>>77395>>1. Statue of LibertyNo.
>>3. Ground ZeroNo.
>>6. Time SquareNo. Well, maybe go through it once at night. But that should hopefully be enough of this Disneyland.
>>ethnic food.>>Try Little Italylol.
>>2.Don't walk around and take the subway after 11PM.Do. Just don't do that in the middle of a project or something. Especially being from Memphis, no where in NYC is going to be all that scary. Statistically, its one of the safest major US cities (I believe only San Diego and Honolulu have lower crime rates).
But yes, do get an all-day Metro Card, and do go to MoMa or the Met (plenty more galleries to see, but unless you really like art galleries, if you're there for for only a weekend then you should probably just stick to the best of the best), and the view from the ESB is something you should see at least once in your lifetime.
Now, I'm a bit vague when it comes to what to see (especially when so little information is given), but neighborhood-wise, do see the likes of the East Village, Upper East and West Sides, West Village, Lower East Side, Downtown, Greenwich, Columbia Heights, and Brooklyn Heights. If you're more adventurous to see more of the Outer Boroughs, then I'd also recommend Park Slope, Sunset Park, Williamsburg, Brighton Beach/Coney island in Brooklyn; Astoria, Jackson Heights, Flushing, and the Rockaways in Queens; and the Grand Concourse, Kingsbridge, and Riverdale in the Bronx.