what neighborhood? midtown is always crowded from after dawn until midnight downtown is crowded until 5pm. SoHo is crowded most of the day with shoppers, chinatown is crowded on canal and grand streets most daylight hourslower east side is crowded late at night thursday-sunday
The people traffic really isn t as bad as the commuter traffic. I wouldn t fret too much about it. I live in upper Manhattan, and the people traffic is not heavy at all. However, where most of the sites and sounds are, which is really in lower Manhattan and in Brooklyn and Queens, there is some pretty heavy people traffic -- Times Square, especially. The people traffic, day and night, is heavy. However, on the East Side, it s really not too bad. If you really want to avoid running into people, I would suggest just staying inside from between five and seven, when most people are coming home from work; it s when the most people are our all around the city.All the best ?
I do not live in NYC but I have been there a few times, from what I ve seen the sidewalks don t really clear up - they are always busy.Also - if your trip is not related to Christmas (sightseeing, rockettes) - wait til spring!
NYC is the best place on earth BECAUSE of the people. Don��t avoid them embrace them and you and your friend will have a great time. Look up the Hook and Ladder on 3rd and 34th. It��s fun and cheap.
Way back when, the Manhattan streets were still packed at 3 a.m. from Greenwich Village to Times Square. In total, there are 20 million in the NY Metro region.