Fun things to do in New York City?

Too many to name. Get a travel guidebook to NYC at your library and figure out what you want to do. If you're only going for one day, you're going to have to plan carefully. You'll also want to be familiar with the subway system and how to use it, unless you just want to stay around the Times Square area.

Those three things you mentioned aren't really "special", in the sense that every tourist who visits NYC wants to visit them. Times Square is a bunch of bright lights and crowds of tourists, but everyone seems to think they HAVE to go there. Your visit to the ESB will be shorter/quicker if you get your tickets ahead of time; otherwise, there will be a long wait with all the other tourists. Some people feel going to the Top of the Rock is a better experience. Central Park is HUGE - what part of it do you want to go to? You'll need to figure that out ahead of time, along with how to get there, what path to take, etc.

You can also get info from the on-line travel guidebook sites, e.g. TripAdvisor.com, Fodor's, Frommer's, etc. Or, you can do a search on "NYC tourism" for lots of info.

The three sights you mentioned are within walking distance of each other, if you're prepared for a long walk, have comfortable shoes, etc. Walking the streets of NYC is one of the "special" things to do in the city.

My friend, there are a lot of places to go and things to see and do in New York City. Therefore, may I recommend the blog post at the link below, which has a small list of the top attractions in the New York City.

For the full list of attractions, click on the link at the bottom of the blog post.

Good luck

Native New Yorker