New York,

• To stay:
  Milford Plaza Hotel
  
  • 700 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
    

  To do:
  

  • Little Italy, Chinatown, Greenwich Village
    
  • SoHo
    "South of Houston Street" is a neighborhood rich in culture, with modern art galleries, trend-setting fashion boutiques, eclectic restaurants, antiques, collectables, as well as the Guggenheim Museum's new So-Ho branch located at 530 Broadway
    
    
  • The Empire State Building
    350 5th Avenue (between 33rd and 34th Streets)
    
    
  • Central Park
    Between 59th and 110th Streets and 5th to 8th Avenues
    Visit Belvedere Castle, Shakespeare's Garden, the Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir, and other sights in the most famous park in the world.
    
    
  • Times Square / Theater District
    Around 42nd Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
    
    
  • New York Public Library / Bryant Park
    40th to 42nd Streets (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
    Transportation by subway: B, D, F or Q train to 42nd Street, or the seven train to 5th Avenue.
    
    
  • Grand Central Terminal
    42nd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)
    Transportation by subway: S, four, five, six or seven train to Grand Central Station.
    
    
  • Rockefeller Center
    49th to 52nd Streets (between 5th and 7th Avenues)
    Transportation by subway: B, D, F or Q train to Rockefeller Center.
    
    
  • Radio City
    
    
  • Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
    46th Street and 12th Avenue
    The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
    
    
  • The Museum of Modern Art - Nine blocks
    
    
  • Carnegie Hall - 12 blocks

I have no idea if it would be difficult or not to make a trip to Brooklyn to visit some of the craft shops I've seen on Threadbanger.