there are 3 mains ways of doing it. those i've tried anyway.
1) cab it. seriously the yellow cabs that literally just line the streets of manhattan are the most expensive but accurate way of getting to where you wanna go. they can be hailed randomly on the street. warning would be for traffic and their driving in general. they know where they are going, esp since the GPS in the car is for the passengers' benefit, not theirs. its just their nice speeding techniques that you might not like.
2) subway. its extremely easy to use though the initial induction to it may come as a rude shock. it could really use some perfume or just a good scrub. i tried to avoid going down there the 1st day because the light reminded me of some poor quality horror movie. after i finally got into it. i was horrified at the fat! rat that was running on the train tracks. my landlady said tt there was once a joke that the NY could use rats as a symbolic animal. after staring at the subway, i agree with it. it looks and operates similar to the one in Paris but the level of cleanliness are like polar opposites.
3) Walking. the grid system makes most of manhattan very easy to navigate. the downside is that there are a whole load of potholes on the roads. it takes a whole long time to walk around but its free and the weather during the day is beautiful. everything is walking distance from each other and it allows for more stuff to be seen.
