What places in New York City are there where you can sit down and get a good view?|171073

A good view of the skyline or nature that_s accessible by train or bus. Somewhere I can just sit down, and read and think.

Definitely check out the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

It_s got a lovely view of lower Manhattan, and there are many benches line the promenade. You can get there pretty easily by taking the R train to Court Street. Get off on the side that says _Montague Street_ and take the elevator to the street.

Walk along Montague Street AWAY from Court Street (Court Street is the busy street that is perpendicular to Montague.) Montegue Street dead ends into the Promenade after 5 blocks or so.

The view is just breathtaking!

The best views of the NYC skyline are from Jersey. You could take the PATH train to Hoboken and sit in the plaza around the corner from the path station. You could take a bus from Port Authority to Weehawken or West NY and sit on a bench on Blvd East, or go over to 38st and the river and take the ferry to weehawken.
Good Luck

Only nature in NYC is Central Park.

To see a panorama skyline you have to get away from the island, like on a ferry. Go to the Statue of Liberty perhaps.
Or go to NJ.

Otherwise, look up and there_s the skyline all over the city

I like Battery Park city, down near where the World Trade Center site. There is a nice park that that runs all the way down to the ferry. Nice way to pass some time.

I like Battery Park. Fond memories of sitting there looking out towards the Statue of Liberty and just enjoying the sunshine.

central park or top of a high building or empire state building