Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Arts & Culture

Dinosaurs! Beautiful museum; good for kids and adults alike (and by donation!)
1623 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museo Americano de Historia Natural
200 Central Park West
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Dinosaurs! Beautiful museum; good for kids and adults alike (and by donation!)
Just across the park, best museum in NY if you have to choose (in my opinion). There is always an interesting exhibition and the permanent collection is outstanding. Something for everyone!
2653 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
El Museo Metropolitano de Arte
1000 5th Ave
2653 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Just across the park, best museum in NY if you have to choose (in my opinion). There is always an interesting exhibition and the permanent collection is outstanding. Something for everyone!
This movie theatre has reclining barcaloungers and assigned seating. You're welcome.
138 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
AMC 84th Street 6
2310 Broadway
138 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
This movie theatre has reclining barcaloungers and assigned seating. You're welcome.
Always some amazing performer doing a show here. Try and catch one while you're here!
95 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Teatro Beacon
2124 Broadway
95 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Always some amazing performer doing a show here. Try and catch one while you're here!
Ballet or Opera? Or sit and have a coffee by the fountain while the students from Julliard shuttle past? Great people watching spot if the performing arts aren't your bag.
621 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Plaza
621 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ballet or Opera? Or sit and have a coffee by the fountain while the students from Julliard shuttle past? Great people watching spot if the performing arts aren't your bag.
For the Modern Art-lover.
2114 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
2114 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
For the Modern Art-lover.

Sightseeing

John Lennon Memorial with the "Imagine" mosaic. Also the Dakota apartment where John Lennon was shot and Yoko Ono still resides is visible from the memorial.
121 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Campos de Fresas
West 72nd Street
121 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
John Lennon Memorial with the "Imagine" mosaic. Also the Dakota apartment where John Lennon was shot and Yoko Ono still resides is visible from the memorial.
It's in every single movie about NY so you would be remiss to pass it by. Also offers lovely views of people in their rowboats in the summer.
51 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Terraza de Bethesda
72 Terrace Dr
51 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
It's in every single movie about NY so you would be remiss to pass it by. Also offers lovely views of people in their rowboats in the summer.
Also a very iconic part of Central Park. Beautiful tree lined strip with vendors and musicians.
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Mall
The Mall
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Also a very iconic part of Central Park. Beautiful tree lined strip with vendors and musicians.
Great for a quick 5K stroll or run. Beautiful views!
142 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
142 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great for a quick 5K stroll or run. Beautiful views!
That skinny building you always see in posters of NY
304 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Edificio Flatiron
175 5th Ave
304 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
That skinny building you always see in posters of NY
New York's above-ground (in an overpass) park. Great to grab a coffee and stroll with the view of the city and the river on either side of you.
2323 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Parque High Line
2323 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
New York's above-ground (in an overpass) park. Great to grab a coffee and stroll with the view of the city and the river on either side of you.
Amazing zoo you would never guess you were in NY (if you are into zoos at all this one is larger than most)
572 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Zoológico del Bronx
2300 Southern Blvd
572 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Amazing zoo you would never guess you were in NY (if you are into zoos at all this one is larger than most)
Because you have to do it even though it is the most obnoxious place on earth. At least go see a show and make the ordeal of walking through there worthwhile
829 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Theater District
829 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Because you have to do it even though it is the most obnoxious place on earth. At least go see a show and make the ordeal of walking through there worthwhile
I always recommend doing this one for daytime views (over the Empire State Building).
423 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Top of the Rock
30 Rockefeller Plaza
423 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
I always recommend doing this one for daytime views (over the Empire State Building).
Not my favorite (I prefer Top of the Rock), but if you're going to go I suggest going at night.
1787 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Edificio Empire State
20 W 34th St
1787 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Not my favorite (I prefer Top of the Rock), but if you're going to go I suggest going at night.
Big church.
253 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
253 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Big church.
Just walk over it. You won't regret it, and you can treat yourself to ice cream when you get to the other side.
1505 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
1505 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Just walk over it. You won't regret it, and you can treat yourself to ice cream when you get to the other side.
Just do it. (Or ride the SI ferry roundtrip for free--it gets pretty close)
1303 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Statue of Liberty Museum Shop
1 Liberty Island - Ellis Island
1303 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Just do it. (Or ride the SI ferry roundtrip for free--it gets pretty close)
Interesting museum
178 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ellis Island
178 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Interesting museum
I don't know why but people always want to see the outside of this building. It's not like you get to walk around pretending to be a trader, this isn't an 80s movie.
190 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Wall Street
Wall Street
190 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
I don't know why but people always want to see the outside of this building. It's not like you get to walk around pretending to be a trader, this isn't an 80s movie.
People always ask where it is.
186 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Toro de Carga
Bowling Green
186 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
People always ask where it is.
Get some dumplings.
497 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Chinatown
497 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Get some dumplings.

