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200 Central Park W (btwn W 77th & W 81st St), New York, NY
Science Museum · Upper West Side · 1398 tips and reviews
Malene Hald: Start from the top, with the dinosaurs, and work your way down. Don't miss the bottom floor, where they keep the giant blue whale and some of the most beautiful displays of forrest.
44 Grand Central Terminal (Lower Dining Concourse), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Turtle Bay · 160 tips and reviews
Malene Hald: One of the few coffee places I've tried that don't serve the coffee too hot! Also I don't like the dark roast that many coffee joints use – Joe's is soft and have a nutty, creamy taste.
Comic Book Store · Theater District · 140 tips and reviews
Malene Hald: Not a good place for the casual browser – you need to know what you're looking for. Graphic novels and superhero comics is mixed together, hard to be inspired. But have almost everything.
Malene Hald: If you come around lunch or dinner head straight for the restaurants and reserve a table, then browse around this giant italian wonderland while you wait.
33 E 17th St (btwn Broadway & Park Ave S), New York, NY
Bookstore · Union Square · 294 tips and reviews
Malene Hald: Three floors of books in every possible genre. Quiet and not crowded. Starbucks on one of the floors. Also pretty good selection of vinyls.
Bookstore · Greenwich Village · 593 tips and reviews
Malene Hald: Remember too browse new books for half price at the bottom floor. Has great merchandise. Can get very hot, dry and crowded. Great selection of comics, graphic novels and arts/design books.
52 Prince St (btwn Lafayette & Mulberry St), New York, NY
Bookstore · NoLita · 293 tips and reviews
Malene Hald: Great selection of books, really nice children's department. Very good inhouse coffeeshop with great selection of baked goods and sandwiches. You can also get your own book printed here.
Record Store · Williamsburg · 120 tips and reviews
Malene Hald: Awesome vinyl shop with a small selection of music-related books and welldesigned fiction. Small, but good, inhouse coffeeshop. Also has concerts.