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Beginner's Guide To New York

Whether you just moved to New York or it's your first visit, NYC.com recommends you start here for all sorts of useful information and tips about navigating the great city. We've packed our beginners' section with information on airport, transportation, important contact information for visitors from abroad, maps, neighborhood guides, and even a section on the many wonderful educational institutions here in New York!

Dozens of airlines serve LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports, and these massive airports can be confusing for the first-time visitor to New York. We'll help you navigate them and get you to and from there.
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This budget guide was designed specifically to help you maximize savings. After you check out the budget guide, do also visit our Getting Around section, full of useful information about how to get here and how to get from points A to B and everywhere in between. For cheap travel and money-saving tips, read on!
Home to over one hundred missions to the United Nations, New York City is also served by dozens of consulates that provide various consular services to assist their citizens.
You want to know where you can find free public wifi, and maybe also enjoy a coffee and sandwich at the same time. We tell you where the best free wifi hotspots are in New York.
One of the most important factors in a selecting a hotel these days is: do they or don't they...have free WiFi and Internet? Travelers to New York who seek free wireless Internet should definitely see our list of hotels to learn where they can surf the Web and enjoy free WiFi.
Want maps of Manhattan, Brooklyn, subway maps, bus maps, and other interactive NYC maps? Getting around America's most populous city is a snap with our handy maps. And did you know you can zoom in and out, up and down, and see any address using our amazing street view or bird's eye view features?
Not just for the disabled, senior citizens, foreign visitors—but great information for *all* on insider tips, where to store luggage, where to find public toilets, shopping tips, safety & security, telephones & Internet. Check it out!
Although New York City has over eight million people, it is composed of dozens of neighborhoods that are quite distinct and certainly unique. Get to know a number of them and you'll have a great lens onto the city.
Home to dozens of colleges and universities, New York City is a world leader in higher education. Learn about some of the many institutes of higher education in the five boroughs.
What you need to know about visas, citizenship, work authorization, travel and so much more. Make sure you read our Expatriate Guide, full of dozens of useful articles on moving to New York from overseas.
Read more about the AirTrain, Amtrak, Atlantic City Express Sevice (ACES), Biking, Bridges, Buses (New York City and long-distance), Cruise Terminals, Disabled and Mature Travelers, Driving and Car Rental, Ferry Service, Limousines. the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, New York City Transportation Maps, Parking, the PATH Train, Subway, Taxis, Terminals, Tunnels, and plain old Walking.
All you need to know to plan your trip to New York City: get your orientation and information, from Broadway tips to foreign visitor information, hotel basics, insider info, visa waiver program, weather facts, when to go and where to stay.