Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Best coffee, amazing home-made pastries, and really loyal following. Also, very kid-friendly.
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Abraço
81 E 7th St
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Best coffee, amazing home-made pastries, and really loyal following. Also, very kid-friendly.
23 locals raden deze aan
Rose & Basil
104 E 7th St
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Ray's Candy Store
113 Avenue A
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The Crooked Tree
110 St Marks Pl
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Highly rated hot-pot Chinese restaurant, in the traditional style.
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MáLà Project
122 1st Ave.
25 locals raden deze aan
Highly rated hot-pot Chinese restaurant, in the traditional style.
Excellent cocktails and German food
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Edi & The Wolf
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Excellent cocktails and German food

Drinks & Nightlife

Amazing cocktails in a hidden-away gem.
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Lovers of Today
132 1/2 E 7th St
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Amazing cocktails in a hidden-away gem.
Tiny place that makes the best cocktails -- high-end, strong stuff.
73 locals raden deze aan
Amor y Amargo
95 E 6th St
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Tiny place that makes the best cocktails -- high-end, strong stuff.
This is a classic dive bar -- not fancy, but beers are a few bucks. Plus, it's one of the last place in the neighborhood that's connected to the area's punk rock past.
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Lucy's
135 Avenue A
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This is a classic dive bar -- not fancy, but beers are a few bucks. Plus, it's one of the last place in the neighborhood that's connected to the area's punk rock past.

Essentials

High-end grocery store great for fresh vegetables, fruit, fish, and meat
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Union Market
240 E Houston St
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High-end grocery store great for fresh vegetables, fruit, fish, and meat
This is a quality, middle-market grocery store. Good for everything and convenient on the walk back from the subway.
12 locals raden deze aan
New Yorkers Foodmarket
107 2nd Ave
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This is a quality, middle-market grocery store. Good for everything and convenient on the walk back from the subway.
Budget grocery store that's excellent for dry goods and other non-perishable food. Free delivery on orders over $100.
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Key Food Supermarkets
492 Myrtle Ave
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Budget grocery store that's excellent for dry goods and other non-perishable food. Free delivery on orders over $100.
Excellent dry cleaners. They will do your laundry and fold it ("wash and fold"), as well as traditional dry cleaning.
J & Y NYC Cleaners
97 1/2 E 7th St
Excellent dry cleaners. They will do your laundry and fold it ("wash and fold"), as well as traditional dry cleaning.

Parks & Nature

Leafy, big park around the corner. Great for strolling through.
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Tompkins Square Park
East 10th Street
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Leafy, big park around the corner. Great for strolling through.
This is a real secret gem. It's a community run garden that is amazingly well done. Wonderful plantings. You can sit or walk the paths.
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6BC Botanical Garden
630 E 6th St
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This is a real secret gem. It's a community run garden that is amazingly well done. Wonderful plantings. You can sit or walk the paths.
Spend an hour or two strolling down the East River, overlooking the Brooklyn waterfront. If you stroll far south enough, you can catch a NYC Ferry to Brooklyn.
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John V. Lindsay East River Park
1234 East 6th Street
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Spend an hour or two strolling down the East River, overlooking the Brooklyn waterfront. If you stroll far south enough, you can catch a NYC Ferry to Brooklyn.

Arts & Culture

If you want to understand the history of our apartment, then you must go to this museum. It tells the history of the tenements of the Lower East Side and East Village and the immigrants who lived in them.
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Tenement Museum
103 Orchard St
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If you want to understand the history of our apartment, then you must go to this museum. It tells the history of the tenements of the Lower East Side and East Village and the immigrants who lived in them.
Modern art museum
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New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
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Modern art museum

Getting Around

CitiBike is a great way to get around lower Manhattan -- some say the best! You can get a monthly pass and use the bikes as much as you want. There is a location right on our block, so it is very convenient.
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Citi Bike
277 locals raden deze aan
CitiBike is a great way to get around lower Manhattan -- some say the best! You can get a monthly pass and use the bikes as much as you want. There is a location right on our block, so it is very convenient.