New York Local Flavor

Best Kept Secret

1. Rockefeller Center

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Midtown East

This looks huge on television. So I was kind of disappointed when I actually saw it. The skating rink is so tiny. The Top of the Rock has the best view. Plus the elevator ride is awesome....

2. Wingate Field

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Wingate

One of the best kept secrets in terms of free summer concerts destinations.....not anymore. (Sorry, did i ruin it now?)  Brooklynites in-the-know have been coming here for years to see all...

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Neighborhood Favorite

1. 5 Pointz

Neighborhood: Queens/Long Island City

Bugs Bunny smoking a doobie and my favorite black and white Biggie Smalls, as well as incredible classic "urban" works.   Walking the perimeter, around the back there's a four floor staircase...

2. Lucky 13 Saloon

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Park Slope

One of my favorite bars in brooklyn.  A bar is only  as good as their bartenders, and lucky 13 has some of the friendliest, and most entertaining, that I've encountered in a long time.  It doesn't...

3. Williamsburg Bridge

The Williamsburg Bridge is my favorite pedestrian pathway in NYC. I used to finish up customer orders and walk over the bridge to ship the packages out from Manhattan. And when I was out listening...

4. New York City…

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Upper East Side

I love this marathon! It's so amazing. You see parts of New York City that you never would and you experience all the diverse neighborhoods.   It's amazing!...

5. Yonah Schimmel's…

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Lower East Side

to produce a product that has been around for a 100 years in a neighborhood that has changed around it and has gentrified the locals out, replacing them with a circus atmosphere. BTW I was a waiter there Years...

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