tips

https://www.todaytix.com/ for deals on Broadway and Off-Broadway shows

https://www.culturepass.nyc/

if you have a NYPL library card, free entry at places like The Met, MoMA, The Cloisters

neighborhoods

west village - streets

nolita - streets

east village -

chelsea - chelsea market

williamsburg - bedford and north 4th street

outdoors

domino park

west side highway at pier 34

washington square park

gansevoort beach

elizabeth street garden

central park

bryant park

ADD: prospect park, cloisters

museums

the whitney (free on fridays)

moma

the met (ADD: fotographiska)

tips

coffee shops

st george - west village

merriweather coffee + kitchen

fellini coffee shop

cafe lyria - west village

madman espresso - west village

win son - williamsburg

sey - bushwick

nook - bushwick

devocion - williamsburg

campbell grocery & co - williamsburg

lella alimentari - williamsburg

variety coffee - williamsburg

falu house - greenpoint

ADD: georgie’s

tips:

if you’re there to work, get there before 9am as seats fill up quickly

many shops limit the time and number of seats from which you can use your laptop

fast food

rice rolls in chinatown

taim - vegetarian bowls

smorgasburg williamsburg (april - october?)

restaurants

b’artusi - west village

fanelli cafe

yingtao

nem’s jipandi bistro - williamsburg

acre - greenpoint

ADD: the hoxton, win son restaurant, pastis, jajaja, sunday in brooklyn, nura, chez ma tante

drinks

george bang bang

angel’s share

local

the virgin hotel bar

ascent lounge

ace hotel

le dive - east village

ADD: employees only, westlight

sweets

little cupcake bakeshop (nolita)

gelato place

caffe panna - greenpoint

ADD: la bicyclette bakery

music

smalls jazz club

birdland jazz club

ADD: ornithology jazz club

bookstores

that bookstore on bedford

the drama bookshop

mcnally jackson soho

mcnally jackson fulton

ADD: the strand, word - greenpoint

workout studios

dance

the gibney

I love dance

dance with me soho

ADD: NY School of Burlesque

yoga & pilates

sui yoga

natural pilates soho

yoga space

kula yoga project

other

remedy place flatiron

boxing