Guidebook for New York
Essentials
Eli's Market
1415 3rd AveGourmet supermarket.
One of the nearest delis (small grocery stores). For quick and small items like snacks/soda.
Eighty Two Corner Market Inc
One of the nearest delis (small grocery stores). For quick and small items like snacks/soda.
82 Fruit Vegetable Market
One of the nearest delis (small grocery stores).
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston StThe nearest Whole Foods market
Shopping
Agata & Valentina
64 University PlNearest pharmacy.
Best Buy
1280 Lexington AveClosest electronics supermarket.
Food Scene
Starbucks
301 W 145th StNearest Starbucks. Just in case!
Shake Shack
Madison AvenueThe only normal fast food restaurant ever.
OM
1531 York AveOne of the best indian restaurants in the neighborhood.
Big Daddy's Upper East Side
1596 2nd AveA classic American diner.
Tal Bagels
977 1st Ave.Good bagels.
LeChurro
1236 Lexington AveGet a cup of coffee and a bag of delicious churros with a sweet dipping sauce.
Cascabel Taqueria
242 E 85th StMexican restaurant with great tacos.
Via Quadronno
25 E 73rd StAward-winning paninis.
JG Melon
1291 3rd AveOld school american restaurant. A great place to get a burger.
Petite Shell
1269 Lexington AveMy favorite coffee shop.
Le Pain Quotidien
861 Lexington AveCoffee/lunch spot.
Viennese food and desserts in the museum of German and Austrian art.
25 locals recommend
Cafe Sabarsky
1048 5th AveViennese food and desserts in the museum of German and Austrian art.
One of the oldest and most authentic diners in the neighborhood (try their milkshake).
17 locals recommend
Lexington Candy Shop
1226 Lexington AveOne of the oldest and most authentic diners in the neighborhood (try their milkshake).
CJ
318 East 84th StreetCute little cafe, great for sandwiches and morning coffee.
Everything Else
Golden Star Cleaners and Tailor
309 E 83rd StNearest laundry/dry cleaners/tailor. Overnight service.
Barnes & Noble
33 E 17th StClosest book store.
Carl Schurz Park
East End AvenueA park with a view of the East River and Roosevelt Island.
Gracie Mansion Conservancy
East End AvenueNYC mayor's house.
Arts & Culture
East 86th St. Cinema
210 East 86th StOne of the nearest movie theaters.
AMC Orpheum Theater
1538 3rd AveOne of the nearest movie theaters.
Largest art museum in the United States with among the most significant art collections.
88 locals recommend
5th Avenue
5th AvenueLargest art museum in the United States with among the most significant art collections.
Permanent home of a renowned and continuously expanding collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.
1126 locals recommend
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th AvePermanent home of a renowned and continuously expanding collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.
Museum houses a public collection of over 7,000 works of American art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
13 locals recommend
National Academy of Design
519 Gramercy Park SMuseum houses a public collection of over 7,000 works of American art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
A Smithsonian museum that is the only museum in the United States devoted to historical and contemporary design. The museum has one of the world's largest collections of decorative arts.
146 locals recommend
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st StA Smithsonian museum that is the only museum in the United States devoted to historical and contemporary design. The museum has one of the world's largest collections of decorative arts.
A contemporary art gallery, one of the 11 Gagosian galleries around the world and one of the three located in NYC.
13 locals recommend
Gagosian Shop
976 Madison AveA contemporary art gallery, one of the 11 Gagosian galleries around the world and one of the three located in NYC.
An art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art.
884 locals recommend
Salmagundi Museum of American Art
An art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art.
An art gallery and history museum founded to present the history of New York City and its people.
271 locals recommend
Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th AveAn art gallery and history museum founded to present the history of New York City and its people.
A museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design.
176 locals recommend
Neue Galerie
1048 5th AveA museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design.
An art museum housed in the former private mansion that belonged to the steel magnate Henry Clay Frick.
307 locals recommend
Frick Collection
1 E 70th StAn art museum housed in the former private mansion that belonged to the steel magnate Henry Clay Frick.
The largest collection of art and Jewish culture outside of museums in Israel.
85 locals recommend
The Jewish Museum
1109 5th AveThe largest collection of art and Jewish culture outside of museums in Israel.
One of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world.
1623 locals recommend
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park WestOne of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world.
Drinks & Nightlife
One of the greatest and liveliest bars in the neighborhood. Featured in "Best of New York" issue of the New York magazine.
200 locals recommend
The Penrose
1590 2nd AveOne of the greatest and liveliest bars in the neighborhood. Featured in "Best of New York" issue of the New York magazine.
Another good bar in the neighbourhood, they have a large cocktail list.
14 locals recommend
Jbird Cocktails
339 East 75th StreetAnother good bar in the neighbourhood, they have a large cocktail list.
Felice 83
1593 1st Ave.A nice dinner restaurant and bar.