Guidebook for New York

Elizabeth And Elias
Elizabeth And Elias
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
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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 St
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.

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 Ave
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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.
Awesome Ethiopian coffee shop, if you are in the mood to stroll a bit.
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Cafe Buunni
213 Pinehurst Ave
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Awesome 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 Broadway
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This place has really great New York bagels, which they make each morning on the premises.
Amazing Italian restaurant with decent prices.
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Saggio
827 W 181st St
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Amazing Italian restaurant with decent prices.
Thai restaurant! Really good. The restaurant is BYOB.
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Bangkok Heights
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Thai restaurant! Really good. The restaurant is BYOB.
Dominican restaurant
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Malecon
4141 Broadway
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Dominican restaurant
Really great Central American food. Their pupusas are the best around!
El Paso Centroamericano
4129 Broadway
Really 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 Broadway
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This place is more like a deli / juice bar. They have great healthy food options.
Barbecue food and gigantic margaritas and other drinks.
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Dallas BBQ
3956 Broadway
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Barbecue 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 Broadway
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Quiet but delicious Italian restaurant. If you go, you have to order the Grandma's style pizza!
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Starbucks
301 W 145th St
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Decent American-style diner food.
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Hudson View
770 W 181st St
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Decent American-style diner food.
Great cakes and pastries!
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Carrot Top Pastries
5025 Broadway
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Great cakes and pastries!
Sports bar and restaurant. They have karaoke and a brunch deal.
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Coogans
4015 Broadway
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Sports bar and restaurant. They have karaoke and a brunch deal.
Good sushi/Japanese food
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Sushi Yu 2
4311 W 181st St
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Good 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 St
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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.
Romantic Italian restaurant with a back garden that is glassed-in.
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La Lanterna di Vittorio
129 MacDougal St
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Romantic Italian restaurant with a back garden that is glassed-in.
It's where Harry Met Sally!
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Delicatessen de Katz
205 E Houston St
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It's where Harry Met Sally!
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The Spotted Dog
1154 1st Ave.
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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
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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 St
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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.
Urgent Care Center
21 Audubon Ave
Nail salon
La Bella
4117 Broadway
Nail 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 Greenway
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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".
A great park with beautiful flowers and views overlooking the Hudson River.
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Parque Fort Tryon
Dr To Broadway
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A 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 Avenue
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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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Battery Park
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Really cool park that used to be an abandoned railway track.
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The High Line Park
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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 Square
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Down near NYU, this is my favorite park to sit and listen to jazz.
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Jardín botánico de Brooklyn
990 Washington Ave
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Arts & 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 Dr
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Really interesting museum that looks like a castle. Lots of manuscripts, tapestries, and sculptures.
Great old-fashioned theater with live music.
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United Palace
4140 Broadway
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Great old-fashioned theater with live music.
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Museo Americano de Historia Natural
200 Central Park West
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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!!
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Carnegie Hall
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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!!
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Ópera Metropolitana
30 Lincoln Center Plaza
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Salmagundi Museum of American Art
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The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
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Teatro Apollo
253 W 125th St
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Museo Naval, Aéreo y Espacial del Intrepid
West 46th Street
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Museo Metropolitano de Arte
1000 5th Ave
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Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York - Biblioteca Bloomingdale
476 5th Ave
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Very cool museum that takes you into the lives of immigrants who have come to NYC over the decades.
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Museo Lower East Side Tenement
103 Orchard St
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Very 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 Broadway
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Very decently priced liquor store with a great selection of wine and spirits.
Fun Irish bar with good beer and really good fries.
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Le Chéile
839 W 181st St
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Fun 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 Broadway
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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!
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 Broadway
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This is a small but fun latin bar/restaurant. They specialize in grilled meats and things like that.
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Monkey Room
589 Fort Washington Ave
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Sightseeing

This is the site of the Track and Field Hall of Fame.
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The Armory
149 4th Ave
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This is the site of the Track and Field Hall of Fame.
The oldest building in New York City.
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Morris-Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel Terrace
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The oldest building in New York City.
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Empire State Building
20 W 34th St
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If you have time to walk or bike over the bridge, it makes a great afternoon.
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Puente de Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
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If you have time to walk or bike over the bridge, it makes a great afternoon.
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Statue of Liberty Museum Shop
1 Liberty Island - Ellis Island
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Yankee Stadium
1 E 161 St
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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!
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Times Square
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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!
The site of the 1964-1965 World Fair.
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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Van Wyck Expressway
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The 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 Plaza
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It can be very crowded, especially around Christmas time, but there is lots to do and it is fun to look around.