There was a fabric shop in the garment district that sold me some delish pansy pattered fabric. However, the rest of the store had material that must have been used in show dresses and gowns for balls and they were like the most expensive, gorgeous eye candy I ever saw. Cost per yard was $700-900. And that was 7 or 8 years ago! Nice to see though.

Here's a store in New York City https://vfwquilts.com/pages/retail-shop. She has lovely fabric, I have purchased her fabrics online, they are scrumptious!

I have gone to Mood, which has been on Project Runway. It is on the third floor of a building in midtown, open to the public and has a web site (Google Mood). I purchased a lot of cotton there for quilts I had not seen anywhere else, at reasonable prices. (I had to ship home the fabric.) Check their hours. They have a lot of differen fabrics, but it does not have neatly wrapped fabric like most quilt stores; however you can find some gems on the rolls.

Well, cloisters, Musuem of Modern Art, a broadway show, the three rivers boat tour ( great history and shots of Lady Liberty).
Garment district for fabric and notions. There is a store called Metro Textiles. On 9th floor of what looks like an office building. Jaw dropping amount of fabric in small shop. He has all types, not specifically quilting. I will admit i bought mostly dress making fabric, italian silk wool blends for suits, silk lining fabric, cotton lawn. But well worth the visit, i order from him by phone now when i want something specific. He remembers me: calls me the Woolen's Lady and i shopped his store once in person and he knew me the second time i called looking for suit fabric.
Oh yes, did i mention the silk wool blends were only 20.00 a yard, the lawn about 8.00 and by the time we got to lining for the suits, that was 5.00. so prices were amazing.
His cutter used to work in garment industry, just looked at me and knew how much yardage to cut for any garment i suggested, so no pattern, no problem. He was right on and i've had no problems matching fabric to patterns later.
he'll ship it home for you as well.

My favorite locations when I traveled there were the Chrysler building, I think it's the prettiest in NYC. There was also a museum that showcased quilts but I can't remember the name of it, and it's possible they've rotated their exhibits since then.

Too bad about City Quilter closing. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. You can see a Broadway show and gets tickets cheaper at TKTS booths around NYC. www.tkts.org - had a hard time getting it to copy and paste for some tech reason. You can get tickets half off the day of a performance - well worth it.

Be sure to go to the Garment district in Manhattan. http://garmentdistrict.nyc/

I loved the Immigrant Museum

So many places! As far as shows The Lion King is a breathtaking showcase of costume and make up art as well as musical talent. My DS & DDL recently saw Wicked & Bette Midler in Hello Dolly both were amazing. Also loved Beauty & the Beast. The 9/11 Memorial is heartbreakingly beautiful.