Guidebook for New York

Mark
Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Right above the 127 street exit at the 125th street station! Very cozy NYC-French bistro and other amazing cuisine. A wonderfully "Harlem" experience and a relaxed, intimate environment. Recommended!
210 locals recommend
Maison Harlem
341 St Nicholas Ave
210 locals recommend
Right above the 127 street exit at the 125th street station! Very cozy NYC-French bistro and other amazing cuisine. A wonderfully "Harlem" experience and a relaxed, intimate environment. Recommended!
Very good Dominican/Latin Caribbean food. Very authentic tropical style restaurant with delicious food and amazing prices. 24/7----- $5 lunch special (roast chicken, rice and beans) - AMAZING!
El Nuevo Tina
511 West 125th Street
Very good Dominican/Latin Caribbean food. Very authentic tropical style restaurant with delicious food and amazing prices. 24/7----- $5 lunch special (roast chicken, rice and beans) - AMAZING!
Really good Cuban food and live salsa music some Friday?Saturday nights.
19 locals recommend
Harlem's Floridita
2276 12th Ave
19 locals recommend
Really good Cuban food and live salsa music some Friday?Saturday nights.
Fast food. At the 125 street train station, north east corner. Classic experience! Delicious!
74 locals recommend
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
2300 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd
74 locals recommend
Fast food. At the 125 street train station, north east corner. Classic experience! Delicious!
GREAT BRUNCH SPOT! Unlimited mimosas and bloody marys. Call ahead for a reservation on Saturday and Sunday. About 15 min from the apt.
253 locals recommend
Lido Harlem Restaurant
2168 Frederick Douglass Blvd
253 locals recommend
GREAT BRUNCH SPOT! Unlimited mimosas and bloody marys. Call ahead for a reservation on Saturday and Sunday. About 15 min from the apt.
Close to the apt...142 street and Amsterdam Ave. Low-key, intimate bistro. Great vibe!
357 locals recommend
The Grange
1635 Amsterdam Ave
357 locals recommend
Close to the apt...142 street and Amsterdam Ave. Low-key, intimate bistro. Great vibe!
Close to the apt. Simple and popular mexican take-out/delivery fast food.
Jesus Taco
1346 Amsterdam Ave
Close to the apt. Simple and popular mexican take-out/delivery fast food.
Fast food and sit-down. Good food, good prices.
Sophie's Cuban Cuisine
21 W 45th St
Fast food and sit-down. Good food, good prices.
On restaurant row. Great nightlife area, nice cuban snacks and food. Try the grilled chicken platter. Take the A or D trains to 59 street, 1 stop, and walk 1 block to 9th Ave, and walk south on 9 Ave
115 locals recommend
Empanada Mama
765 9th Ave
115 locals recommend
On restaurant row. Great nightlife area, nice cuban snacks and food. Try the grilled chicken platter. Take the A or D trains to 59 street, 1 stop, and walk 1 block to 9th Ave, and walk south on 9 Ave
Small SOHO restaurant. Popular and good. NYC classic.
218 locals recommend
Café Habana
17 Prince St
218 locals recommend
Small SOHO restaurant. Popular and good. NYC classic.
A uniquely awesome experience!
12 locals recommend
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar
227 E 56th St
12 locals recommend
A uniquely awesome experience!
Check out their website. A NYC classic experience. Live jazz, swing, latin dance and restaurant. Each night is different! Very close to the apt.
35 locals recommend
Cotton Club
35 locals recommend
Check out their website. A NYC classic experience. Live jazz, swing, latin dance and restaurant. Each night is different! Very close to the apt.
Trendy, upscale Puerto Rican restaurant. Popular!!
32 locals recommend
Sofrito
679 Riverside Dr
32 locals recommend
Trendy, upscale Puerto Rican restaurant. Popular!!
One of my favorite Thai Restaurants. Amsterdam Ave and 81 street. Take the #1 train to 79 street and walk over to Amsterdam Ave and 81 street
13 locals recommend
Spice (Upper West Side)
West 81st Street
13 locals recommend
One of my favorite Thai Restaurants. Amsterdam Ave and 81 street. Take the #1 train to 79 street and walk over to Amsterdam Ave and 81 street
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29 locals recommend
Blockheads
322 W 50th St
29 locals recommend
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125 locals recommend
Pio Pio 8
604 10th Ave
125 locals recommend
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Essentials

