New York City Features

New York City Features

• New York City Today
  

  The phrase "in a New York minute" is clichéd for a reason: in this wonderful, frenetic, and overwhelming city, things really do change... Read more

• Top Things to Do in New York City
  

  The largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere, the Met is a mecca for art lovers of all stripes. Treasures from all over the world and every... Read more

• New York City with Kids
  

  Though much of New York revolves around the adult pursuits of making and spending money, it's also a great city for kids. Our top activities... Read more

• What the Locals Do in New York City
  

  There are a few tricks to navigating this city—unspoken, hard-won bits of knowledge that help us locals get the most out of our hometown... Read more

• Sitting in a TV Audience
  

  Tickets to tapings of TV shows are free, but can be hard to get on short notice. Most shows accept advance requests by email, phone, or online—but... Read more

• New York City for Free
  

  If you think everything in New York costs too much, well, you're right—almost. In fact, the city has tons of free attractions and activities... Read more

• Midtown Architecture: Look Up!
  

  Midtown is the heart of the city during the workday. From every direction, people pour into the city to give it a jolt of energy. That vibrancy... Read more

• Halloween in the Village
  

  All things weird and wonderful, all creatures great and squall, all things witty and fantastical, New York City has them all—and on All... Read more

• NYC's Waterfront Parks
  

  If Central Park makes you think, "been there, done that" head to one of the several waterfront parks to get your greenery. Many New Yorkers are... Read more

• Buying Tickets at Full Price
  

  What do tickets sell for, anyway? Not counting the limited "premium seat" category (or discount deals), the top ticket price for Broadway musicals... Read more

• Buying Discount Tickets
  

  The cheapest—though chanciest—ticket opportunities are found at participating theater box offices on the day of the performance... Read more

• Shopping Deals and Steals
  

  Everyone loves a bargain—including a temporary New Yorker. Scoring a good deal is a rite of passage, and the city offers everything from... Read more

• Shopping in SoHo
  

  Somehow, everything looks a bit more beautiful here. Maybe it's because of the way sunlight filters down the cast-iron facades, glinting off... Read more

• Shopping in NoLIta
  

  The Nabokovian nickname NoLITa, shorthand for "North of Little Italy," covers a neighborhood that has taken the commercial baton from SoHo and... Read more

• Shopping on the Lower East Side
  

  Once home to multitudes of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe, the Lower East Side has traditionally been New Yorkers' bargain... Read more

• Shopping in the West Village
  

  It's easy to feel like a local, not a tourist, while shopping in the West Village. Unlike 5th Avenue or SoHo, the pace is slower, the streets... Read more

• Shopping in the the Meatpacking District
  

  For nearly a century, this industrial western edge of downtown Manhattan was defined by slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants, blood-splattered... Read more

• Shopping on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street
  

  Fifth Avenue from Rockefeller Center to Central Park South pogos among landmark department stores, glossy international designer boutiques, and... Read more

• Shopping on Madison Avenue
  

  If you're craving a couture fix, cab it straight to Madison Avenue between East 57th and East 79th streets. Here the greatest Italian, French... Read more

• Bleecker Street's Little Italy
  

  Little Italy can be besieged by slow-moving crowds, touristy shops, and restaurant hosts hollering invites as you pass to dine inside. Bleecker... Read more

• Keeping It Real in Times Square
  

  How to act like a local in Times Square? Look as if you want to leave. The local art of walking in Times Square involves zigzagging around the... Read more

• Art in Rockefeller Center
  

  The mosaics, murals, and sculptures that grace Rockefeller Center—many of them considered art-deco masterpieces—were all part of... Read more

• SoHo and NoLIta Architecture
  

  There are plenty of beautiful people in SoHo and NoLIta, but tilt your eyes up, beyond the turn-of-the-20th-century lampposts adorned with cast-iron... Read more

• D.I.Y. Harlem Gospel Tours
  

  For the past decade, the popularity of gospel tours, conducted by bus, has surged, so if you're thinking of doing it, here are some tips. A bus... Read more

• The Gangs of Five Points
  

  In the mid-19th century the Five Points area was perhaps the city's most notorious and dangerous neighborhood. The confluence of five streets—Mulberry... Read more

• Chelsea Galleries 101
  

  Good art, bad art, edgy art, downright disturbing art—it's all here waiting to please and provoke in the contemporary art capital of the... Read more

• Filmmaking in Astoria
  

  Hollywood may be the king of moviemaking now, but in the early days of sound, Queens was where it was at. In the 1920s such stars as Gloria Swanson... Read more

• Brooklyn Flea
  

  Brooklyn Flea. Quirky, inclusive, and full of unclaimed treasures—that's Brooklyn in a nutshell, and it also aptly describes the Brooklyn... Read more

• Romantic Retreats
  

  As the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh once wrote, "Romance is a love affair in other than domestic surroundings." Indeed, many high-end... Read more

• Best Hotels for Famillies
  

  Many New York hotels go out of their way to accommodate families, with special amenities and family-size rooms. However, a hotel claiming that... Read more

• Lodging Alternatives
  

  For your trip to New York, you may want a little more space than the city's typically tiny hotel rooms provide. Some travelers consider apartment... Read more

• Department Store Discounts
  

  If you don't have one of these stores in the state where you live, take advantage of special discounts available by showing a state ID card... Read more

• Cool Local Chains
  

  New Yorkers in the know hit these fabulous local chains for unique frocks and the best of the city's one-stop-shopping.... Read more

• Kickin' Karaoke
  

  If you're looking for a venue other than the shower to bust out your rendition of Queen's "Somebody to Love," you're in good company. Otherwise... Read more

• New York's Film Festivals
  

  New York's extreme diversity is also what makes it a cinephile's heaven: dozens of festivals for both niche interests and for those just wanting... Read more

• Street Vendor Shopping
  

  If you're looking for original or reproduced artwork, the two areas to visit for street vendors are the stretch of 5th Avenue in front of the... Read more

• Hotel Hot Spots
  

  Some of the city's most stylish bars and lounges are in hotels. These boîtes occasionally require crossing a velvet-roped entrance, but... Read more

• Holiday Markets
  

  Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, holiday markets—rows of wooden stalls, many with red-and-white-stripe awnings—spring up around... Read more

• The 7 Train: A Foodie's Favorite Subway
  

  Manhattan may be known for its fine four-star restaurants, but food lovers know there's one train line to take to some of the best eats in the... Read more