??s S St Seaport & walking Brooklyn Bridge, shopping

My sister and I will be in NY at the end of the month Woo Hoo!!!!!

We are traveling with a group and with a set itinerary, however, we are planning to modify it some. I bought tickets yesterday for the Greenwich Village Walking Food tour. On another day we have free time after SOL and Ellis Island with lunch at South St .

I searched through the forum and saw a post from 2005 stating that there is a water taxi to Fulton Ferry to Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory and Grimaldi%26#39;s Pizza and then you can walk the neighborhood and walk back over the bridge. Can this still be done? What kind of time frame are we looking at?

I%26#39;m sure we will have some more shopping to do. The previous day we have free afternoon in Times Square and my sis wants to hit Tiffancys, Macys and I want to go to H and M. Would that be best done from Times Square or after Brooklyn Bridge walking?

I know I%26#39;ll get great info here. TA has made my last few trips so much more enjoyable!!

??s S St Seaport %26amp; walking Brooklyn Bridge, shopping

The places you plan on shopping are closer to Times Square than South St Seaport. Macy%26#39;s is at 34th %26amp; Broadway, Tiffany%26#39;s is at 5th Ave %26amp; 57th Street, and there are various H%26amp;M locations around the city, one very close to Macy%26#39;s. So it make may sense to do that after Times Square, although none of the places are particularly close to Times Square or each other.

The Brooklyn bridge is a mile long, so that portion will take you approximately 20 min to walk if you take your time to enjoy the view of the city plus walking time in Brooklyn to the bridge. This could be another 20 minutes, depending on where you start from. Expect to wait in line for a while at Grimaldi%26#39;s (20 min or more) and there will probably be a shorter line at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. Total time depends how long you will take to eat. Hopefully this gives you an idea of total time.

Oh -- and South St Seaport has its own shopping area (Ann Taylor, Coach, Gap, etc) that you can go through after the walk.

??s S St Seaport %26amp; walking Brooklyn Bridge, shopping

Thanks dagnyfreckles! The ferry and Brooklyn Bridge walk sounds very interesting to me so it looks like this will be an afternoon full.

Here are two previous posts about walking from the SOL to the Brooklyn Bridge area. Lots of good web links, too.

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60763-i5-k827858-鈥?/a> Itinerary_lower_manhattan-

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60763-i5-k970973-鈥?/a> Walking_from_South_St_Seaport_to_Staten_Island_Ferry-

My main advice to you would be to pace yourselves.

How much walking do you do on a daily basis? It takes the ';average'; person about 15 minutes to walk one mile. Most locals can do it in 10. In NYC, locals easily walk at least a quarter to half mile a day , possible more (not including subway stairs, not including standing waiting for trains, nor standing while riding trains).

We are very used to this. You, on the other hand, may not be, especially if you drive everyday. Plus, you%26#39;ll be carrying your shopping treasures everywhere you go, not storing them in your car trunk. I%26#39;d reco shopping at the end of your sightseeing.

I%26#39;m not advising that you can%26#39;t do everything you want. In fact, I say go for it! My advice is to take breaks, wear comfortable shoes and be flexible.

BTW, here is GWB%26#39;s awesome ';Idiot%26#39;s Guide to walking the Brooklyn Bridge';

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60763-i5-k508533-鈥?/a> New_York_City_New_York.html

We are both walking about 30 minutes a day now. I did this before going to Italy last fall and held up through 2 weeks of walking. We will go the group to South Street Seaport (should we eat lunch there or take the water taxi to Fulton Ferry and eat over there?) then walk through the neighborhood over the bridge.

We are staying in Midtown, so should we grab a taxi back to hotel or subway.

TIA for all your great answers.

To have one of my posts called awesome by the ever-dazzling QB is flattery indeed!

Here is a somewhat expanded version of that same post, which includes some info about geting to the Bridge from Fulton Ferry/Grimaldi%26#39;s/Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory:

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60763-i5-k866178-鈥?/a>

';ever-dazzling';???????

ROFLMAO!

Right back at ya, GWB! ;o)

Hey, get a room!!!!

(Sorry, couldn%26#39;t resist!!!)

Hi guys.

If we were at South St Seaport shopping area, how do we get onto and across the bridge? Also, how do you get down on th eother side to get to River Cafe?

Thanks

2much2do: Directions:

Walk west on Fulton Street to Broadway. Turn right onto Broadway and proceed north. At Barclay Street, at the southern entrance of City Hall Park, the road will split. Bear right and take Park Row north. The entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge walkway is on your right, past all the J%26amp;R Eelectronic Stores and directly across the street from City Hall.

NYCgirl - LOL! Touche.