Food Scene

My favorite burgers in NYC. Started downtown, this is the UWS location--it has spread to have locations in the US and in the UK. YUM.
993 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Shake Shack
Madison Avenue
993 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
My favorite burgers in NYC. Started downtown, this is the UWS location--it has spread to have locations in the US and in the UK. YUM.
Great for casual but slightly upscale brunch. One free boozy drink with Sunday brunch too!
37 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Isabella's
359 Columbus Ave
37 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great for casual but slightly upscale brunch. One free boozy drink with Sunday brunch too!
All-you-can-drink sangria is included with brunch. Nuff said.
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Calle Ocho
2756 Broadway
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
All-you-can-drink sangria is included with brunch. Nuff said.
Good simple brunch. Line is always super long (food is good but perhaps not worth the wait if it's crazy busy).
80 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good Enough To Eat
520 Columbus Avenue
80 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good simple brunch. Line is always super long (food is good but perhaps not worth the wait if it's crazy busy).
Decent Italian food, affordable. Nice patio.
45 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Osteria Cotta
513 Columbus Ave
45 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Decent Italian food, affordable. Nice patio.
My favorite coffee shop!
214 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Joe Coffee Company
514 Columbus Ave
214 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
My favorite coffee shop!
Decent Mexican (not by TexMex or California standards by any means, but good in a fix). Decent margaritas and usually lively.
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cilantro
485 Columbus Ave
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Decent Mexican (not by TexMex or California standards by any means, but good in a fix). Decent margaritas and usually lively.
New York classic! Must go. My favorite hotdog in the city
52 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gray's Papaya
2090 Broadway
52 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
New York classic! Must go. My favorite hotdog in the city
Hands down the best cookie in the city. They're the size of softballs though, so don't eat anything before (chocolate chip walnut all the way!)
215 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Levain Bakery - 74th Street
167 W 74th St
215 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hands down the best cookie in the city. They're the size of softballs though, so don't eat anything before (chocolate chip walnut all the way!)
Cupcakes are overrated. Get the banana pudding (I don't even like bananas and that stuff is amazing).
401 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker St
401 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cupcakes are overrated. Get the banana pudding (I don't even like bananas and that stuff is amazing).
Simple bakery and coffee (LOVE the pumpkin sandwich in the fall and pretzel croissants).
16 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Birdbath Bakery
518 Columbus Avenue
16 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Simple bakery and coffee (LOVE the pumpkin sandwich in the fall and pretzel croissants).
If Starbucks is your thing.
753 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Starbucks
301 W 145th St
753 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
If Starbucks is your thing.
My favorite restaurant in the hood. Southern food, good drinks, great food. Lively and open late.
239 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Jacob's Pickles
509 Amsterdam Ave
239 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
My favorite restaurant in the hood. Southern food, good drinks, great food. Lively and open late.
Chain coffee but better than Starbucks. Wifi.
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
532 Amsterdam Avenue
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Chain coffee but better than Starbucks. Wifi.
Chain quick bites place, simple gourmet-ish fare.
247 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Le Pain Quotidien
861 Lexington Ave
247 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Chain quick bites place, simple gourmet-ish fare.
Great little French spot. Solid food, reasonable price, fantastic wine list.
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice Matin
201 W 79th St
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great little French spot. Solid food, reasonable price, fantastic wine list.
Favorite sushi spot--a bit pricier but quality is high!
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Haru Sushi
433 Amsterdam Ave
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Favorite sushi spot--a bit pricier but quality is high!
Love this Thai spot!
48 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Land Thai Kitchen
450 Amsterdam Ave
48 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Love this Thai spot!
Because cupcakes are an American thing and these ones are bite-sized.
26 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Baked by Melissa
784 Lexington Ave
26 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Because cupcakes are an American thing and these ones are bite-sized.
When you don't want to go all the way downtown for a Lobster roll (and you're broke).
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Luke's Lobster Upper West Side
426 Amsterdam Avenue
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
