SUNSET
4:40 PM
PATH
2 rides · $6.50
SUBWAY
none today
TODAY’S OPTIONS
  • Edge — book a ~4:00 PM slot only if you want another sky deck.
  • Comedy Cellar tonight? Reserve online ahead of time.
  • No subway today: PATH drops you in the Village (9 St) and you walk to PATH 33 St at the end.
  • Veterans Day Parade runs up Fifth Ave (26th → ~50th St) around 12:30–3:30 PM — off today’s route, but expect Fifth Ave closures if you wander north.

THE PLAN

  1. 9:10
    AM
    RIDE

    Harrison → Greenwich Village

    PATH
    Harrison → Journal Square
    WTC-bound · 1 stop · ~5 min
    PATH
    Journal Square → 9 St
    Change to a 33rd St train · no extra fare · 4 stops · ~15 min

    PATH 9 St comes up at 6th Ave & W 9th St. Walk ~5 min east to Washington Square.

  2. 9:45
    AM
    SEE + DOFREE

    Washington Square Park

    The arch at Fifth Ave & Waverly Pl

    The marble arch, the fountain, chess hustlers and street musicians — NYU’s front yard.

  3. 10:00
    AM
    EAT

    Cappuccino at Caffe Reggio

    119 MacDougal St · since 1927

    Claims to have served America’s first cappuccino. Sit among the Renaissance paintings and take it slow.

  4. 10:45
    AM
    EATMUST

    The classic NY slice

    Joe’s Pizza · 7 Carmine St · since 1975

    A plain cheese slice, folded, eaten standing up. ~$4. The benchmark every other slice gets judged against.

  5. 11:00
    AM
    SEE + DOFREE

    West Village wander

    Bedford St → Christopher St → Bleecker St

    The Friends building (90 Bedford St at Grove St) → Stonewall National Monument (Christopher St) → the leafy brownstone blocks of Perry and Charles St.

    Sweet stop: Magnolia Bakery banana pudding, 401 Bleecker St (at W 11th St).

  6. 12:15
    PM
    SEE + DOFREE

    Little Island

    Pier 55, Hudson River Park at W 13th St

    A park floating on 132 tulip-shaped concrete pots. Loop the hilltop paths for Hudson River views.

  7. 1:00
    PM
    EAT

    Lunch at Chelsea Market

    75 9th Ave (15th–16th St) · ~8 min walk

    Los Tacos No. 1 — get the adobada (marinated pork) tacos. Then wander the old Nabisco factory halls where the Oreo was born.

  8. 2:00
    PM
    SEE + DOMUSTFREE

    Walk the High Line

    Stairs at 16th St, by Chelsea Market · ~1.2 mi north

    A 1930s freight railway turned elevated garden walk. Take it slow — ~45 min with photo stops. It ends at Hudson Yards (30th–34th St).

  9. 3:00
    PM
    SEE + DO

    Hudson Yards & the Vessel

    W 33rd St between 10th & 11th Ave

    Photograph the honeycomb Vessel from the plaza — climbing access has changed over the years, so check before buying a ticket. Warm up inside The Shops.

  10. 4:00
    PM
    SEE + DOOPTIONALBOOK AHEAD

    Edge at sunset

    30 Hudson Yards, 100th floor · ~$41–49

    Sunset is 4:40 PM. An outdoor sky deck with a glass floor and the whole skyline to the east. Skip it if one deck this trip was enough.

    edgenyc.com
  11. 5:30
    PM
    EAT

    Dinner at Mercado Little Spain

    10 Hudson Yards (30th St & 10th Ave, lower level)

    José Andrés’ Spanish food hall: patatas bravas, jamón, paella — and churros with hot chocolate for dessert.

  12. 7:00
    PM
    HEADS UPOPTIONAL

    Evening, your pick

    Comedy Cellar on MacDougal St (reserve online) — ride PATH from 33 St back down to 9 St (3 stops), and afterward catch PATH home from 9 St. Or see if the Knicks or Rangers are home at Madison Square Garden (7th Ave & 33rd St), 2 blocks from PATH 33 St. Or an easy night in — big day tomorrow.

    comedycellar.com
  13. 8:00
    PM
    GETTING HOME

    Home to Harrison

    WALK
    Hudson Yards → PATH 33 St
    ~20 min east along W 33rd St to 6th Ave
    PATH
    33 St → Journal Square
    Last stop · ~22 min
    PATH
    Journal Square → Harrison
    Change to a Newark-bound train · next stop

    Did the Comedy Cellar instead? Board the same trains at PATH 9 St or Christopher St.