Very popular neighborhood supermarket (supermercado). Great prices, great selection!
48 locals recommend
C-Town Supermarkets
560 W 125th St
48 locals recommend
Very popular neighborhood supermarket (supermercado). Great prices, great selection!
General supermarket
347 locals recommend
Key Food Supermarkets
1769 2nd Ave
347 locals recommend
General supermarket

Drinks & Nightlife

Close to the apt. Amazing BBQ. Famous NYC tradition. Call ahead on weekends. weekdays are better.
409 locals recommend
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
700 W 125th St
409 locals recommend
Close to the apt. Amazing BBQ. Famous NYC tradition. Call ahead on weekends. weekdays are better.
Great NYC local neighborhood atmosphere. Very popular with professional locals. 18 min walk from the apartment
428 locals recommend
Harlem Tavern
2153 Frederick Douglass Blvd
428 locals recommend
Great NYC local neighborhood atmosphere. Very popular with professional locals. 18 min walk from the apartment
Classic Harlem bar and restaurant with music and happy hours. Favorite!!
1044 locals recommend
Red Rooster
310 Lenox Ave
1044 locals recommend
Classic Harlem bar and restaurant with music and happy hours. Favorite!!
Classic NYC Beer & BBQ joint. Look it up!
Brother Jimmy's BBQ - Hudson Yards
416 8th Ave
Classic NYC Beer & BBQ joint. Look it up!
Local cool vibe
9A Kitchen & Lounge
Local cool vibe
Great Harlem Bar
526 locals recommend
Harlem Public
3612 Broadway
526 locals recommend
Great Harlem Bar

Everything Else

Great drugstore and pharmacy with many items! Open late.
230 locals recommend
Duane Reade
2864 Broadway
230 locals recommend
Great drugstore and pharmacy with many items! Open late.
Organic, higher-end market. Many fresh, amazing selections.
217 locals recommend
Fairway Market 125th Street
2328 12th Ave
217 locals recommend
Organic, higher-end market. Many fresh, amazing selections.
Columbia University...walk or take the 1 train to 116th street
539 locals recommend
Columbia University
116th and Broadway
539 locals recommend
Columbia University...walk or take the 1 train to 116th street
City College of NYC
166 locals recommend
The City College of New York
160 Convent Ave
166 locals recommend
City College of NYC
H&M shopping.
137 locals recommend
H&M
150 East 86th Street
137 locals recommend
H&M shopping.
Great park for the warm weather. 8 minutes from the apartment
502 locals recommend
Riverside Park
502 locals recommend
Great park for the warm weather. 8 minutes from the apartment
Legendary NYC landmark. I absolutely enjoy this park on a nice day and love it's history and energetically relaxed vibe. Take the A or D trains downtown to West 4th street & walk 1 block east. Great!!
946 locals recommend
Washington Square Park
Washington Square
946 locals recommend
Legendary NYC landmark. I absolutely enjoy this park on a nice day and love it's history and energetically relaxed vibe. Take the A or D trains downtown to West 4th street & walk 1 block east. Great!!
Cultural Harlem institution.
186 locals recommend
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd
186 locals recommend
Cultural Harlem institution.
Very popular
567 locals recommend
9/11 Memorial South Pool
180 Greenwich St
567 locals recommend
Very popular
Hospital
20 locals recommend
Mount Sinai West
1000 10th Ave
20 locals recommend
Hospital
NYU
109 locals recommend
New York University
109 locals recommend
NYU

