New York City (City Guide)

New York City (City Guide)

Insight Guides

Language: English

Pages: 388

ISBN: 2:00321086

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


New York City must be the world’s top urban destination: whether you’re after great theater, fascinating museums, luxurious hotels, history, nightlife, sumptuous dining, or just city energy, you’ll find it here. The newly updated Insight City Guide New York is a comprehensive full-color travel guide around this exciting destination. From seeing the iconic sights such as the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty, to finding the most secluded parts of Central Park or the hippest bars in Greenwich Village, this book will make sure you go home having had the quintessential New York experience. Features by local writers explore every facet of the city, from the street-eats scene to the silver screen, with a special focus on the city’s fabulous museums. Color maps, plus floorplans of all the major museums, help you navigate with ease, while evocative photography brings New York to life. The detailed Travel Tips are full of practical advice plus our independent selection of the best hotels and restaurants.

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called 5 Pointz, a labor of love by local writer Meres. Britta Jaschinski/Apa Publications Neighborhoods The key word in the Outer Boroughs is “neighborhood.” Neighborhoods change, overlap, and can be a bazaar of ethnic delight. Stroll through Middle Eastern stores selling frankincense, order pasta in Italian, and have kasha served in Yiddish. Some new neighbors are artists and young professionals in search of affordable rents. Since prices in Manhattan have soared, new generations have

horizontal; Hudson, Broadway, Lafayette, Bowery and Allen on the vertical – you’ll never go astray more than a few blocks. Even-numbered streets tend to have one-way eastbound traffic; odd-numbered streets, westbound. There are very few exceptions. Most avenues are one-way, north or south, the major exception being Park Avenue, which is wide enough for two-way traffic. Buses do not stop on Park Avenue but they do on most other avenues, as well as on major cross-streets (most two-way): Houston,

wall is covered with photos, posters, cartoons, and other curios; eagle-eyed patrons might spot an original wanted poster for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. As with New York’s other remaining 19th-century saloons, McSorley’s can be a bit of a tourist trap, but it’s so much a part of the area’s history that it still has its regulars – all of whom must abide by the McSorley motto: Be Good, Or Be Gone. Music legends Back on St Mark’s, the block between Second and Third is lined by a motley array of

SoHo and TriBeCa Insight: Shopping The East Village and the Lower East Side Greenwich Village Union Square and Chelsea Insight: Times Square Midtown West Insight: Museum of Modern Art Fifth Avenue Insight: Central Park Midtown East Upper East Side Insight: The Metropolitan Museum Insight: Museum Mile Upper West Side Insight: Lincoln Center Insight: The American Museum of Natural History Harlem and the Heights The Outer Boroughs Excursions Transportation Accommodations

daily, L Mon–Fri $$$$ D [[map], E2] French classic serving a well-heeled Sutton Place clientele for over 50 years. Pershing Square 90 E. 42nd St (at Park Ave) www.pershingsquare.com Tel: 212-286 9600 B, L, & D daily $$$ E [[map], D2] A step away from Grand Central, with crowd-pleasing American fare. Good for a hearty and lively breakfast on your way to tour the UN. P.J. Clarke’s 915 Third Ave (at 55th St) http://pjclarkes.com Tel: 212-317 1616 L & D daily $$ F [[map], E1] Many think

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