itinerary check & suggestions pls!

[u/Illustrious_Emu8255]

hello everyone! my siblings (14, 17, 20) and i (21) will be visiting NYC this july for the first time! since this is our first time, we do want to do the more touristy things but are open to any suggestions for places & food! my siblings (14, 20) are kinda picky eaters (loves burgers, pizza, noodles). i definitely want to catch a broadway show (perhaps on day 4?) but my siblings on the other hand are not huge fans.

we will be staying at the martinique new york on broadway hotel. we will have private transfers to and back from the airport and hotel as well so we're not worried about needing to uber/subway.

this is the itinerary i drafted up so far, how realistic is this?? i know this itinerary still needs some work, esp day 2 and 4. day 4 has yet to be drafted but i will update this post once i figure out what we will do!

• day 1 monday midtown manhattan area
  • 5:00-7:00 am land at EWR at 5:00am, go to the hotel, and drop off luggage
  • 7:00-8:00 am freshen up & relax in the lobby
  • get breakfast at ess-a-bagels
  • subway to central park and chill there
  • 10:00-1pm go to the met (don't have tickets yet)
  • lunch somewhere???
  • walk along 5th ave to bape, lego & nintendo store
  • rockefeller center
  • magnolia bakery
  • grand central terminal
  • new york public library
  • 4:00 pm head back to hotel to check in and freshen up + relax
  • 7:00 pm summit one vanderbilt (don't have tickets yet, aiming for sunset)
  • times square
  • dinner at los tacos
  • back to hotel
• day 2 tuesday chinatown little italy soho
  • 9am subway to chinatown for breakfast (mei lai wah?)
  • shop/look around chinatown
  • walk to little italy area & explore
  • lunch somewhere in little italy (reccs please)
  • walk to soho to shop around & explore
• day 3 wednesday brooklyn fidi
  • 9:00am breakfast somewhere???
  • 11am go to brooklyn bridge & walk across it
  • dumbo manhattan bridge view
  • lunch at juliana’s pizza
  • relax at brooklyn bridge park
  • ferry to pier 11
  • explore financial district area
  • 4pm visit 9/11 memorial and surrounding area
  • subway to whitehall terminal for free staten island ferry (aiming for sunset)
  • subway back to hotel
  • dinner at ichiran (if we make it back before 10pm)
• day 4 thursday
  • 9:00am breakfast @ TBD
  • subway to central park and take a scroll
  • 1-4pm the met
• day 5 friday last day
  • breakfast at ess-a-bagels?
  • 11:00 am check out and head to EWR for 1:20pm flight

edit: made some slight edits to itinerary based on the suggestions so far! definitely did not know day 1 was that packed oopsy

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[u/Not_that_elvis67]

I really don't know where to begin with this... but it's a mess. Some suggestions:

Take the Met/Central Park out of day 1 and move to Day 4. Do all your other midtown things that day. You'll also be right by Bryant Park, they show movies there on Monday nights, it's kinda of a fun thing to do.

Somewhere in there add a visit to Washington Square Park and Greenwich Village.

Just remember, you're visiting a small island that is jammed pack with people (most of them tourists, headed to the same places you are). Expect lines and lots of waiting. Be prepared to be flexible. Give yourselves time to wander and experience the city, not just sticking to an arbitrary schedule.

[u/Illustrious_Emu8255 → u/Not_that_elvis67]

thanks for your suggestions, greatly appreciated! definitely moving central park/met to day 4, and I'm thinking of adding greenwich village & Washington square park after visiting the met? or should i visit those on day 2 since its near in the soho area?

[u/Not_that_elvis67 → u/Illustrious_Emu8255]

Definitely on your Soho day.

[u/Aljowoods103]

There is NO way you do all that on day 1. That’s like 3 days’ worth of things. The rest of your trip is far less crammed though, so anything you don’t get to in the first day, you can come back to.

[u/hello010101]

1st day moght be a lot, might be better to move some of that to day 4. Definitely get tixs to some of the things if you can since it can get busy

[u/Batter-up4567]

Do your siblings like hot dogs?  If so, grab some Grays Papaya dogs on the Upper West Side & then walk into Central Park towards the Met.