Question about travelling in NYC?

To go to DC take the Amtrak train at Penn Station, Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street.

As far as sightseeing in NYC, there are a million things to see in Manhattan. You could also venture to Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It all depends what interests you. If you enjoy musical theater, Broadway. If you enjoy cutting edge music Irving Place or the Beacon Theater. Art, try MOMA or the MetArt.

If you're into music, Greenich Village still has plenty of clubs.

For things to do it looks like Native New Yorker took care of the things you can do - but only in Manhattan. There ARE other areas of New York that are outside of Manhattan - better places, actually, like Brooklyn :) Since you'll be there for the good summer months, go down to Brighton Beach and Coney Island - Coney Island for the best friggin' hot dog ever at Nathan's, and Brighton Beach for a relaxing beach experience ... take the Q to Brighton Beach (which will also take you to Coney Island two stops later) or the N, F, D or B to Coney Island and you can walk down the board walk to Brighton Beach. There's also Queens - Howard Beach is pretty fun, although it gets crowded in the summer sometimes.

As for the trips to DC from New York - Megabus is super cheap. It can be as cheap as $4.00 each way from NY to DC.

As for concerts, I'm not much of a concert goer as I am a bar hopper, lol, but there are always free concerts or live bands at various places in Greenwich Village. Take the D to the West 4th stop - guaranteed you'll run into something :)

Good luck!

My friend, may I recommend the following place to see and do in the Big Apple.

Landmarks

-Empire State Building

-Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island

-Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck

-Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the"Crossroads of the World")

-Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area

-United Nations

-Central Park

-Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too)

-Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the country)

-A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor)

-Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus

-Bronx Zoo/New York Botonical Garden

-Yankee Stadium

Museums

-Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 86 to East 103 Streets)

-Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Platerium)

-MoMa

-New Museum of Contemporary Art

-Madame Tussaud Wax Museum

-New York City Fire Museum

-New York City Police Museum

-Transit Museum

-The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum

-The Bronx Museum of the Arts

-Brooklyn Museum

-Milk Gallery

-American Craft Museum

-Museum of American Folk Art

-Museum of the Moving Image

-The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)

-The Municipal Art Society

Shopping

-Macy's (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square)

-Bloomingdale's (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets)

-The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don't max out you credit cards)

-FAO Schwarz

-Toys "R" Us in Times Square

-Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street)

-Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can't get on Fifth Avenue)

-NBA Store (for the basketball fan - 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street)

-The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue)

-The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street - Columbus Circle)

-Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth)

-M&M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue)

-Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping)

-H&M

-Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street)

-forever 21

-Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave)

-Abercrombie & Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets)

-American Eagle Outfiters (4 locations in Manhattan)

-Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan)

-Manhattan Mall

-Queens Center Mall

-Queens Place Mall

-Roosevelt Field Mall (on Long Island)

-Fulton Street Mall

-Kings Plaza Mall

-Woodbury Common Premium Outlets

-Garden State Plaza

-The Westchester Mall

-Palisades Center Mall

-Westfield Sunrise Mall

-Green Acres Mall

-Jersey Gardens

Restaurants

-Second Avenue Deli

-Carnegie Deli

-Stage Deli

-Junior's Cheescake (home to their World Famous Cheesecake)

-Mickey Mantle's Restaurant

Among others

In regard to a day trip to Washington, DC. The trip to DC takes about 4 hours each way, if you're going by either train or bus, and an hour each way by plane. There are plenty of things to see and do in the Nation's Capitol. Everthing from the White House to Capitol Hill, and from Washington Monument to the National Zoo.

I hope this information is very helpful.

Good luck and happy travels

Native New Yorker

visit the umpire state building and the statue of liberty.

bus tour to DC here, http://www.citysightsny.com/page.php?id=77

and lots of other things to do on there also

go to broadway ,shopping there is always fun