Things to do and ways to save in new york city

ART/MUSEUMS Manhattan rightly takes pride in its world-class museums. While admissions now top $25, most museums offer discounted tickets for those 65 and older. For example, the Museum of

Modern Art senior admission is discounted about 30 percent. WAYS TO SAVE: Many museums have free or pay-what-you-wish entry times on certain days. For example, on Thursdays, the Frick

Collection (temporarily housed in the former Whitney Museum building) is pay what you wish from 2 to 6 p.m. and the Museum of Jewish Heritage is free from 4 to 8 p.m. On Thursdays, tickets

are half-price at the Museum of Arts and Design, and you can pay what you wish at the New Museum (7 to 9 p.m.) and the International Center of Photography (6 to 9 p.m.). On the first Friday

of the month, the Museum of Modern Art is free from 4 to 8 p.m., but every Friday is pay what you wish at the New-York Historical Society from 6 to 8 p.m. and at the Whitney Museum of

American Art from 7 to 10 p.m. The Jewish Museum is free all day Saturday, and admission to the Guggenheim is free on Saturdays after 4 p.m. If New York is the art mecca of the world,

Chelsea is its thumping heartbeat. Gallery hopping among its 125 cutting-edge galleries costs nothing (unless you snap up a great buy, that is). LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Jazz is best served up at 

the Village Vanguard, as it has been since 1935, or Jazz at Lincoln Center, which performs in the Time Warner Center. Consider the acoustically perfect Carnegie Hall for classical music

performances and pop concerts, or Lincoln Center for the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic and the New York City Ballet. (When available, discounted tickets for Lincoln Center

performances can be bought in the David Rubenstein Atrium.) For theater lovers, New York typically has more than 100 curtains going up each night — musicals, comedies and dramas, and some of

the best shows, performers and theaters in the world. Broadway, with 41 theaters in the Times Square area, is the crown jewel. Hot or not, tickets are more available from January through

late March than during holidays and the touristy summer season. Midweek shows, particularly those on Tuesdays, are less crowded than those performed Friday through Sunday, and Saturday

nights require booking the farthest ahead. WAYS TO SAVE: For same-day tickets for Broadway shows, you can find bargains of up to 50 percent off at the TKTS Discount Booth in Times Square and

Lincoln Center, where you’ll need to stand in line to purchase what’s available that day. To check availability first, browse real-time listings online. If you don’t want to line up, the

online service TodayTix has discounted tickets for top shows.