A question about NYC?

First of all, in regards to Koreatown. It is located on 31st Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue, two blocks south of the Empire State Building. The nearest subway station is the 34th Street Herald Square station on the "B", "D", "F", "V", "N", "R", "Q" and "W" lines (Orange and Yellow Lines on the subway map).

Second, in regards to place to eat in New York City. There are thousands of the restaurants in the Five Boroughs of New York City. Depending on your taste, your budget and your preferred location, may I recommend the links below.

http://www.urbanspoon.com/c/3/New-York-restaurants... -- Urbanspoon. You can find restaurants either by price, location or cuisine.

http://www.ny.com/dining/ -- NY.com. You can find plenty of restaurant information at this link. Everything from H&H Bagel to fine dining at Le Cirque. Bon appetit!

Third, in regard to thing to do and see in the Big Apple, may I recommend the following.

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")

-Catch a Broadway show

-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 (both the old and the new)

-City Island

-Riverdale

-Governor's Island

Museums

-Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 82nd to East 103rd Streets)

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

-MoMa

-Whitney Museum of American Art

-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 Outfitters (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

I hope this information is very helpful. If you have any questions or need travel directions while in town, just drop me a line by clicking on the avatar and e-mail icon in the profile. I'll be glad to help.

Good luck

Native New Yorker

the main drag (where all the shops and restaurants are) of Koreatown is West 32nd Street from Broadway to 5th Avenue.

all you need to do is walk up and down the street, and you will quickly find places to buy your CD, as well as a restaurant you can afford (just read the menus...).

the closest subway is 34th Street / Herald Square, where the B/D/F and N/Q/R/W trains meet. it's also a 5 minute walk to Penn Station and the 1/2/3 and A/C/E trains to the west, and to the 33rd Street station of the 4/5/6 trains to the east.

and you are almost literally across the street from the main Macy's department store, and Manhattan Mall.

everyone answered pretty well, but to answer your question about the CD in K-Town: AM Music is there and they sell CDs & stuff but it's very overpriced. there's also a place Koryo Books which sells kpop CDs but it's also overpriced, like $25 for a CD.

a restaurant I can recommend in K-town is woorijip. it's buffet-style and it's cheap & delicious. kum gang san is on the more expensive side, but also cheap. try to get lunch specials haha~~

in my opinion, tho, you would be better off getting CDs/eating korean food in Flushing, Queens (about 30mins train ride from K-town, take the N/Q/R/W one stop then transfer to the 7 at "42nd St - Times Square" and take it all the way to the last stop "Flushing - Main Street"). it's a very korean & also very chinese area, and they have awesome restaurants, lots of bubble tea shops, and cheaper places to get kpop CDs. :)

also cheap to buy from yesasia.com... but I wouldn't say do that for just 1 CD because w/ shipping it will turn out to be the same price as in a store..

good luck!

Just to add a couple more things -

For free stuff: http://www.freenyc.net/

http://www.clubfreetime.com/

http://www.freeinnyc.net/

http://www.ny.com/museums/free.html

http://www.yelp.com/events/new-york-free-nyc-desse...

And pick up a Village Voice when you get into Manhattan to check out for more things - not all will be free. You can find a Voice at most corners. Just look for the red plastic newspaper holders on corners. It's a free paper.

Street fairs:

http://www.nycstreetfairs.com/sched.html

For places to eat, most places have the menu posted on the window so if you see something that you like the looks of while walking around, just go up and check out the window. If no menu, just go in and ask to see one. You don't have to get seated to see ir or stay if you don't like what they have to offer.