I suggest booking a 9:30pm table at a restaurant.  Once you're out of the tourist areas of Manhattan, many restaurants have their same menu or a reasonably priced set menu on NYE.  That way, you have a nice meal and you're in a festive environment when the clock turns midnight.

Posted Dec 28, 2010

How about the Midnight Run in Central Park? 4 miles with runners in costumes, bands, fireworks. If you don't want to run, put on a costume and join the parade. Check out the New York Roadrunners Club website for details (www.nyrr.org).

Posted Dec 30, 2010

The party at the Brooklyn Brewery: http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/blog/2010/12/10/taste-the-new-year-at-the-brooklyn-brewery/

$100. Lots of specialty beers and food included. Limited to 150 people. I'm going.

Posted Dec 30, 2010

Mars Bar

Posted Jan 06, 2011