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New York City Places
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Brooklyn
Hardly Manhattan's wimpy sidekick, Brooklyn is a metropolis in its own right. It's the most populous of all the boroughs, with nearly 2.5 million residents; if it were independent of New York, it would... (more) -
Central Park
Central Park is to New York as the sun is to the solar system. Without its 843 acres of meadering paths, sprawling green lawns, tranquil lakes, fountains, gardens, waterfalls, a carousel, a zoo, and a... (more) -
East Village and the Lower East Side
Houston Street divides the area south of 14th Street and east of 4th Avenue and the Bowery into the East Village (above) and the Lower East Side (below), two neighborhoods that contain some of the city's... (more) -
Greenwich Village and Chelsea
Home of writers, artists, bohemians, and bon vivants, the West Village is a unique section of the city where right angles and office buildings give way to twisting streets and historic homes. In the late... (more) -
Harlem
Harlem is known throughout the world as a center of culture, music, and African-American life. Today's Harlem, however, is a very different Harlem from that of 10 years ago, when many considered it too... (more) -
Lower Manhattan
New York was born on the southern tip of Manhattan, and a visit here provides a glimpse of the city both past and present. From the 19th-century brick facades of South Street Seaport to the skyscraper-lined... (more) -
Midtown
Midtown is the heart of New York City -- the center of commerce, media, shopping, transportation, tourism. It's what most people think of when they think of the city. It's a vibrant area known as much... (more) -
Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island
Home of LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports, Queens is seen by most visitors only from the window of an airplane and cab. On the ground, however, it's a neighborhood of neighborhoods... (more) -
SoHo and Chinatown
Shopping is the main draw to SoHo (South of Houston Street) these days, although gallery hopping, people-watching at a sidewalk café, and nighttime foraging for hip hangouts are not far behind... (more) -
Union Square
Union Square is the beating heart of Manhattan. The square itself hosts everything from concerts to protest rallies to the farmers' market, and its surrounding neighborhoods each borrow its flavor while... (more) -
Upper East Side
To many New Yorkers, the Upper East Side connotes old money and high society. Alongside Central Park, between 5th and Lexington avenues, up to about East 96th Street, the trappings of wealth are everywhere... (more) -
Upper West Side
Residents of the Upper West Side will proudly tell you that they live in one of the last real neighborhoods in the city. That's arguable (as is most everything in NYC), but people actually do know their... (more)
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