There are many exhibits including the concorde, seen here with Elmo, the aircraft carrier the Intrepid, the space shuttle Pavillion and the submarine Growler. If you ever watched the Will Smith movie I am Legend you will remember the Black Bird he played golf off, well it's here as well.
Beside the museum you can take a boat ride around Manhattan or as far as the Statue of Liberty.
The area is known as Midtown West and there are lots of decent hotels in the area.