111 Places in New York That You Must Not Miss

The Afro Archives
Black gold on Malcolm X Boulevard | 10
The Algonquin Lounge
Legendary literary lair | 12
Alice Austen House
Photographic memory | 14
AsiaStore at Asia Society
Museum within a museum | 16
B&H Dairy Restaurant
Comfort food from the old country | 18
The Back Room
Tabooze in a teacup | 20
The Batman-Poe Connection
Partners in crime? | 22
Berlin Wall Fragments
Art of Freedom | 24
Bloomingdale's Retro Restroom
Powder your nose in a Deco ladies' lounge | 26
Bohemian National Hall
Reality Czech | 28
Bowne & Co., Stationers
Making a good impression | 30
Building 92
The Navy Yard goes green | 32
CBGB's Fashion Makeover
From punk hall to posh haberdashery | 34
Chaim Gross's Village Studio
The way to a man's art | 36
Championship Play
On the world's largest chessboard | 38
The Chelsea Hotel
If the walls could speak, the tales they'd tell | 40
Chess Forum
A place to check with a mate | 42
Chico Murals
Transformative street art | 44
The Chinese Immigrant Experience
MOCA, an American story | 46
Chrysler Building Lobby
A triangular gem | 48
City Reliquary
Persistence of memorabilia | 50
Coney Island Circus Sideshow
Weirdness and wonder | 52
Croquet in the Park
A wicket way to spend the day | 54
The Dakota
Storied stories | 56
The Dinner Party
A seat at the table | 58
The Drag Show at Lips
Boys will be girls | 60
The Dream House
Frequencies in sound and light | 62
Driving Along the Hudson
The Golf Club at Chelsea Piers | 64
Duke Ellington Stands Tall
Tribute to a jazz pioneer | 66
The Dyckman Farmhouse
Dutch treat | 68
Eddie's Shoeshine & Repair
Shoe love | 70
The Elevated Acre
Retreat from the street | 72
Elizabeth Street Garden
Offbeat urban oasis | 74
Enoteca Maria
Because nobody cooks like Nonna | 76
Essex Market
Snack yourself silly | 78
Fanelli Cafe
The real deal | 80
FDR Four Freedoms Park
A dream that wouldn't die | 82
Film Forum
Screen gems | 84
Fishing at Sheepshead Bay
Salty dogs and striped bass | 86
Float Your Boat
Waterways in the park | 88
Flying Lessons
With no wings attached | 90
Ford Foundation Atrium
A refuge from the urban jungle | 92
Fragrance Garden
Indulge in sense-sational delights | 94
Gertrude Stein Statue
Buddha in Bryant Park | 96
The Gospel Truth
Sunday services in Harlem | 98
Governors Island
Not that far from the madding crowd | 100
Grate Sound
Times Square humdinger | 102
Greenwich Locksmiths
Captivated by keys | 104
Green-Wood Cemetery
Heaven here on earth | 106
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
Big men and women on campus | 108
Hangman's Tree
Swinging in Washington Square | 110
Harriet Tubman's Skirt
Towering freedom fighter | 112
Henderson Place
A secret street | 114
The High Road to a Tibetan Retreat
Elevate your spirits | 116
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe & Bar
Settle in for a good read | 118
Hua Mei Birds
Sweetly tweeted symphonies | 120
Irish Hunger Memorial
The persistence of memory | 122
Jane's Carousel
A real survivor | 124
Jefferson Market Library
A castle with a clock tower | 126
Katharine Hepburn Garden
Tribute to a passionate gardener | 128
Keith Haring Mural
Whimsical swims | 130
Let There Be Neon
It's a gas! | 132
Library Way
Words of wisdom underfoot | 134
The Louis Armstrong House Museum
Satchmo's home sweet home | 136
Mahayana Buddha
Meditation amidst chaos | 138
Manhattan Art & Antiques Center
One of New York's better kept secrets | 140
Manhattan Night Court
A nice place to visit but ... | 142
Marjorie Eliot's Sunday Salon
Love, and all that jazz | 144
Merchant's House
The Tredwells at home | 146
Mmuseumm
A microcosm of the macrocosm | 148
Morris-Jumel Mansion
George Washington slept here | 150
The Mossman Collection
Lure of the lock | 152
Mount Vernon Hotel & Garden
A country escape, inside the city | 154
National Museum of Mathematics
A math playground | 156
Nevelson's Chapel of Tranquility
White Light | 158
The News Building
Superman worked here | 160
Nicholas Roerich Museum
Art and ancient wisdom | 162
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Breaking barriers | 164
The NY Earth Room
The complexity of simplicity | 166
The Old Synagogue
From Ellis Island to Eldridge Street | 168
Paley Center for Media
The shows must go on | 170
The Panorama of NYC
The not-so-big apple | 172
The Park Avenue Armory
Building excitement | 174
Pastrami Queen
Love at first bite | 176
PDT Speakeasy
Beyond the telephone booth | 178
Rats on the Ropes
Odd facade of the Graybar Building | 180
Red Hook Winery
Fermenting a great idea | 182
Romantic Viewpoint
Enchanting esplanade along the river | 184
The Russian-Turkish Baths
Rub-a-dub-dub | 186
Scandinavia House
From gravlax to Garbo | 188
SeaGlass Carousel
Swim with the fishes | 190
The Slave Galleries
A screaming silence | 192
Small Dog Run
Go to the dogs in Carl Schurz Park! | 194
Smorgasburg
Eat, drink, and be merry | 196
SoHo Sidewalk Surprise
Watch your step! | 198
St. John the Divine's Calamitous Columns
The End of New York | 200
Stone Street
A taste of the high life | 202
Sugar House Window
Relic of a notorious prison | 204
Sweet Pickle Books
A most dill-icious bookstore | 206
Transit System Art
Surprise - the subway's an art gallery! | 208
Tudor City
Utopia, ten minutes from Times Square | 210
Under the High Line
Top-level art from the ground up | 212
Urban Squats & Gardens
Otherwise occupied | 214
Visible Storage at the Met
Hidden riches | 216
Wave Hill
Tranquility on the Hudson | 218
The Wedding Garden
A photo op for the happy couple | 220
Weehawken Street
A shady lane with a shadowy past | 222
The Whispering Gallery
Cool acoustic oddity | 224
White Horse Tavern
Manhattan's most haunted pub | 226
Winnie-the-Pooh
Friends forever - even longer | 228
Yorkville's Glockenspiel
Where time stands still | 230