thanks again massraiderone more question on the Y. Clipper - Is the E. 34th stop where everyone gets off and walks to the park, or is that the last stop for people to get on? The schedule on the nywaterways site is not real clear on that. Just trying to understand the timing. The E. 34th stop is at 6:00 for a 7:05 game and I know some of our guys will want to enter the park early since this will be their first and last time there.One bump for the weekday crowd - the original post is below. Any additional advice would be appreciated. The two biggest things I've learned so far are: - stay in Manhattan, preferably midtown - take the Yankee Clipper
It will be a three day trip in late July to catch one Mets game and one Yankee game. Probably about five guys. None of us are familiar with NYC. Any wisdom you can impart will be appreciated.What part of the city / hotel should we stay in and what mode of transportation should we use to get to. and from the stadiums (subway? cab?)? Is there an area that is both convenient to both Shea and Yankee Stadium by subway or cab and also safe to go out at night? I think we'll be going to Shea Sunday afternoon and Yankee Monday evening, if that matters.I know we'll make a point of seeing Monument Park - are there any other "must see" attractions at either park? Any other tips?Thanks - Scrap
If you want to do Monument Park, you have to get there VERY early. Not sure when exactly, but definately not inline with the clipper. Clipper is a cool consideration and if you do a second game check it out. Other thoughts:-if you take the clipper there, take the subway home and drink up some atmosphere and booze at the bars outside the stadium after the game. Not as notable as the Cask and Flagon or whatever fruity place is outside of Wrigley, but Stans is a New York institituion, a nothing fancy bar with hard drinks and pictures of 70's yankees with crazy sideburns abound. I've been going for there for 20 years and the decor was weathered THEN. Grab a pop there. The bad part about the clipper is you have to hurry right back on the thing afterwards. -If you do two Yankee games, try a night in the bleachers. Not as crazy as back in the day when people used to smoke weed and it was the wild west, I think its dry now, still a worthwhile experience. The RF ones are far more lively, and give you a little more working class/local feel(though not entirely). Its separate entrance/admission though, so if you can only go once, you want the freedom to browse the park. -Subway to Shea, everything else is suicide, ESPECIALLY with this construction. -Coney Island park is cool, and you can get a little feel for that, which is also going to be undergoing radical change upcoming. Not much to see, it makes Tijuana look like the Upper East Side, but not a bad part of it. Another cool deal is if you hit the Staten Island Yankee minor league park, you take the Staten Island Ferry from the southern tip of Manhattan, get a nice view and feel for the city past the statue of liberty and all that(don't go there, waste of time). You hop off, and then its a short walk to the park with the city skyline beyond the wall. If you can do a Cyclone-Yankee home at home, those teams really get into it, the fans get wild, and the teams have been brawling the past few years. Great time.-no cabs TO the ballpark under any circumstances. Pay through the nose, not worth it. Consider a limo if you want to be big ballers, subways are the most expeident ways to get there. A cab home from Yankee is a consideration. -Shea really has nothing to see and no atmosphere. A ballpark in a parking lot. -94th Street is fine, if not inconvient, but its safe. If you get a sunny day, hit sheep meadow in Central Park for some primo beave and then go to Mickey Mantle's Restaurant on Central Park South. Not because its good, its overpriced, but its probably worth seeing as part of a city baseball trip. -
