Manhattan
One of Manhattan’s lesser known but showstopping museums is set to close for a major rehabilitation project in early 2017, so grab a chance to experience the moody atmosphere of the Hispanic Society of America or you will have to wait a couple of years.
Take the opportunity to visit the oldest house in Manhattan, one that was George Washington’s headquarters for the Battle of Harlem Heights, during the Revolutionary War.
The Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum is a unique and authentic look at life on the Lower East Side for the immigrant groups who have called this area home.
The birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt, our only New York-born president, is an intricate re-creation of a classic neo-Gothic brownstone.
Let us know in the comments, eh? Will do. One place Brownstoner doesn't focus on is Manhattan. Brooklyn, Queens, upstate, whatever. Not Manhattan. Hello? Traveling to Manhattan is part of life here--but on different subway lines, many of which are not mentioned in this story. If you're in Williamsburg or Bushwick, for example, you're near different neighborhoods from those convenient to the R or D or Q or 3 or 4. Extra credit for the nothingburger places mentioned, too. Why any Brooklyn (or Queens, or upstate) reader should care about them is a puzzlement.
5 Places for Brooklynites to Meet in Manhattan When Meeting in Brooklyn Just Doesn’t WorkWhat about Brooklyn.. If the BPL plan to destroy,downsize and place half of our local library underground is approved where can folks have a place in downtown brooklyn. We have an exploding population both residential and business yet the BPL and the mayor do not get it.. They need to halt the BPL destruction plan now
Where to Kill Time (or Work) in Manhattan With Wi-Fi — Besides Starbucks<i>Using the reasoning that many of the “new people” offer, that “the City” is in fact the entire core of the Big Apple and not just Manhattan island, we’d have to incorporate Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City, Yonkers, and the southern reaches of White Plains and Connecticut into the arrangement.</i> Um, no. Do you pay land taxes, either via your maintenance or your rent to NYC? Congrats you live in the city. When you call the cops, do you get the NYPD? Congrats, you live in the city. If you have a child living with you, does the child have the option of going to a NYC-run public school? Congrats, you live in the city. Now, if you are from Queens, talking to someone from, say, the Bronx or Westchester or wherever, would you say you "live in the city"? No. And although I know a lot of kids when I was growing up in the BX/Qns would call Manhattan "the city" it always struck me as odd. I've always called it Manhattan - in the same way you'd say you are from the Bronx or from Staten Island or wherever.
The CityNot the grammar police but lots of typos in this article.
Brooklyn Apartment Sellers Take the Money and Run — Back to Manhattan