discover NEW YORK CITY MICHAEL GROSBERG GINGER ADAMS OTIS, BETH GREENFIELD, REGIS ST LOUIS
2 WEST SIDE & CENTRAL PARK p219 EAST SIDE p201 MIDTOWN p167 UNION SQUARE, FLATIRON DISTRICT & GRAMERCY p153 GREENWICH VILLAGE, CHELSEA & THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT p127 SOHO, NOHO & NOLITA p73 EAST VILLAGE p109 LOWER EAST SIDE & CHINATOWN p91 LOWER MANHATTAN & TRIBECA p50
3 DISCOVER NEW YORK CITY Ne York City s Top 25 Experiences (p12) The best bits of a great city. Loer Manhattan & Tribeca (p50) Teeming ith iconic images. SoHo, NoHo & Nolita (p73) Three of the coolest city neighborhoods. Loer East Side & Chinaton (p91) An enclave for foodies. East Village (p109) With an electric restaurant and nightlife scene. Greenich Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District (p127) Art, fashion. Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy (p153) A hive of activity. Midton (p167) Home to some of the city s most popular sights. Upper East Side (p201) Museums galore and high-end zip codes. Upper West Side & Central Park (p219) The city s public playground. Harlem & Outer Boroughs Excursions (p241) Big on attractions. Ne York City in Focus (p248) Information to help you on your ay.
4 CONTENTS
5 THIS IS NEW YORK CITY 10 NEW YORK CITY S TOP 25 EXPERIENCES 13 NEW YORK CITY S TOP ITINERARIES 31 PLANNING YOUR TRIP 39 LOWER MANHATTAN & TRIBECA 50 HIGHLIGHTS 54 BEST 58 DISCOVER LOWER MANHATTAN & TRIBECA 59 Sights 59 Sleeping 68 Eating 70 Drinking 71 Shopping 72 SOHO, NOHO & NOLITA 73 HIGHLIGHTS 76 INSIDE THE ACRONYMS: SOHO, NOHO & NOLITA WALKING TOUR 78 BEST 80 DISCOVER SOHO, NOHO & NOLITA 81 Sights 81 Sleeping 83 Eating 83 Drinking 85 Entertainment & Activities 87 Shopping 88 LOWER EAST SIDE & CHINATOWN 91 HIGHLIGHTS 94 CHINESE HERITAGE WALKING TOUR 96 BEST 98 DISCOVER LOWER EAST SIDE & CHINATOWN 99 Sights 99 Sleeping 102 Eating 103 Drinking 105 Entertainment & Activities 106 Shopping 107 EAST VILLAGE 109 HIGHLIGHTS 112 EAST VILLAGE NOSTALGIA WALKING TOUR 114 BEST 116 DISCOVER EAST VILLAGE 117 Sights 117 Sleeping 118 Eating 120 Drinking 121 Entertainment & Activities 123 Shopping 124 GREENWICH VILLAGE, CHELSEA & THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT 127 HIGHLIGHTS 130 VILLAGE RADICALS WALKING TOUR 134 BEST 136 DISCOVER GREENWICH VILLAGE, THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT & CHELSEA 137 Sights 137 Sleeping 140 Eating 142 Drinking 144 Entertainment & Activities 148 Shopping 149 UNION SQUARE, FLATIRON DISTRICT & GRAMERCY 153 HIGHLIGHTS 156 BEST 158 DISCOVER UNION SQUARE, FLATIRON DISTRICT & GRAMERCY 159 Sights 159
6 Sleeping 161 Eating 162 Drinking 164 Entertainment & Activities 165 Shopping 165 MIDTOWN 167 HIGHLIGHTS 170 BEST 174 DISCOVER MIDTOWN 175 Sights 175 Sleeping 186 Eating 189 Drinking 191 Entertainment & Activities 193 Shopping 197 EAST SIDE 201 HIGHLIGHTS 204 BEST 208 DISCOVER EAST SIDE 209 Sights 209 Sleeping 214 Eating 215 Drinking 217 Entertainment & Activities 217 Shopping 218 WEST SIDE & CENTRAL PARK 219 HIGHLIGHTS 222 A WALK IN THE PARK WALKING TOUR 226 BEST 228 DISCOVER WEST SIDE & CENTRAL PARK 229 Sights 229 Sleeping 233 Eating 234 Drinking 237 Entertainment & Activities 237 Shopping 240 HARLEM & OUTER BOROUGHS EXCURSIONS 241 HARLEM & NORTHERN MANHATTAN 244 BROOKLYN 244 QUEENS 246 THE BRONX 247 STATEN ISLAND 247 NEW YORK CITY IN FOCUS 249 ARTS 250 FAMILY TRAVEL 255 FOOD & DRINK 257 GAY & LESBIAN NEW YORK CITY 259 HISTORY 260 SHOPPING 266 DIRECTORY & TRANSPORTATION 269 DIRECTORY 270 Accommodations 270 Business Hours 270 Climate 270 Customs Regulations 271 Discount Cards 271 Embassies 271 Holidays 272 Internet Access 272 Legal Matters 272 Money 272 Nespapers & Magazines 273 Organized Tours 273 Taxes 274 Telephone 274 Time 275 Travelers ith Disabilities 275 Visas 275 TRANSPORTATION 276 Air 276 Bicycle 276 Boat 277 Bus 277
7 Subay 278 Taxi 278 Train 278 BEHIND THE SCENES 279 INDEX 282 MAP LEGEND 296 WEST SIDE & CENTRAL PARK p219 EAST SIDE p201 MIDTOWN p167 UNION SQUARE, FLATIRON DISTRICT & GRAMERCY p153 GREENWICH VILLAGE, CHELSEA & THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT p127 SOHO, NOHO & NOLITA p73 EAST VILLAGE p109 LOWER EAST SIDE & CHINATOWN p91 LOWER MANHATTAN & TRIBECA p50
