Every place on our list, laid out day by day. Go through them together and answer each one: Keep, Maybe or Pass. Tap your name if you really want it, and change the day or time if it fits better somewhere else. It saves as you go, on both phones.
Today
Decide together
Answer every place Keep, Maybe or Pass. Come back to the Maybes at the end.
0places we're keeping
0both of us want
0need tickets or a reservation
0free to visit
Subway or taxi?
Each picked event shows how to get there from the stop before it. Here's the general rule of thumb.
Subway
Most trips longer than a 15-minute walk, especially when there's a direct line.
Rush hours (7–10 AM and 4:30–7 PM), and anywhere in Midtown in December. Holiday traffic around Rockefeller Center and Fifth Ave barely moves.
Daytime trips to Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
Taxi or Uber
Late at night, roughly after 10 PM, especially from Dyker Heights, the Bronx Zoo or the dinner cruise.
When the subway trip needs two or more transfers.
When you're dressed up, carrying shopping bags, or it's freezing out.
Expect about $15–30 within Manhattan and $40–70 from Brooklyn or the Bronx, more with surge pricing. Trips below 60th St include a small congestion charge.
Walk
Anything under about 15 minutes.
Going north or south, 20 streets is about a mile. The avenues are farther apart, roughly 3 to 4 streets' worth each.
Paying & planning
Tap a contactless card or your phone at the turnstile. It's about $3 a ride, and each of you needs your own card or phone.
After 12 paid rides in 7 days on the same card or phone, the rest of that week is free.
Dec 20 is a Sunday, so the B train isn't running. Use the D. Weekend service changes are common, so check Google Maps that morning.
PATH (to Exchange Place) has its own tap-to-pay turnstiles. Metro-North needs a ticket from the TrainTime app.
Subway lines by color:
Tickets and reservations to book
If we pick 3 or more paid attractions (Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Edge, Vessel), compare against the Go City New York Pass before buying separately.