One Magic Evening

There is one guaranteed magic evening in the Big Apple and it is absolutely free but for the price of a subway token.  The place is the Brooklyn Promenade which borders the East River.  You want to be there one hour before sunset on a clear day.  You will watch as the sun descends over the East River and the Manhattan skyline.  From this site you can also see the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.  After the sun sets and dark wraps the horizon you watch as the lights of Manhattan twinkle onto the scene.  The Empire State Building will don whatever colors fit the occasion, red, white and blue for a patriotic theme, red and gold for Chinese New Year, green for Saint Patrick's Day.   And those twinkling lights will outline the most beautiful building in Manhattan, the Chrysler.  You might not see many stars in the New York City sky but this view is hardly chopped liver.  In fact, I count is as a spiritual hour, celebrating being alive and living in this great city.

Historical Note: This is where Geore Washington's army, trapped by the British, narrowly escaped capture. Fishermen transported the troops during the night, accross the Hudson River to New Jersey. Had this not happened the Revolution would have been over before it began.

Take the subway to Jay Street, Burough Hall in Brooklyn. Walk down Montague Street for four blocks until it dead ends into the Promenade.