W 77th St W 60th St Triborough Bridge CENTRAL PARK p222 An oasis of greenery smack in the center of the metropolis LINCOLN CENTER p230 The dramatically redesigned campus has venues for every type of performance TIMES SQUARE p170 There s a reason it s knon as the Crossroads of the World 96th St 66th St- Lincoln Center 96th St 86th St 81st St- Museum of Natural History Belvedere Lake 59th St- Columbus Circle O% O% 5th Ave-59th St 57th St Fifth Ave- 53rd St 5th Ave " r 96th St METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART p204 Massive institution covering virtually every genre, region and period of art MUSEUM OF MODERN ART p182 Some of the most iconic 20th-century artorks are housed here GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL p176 Commuters scurry about underneath the grand, vaulted concourse of this train station Cathedral Pky (110th St) 86th St Cathedral Pky (110th St) 103rd St 110th St 72nd St 79th St 72nd St Central Park North (110th St) East River 103rd St 57th St- 7th Ave 50th St 42nd St- Times Sq 7th Ave 42nd St-Por t Authority 50th St 42nd St- Grand Central 42nd - St Bryant Park Lexington Ave-63rd St 51st St Grand Central Terminal 103rd St 86th St 77th St 68th St- Hunter College Lexington Ave-59th St Lexington Ave-53rd St Queensboro- 59th St Bridge Queens- Midton Tunnel NEW JERSEY NEW YORK Lincoln Tunnel WEST SIDE HELL'S KITCHEN TIMES SQUARE Central Park E 96th St W 57th St W 42nd St W 39th St Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir EAST SIDE MIDTOWN Mill Rock Island Third Ave West End Ave Fifth Ave Columbus Ave York Ave East River Roosevelt Island Tenth Ave Eleventh Ave Amsterdam Ave Madison Ave W 86th St W 81st St E 57th St E 106th St Second Ave First Ave Park Ave Riverside Dr FDR Dr E 79th St E 72nd St E 86th St Park Ave Broaday West Side Hy Roosevelt Island FDR Dr Telfth Ave (West Side Hy) E 39th St
East River 8th Ave- 14th St 18th St 14th St Houston St To Ellis Island (3km) Canal St 3rd Ave Rector St % O Wall St CHELSEA MEATPACKING DISTRICT Holland Tunnel WEST VILLAGE SOHO Franklin St TRIBECA 8th St- NYU GREENWICH VILLAGE Boling Green Whitehall St GRAMERCY Bleecker St LIT Canal St Canal St CHINATOWN NOLITA Boery Spring St Grand St NOHO LITTLE ITALY STUYVESANT TOWN EAST VILLAGE TWO BRIDGES Brooklyn Bridge ALPHABET CITY LOWER EAST SIDE Manhattan Bridge Williamsburg Bridge Viaduct South St W 34th St Eighth Ave Ninth Ave Fifth Ave Canal St NEW YORK NEW JERSEY Hudson River 34th St- Penn Station 34th St- Herald Sq E 34th St W 23rd St E 23rd St 23rd St FDR Dr W 14th St E 14th St Christopher St- Sheridan Square 28th St 6th Ave- 14th St W 4th St- Washington Sq West Side Hy FDR Dr LEGEND 23rd St 23rd St Chambers St Ne Jersey PATH Station Cortlandt St Prince St Spring St 14th St- Union Sq City Hall 33rd St 28th St Chambers St/Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Fulton St Loer East Side- 2nd Ave 1st Ave Delancey St-Essex St D East Broaday CHINATOWN p105 With hundreds of restaurants, from holes-in-the all to banquet-sized rooms BROOKLYN BRIDGE p59 A soaring symphony of spun ire and Gothic arches spanning the East River / Freeay Primary Road Secondary Road Railay 0 1 km ( 0 0.5 miles ELLIS ISLAND p54 Moving exhibitions explaining the history of immigration to the city
10 THIS IS NEW YORK CITY Loud, fast and pulsing ith energy, Ne York City (population 8.3 million) is symphonic, exhausting and alays evolving. Maybe only a Walt Whitman poem cataloguing typical city scenes from the humblest hole-in-the all to grand buildings could begin to do the city justice. It remains one of the orld centers for fashion, theater, food, music, publishing, advertising and, of course, finance. As Groucho Marx once said, When it s 9:30 in Ne York, it s 1937 in Los Angeles. Coming to NYC from anyhere else for the first time is like stepping into a movie; one you ve probably been unknoingly riting; one that contains all imagined possibilities. From the middle of Times Sq to the most obscure corner of the Bronx, you ll find extremes. From Brooklyn s Russian enclave in Brighton Beach to the mini South America in Queens, almost every country in the orld has a presence here. You could decide you d like your day to be filled ith high culture and trendy eating, for example, and ork your ay through the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), then atch the Ne York City Ballet perform at the Lincoln Center. Or perhaps you like your
11 city to be tougher, and choose to spend an afternoon andering through the tisting streets of Chinaton and in the art galleries of the Loer East Side. Just don t be too shocked if your day of high culture turns gritty hen you come across a gifted jazz singer on the subay platform, or if your bohemian day gets fancy hen a trendy boutique seduces you and you re shelling out for the perfect pair of shoes before you kno it. Like the successive aves of immigrants ho have populated the city, and the striving artists ho have pinned their hopes and dreams on making it Ne York City is constantly in the process of reinventing itself here, Ne York City is constantly in the process of reinventing itself. Approach it ith an open mind and a loose itinerary and you can experience a little bit of everything.