Posted By: LondonBay

Hi everyone,I will be visiting New York this summer and was wondering what are the best/safest areas to tour?Areas to avoid?Hotels you recommend that are safe to do incalls?Thanks and hope everyone has a good weekend

Many people will suggest Midtown (the pink "square with a hook") in the middle of the island. However, some people use Midtown to refer to a much larger area of Manhattan, spanning more blocks further E-W and N-S.  

For newbies, I suggest E-W limits of 3rd Ave on the East and 9th on the West. That keeps you close the subways that run N-S on Lexington Ave. and 8th Ave.  The south end of Central Park is 57th St.; for a newbie, I think the upper 50s is a good northern limit so you get stuck East when you meant to be West and vice-versa. Southern limit? Everybody has a preference: Wall St. is busy during the day but dries up at night. Midtown is the stuff of "The City That Never Sleeps."  

Search the NY board for earlier "Neighborhood Map" posts which usually address the same question. Go back at least 300 days.  

At least there won't be any snew this time of year.

Good luck!

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