Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Great local spot for delicious pastries and your favorite cup of coffee! They make a cappuccino with a monkey face, only a few blocks away!
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The Monkey Cup
1730 Amsterdam AveGreat local spot for delicious pastries and your favorite cup of coffee! They make a cappuccino with a monkey face, only a few blocks away!
The Grange
1635 Amsterdam AveFantastic brunch spot! Also great for dinner
Great brunch spot! also good for lunch for a panini or salad, make sure to check out the second floor! Slightly more economical choice than The Grange
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Il Cafe Latte 1
189 Malcolm X BlvdGreat brunch spot! also good for lunch for a panini or salad, make sure to check out the second floor! Slightly more economical choice than The Grange
Cool japanese spot for Ramen/Raw bar or a great fancy cocktail at the bar
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ROKC
3452 BroadwayCool japanese spot for Ramen/Raw bar or a great fancy cocktail at the bar
Devin's Fish & Chips
747 St Nicholas AveGreat local fried fish spot, recommended for take out, limited seating
Coral Diner
great little local diner
Fumo
1600 Amsterdam Avegreat pizza/pasta place
Sylvia's Restaurant
328 Malcolm X BlvdFamous soulfood spot
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
700 W 125th Stgreat bbq spot!
Red Rooster
310 Lenox Aveupscale harlem restaurant
Levain Bakery - Harlem
2167 Frederick Douglass Blvdamazing french bakery- try the cookies!
Jin Ramen West Harlem
3183 BroadwayReally good Ramen spot
Good french restaurant, very nice ambiance
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Le Monde Restaurant NYC
2885 BroadwayGood french restaurant, very nice ambiance
Sightseeing
Historic home of Alexander Hamilton
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Hamilton Grange National Memorial
414 W 141st StHistoric home of Alexander Hamilton
Beautiful gothic architecture, nice spot to sit in the grass and hang out
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The City College of New York
160 Convent AveBeautiful gothic architecture, nice spot to sit in the grass and hang out
Columbia University
116th and Broadwaybeautiful ivy league campus
Times Square
Arts & Culture
Beautiful museum, part of MET Museum of art. Georgous gardens, very nice place for views of Hudson river
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The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin DrBeautiful museum, part of MET Museum of art. Georgous gardens, very nice place for views of Hudson river
little known Washington Heights museum!
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Hispanic Society Museum & Library
613 W 155th Stlittle known Washington Heights museum!
AMAZING and ENORMOUS Museum! The fee is only a SUGGESTED DONATION! you can get in for as little as one dollar!
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I-Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveAMAZING and ENORMOUS Museum! The fee is only a SUGGESTED DONATION! you can get in for as little as one dollar!
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
Iziko Lomuzi wezolimo laseMarekhiya
200 Central Park WestThe National Jazz Museum in Harlem
58 W 129th Sticonic museum of jazz!
Essentials
Foodtown of St. Nicholas Ave
756 St Nicholas AveGood grocery store for basics
Great grocery store for those more culinarily refined
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Fairway Market 125th Street
2328 12th AveGreat grocery store for those more culinarily refined
New Supreme Cleaners Inc
754 St Nicholas Avegood dry cleaning/laundry spot
Amsterdam Pharmacy
1743 Amsterdam Avelocal pharmacy
Duane Reade Pharmacy
176 Main Stlocal duane reade
Drinks & Nightlife
Ginny's Supper Club
310 Malcolm X Blvdgood spot for live music and a drink
Harlem Tavern
2153 Frederick Douglass BlvdGreat spot for drinks and bare fare
Silvana
300 W 116th Stgood spot to hear local musicians
Harlem Public
3612 Broadwayhip local spot
I-Apollo Theater
253 W 125th StThe famous Apollo Theater!
Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
2751 BroadwayGreat jazz club
Parks & Nature
HUGE local State Park over the Hudson River, Beautiful views, lots of fields for soccer, baseball, handball, tennis, track, etc
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Riverbank/State Park
HUGE local State Park over the Hudson River, Beautiful views, lots of fields for soccer, baseball, handball, tennis, track, etc
beautiful urban park, enjoy a sunny day in the lawn. people watching, City college on one side, beautiful brownstones and pre-war tenements on the other
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St. Nicholas Park
Saint Nicholas Terracebeautiful urban park, enjoy a sunny day in the lawn. people watching, City college on one side, beautiful brownstones and pre-war tenements on the other
Morningside Park
Morningside Drivevery nice neighborhood park
Getting Around
ABCD trains subway entrance. A & D trains are express, fastest trains to Times Sq, downtown. There is an entrance between 147 & 148 on St. Nicholas ave right next to Devin's Fish and Chips (only 2 blocks from our place)
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145 Street Station
ABCD trains subway entrance. A & D trains are express, fastest trains to Times Sq, downtown. There is an entrance between 147 & 148 on St. Nicholas ave right next to Devin's Fish and Chips (only 2 blocks from our place)