SUNSET
4:41 PM
PATH
2 rides · $6.50
SUBWAY
2 taps · $6
BOOKED FOR TODAY?
  • Top of the Rock — a ~4:15 PM entry (sunset is 4:41).
  • Broadway tickets for 7 PM — or try same-day TKTS / TodayTix.
  • The Met is closed on Wednesdays, so today is your Met day.
  • Leave Harrison by ~8:15 AM.

THE PLAN

  1. 8:15
    AM
    RIDE

    Harrison → Midtown

    PATH
    Harrison → Journal Square
    WTC-bound · 1 stop · ~5 min
    PATH
    Journal Square → 33 St
    Change to a 33rd St train · no extra fare · 7 stops · ~22 min

    Weekday mornings run often. You come up at 6th Ave & 33rd St, right at Herald Sq.

  2. 8:55
    AM
    RIDE

    Up to the Upper East Side

    Q
    34 St–Herald Sq → 86 St (2 Av)
    Uptown · toward 96 St · 5 stops · ~15 min

    At 86 St, walk west to Lexington Ave and down to 83rd St (~9 min).

  3. 9:20
    AM
    EAT

    Breakfast at Lexington Candy Shop

    1226 Lexington Ave at E 83rd St · since 1925

    A family-run luncheonette frozen in time: pancakes or eggs at the counter, plus a hand-mixed Coke or an egg cream.

  4. 10:00
    AM
    SEE + DOMUSTBOOK AHEAD

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St · opens 10 AM · $30 · ~7 min walk west

    Pick a few and take them slowly: the Temple of Dendur, the Egyptian galleries, Arms and Armor, and European Paintings (Vermeer, Van Gogh). 2½ hours is plenty.

    metmuseum.org
  5. 12:30
    PM
    EAT

    Lunch from a street cart

    Fifth Ave, right outside the Met

    Hot dog, soft pretzel or honey-roasted nuts — a New York rite of passage. Then straight into the park.

  6. 12:45
    PM
    SEE + DOMUSTFREE

    Central Park, north to south

    ~2 mi stroll · enter at Fifth Ave & 79th St

    Cleopatra’s Needle (behind the Met) → Belvedere Castle & Turtle Pond → Bow Bridge → Bethesda Terrace & Fountain → The Mall & Literary Walk → Gapstow Bridge & The Pond → exit at Fifth Ave & 59th St.

    Detour (+25 min): the Strawberry Fields “Imagine” mosaic near W 72nd St.

    Early November usually brings peak fall color.

  7. 3:00
    PM
    SEE + DO

    Fifth Avenue, 59th → 50th St

    Walk south · ~20 min plus browsing

    The Plaza Hotel → Apple Fifth Avenue’s glass cube → Tiffany & Co. (57th) → Trump Tower (56th) → St. Patrick’s Cathedral (50th–51st, free — step inside).

  8. 3:50
    PM
    SEE + DOMUSTFREE

    Rockefeller Center

    Between Fifth & Sixth Ave, 49th–50th St

    Channel Gardens, The Rink, and this year’s Christmas tree — it arrived Nov 7, so you’ll catch it being dressed (lights on Dec 2). Radio City Music Hall is on 6th Ave at 50th.

  9. 4:15
    PM
    SEE + DOMUSTBOOK AHEAD

    Top of the Rock at sunset

    30 Rockefeller Plaza · entrance on W 50th St · ~$40–60

    Sunset is 4:41 PM. The best view in town of the Empire State Building and all of Central Park. Stay until the city lights come on.

    topoftherocknyc.com
  10. 5:45
    PM
    EAT

    Ramen before the show

    Totto Ramen · 366 W 52nd St (Hell’s Kitchen) · ~15 min walk

    Rich, creamy chicken paitan ramen. Put your name on the list when you arrive. Faster: Los Tacos No. 1, 229 W 43rd St.

  11. 7:00
    PM
    SEE + DOMUSTBOOK AHEAD

    A Broadway show

    Theater District, roughly 41st–54th St

    Most Tuesday shows start at 7 PM. No ticket yet? The TKTS booth under the red steps (47th & Broadway) sells same-day discounts, or try TodayTix lotteries and rush.

    todaytix.com
  12. 9:45
    PM
    GETTING HOME

    Home to Harrison

    NQRW
    Times Sq–42 St → 34 St–Herald Sq
    Downtown · 1 stop · or walk ~12 min down Broadway
    PATH
    33 St → Journal Square
    Last stop · ~22 min (via Hoboken after ~10–11 PM, ~10 min longer)
    PATH
    Journal Square → Harrison
    Change to a Newark-bound train · next stop

    Theater near 49th–50th St? The 49 St station (N R W) is 2 stops from Herald Sq. Home by ~11 PM — check RidePATH as you leave the theater.