Located on the 22nd floor of The William Vale hotel in Williamsburg, Westlight is one of the best rooftop bars in New York City. As one of the taller buildings in the neighborhood, bargoers can view unobstructed views of the entire East side of Manhattan, leading New York Magazine to recently name it as their pick for the Best Rooftop Bar in the City. In this video from the magazine, watch as Grub Street host Sierra Tishgart explains exactly why they chose it.

Westlight, on the 22nd floor of the William Vale hotel in Williamsburg, boasts 360-degree views of Manhattan, Queens, and portions of Brooklyn. Plus, the food and drinks (overseen by Andrew Carmellini) are fantastic, and a reservation system manages crowds. Watch Grub Street’s Sierra Tishgart explain why it’s New York’s pick for the absolute best rooftop bar.

This map, created and published in 1875 by printmakers Currier & Ives, shows Manhattan, Governors Island, Brooklyn and bits of New Jersey as seen from a birds eye view over Hoboken. Zooming in, many of the locations drawn are labeled below the map.

Five years prior to this map, the same printmakers published another incredible map, similar in style but from a different angle.

For more on the map, including larger scans and prints, check out its specimen page in the Library of Congress archives.

In a recent mini-documentary titled Your Train is Delayed. Why? from the New York Times, visial journalists Ora DeKornfeld and Alexandra Garcia set out to investigate the current state of delays in the City, how we got here, and how we can fix it. It's a short 10-min watch and a great overview of the MTA's current transit crisis.