Guidebook for New York
Shopping
Rite Aid Pharmacy
2170 Frederick Douglass BlvdGood for picking up toiletries, medicine, etc.
Essentials
If you want to be healthy, there is a great juice/smoothie bar next to the entrance. If you to want to be not-so-healthy, they have some of the best soul food at the rear of the store.
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Best Market Harlem
2187 Frederick Douglass BlvdIf you want to be healthy, there is a great juice/smoothie bar next to the entrance. If you to want to be not-so-healthy, they have some of the best soul food at the rear of the store.
Everything Else
A great park in which to relax and/or exercise.
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Friends of Morningside Park
14 Morningside AveA great park in which to relax and/or exercise.
Food Scene
The Ellington
2745 BroadwayBest burger in the area.
One of my favorite restaurants in Central Harlem.
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Lido Harlem Restaurant
2168 Frederick Douglass BlvdOne of my favorite restaurants in Central Harlem.
Restaurant/coffee shop/live music. The food here is lovely, and there is free entrance to their nightly live-music performances. There's a lot of local flavor here.
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Silvana
300 W 116th StRestaurant/coffee shop/live music. The food here is lovely, and there is free entrance to their nightly live-music performances. There's a lot of local flavor here.
This is a coffee shop/restaurant/bar. Good food, great people, and always broadcasts European sports on the televisions.
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Cafe Amrita
301 W 110th StThis is a coffee shop/restaurant/bar. Good food, great people, and always broadcasts European sports on the televisions.
Drinks & Nightlife
67 Orange Street
2082 Frederick Douglass BlvdHands down my favorite bar in the neighborhood.
Sightseeing
Beautiful Gothic cathedral which you can see from the apartment.
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I-Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam AveBeautiful Gothic cathedral which you can see from the apartment.