Guidebook for New York
Getting Around
You can catch three trains at this station - A (express), C (local), and 1 (local). It is about 20 minutes to midtown on the A train.
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168 Street Station
You can catch three trains at this station - A (express), C (local), and 1 (local). It is about 20 minutes to midtown on the A train.
At this station, you can catch the A train. I prefer to use 168th in general, but this stop is a bit quieter and sometimes you are more likely to get a seat on the train from here.
175 St station
807 W 177th StAt this station, you can catch the A train. I prefer to use 168th in general, but this stop is a bit quieter and sometimes you are more likely to get a seat on the train from here.
Food Scene
If you are looking for a quick latte or coffee and a sandwich, this is a great option just across the street from us.
They also have some groceries, but they are a bit pricey.
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Hilltop Perk Deli / Grocery
83 Haven AveIf you are looking for a quick latte or coffee and a sandwich, this is a great option just across the street from us.
They also have some groceries, but they are a bit pricey.
Awesome Ethiopian coffee shop, if you are in the mood to stroll a bit.
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Cafe Buunni
213 Pinehurst AveAwesome Ethiopian coffee shop, if you are in the mood to stroll a bit.
This place has really great New York bagels, which they make each morning on the premises.
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Mike's Bagels
4003 BroadwayThis place has really great New York bagels, which they make each morning on the premises.
Saggio
827 W 181st StAmazing Italian restaurant with decent prices.
Bangkok Heights
Thai restaurant! Really good. The restaurant is BYOB.
Malecon
4141 BroadwayDominican restaurant
El Paso Centroamericano
4129 BroadwayReally great Central American food. Their pupusas are the best around!
This place is more like a deli / juice bar. They have great healthy food options.
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Pick & Eat Fresh Natural Fast
4179 BroadwayThis place is more like a deli / juice bar. They have great healthy food options.
Dallas BBQ
3956 BroadwayBarbecue food and gigantic margaritas and other drinks.
Quiet but delicious Italian restaurant. If you go, you have to order the Grandma's style pizza!
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Antika
3924 BroadwayQuiet but delicious Italian restaurant. If you go, you have to order the Grandma's style pizza!
Starbucks
301 W 145th StHudson View
770 W 181st StDecent American-style diner food.
Carrot Top Pastries
5025 BroadwayGreat cakes and pastries!
Coogans
4015 BroadwaySports bar and restaurant. They have karaoke and a brunch deal.
Sushi Yu 2
4311 W 181st StGood sushi/Japanese food
If you are in the area, you have to drop by Koreatown and have some Korean BBQ. Miss Korea is great and has barbecue stations at each table, where they cook your food in front of you.
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miss KOREA BBQ
10 W 32nd StIf you are in the area, you have to drop by Koreatown and have some Korean BBQ. Miss Korea is great and has barbecue stations at each table, where they cook your food in front of you.
Romantic Italian restaurant with a back garden that is glassed-in.
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La Lanterna di Vittorio
129 MacDougal StRomantic Italian restaurant with a back garden that is glassed-in.
Katzin delikatessikauppa
205 E Houston StIt's where Harry Met Sally!
The Spotted Dog
1154 1st Ave.Essentials
Not the greatest produce, but this is a conveniently located grocery store if you need to pick up some food.
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Gristedes Foods
Not the greatest produce, but this is a conveniently located grocery store if you need to pick up some food.
This Rite Aid has a pharmacy, as well as personal care and beauty items, some food, really anything you need in case you have forgotten to pack something.
They also have a 24-hour Citibank ATM in the entry.
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Rite Aid
35-45 W 125th StThis Rite Aid has a pharmacy, as well as personal care and beauty items, some food, really anything you need in case you have forgotten to pack something.
They also have a 24-hour Citibank ATM in the entry.
Urgent Care Center
21 Audubon AveLa Bella
4117 BroadwayNail salon
Parks & Nature
This park is amazing if you have some time to explore. It is right underneath the George Washington Bridge, but you would never know it. There is a cute little lighthouse, that was inspiration for the children's book "The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge".
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Fort Washington Park
Hudson River GreenwayThis park is amazing if you have some time to explore. It is right underneath the George Washington Bridge, but you would never know it. There is a cute little lighthouse, that was inspiration for the children's book "The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge".
