The New York Produce Show is once again being held at Pier 94, located at 55th St. and the West Side Highway in the heart of Manhattan, on Dec. 10-12.

In order to help attendees make the most of their trip to the Big Apple, The Produce News researched many interesting, entertaining and exciting happenings going on in the city from the weekend prior to the show through weekend following it — along with what is always available of interest.

Getting around what is often referred to as the capital of the world, has never been easier. And remember, even Mayor Bloomberg takes the subway to work. The subway, bus and train services — known as the MTA — are among the most efficient in the world. Go to mta.info, and you’ll be on your way to anywhere you want to go to or from, and download a subway map to get started.

From one end of the five NYC Burroughs to the opposite end, it takes about 45 minutes to an hour by subway. Within Manhattan alone, you can get from 215th Street — the most northern subway stop, to the South Ferry stop, the furthest southern stop, on the No. 1 line in 30 minutes or less.

You can even take the subway or bus service to and from John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports. A single ride (including connections at all stations) costs $2.25. A one-way taxi fare from JFK Airport is approximately $70 (including tolls and tip).

You can also purchase an unlimited 1-Day Fun MTA Pass for $8.25 that has no limits on how many times you can take a subway line or a bus within the five Burroughs. There are numerous other offers, including a one-week unlimited pass for $27.

If you’re traveling from New Jersey, Connecticut or Pennsylvania, train and bus services are simple to maneuver and very cost effective.

A word of advice if you plan on doing the taxi route regularly: an available cab can be really hard to find from about 4:30 to 6:30 in the afternoon. Taxis are also subjected to the same traffic jams as vehicles. Those of us who have used taxis regularly in the city share experiences when we could have walked that 25 blocks to our destination faster than the taxi was able to get us there. On that note; while it’s nice to dress up and go out for dinner in NYC, put your high-heels in your tote bag and wear good comfy walking shoes.

Parking your own car in the city is doable, but usually pretty pricey — and parking tickets are even pricier. So, unless you know the city, you might want to consider a different option.

The new “Hubway” bike service (thehubway.com) is another fun option if you like to peddle. New York has quickly become a bicycle haven, and Hubway has over 100 bike hubs where you can rent a bike, take it to a different hub near your destination and drop it off.

Helicopter tours, waterway sightseeing tours, open-top tour buses and so much more are available in the city to help you take in as much as possible during your visit.

For art lovers, here’s a fast written tour of what’s going on during the NYPS:

At the Whitney Museum of American Art (whitney.org), exhibitions will include Robert Indiana: Beyond Love, and T.J. Wilcox: In the Air.

In addition to its permanent collection and other exhibitions, the Guggenheim Museum (guggenheim.org) will be exhibiting Christopher Wool, Robert Motherwell: Early Collages, Kandinsky in Paris, 1934–44.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) is one of the world’s most famous museums, and is now open seven days a week. As usual, it will have a plethora of exhibitions running in December, including Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim, and Balthus Cats and Girls—Paintings and Provocations.

Modern art lovers always head right for the Museum of Modern Art (moma.org). American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe will be on exhibit in December, as will Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938, among numerous other exhibitions.

Many of New York’s museums also offer free live musical performances and lectures, so check the schedules to see what’s being offered during your stay.

If you’d like to see Ground Zero and the 9/11 Tribute Center (911memorial.org/visitor-passes), make sure to get tickets as far in advance as possible. The lines are long, but the wait is worth the touching and deeply solemn experience.

The Space Shuttle Pavilion, showcasing the space shuttle Enterprise, is now open at the Intrepid Museum (intrepidmuseum.org). The museum also displays a British Airways Concorde, the Submarine Growler and much more of air and sea history.

If you lucky enough to be in the city on a Sunday morning, you’re in for a treat if you visit one of Harlem’s famous Sunday morning gospel services to enjoy the outstanding gospel singing. Try the Abyssinian Baptist Church, or check out any of the many others at harlemspirituals.com.

New York City also offers passes that enable visitors a savings on a combination of attractions. The New York Pass (newyorkpass.com) offers up to 80 attractions for an $85 fee.

And don’t forget to get to the villages and special communities. Besides Harlem, take a walk through the West Village, or for the more eclectic, the East Village. Don’t miss Little Italy and adjacent Chinatown, or SoHo and NoHo, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, the Flatiron district, Gramercy and too many others to mention. A quick visit to nycgo.com/manhattan will introduce you to all of NYC’s villages and what they are best known for.

It goes without saying that visits to Times Square, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, as well as ice skating at Rockefeller center are always at the top of the-do list for first-time NYC visitors.

Shopping abounds in NYC more than just about anywhere, and there are plenty of deals to be had. Just ask any New Yorker and you’ll end up with a list too long to visit all.

For Broadway and off-Broadway shows, and music, dance and performances of all other types, just visit ppc.broadway.com and toponlinetickets.com to see what’s on the menu.

Looking for a great restaurant? The saying among New Yorkers is that you could eat at a different restaurant every day, three meals a day, for an entire average lifetime, and never run out of a new restaurant in which to eat. Virtually every cuisine in the world is represented in the city.

Ask your hotel concierge or even better, take a walk around and pop into a place that looks interesting. The best eateries in the city are often discovered this way.

Tea houses, coffee shops, wine bars, specialty beverage events — you name it, NYC’s got it.

If you’re a book lover, treat yourself to a visit any of the city’s manor book stores, including Strand’s (strandbooks.com). It’s New York City’s legendary home of 18 miles of new, used and rare books, which has been in business since 1927.

Throw yourself out there — hike through the small nearly hidden spaces of Central Park; walk up the grand staircase of Columbia University; visit New York University; take the subway to Roosevelt Island and see the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park. Also, try to not miss a chance to walk the new High Line Park. It is a one-mile linear park built on a 1.45-mile section of the elevated former New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. It runs along the lower west side of Manhattan, and fairly close to Pier 94. The park has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway, and is truly beautiful.

Check out the street art in the Villages. Do a flea market. Eat, have a coffee, tea or other beverage of your choice, then walk to where you’ll eat or drink again. It will be an experience of a lifetime.