The best thing you can possibly do in NYC on any day is walk around. Start on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge and walk across to lower Manhattan. Have breakfast in SoHo at Cafe Habana. walk up to Mud Coffee on 2nd Ave and 9th. Go to Central Park and lay in the grass while reading a book, or walk around the zoo. Pop into MOMA and catch the current featured exhibit. Have dinner at Gemma on the Bowery Hotel, and go for drinks at ACME.
Are you willing to do some "touristy" things as well? There are a few must-sees: The Metropolitan Museum of Artis definitely one of them, and the American Museum of Natural History is pretty cool too. For insight to a local New Yorkers life, definitely check out neighborhoods like Chinatown New York/Little Italy for the outdoor fish and fruit markets, and East Village and West Village for the music and culture.
There's also this app called JoinLeaf that uses your phone to guide you on scavenger hunt-like tours around the various neighborhoods of New York. The whole point of JoinLeaf is to get you to discover the local so it might be a fun way for you to explore neighborhoods like SoHoor West Village.
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