When you don't want to go all the way downtown for a Lobster roll (and you're broke).
$1 oysters before 7 pm and a decent lobster roll.
175 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Mermaid Inn
570 Amsterdam Ave
175 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
$1 oysters before 7 pm and a decent lobster roll.
Mario Batali's complex of imported foods also includes half a dozen restaurants (wine & cheese, pasta, meats, and a rooftop beer garden). Yum.
592 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Eataly NYC Flatiron
200 5th Ave
592 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Mario Batali's complex of imported foods also includes half a dozen restaurants (wine & cheese, pasta, meats, and a rooftop beer garden). Yum.
Solid Asian noodles of various types. Great when the wind is freezing your face.
24 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Republic
37 Union Square W
24 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Solid Asian noodles of various types. Great when the wind is freezing your face.
Really good Persian food. A little pricey but you that's because we always over-order :)
13 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Persepolis
1407 2nd Ave
13 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Really good Persian food. A little pricey but you that's because we always over-order :)
Solid Ethiopian place.
17 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Massawa
1239 Amsterdam Ave
17 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Solid Ethiopian place.
Hyped soul food restaurant of Marcus Samuelsson, the food is good upstairs, and the Gospel Brunch on Sunday is worth it for the singing alone (go early, the buffet clears out pretty quickly).
1044 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Red Rooster
310 Lenox Ave
1044 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hyped soul food restaurant of Marcus Samuelsson, the food is good upstairs, and the Gospel Brunch on Sunday is worth it for the singing alone (go early, the buffet clears out pretty quickly).
Best slice in the city. Seriously.
337 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Joe's Pizza
7 Carmine St
337 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Best slice in the city. Seriously.
Get some cannoli and a lobster tail and thank me later.
27 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Pasticceria Rocco
243 Bleecker St
27 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Get some cannoli and a lobster tail and thank me later.
A restaurant for risotto. Comfort food overload.
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Risotteria bleecker street
270 Bleecker St
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A restaurant for risotto. Comfort food overload.
One of my favorites. Get the duck meatballs. You won't regret it.
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Perilla
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
One of my favorites. Get the duck meatballs. You won't regret it.
Simple inexpensive REALLY YUMMY Italian food. Everything is made fresh and local (including the meats which come from their place in Brooklyn)
21 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Frankies 570 Spuntino
570 Hudson St
21 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Simple inexpensive REALLY YUMMY Italian food. Everything is made fresh and local (including the meats which come from their place in Brooklyn)
REAL Chinese food but pricey!
124 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
RedFarm
529 Hudson St
124 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
REAL Chinese food but pricey!
Get the crab and a drink with coconut in it.
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Fatty Crab
643 Hudson St
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Get the crab and a drink with coconut in it.
Get a cheesecake. The real one in Brooklyn is too far from here.
33 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Junior's Restaurant & Bakery
1515 Broadway
33 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Get a cheesecake. The real one in Brooklyn is too far from here.
Restaurant/bar at the back of a pawn shop. People from out of town tend to love it (crowd is hit or miss).
235 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Beauty & Essex
146 Essex St
235 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Restaurant/bar at the back of a pawn shop. People from out of town tend to love it (crowd is hit or miss).
Filipino Thai fusion in a tiny space. BYOB and it feels like you're at someone's apartment
26 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Kuma Inn
113 Ludlow St
26 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Filipino Thai fusion in a tiny space. BYOB and it feels like you're at someone's apartment
Pancakes. Fluffy fluffy pancakes.
365 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Clinton St. Baking Company
4 Clinton St
365 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Pancakes. Fluffy fluffy pancakes.
All you can drink brunch.
18 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Essex
124 Rivington St
18 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
All you can drink brunch.
MMM brunch with stroller parking.
106 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Bubby's
120 Hudson St
106 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
MMM brunch with stroller parking.
24 hour joint. Fun after 2 a.m., sass your way into a table if you can.
111 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cafeteria
119 7th Ave
111 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
24 hour joint. Fun after 2 a.m., sass your way into a table if you can.

