Heliport

Manhattan has several primary heliports serving the general public and private helicopter companies that provide charter services, tours and scheduled air transportation to and from New York City's airports. Helicopter tour is another popular way to experience the sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline. This heliport is located in downtown Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bridge.

Thousands Join Occupy Wall Street March Across Brooklyn Bridge

Pro-Occupy slogans were projected onto one side of the Verizon Building

View of Manhattan skyline from the Brooklyn Bridge

The Occupy Wall Street Movement marked it's second month of protests today by holding a mass "Day of Action" in different parts of the city. Rallies were held and subway stations were "occupied." Yesterday, the protesters were evicted from Zuccotti park. The day's protests culminated in a march across the Brooklyn Bridge. Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters and supporters joined the march.

Water Taxi Beach South Street Seaport - Manhattan's "Beach" With The Best View Of The Brooklyn Bridge

Water Taxi Beach & Beer Garden South Street Seaport is an 18,000-square-foot "beach" with pillowy sand, colorful faux palm trees, ping-pong, and nautically-themed miniature golf. Located along the water’s edge on the north side of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport, this Beach offers the most spectacular views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the East River, seafood and a full roster of drinks. After sunset, Water Taxi Beach South Street Seaport becomes a playground for the 21+ crowd with rotating legendary NYC DJs all week and parties all weekend long. Water Taxi Beach South Street Seaport is a perfect venue for private parties and corporate events.

SEX AND THE CITY New York City Hotspots

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park

Magnolia Bakery at 11 th Street and Bleecker Street in West Village

Manolo Blahnik's Boutique on 54th Street, across from the Museum of Modern Art

Brooklyn Bridge

Bryant Park

Location of the wedding drama from the movie

The New York Public Library

With the success of the HBO series and movie SEX AND THE CITY, several New York City local favorites and well-known landmarks have become part of pop culture or favorite tourist destinations. The Sex and the City hotspots include Bryant Park (Fashion Week), the New York Public Library, 40th Street where the “you’ve humiliated me” wedding scene was filmed, Magnolia Bakery, Brooklyn Bridge, etc. Shoes by Manolo Blahnik have also stormed the gates of pop culture. For fans of Sex and the City, there is a three-and-a-half hour guided bus tour that twists and turns through the Sex and the City girls' stomping ground, visiting the restaurants where they wine and dine, the shops at the center of Carrie Bradshaw's shoe fetish, the bars they frequent, and much more. The tour is called Sex and the City Hotspots Tour.

SAFETY CONCERNS WITH NY BRIDGES

This is a tripodless capture of the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges viewed from South Street Seaport’s Pier 17. As the nation reacted with shock to the recent deadly bridge collapse in Minnesota, Gov. Eliot Spitzer ordered stepped-up inspections of 49 deck truss bridges in the state including NYC’s Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Queensboro Bridge, Marine Parkway Bridge, 145th Street Bridge, West 207th Street Bridge and bridges on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Major Deegan Expressway. Some of the city bridges have been ranked only fair to poor in a recent survey by the Department of Transportation. The Brooklyn Bridge received a ranking of poor, and needs work on its ramps.