27 Cooper Square |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Former home of many notable writers, musicians and painters |
52 Park |
Longwood |
Bronx |
Park revitalized by 52 People for Progress, a local volunteer group |
Abingdon Square Park |
West Village |
Manhattan |
West Village green space |
Al Cholo Bakery & Health Food Store |
Williamsbridge |
Bronx |
Antiguan-owned bakery |
Alice in Wonderland in Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Statue commissioned as a gift to the children of New York City |
Astoria Pool & Park |
Astoria |
Queens |
One of the city's 11 giant WPA-era pools |
Atrium Stadium Cinemas |
Eltingville |
Staten Island |
A privately own theater and local hangout |
Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle (former) |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Well-used and well-loved former bookstore location |
Barretto Street Garden |
Hunts Point |
Bronx |
Community garden in Hunts Point |
Beth Ahavath Sholom, a.k.a. The Temple (site of) |
Bath Beach |
Brooklyn |
Former synagogue that hosted punk rock concerts in its basement |
Big Rock |
East Elmhurst |
Queens |
Neighborhood gathering place and impromptu playground |
Black Madonna Chapel & Phoenix Bar |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Storefront chapel to the Black Madonna, now Phoenix Bar |
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden |
Astoria |
Queens |
Czech and Slovak cultural center, restaurant and beer garden |
Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain |
Carroll Gardens |
Brooklyn |
1920s pharmacy turned old-fashioned soda shop |
Brooklyn Moon Cafe |
Fort Greene |
Brooklyn |
Coffee shop, restaurant and performance space in Fort Greene |
Brooklyn Museum Plaza |
Prospect Heights |
Brooklyn |
A welcoming public plaza with wonderful fountains |
Brownstone Books (former) |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
African-American focused bookstore offering author readings/lectures, special events, and book clubs for adults and children |
Caravana Club/Bronx Casino/El Cerromar (former) |
Mott Haven |
Bronx |
Nightclubs that produced distinctively New York Latin music |
Casalegre Record Store (site of) |
Longwood |
Bronx |
Home of a well-known local Latino record company, Alegre Records |
Casita Rincón Criollo |
Melrose |
Bronx |
The oldest and largest casita in New York |
Caton Park |
Flatbush |
Brooklyn |
A delightful place for people of all ages |
CBGB (former) |
East Village |
Manhattan |
The birthplace of punk rock |
Ceiling of Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Beautifully restored but astronomically incorrect zodiac tableau |
Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Perhaps New York's most famous oasis |
Chess and Checkers House, Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Offers 24 chess tables under a shady pergola open to all |
Chinatown Senior Citizens' Center |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
A place for Chinatown seniors to participate together in traditional culture |
Chinese Scholar's Garden |
Randall Manor |
Staten Island |
The only authentic garden of its type in the U.S. |
Christopher Street |
West Village |
Manhattan |
A center of gay life for decades |
Chumley's (former) |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Prohibition-era speakeasy with a secret entrance that served members of the Lost Generation and the Beat Generation |
City Lore |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
New York City's center for urban folk culture |
Clock at Grand Central |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
One of New York's classic meeting places |
Club Cubano Interamericano |
Melrose |
Bronx |
Social club for Cuban immigrants |
Club Hermanos Unidos |
Corona |
Queens |
A Dominican-American social club |
Coffey Park |
Red Hook |
Brooklyn |
Neighborhood park offering benches, basketball courts, handball courts, a baseball diamond and space for picnicking |
Columbus Park |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
Formerly the Mulberry Bend slums, now a park used by mahjong and basketball players alike |
Community Church of Douglaston |
Douglaston |
Queens |
A quintessential neighborhood church |
Comus Social Club |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Men's social club in Bedford Stuyvesant |
Coney Island |
Coney Island |
Brooklyn |
Legendary seaside boardwalk, beach and center for entertainment |
Congregation Beth Elohim |
Park Slope |
Brooklyn |
One of Brooklyn's oldest synagogues, where the Old and the New Worlds meet |
Congregation Shaare Zion |
Gravesend |
Brooklyn |
Orthodox Synagogue serving Syrian Jewish community from Aleppo |
Crotona Park |
Crotona Park |
Bronx |
A 127-acre green space in the heart of the South Bronx |
David Fox Playground |
Flatlands |
Brooklyn |
A place to hang out and be outdoors in Flatlands |
Di Fara Pizza |
Midwood |
Brooklyn |
Renowned family owned pizzeria and Brooklyn institution |
Dias y Flores Community Garden |
East Village |
Manhattan |
East Village community garden in operation since 1978 |
District Council 65 (former) |
NoHo |
Manhattan |
Long-time headquarters of a union with an activist history |
Ear Inn (in the James Brown House) |
Tribeca |
Manhattan |
A popular bar since the late-1800's in an 1817 building |
Eib's Pond Park Preserve |
Park Hill |
Staten Island |
A freshwater pond and bordering wetlands available for public enjoyment |
Elks Lodge #127 (former site of) |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
Where the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, a black union, was founded in 1925 |
Elks Plaza |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Home of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks |
Empire Roller Skating Center (former) |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
Brooklyn's last large-scale roller rink, closed in 2007 |