Here are my suggestions, based on our many trips to NYC (M's mom lives there, so we go a couple times a year at least):
1. We like LimoLiner a lot. They're priced equally with the train and the plane (actually, cheaper usually), and it's from the Hilton in Boston (near the Hynes Convention Center) to the Hilton in Manhattan (53rd and 6th).
3. There are a bunch of good kosher Indian restaurants in Little India -- Lexington Avenue at 27th/28th. A good list of kosher restaurants all over NY is at http://nachas.org/BethYehuda/kosher.html. As for off-the-beaten-path stuff to do, if you've got a couple of hours and like walking tours, check out Big Onion Walking Tours. Each tour is about 2 hours long, and they're absolutely wonderful. mabfan and I have done 8 of their tours so far.
4. We've done rush tickets for a couple of shows (though we weren't successful in either lottery) -- you show up at a given time and put your name and the number of tickets you want in their hopper. They then, at a specific time, pick names until they've filled the number of slots available. It doesn't in any way guarantee you get a ticket, but if you do get chosen, the tickets are cheaper than standard prices.
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1. We like LimoLiner a lot. They're priced equally with the train and the plane (actually, cheaper usually), and it's from the Hilton in Boston (near the Hynes Convention Center) to the Hilton in Manhattan (53rd and 6th).
3. There are a bunch of good kosher Indian restaurants in Little India -- Lexington Avenue at 27th/28th. A good list of kosher restaurants all over NY is at http://nachas.org/BethYehuda/kosher.html. As for off-the-beaten-path stuff to do, if you've got a couple of hours and like walking tours, check out Big Onion Walking Tours. Each tour is about 2 hours long, and they're absolutely wonderful.
4. We've done rush tickets for a couple of shows (though we weren't successful in either lottery) -- you show up at a given time and put your name and the number of tickets you want in their hopper. They then, at a specific time, pick names until they've filled the number of slots available. It doesn't in any way guarantee you get a ticket, but if you do get chosen, the tickets are cheaper than standard prices.