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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a fairly frequent visitor to NYC and have mobility issues, too. (Chronic illnesss, can walk only limited distances without pain, stairs are hard.) My coping strategies for the best visit are:

1) In general, take advantage of what the city offers in terms of saving walking energy so the limited walking tolerance can be used on museums, etc.
2) Take busses, because dealing with the stairs in and out of the subway can be difficult. CityMapper app is great for strategizing transit. I like to choose a hotel that's right on a bus line convenient to a lot of places I'll want to go.
3) Don't be afraid to take taxis. My frugal grandparents are shouting at me from beyond the grave, but in a city full of cabs, why suffer?
4) Prioritize smaller museums. The Met is wonderful but overwhelming and involves a lot of walking just within the museum. (Ditto MOMA.) Go to the Whitney, the Cooper Hewitt, the Museum of the City of New York, the Cloisters, the Morgan Library—all places where there's plenty of opportunity to sit and contemplate art, as well as nice cafes in most.

On the Circle Line: for me, that would be kind of cold and miserable in February and it bored me silly even in nice weather when I was a tween.[/quote]

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