Essentials

Over-priced grocery store but good in a pinch and better prices than the local bodega of course.
66 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gristedes Foods
66 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Over-priced grocery store but good in a pinch and better prices than the local bodega of course.
Gourmet food store (good coffee and fresh pastries every morning).
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gastronomie 491
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gourmet food store (good coffee and fresh pastries every morning).
My favorite grocery store. Inexpensive (super cheap by NY standards). Always insanely busy but line moves quick!
420 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Trader Joe's
715 River Rd
420 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
My favorite grocery store. Inexpensive (super cheap by NY standards). Always insanely busy but line moves quick!
Good super market (they have everything). Some stuff over-priced but pretty good. All the veggies Trader Joe's doesn't have (and all the name brands too).
185 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Fairway Market 74th Street
2131 Broadway
185 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good super market (they have everything). Some stuff over-priced but pretty good. All the veggies Trader Joe's doesn't have (and all the name brands too).
Go for their deli and cheese selection alone.
205 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Zabar's
2245 Broadway
205 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Go for their deli and cheese selection alone.
Forget Adkins and indulge
191 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Amy's Bread
672 9th Ave
191 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Forget Adkins and indulge
I could live in this place.
179 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Murray's Cheese Bar
28-30 Jackson Avenue
179 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
I could live in this place.

Entertainment & Activities

I have never been but my friends' kids love it.
72 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museo de los Niños de Manhattan
212 W 83rd St
72 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
I have never been but my friends' kids love it.

Everything Else

Love these ladies! They do same-day drop-off if you are so inclined, or you can wash/dry there yourself. They also do dry cleaning (but they outsource). They haven't lost anything of mine yet!
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Park West Laundromat
101 W 84th St
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Love these ladies! They do same-day drop-off if you are so inclined, or you can wash/dry there yourself. They also do dry cleaning (but they outsource). They haven't lost anything of mine yet!
Urgent Care if you need it while you are visiting!
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
CityMD West 69th Urgent Care - NYC
2025 Broadway
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Urgent Care if you need it while you are visiting!
Spend a paycheck in two stores, row.
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Spend a paycheck in two stores, row.
Good bar, dancing upstairs on the weekend and some week nights.
257 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Pianos
158 Ludlow St
257 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good bar, dancing upstairs on the weekend and some week nights.
Museum opened up recently.
567 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Piscina Sur del Memorial del 11 de Septiembre
180 Greenwich St
567 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museum opened up recently.

Drinks & Nightlife

Decent bar, live music most nights.
65 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Prohibition
503 Columbus Ave
65 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Decent bar, live music most nights.
Ok bar, lots of TVs if you want to catch a game.
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Fire House Tavern
522 Columbus Ave
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ok bar, lots of TVs if you want to catch a game.
New bar next to my favorite restaurant, always busy, decent drinks.
23 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
e's BAR
511 Amsterdam Ave
23 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
New bar next to my favorite restaurant, always busy, decent drinks.
Dark sports-ish bar. Good for a quick beer in low lighting.
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
George Keeley NYC
485 Amsterdam Ave
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Dark sports-ish bar. Good for a quick beer in low lighting.
Good for pricey specialty cocktails on someone else's tab. Food is great too but perhaps not worth the pricetag.
107 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The NoMad Hotel
1170 Broadway
107 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good for pricey specialty cocktails on someone else's tab. Food is great too but perhaps not worth the pricetag.
Bar is in the reception area of the hotel but is usually busy. Decor is gothic ironic so expect the trendy and annoying. Drinks are strong but also pricey.
81 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ace Hotel New York
20 W 29th St
81 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Bar is in the reception area of the hotel but is usually busy. Decor is gothic ironic so expect the trendy and annoying. Drinks are strong but also pricey.
One of the bars in this neighborhood I like, good bites and solid drinks.
200 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Penrose
1590 2nd Ave
200 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
One of the bars in this neighborhood I like, good bites and solid drinks.
Oysters and lobster rolls with shoestring fries. Just amazing.
31 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Pearl Oyster Bar
18 Cornelia St
31 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Oysters and lobster rolls with shoestring fries. Just amazing.
Famous bar but great atmosphere.
58 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
White Horse Tavern
567 Hudson Street
58 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Famous bar but great atmosphere.
Decent roof for the LES considering it's not actually a hotel. Three floors, different music. Strong drinks.
135 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hotel Chantelle
92 Ludlow St
135 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Decent roof for the LES considering it's not actually a hotel. Three floors, different music. Strong drinks.
90s Hip Hop Fridays. Nuff said.
14 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lobby Bar
247 Eldridge St
14 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
90s Hip Hop Fridays. Nuff said.