A great park with beautiful flowers and views overlooking the Hudson River.
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Fort Tryon -puisto
Dr To BroadwayA great park with beautiful flowers and views overlooking the Hudson River.
This is a little park that just happens to be the highest point in Manhattan, and was the site of the Battle of Fort Washington during the Revolutionary War. It's now a playground! If you go, check out the Little Library, a small little take-a-book, leave-a-book cubby.
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Bennett Park
Fort Washington AvenueThis is a little park that just happens to be the highest point in Manhattan, and was the site of the Battle of Fort Washington during the Revolutionary War. It's now a playground! If you go, check out the Little Library, a small little take-a-book, leave-a-book cubby.
Battery Park
Really cool park that used to be an abandoned railway track.
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High Line -puisto
Really cool park that used to be an abandoned railway track.
Down near NYU, this is my favorite park to sit and listen to jazz.
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Washington Square Park
Washington SquareDown near NYU, this is my favorite park to sit and listen to jazz.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveArts & Culture
Really interesting museum that looks like a castle. Lots of manuscripts, tapestries, and sculptures.
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The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin DrReally interesting museum that looks like a castle. Lots of manuscripts, tapestries, and sculptures.
United Palace
4140 BroadwayGreat old-fashioned theater with live music.
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park WestWe actually both work here. If you are visiting during the concert season and would like to catch a show, please let us know and we can try to arrange for complimentary tickets!!
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Carnegie Hall
We actually both work here. If you are visiting during the concert season and would like to catch a show, please let us know and we can try to arrange for complimentary tickets!!
Metropolitan-oopperatalo
30 Lincoln Center PlazaSalmagundi Museum of American Art
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd StreetApollo-teatteri
253 W 125th StIntrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
West 46th StreetMetropolitan-taide museo
1000 5th AveNew Yorkin yleinen kirjasto - Bloomingdale-kirjasto
476 5th AveVery cool museum that takes you into the lives of immigrants who have come to NYC over the decades.
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Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StVery cool museum that takes you into the lives of immigrants who have come to NYC over the decades.
Drinks & Nightlife
Very decently priced liquor store with a great selection of wine and spirits.
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COLUMBIA WINE CO.
4038 BroadwayVery decently priced liquor store with a great selection of wine and spirits.
Le Chéile
839 W 181st StFun Irish bar with good beer and really good fries.
This place is super fun and has great music. The drinks are cheap and delicious and the tapas are good.
They have an unlimited drinks brunch on the weekend that is $10 for all-you-can-drink mimosas in different flavors - highly recommended!
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Marcha Cocina Bar
4055 BroadwayThis place is super fun and has great music. The drinks are cheap and delicious and the tapas are good.
They have an unlimited drinks brunch on the weekend that is $10 for all-you-can-drink mimosas in different flavors - highly recommended!
This is a small but fun latin bar/restaurant. They specialize in grilled meats and things like that.
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Parrilla Latin Bistro
3920 BroadwayThis is a small but fun latin bar/restaurant. They specialize in grilled meats and things like that.
Monkey Room
589 Fort Washington AveSightseeing
The Armory
149 4th AveThis is the site of the Track and Field Hall of Fame.
Morris-Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel TerraceThe oldest building in New York City.
Empire State Building
20 W 34th StIf you have time to walk or bike over the bridge, it makes a great afternoon.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge PromenadeIf you have time to walk or bike over the bridge, it makes a great afternoon.
Statue of Liberty Museum Shop
1 Liberty Island - Ellis IslandYankee Stadium
1 E 161 StPersonally I find it overcrowded and not super fun to walk around, but if you have never seen Times Square before it's worth a quick visit. Maybe catch a Broadway show too!
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Times Square
Personally I find it overcrowded and not super fun to walk around, but if you have never seen Times Square before it's worth a quick visit. Maybe catch a Broadway show too!
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Van Wyck ExpresswayThe site of the 1964-1965 World Fair.
It can be very crowded, especially around Christmas time, but there is lots to do and it is fun to look around.
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Rockefeller Center
45 Rockefeller PlazaIt can be very crowded, especially around Christmas time, but there is lots to do and it is fun to look around.