{"id":502,"date":"2007-12-19T15:38:45","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T19:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/19\/ring-in-the-new-year-in-a-new-york-habitat-accommodation\/"},"modified":"2012-10-26T15:31:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T19:31:02","slug":"ring-in-the-new-year-in-a-new-york-habitat-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/19\/ring-in-the-new-year-in-a-new-york-habitat-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring in the New Year in a New York Habitat Accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>New York City. Times Square. New Year\u2019s Eve&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/d23.jpg\" alt=\"Times Square Manhattan New York at sunset\" width=\"223\" height=\"296\" align=\"right\" \/>We needn\u2019t say more, but we will anyway. New York City, for better or worse, considers itself the center of the world and on no day of the year is this attitude more evident than on New year\u2019s eve. <strong>For North America, <a title=\"New York City Travel tips\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/\">New York City<\/a> is undoubtedly the focus of the continent\u2019s calendar celebration and the epicenter of said party is Times Square.<\/strong> New York Habitat has the <a title=\"Vacation Rentals in Midtown West, NY\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/manhattan\/midtown-west\">accommodations in Midtown West<\/a> to keep you as close, or as far from, the over-the-top festivities as you like.<\/p>\n<p>Times Square, centrally located in <a title=\"Travel Guide to Midtown West, NY\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/new-york-travel-guide\/new-york-neighborhoods\/midtown-west\/\">Midtown West<\/a>, is a unique surrounding to say the least. On a regular day, visitors can expect to see throngs of tourists navigating a conglomeration of pedestrian and vehicular (automobiles, street-cart vendors, mounted policemen, bicycle rickshaws) traffic, impressed, overwhelmed, or in awe of the sensory overload that is Times Square. On new year\u2019s eve multiply the intense daily ambiance by about a million. Times Square on the last day of the year is absolutely packed with revelers. Despite the enormous number of people attending and the sometimes wild revelers on new year\u2019s eve, there are relatively few reported incidences during celebration festivities. The police presence is substantial and consuming alcohol is prohibited on the streets.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A great option, should you decide that standing in sub-zero temperatures is not for you, is reserving a space in a Times Square restaurant.<\/strong> Places can be few and pricey but the views and ambiance (in addition to the option to have a drink) are often worth the extra bucks. A third option, and possibly the best, is to stay at home in your <a title=\"New York City Apartment Rentals\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\">New York apartment<\/a> with a bottle of champagne and the ones you love.<\/p>\n<p>Right behind Port Authority and just blocks from Times Square fete is this sleek and tastefully decorated <a title=\"New York Accommodation: 1 Bedroom Apartment Rental in Midtown West (NY-14726)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/14726\">1-bedroom vacation rental in Midtown West-Chelsea (NY-14726)<\/a>. On the East Side, in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan is this unique \u00a0<a title=\"New York Accommodation: 1 Bedroom Rental in Murray Hill (NY-14286\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/14286\">1-bedroom rental apartment in Murray Hill, Midtown East (NY-14286) <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watching the infamous ball drop on television is one thing. Being in the center of the world\u2013if only for one night, is another.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City. Times Square. New Year\u2019s Eve&#8230; We needn\u2019t say more, but we will anyway. New York City, for better or worse, considers itself&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12014,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/12014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}