Times Square

You are meant to get to Times Square if you are in New York; it's a given, something almost involuntary and denies any calculated intention. If it's your first time in New York City, pure wonder will drive you there. Starting with your second or third visit, you'll start progressing to your own, layered 'prefer-to-avoid' stages; but whichever 'Times Square perception level' you are at, you'll find yourself gazing at the blinding lights just the same. After all - and if for the sake of absolutely nothing else - on a Sunday night, Times Square is still one of the rare proofs that New York is indeed 'the city that never sleeps'. (Keep in mind that by then, the rest of the city is literally having its third dream).

Rest assured. Times is the best place for a New York tourist to start off... simply because everyone else around you is doing practically the same. As far as anyone's concerned; finding a free, working wi-fi hotspot on Times Square is probably easier than bumping into a real New Yorker.