Guidebook for New York
Arts & Culture
El Museu Metropolità d'Art
1000 5th AveIt's The MET!
Theater District
World Famous Theater District.
Teatre Apollo
253 W 125th StHistory in Harlem and Music
Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
2751 BroadwayGreat Jazz
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd StreetMecca for Modern Art
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
170 Central Park WestThe Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th StreetEl Museu Metropolità d'Art
1000 5th AveMuseu Jueu
1109 5th AveNeue Galerie
1048 5th AveGagosian Gallery
555 W 24th StTheater, Ballet, Opera, Film, Food, Performing Arts Library
621 residents recomanen
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center PlazaTheater, Ballet, Opera, Film, Food, Performing Arts Library
Discounted theater tix. Check listing for other outposts in city
149 residents recomanen
TKTS Times Square
West 47th StreetDiscounted theater tix. Check listing for other outposts in city
Drinks & Nightlife
Boat Basin Cafe
West 79th StreetGreat spot to get a casual drink and be by the water.
Cafe Ronda
249 Columbus AveRestaurant and Bar. Tapas.
Essentials
Zabar's
2245 BroadwayWoody Allen film context
Columbus Circle ease if you want to get some food to go, or to take to the park. Also excellent food shopping to bring back and cook in your apt.
1895 residents recomanen
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston StColumbus Circle ease if you want to get some food to go, or to take to the park. Also excellent food shopping to bring back and cook in your apt.
Best Wine store around. Two floors of the most knowledgeable staff ever.
7 residents recomanen
67 Wine & Spirits
179 Columbus AveBest Wine store around. Two floors of the most knowledgeable staff ever.
NYSC gym that has posts all over the city. It is a less expensive option than Equinox, and may give you short term deals.
44 residents recomanen
New York Sports Clubs
210 14th StNYSC gym that has posts all over the city. It is a less expensive option than Equinox, and may give you short term deals.
Pure Yoga West
204 W 77th StExhale Spa - Central Park South
150 Central Park SYoga, Pilates, Massage, Zen
Fairway Market 74th Street
2131 BroadwayCitarella Gourmet Market - Upper West Side
2135 BroadwayWhole Foods Market
95 E Houston StFantastic gym, clean, basketball, swimming, cardio, mind body, lockers, massage, beauty salon
73 residents recomanen
Marquee New York
289 10th AveFantastic gym, clean, basketball, swimming, cardio, mind body, lockers, massage, beauty salon
Food Scene
Best lounge in the area. Really good food and best atomosphere for hanging.
28 residents recomanen
Shalel Lounge
65 W 70th StBest lounge in the area. Really good food and best atomosphere for hanging.
Lines out the door for cupcakes and treats. Go there early in the AM to sit in the sun lit windows to have coffee and morning cupcakes.
401 residents recomanen
Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker StLines out the door for cupcakes and treats. Go there early in the AM to sit in the sun lit windows to have coffee and morning cupcakes.
Telepan
72 W 69th StConsidered top notch restaurant. Farm to table cooking
If you have food allergies and have a sweet tooth, then please go here. People who don't have food allergies seem to really love it too!
It is more of a tiny cafe than a restaurant
48 residents recomanen
Erin McKenna's Bakery NYC
248 Broome StIf you have food allergies and have a sweet tooth, then please go here. People who don't have food allergies seem to really love it too!
It is more of a tiny cafe than a restaurant
Hip little spot, with great coffee and espresso. Relaxed vibe where you can read, write, or people watch. It is also across the street.
214 residents recomanen
Joe Coffee Company
514 Columbus AveHip little spot, with great coffee and espresso. Relaxed vibe where you can read, write, or people watch. It is also across the street.
Historic place in the city. It has been renovated both in decor and the menu. Outdoor seating for drinks and food, take out and beer garden! Inside, a swanky bar with music, and a restaurant.
66 residents recomanen
Tavern On the Green
West 67th StreetHistoric place in the city. It has been renovated both in decor and the menu. Outdoor seating for drinks and food, take out and beer garden! Inside, a swanky bar with music, and a restaurant.
Cookies. There is a line up the block for their cookies.
215 residents recomanen
Levain Bakery - 74th Street
167 W 74th StCookies. There is a line up the block for their cookies.
Serious Tapas and gourmet Spanish food shop. Very casual and one block in from the hustle and bustle of Soho.
22 residents recomanen
Despaña
408 Broome StSerious Tapas and gourmet Spanish food shop. Very casual and one block in from the hustle and bustle of Soho.
Eataly NYC Flatiron
200 5th AveFoodie delight.
Piccolo Cafe
313 Amsterdam AveBlossom on Columbus
507 Columbus AveVeggie Mecca
Everything Else
YogaWorks Westside
37 W 65th StYoga, Pilates
Historic NY cobblestone streets now home to upscale stores, food and nightlife.
276 residents recomanen
Meatpacking District
Historic NY cobblestone streets now home to upscale stores, food and nightlife.
Part of The MET. Unicorn tapestries. It's also quiet up there which may be nice if you have been in hustle and bustle places.
707 residents recomanen
The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin DrPart of The MET. Unicorn tapestries. It's also quiet up there which may be nice if you have been in hustle and bustle places.
Naam Yoga New York
141 W 72nd StSoulCycle W77 - West 77th Street
350 Amsterdam AveSpin mecca. Outposts through city.
Shopping
JackRabbit - West Side
140 W 72nd StTri Athletes are very happy here.
Bergdorf Goodman
754 5th AveOld world beautiful shopping- fantastic collections.
Also Barneys Coop on Upper West Side and Barneys in Chelsea
Top notch fashion finds
109 residents recomanen
Chanel New York Madison Avenue
660 Madison AveAlso Barneys Coop on Upper West Side and Barneys in Chelsea
Top notch fashion finds
Botiga de disseny del MoMA
44 W 53rd Strag & bone
182A Columbus AveSightseeing
The other incredible park that NYC has to offer. Very easy subway ride from the apt.
3418 residents recomanen
Prospect Park
The other incredible park that NYC has to offer. Very easy subway ride from the apt.
Go to get a feeling of old NY, when people came over through Ellis Island and made a new life here. There are walking tours, and tours that take you in restored old tenements. Great bookshop as well
603 residents recomanen
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StGo to get a feeling of old NY, when people came over through Ellis Island and made a new life here. There are walking tours, and tours that take you in restored old tenements. Great bookshop as well
Because she is a sight to behold, and an honor to house her in our city.
Easy subway ride downtown to get to the ferry that delivers you there.
1303 residents recomanen
Statue of Liberty Museum Shop
1 Liberty Island - Ellis IslandBecause she is a sight to behold, and an honor to house her in our city.
Easy subway ride downtown to get to the ferry that delivers you there.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Historic
Cim de la Roca
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Parc High Line
A walk in art. People watch.
Brighton Beach
Russian food, signs, vibe. Also called "Little Odessa"
Edifici Chrysler
405 Lexington AveMost beautiful building in NYC