The team at historical website Knowol recently restored this excellent vintage map from the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The NYWF of 1939–1940 was the…
Sideways Signs is a small shop that creates officially-licensed MTA subway signs for the New York City subway system. Each sign is a handcrafted replica of the official signs, with the same…
Momochai is a small juice bar and cafe in Woodside, Queens that serves bubble teas, smoothies, and authentic Nepalese Jhol Momo dumplings. The cafe is the only place in the City you can get…
The team at PeopleForBikes recently created this great interactive map called the Bike Network Analysis showing the places across the City that are the most and least stressful to ride in on…
Newtown Creek is an oft-forgotten waterway that splits Greenpoint and Long Island City, forming a natural divide between the northmost part of Brooklyn and westmost part of Queens. The creek…
JFK International Airport has an incredible $65 million pet terminal called The ARK. The ARK is considered to be the world’s first privately owned, 24-hour animal terminal and airport…
I am throwing down the gauntlet and declaring that Arepas Cafe in Astoria, Queens, makes my favorite arepas in New York City, a city full of legendarily delicious arepas. For those…
We New Yorkers get constant out-of-town guests. What I like to do is take folks to the awesome places where regular New Yorkers go. An essential is taking my guests to the COFFEED outlet at…
Street artist Vincent Ballentine recently painted a large mural in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, dedicated to local hip-hop legends A Tribe Called Quest. Best way to spend the bday.…
I unabashedly love Taiwanese food, a food category that is surprisingly difficult to find in New York City, let alone at a high quality. After trekking across boroughs to the end of the 7…
