We stayed in an apartment not far from Central Park and near a Whole Foods (that stuff's important ya know ) and it was okay. Super tiny and the beds were not flash. It was one bedroom with a fold out couch in the loungeroom but it did the job as we could cook for ourselves and the location was convenient. I'd have to look it up but I'm pretty sure we booked it through homeaway.

The kids loved going to Times Square- go visit Toys R Us there for sure, the ferris wheel inside is a hit. The Museum of Natural History is great. Central Park zoo is kind of fun, though fairly small. If you're into toy stores then visiting FAO Schwartz is also great- they have the walk on piano there.

The kids also loved catching the subway. A good trip for us seeing we were up near the park was going down to south end of manhattan and looking at the Statue of Liberty. We didn't do the ferry ride out there as we'd done it before (pre-kids) and it's fairly crowded so wouldn't have suited our little ones.

So fun to plan!! It'll be great- very exciting