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JCR Percussion |
High Bridge |
Bronx |
Source for specialty percussion instruments for Latin music |
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Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater (former) |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Off-Broadway company that performed classic works of drama |
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Jefferson Market Courthouse and Garden, now a branch of the NYPL |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Former site of a Women's House of Detention and one of the most loved buildings in Greenwich Village |
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Jennings Street Market (site of) |
Crotona Park |
Bronx |
Market where charismatic vendors sold foods and sundries |
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Jewish Daily Forward Building (former) |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Headquarters of Jewish newspaper, built in 1912 |
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Jim Power's Astor Place Mosaic Trail |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Permanent installation of the Mosaic Man's fanciful light poles |
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John Jay Pool |
Yorkville |
Manhattan |
WPA project pool opened in 1940 on the East River |
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Johnny's Reef Restaurant |
City Island |
Bronx |
A classic seafood restaurant on Long Island Sound |
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Joseph Patelson Music House (former) |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Classical sheet music store near Carnegie Hall that opened in 1939 |
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Judson Memorial Church |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Church dedicated to social justice and community arts |
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Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Studios and performing space for Latino artists |
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Julia Richman Education Complex |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Restored school building now successfully housing six small schools |
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Julius' |
West Village |
Manhattan |
A neighborhood bar |
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Junior's Restaurant |
Downtown |
Brooklyn |
Since 1950, a restaurant serving legendary cheesecake |
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K. Trimming Co. |
SoHo |
Manhattan |
Offers an extensive supply of buttons, pins, ribbons and fabric as "the world's trimming source" |
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Katz's Delicatessen |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
A classic delicatessen, open since 1888 |
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Kaufmann Conference Center |
Murray Hill |
Manhattan |
Rare U.S. interior designed by Alvar Aalto |
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Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
Greek Jewish synagogue on the National Register of Historic Places |
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Kehilath Jeshurun |
Yorkville |
Manhattan |
Orthodox synagogue founded in 1872 and in its present building since 1902 |
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Kensington Library |
Kensington |
Brooklyn |
A quiet meeting ground in Kensington Village |
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Kentile Sign |
Gowanus |
Brooklyn |
A big, building-top neon sign belonging to a pioneering vinyl floor manufacturer |
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King Manor Museum |
Jamaica Center |
Queens |
The former home of a signer of the Constitution, now a museum |
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Kingsbridge Armory |
Kingsbridge Heights |
Bronx |
A mammoth Armory in the Bronx, now vacant |
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Kingston Park (St. Andrews Playground) |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
Ball fields and courts are well used at this Crown Heights park |
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Kissena Velodrome |
Pomonok |
Queens |
A cyclists' track built in the 1960s and active today |
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Kleinfeld Bridal |
Chelsea |
Manhattan |
Historically significant wedding emporium featured on television |
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Knickerbocker Village |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
Historically significant residential complex between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges |
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Koenig Sphere ("The Sphere") |
Financial District |
Manhattan |
Remnant from the Work Trade Center |
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Korean Students Association in New York |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Home Away from Home for Korean Students in New York |
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Kosciusko Pool |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Cooling Bedford-Stuyvesant all summer long |
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Kossar's Bialys |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Oldest Bialy Bakery in the United States |
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Koster & Bial's "The Corner" (former) |
Flatiron |
Manhattan |
Site of theaters and burlesque halls closed by anti-vice police |
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Kum Kau Chinese Food |
Clinton Hill |
Brooklyn |
A favorite Chinese restaurant |
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Kurdish Library & Museum (former) |
Prospect Heights |
Brooklyn |
This unique library draws scholars from around the world |
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L&B Spumoni Gardens |
Gravesend |
Brooklyn |
Pizzeria serving Sicilian slices and Italian ices since 1939 |
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La Ferreteria Corona |
Corona |
Queens |
A hardware store in Queens |
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La Guardia Corner Gardens |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Luxuriously-planted community garden on land owned by New York City |
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La Mama Experimental Theater Club |
East Village |
Manhattan |
A theater that seeks to develop, nurture, support, produce and present new and original performance work by artists of all nations and cultures |
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La Marqueta (formerly Park Avenue Market) |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Indoor market serving East Harlem |
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La Perla Garden |
Manhattan Valley |
Manhattan |
A dangerous lot rehabilitated into a vibrant community garden |
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La Plaza Cultural |
East Village |
Manhattan |
A vast community garden and performance space |
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Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church |
Fort Greene |
Brooklyn |
Church notable for its efforts in the anti-slavery movement, supporting women in the ministry, and on behalf of working people and immigrants |
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Lafayette Monument |
Park Slope |
Brooklyn |
Popular meeting place |
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LaGuardia Memorial House & Scan Corsi Senior Center |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Social service provider for over a century |
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Lalance & Grosjean Factory Clock Tower |
Woodhaven |
Queens |
A remnant of the Lalance & Grosjean Manufacturing Co. sheet metal and enamel factory |
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Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center |
Corona |
Queens |
Home of New York City's largest Black Heritage collection |
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Latin American Coffee Shop (former) |
Chelsea |
Manhattan |
Restaurant that served Latin American and classic American diner food |
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Leif Ericson Day School |
Dyker Heights |
Brooklyn |
Private Lutheran school in Dyker Heights |
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Lemon Ice King of Corona |
Corona |
Queens |
Italian ices have been sold here for over 60 years |
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Lenox Lounge |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
Historic jazz club, home of the famous Zebra Room |
