Go after 7 on Friday for free admission & use the $ you saved to buy a very pretty cocktail in the cafe, then enjoy the art, artifacts, and opulent, spacious setting
Perfect for visitors and locals alike. Learn about the rich history of NYC through photos, film, and actual living spaces.
Inside the museum, try and find the relics of George Washington on display, including a lock of his hair, one of his teeth (a real one, not a wooden one), and a splinter chipped from his coffin!
A remnant from a long-forgotten Gotham, the wooden brick is from the last-known wooden sidewalk in Brooklyn, which ran along Greenpoint’s West Street in the 19th century.
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This museum has artifacts from everyday life and memorabilia. The collection narrates the urban culture of NYC. Open Monday through Thursday by appointment and Thursday through Sunday for walk-in.
Before it housed transportation artifacts, this institution was a functioning IND stop. Built in 1936, it was part of a three-block shuttle to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, but was decommissioned in 1946. Read more.
An exhibit on the first floor displays a trove of thousands of Revolutionary War artifacts found by a small group of amateur archaeologists in Northern Manhattan during the early 20th century.
In around 1784, William Dyckman built what is now the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan. Read more.
Did you know that George Washington had his headquarters in the same house later owned by Aaron Burr's wife. Read more.
Walking through the Frick Collection affords visitors the opportunity to go back in time and truly experience what Fifth Avenue was like in the Gilded Age. Check it out! Read more.
Once dubbed the “Crown Jewel” of the New York City subway station, lucky members of the MTA museum can visit this gilded age decommissioned station filled with stained glass and tiled vaults.
This erstwhile house of worship first opened in 1887 for newly settled Jewish immigrants, but thanks to a tremendous restoration effort, the Museum at Eldridge Street is looking as good as new today. Read more.
Sophisticated live piano karaoke with a speakeasy feel. Classy cocktails; full bar w beer & wine. Hidden gem.
Worth every penny. Do the free purple membership the tickets are cheaper. Go for the confort plus, the drink NORMA JEAN is a must, if you get the shaker you get to take it home, amazing experience.
Service is pretty consistently negligent at best, but it's worth it for the delicious food and cocktails, great happy hour, stellar music, free wifi, fabulous open mic Mondays… the list goes on.
Sharpen up your wits in our brand new escape room adventure! You and your friends will be locked inside a themed room where you must use clues to find a way out and solve the mystery anyway you can.
Movies are great; food is great; but, a marriage of food and movies is so much better. Come out for a night at the movie theater-restaurant hybrid in Bushwick, where they screen all kinds of films. Read more.
Once you get over the novelty that your food is served by Ninjas you’ll enjoy some creative sushi rolls. However, this place is all about the experience. Did we mention the Ninjas?
Great meditation classes for beginners and intermediates. No technology policy once you enter the communal area. Beautiful space. Sponsored by different tea companies each week.
Amazing workshops, healing sessions and weekly classes: meditation, kundalini and laughter yoga
Beautiful, thoughtful space and great addition to the LES. Staff are super friendly. Come to hang with a coffee or book a quick nail art mani or massage. Matcha lattes are solid.
Definitely not just a Burlesque show. The group is incredibly talented and entertaining. They also serve a nice selection of wines & cocktails. I went for my favorite hard cider, Austin’s.
"This Staten Island place is only open from Wednesday-Sunday, and each night they’ve got a different Italian Grandmother in the kitchen cooking up what she does best -this is unquestionably amazing." Read more.
