Rough Guide. New York

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Fanelli’s

Cozy old bar that’s a

nice alternative to

SoHo’s usual slick

establishments.

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McSorley’s Old Ale House

New York’s oldest bar has served its

esteemed home-brewed ale to the likes of

Abraham Lincoln.

 P.110  THE EAST VILLAGE 

Chumley’s

This former speakeasy – now a regular bar

– is reputedly where Joyce wrote bits of

Finnegan’s Wake

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For most people

Manhattan is New

York, yet there are

four other boroughs

and plenty to

experience in each

of them if you have

the time. Bear in

mind that the outer

boroughs, Brooklyn,

Queens, the Bronx,

and Staten Island,

include some of the

city’s most

ethnically diverse

neighborhoods –

reason enough in

itself to leave the

island, especially if

you want to eat.

Reasons to leave the island

Brooklyn Heights

Just across the Brooklyn Bridge, the tran-

quil Heights offers brick- and brownstone

architecture and an unmatched view of

Manhattan.

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Yankee Stadium

Home to baseball’s most storied team, the

stadium is the hot ticket in the summer.

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Coney Island

New York’s classic beachside fun factory,

accessible for the price of a subway

ticket.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Quite simply, one of the most enticing green

spaces in the city – especially gorgeous in

spring.

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Bronx Zoo

One of the best in the country, the zoo awes

millions annually with its wildlife.

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Just walking the

streets of New York

and soaking it all in

should be enough to

keep your children

stimulated, for New

York features such

obvious eye-openers

as skyscrapers,

ferry rides, and

street entertainers.

But there are also

many attractions

specifically designed for

kids that you shouldn’t

miss if you’re here as a

family.

Kids’ New York

Children’s Museum of

Manhattan

Highly interactive museum devoted to

kids, who flock to its video and story-

telling presentations.

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Central Park Zoo

Smaller and more easily accessible than the

one in the Bronx, it has a petting zoo espe-

cially popular with younger children.

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New York Transit Museum

Exhibits of old subway stations and buses

will occupy children for hours.

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New York Aquarium

The sharks, seals, and walruses here are a

good compliment to a stroll along the Coney

Island boardwalk.

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Pizza

While pizza is pretty much universal, New

Yorkers insist only a few places serve the

real thing.

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LITTLE ITALY

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The smells of New

York’s distinctive

street food – an

inevitable result of

the ethnic mix that

makes up the city –

waft from every

corner. Specialties

include everything

from German treats

like pretzels and hot

dogs, which date from the

very earliest immigrants,

Jewish bialys, bagels, and

lox – and of course pizza,

the product of the city’s

large Italian community.

We’ve listed some of the

most prominent kinds that

you’ll find – there are

plenty more; don’t be

afraid to try your luck.

New York food

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Hot dogs

The ultimate street food, available on

virtually every corner with a variety of

garnishes.

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Knishes

Delectable, doughy Jewish pastry stuffed

with potatoes, cheese, and meat, among

other options.

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Bialys and lox

While bagels are ubiquitous, their drier, flat-

ter, and hole-less cousins are perfect

topped with smoked salmon.

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King Kong

No image is quite as iconic as the mighty

ape straddling the Empire State Building.

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PARK, AND MURRAY HILL

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Even first-time

visitors will find that

there’s plenty in

New York that’s

oddly familiar – and

that’s because the

city is the ultimate

movie set and has

featured on film

and television more

than any other city.

You could fill an

entire book with its

most significant

locations; instead

we’ve just listed

some of the ones you’re

likely to be most familiar

with.

Film and TV locations

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Rosemary’s Baby

The august Dakota Building was the spooky

setting of Roman Polanski’s seminal Sixties

chiller.

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Breakfast at

Tiffany’s

Few stores evoke a

movie character as

indelibly as Tiffany’s

does Audrey

Hepburn’s Holly

Golightly.

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Seinfeld

The beloved sitcom was filmed

on a stage set, but the outside of

Tom’s Diner

doubled as

Monk’s

the coffeeshop where Jerry and

Co. talked about nothing.

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The Lost Weekend

PJ Clarke

’s is the unmistakeable drinking

den, where Ray Milland lost his weekend.

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Since the early

nineteenth century,

New York has been

home and workplace

to some of the

guiding lights of

world literature, and

their haunts and

activities are marked

throughout the city.

Its venerable

literary history has

been played out in

its bars, hotels,

parks, houses, and

streets, leaving behind

numerous indelible

landmarks.

Literary landmarks

Chelsea Hotel

Numerous writers have holed up at the

Chelsea

, but the most famous was prob-

ably Jack Kerouac, who wrote

On The

Road

here in 1951.

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GARMENT DISTRICT

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