New York in 9 hours or less

[crazy canuck]

Next week I have a nine your lay over in Newark with my family in the middle of the night - landing at 9 pm local time.  The current plan is to hire a driver for a driving tour of the city for a couple hours and then get some sleep at the airport hotel.

All advice regarding what we might do on the tour or alternatives is appreciated.

[MadImmortalMan]

Make reservations for Le Bernadin.

[The Brain]

Luckily there's an instructional movie.

[Zanza]

Go to Rockefeller Center, see the Christmas tree and go to the viewing deck on top if it is still open. Walk over to Times Square. Go back to the airport.

[Admiral Yi]

Night time walking tour of Newark.

:lmao:

[Eddie Teach]

[Ideologue]

Luckily there's an instructional movie.

Favorite Scorsese film.

[garbon]

Walk over to Times Square.

Probably not good on a driving tour.

[Malthus]

Luckily there's an instructional movie.

Favorite Scorsese film.

I love how that movie poster makes it look like a rom-com. 

[Admiral Yi]

On a serious note, I don't think you have enough time to head in to town and back to Newark airport.

Here's what you do: hire a car, have him take your family to Bergen, Frank Sinatra's home town.  Some reasonable places for dinner there.

After dinner you drive up to Weehauken.  The town is nothing at all, but it has an unbelievable view of the Manhattan skyline across the Hudson.  Bring a camera.

All this takes place on the west side of the Hudson, so you're not eating up all your time in a tunnel.

[crazy canuck]

Thanks for the tip Yi, I was wondering about the timing issue.

[Ed Anger]

How about the Intrepid?

[Jacob]

Thanks for the tip Yi, I was wondering about the timing issue.

Where are you guys going?

[Capetan Mihali]

have him take your family to Bergen, Frank Sinatra's home town.

Bergen, as in the county?     You must mean Hoboken.  Which is in Hudson County. 

Anyways, I like Yi's idea a lot.

[alfred russel]

Forget a driving tour. Get a cab to leave you off in Brooklyn, then walk across the bridge into Manhattan and make your way up to Central Park. On your way you can walk through a lot of the major neighborhoods and see a lot of the landmarks in NYC. If you get tired, just find a park, restaurant, or bar to rest in.