evening. While to sleep, take advantage of frequent hotel promotions and residences located in each district.