Sightseeing

Edgy, fun, young, upscale,artist, professional all wrapped into one. Take the A or D train down to West 4th. Go east/west and explore the very rich colorful neighborhood and parks.
224 locals recommend
West Village
224 locals recommend
Edgy, fun, young, upscale,artist, professional all wrapped into one. Take the A or D train down to West 4th. Go east/west and explore the very rich colorful neighborhood and parks.
One of the best urban parks ever made. It's on old train tracks Enter at 14th street! Take the downtown A train to 14th street and walk west on 14th street 2 avenues to the highline park/hudson river.
2323 locals recommend
The High Line Park
2323 locals recommend
One of the best urban parks ever made. It's on old train tracks Enter at 14th street! Take the downtown A train to 14th street and walk west on 14th street 2 avenues to the highline park/hudson river.
A NYC Classic experience. A gigantic beach, amusement park ( Luna Park), food, vendors, playgrounds, a huge boardwalk, and live music in the evenings!! D train to the last stop! A favorite!
663 locals recommend
Coney Island
663 locals recommend
A NYC Classic experience. A gigantic beach, amusement park ( Luna Park), food, vendors, playgrounds, a huge boardwalk, and live music in the evenings!! D train to the last stop! A favorite!
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394 locals recommend
Central Park Zoo
East 64th Street
394 locals recommend
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Non touristy beach
68 locals recommend
Jacob Riis Park
157 Rockaway Beach Blvd
68 locals recommend
Non touristy beach
FAMOUS
120 locals recommend
Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk
120 locals recommend
FAMOUS
Famous. D train to 34 street
1787 locals recommend
Empire State Building
20 W 34th St
1787 locals recommend
Famous. D train to 34 street
NYC classic restaurant. Popular with locals and tourists. Texas style good American meals. GREAT alcoholic drinks. GREAT prices. Multiple locations. Time square-42 street, Chelsea-23rd street.
118 locals recommend
Dallas BBQ
3956 Broadway
118 locals recommend
NYC classic restaurant. Popular with locals and tourists. Texas style good American meals. GREAT alcoholic drinks. GREAT prices. Multiple locations. Time square-42 street, Chelsea-23rd street.
Walk this Non-touristy bridge. Great real NYC views, close to Chinatown /Brooklyn bridge. Walk, then exit in Dumbo and explore Brooklyn! From the apt, take the D train to Grand Street and walk.
85 locals recommend
Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
85 locals recommend
Walk this Non-touristy bridge. Great real NYC views, close to Chinatown /Brooklyn bridge. Walk, then exit in Dumbo and explore Brooklyn! From the apt, take the D train to Grand Street and walk.

Shopping

Small, local, independent salad and health conscious place. A favorite!
Island Salad 420 Lenox Ave.
420 Malcolm X Blvd
Small, local, independent salad and health conscious place. A favorite!

Arts & Culture

I love the energy in this park and it holds a special place for me as a native New Yorker.
987 locals recommend
Union Square
987 locals recommend
I love the energy in this park and it holds a special place for me as a native New Yorker.
WORLD FAMOUS!! Walk east from the apartment, (10 minutes from the apartment)
893 locals recommend
Apollo Theater
253 W 125th St
893 locals recommend
WORLD FAMOUS!! Walk east from the apartment, (10 minutes from the apartment)
World Famous MOMA! (Take the D train 2 stops to 7 Ave station. Transfer downstairs to Queens "E" train to 5th Ave) station. Walk a couple blocks.
2114 locals recommend
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
2114 locals recommend
World Famous MOMA! (Take the D train 2 stops to 7 Ave station. Transfer downstairs to Queens "E" train to 5th Ave) station. Walk a couple blocks.
Beautiful, historical pier, riverfront, cafe's, Battery Park, ferries, boats, wall street, downtown is all blocks away. Take the A train downtown to Fulton Street
277 locals recommend
South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton St
277 locals recommend
Beautiful, historical pier, riverfront, cafe's, Battery Park, ferries, boats, wall street, downtown is all blocks away. Take the A train downtown to Fulton Street
Legendary music concerts and in summer, evening live music in the huge outdoor plaza! Take the #1 train downtown to 66th street-Lincoln Center station.
621 locals recommend
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Plaza
621 locals recommend
Legendary music concerts and in summer, evening live music in the huge outdoor plaza! Take the #1 train downtown to 66th street-Lincoln Center station.
Take the D train downtown to Broadway-Lafayette station and walk south down through Mulberry Street! To the left, get lost in Chinatown! GREAT restaurants.
312 locals recommend
Little Italy
189 Grand St
312 locals recommend
Take the D train downtown to Broadway-Lafayette station and walk south down through Mulberry Street! To the left, get lost in Chinatown! GREAT restaurants.
MUST SEE!!! Take the downtown A train, 2 stops, to 42 street-Times Square/Port Authority. It's right there! Research it!
213 locals recommend
Madame Tussauds New York
234 W 42nd St
213 locals recommend
MUST SEE!!! Take the downtown A train, 2 stops, to 42 street-Times Square/Port Authority. It's right there! Research it!
Famous
1126 locals recommend
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
1126 locals recommend
Famous
Famous museum
884 locals recommend
Salmagundi Museum of American Art
884 locals recommend
Famous museum
Famous Park and museum
707 locals recommend
The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin Dr
707 locals recommend
Famous Park and museum
New stadium for events!!!
1418 locals recommend
Barclays Center
620 Atlantic Ave
1418 locals recommend
New stadium for events!!!
Legendary Harlem Jazz lounge. Walk 7 minutes from the apartment
39 locals recommend
Showmans Jazz Club
375 W 125th St
39 locals recommend
Legendary Harlem Jazz lounge. Walk 7 minutes from the apartment