The part to leave is the tourist part and go seek out treasures outside Manhattan. Go to Coney Island on a weekday when there’s no one there. Take the Staten Island Ferry (it’s free) there and back when the weather is nice enough. Go to Brooklyn and visit the Brooklyn Museum. There’s a lot to see in New York and none of it involves Times Square or visiting the Statue of Liberty.
The part to leave is the tourist part and go seek out treasures outside Manhattan. Go to Coney Island on a weekday when there’s no one there. Take the Staten Island Ferry (it’s free) there and back when the weather is nice enough. Go to Brooklyn and visit the Brooklyn Museum. There’s a lot to see in New York and none of it involves Times Square or visiting the Statue of Liberty.
Meh, I can ride much nicer ferry’s and coney Island is a dump. NYC is trash as a tourist destination.