Not for Tourists Guide to New York City 2013 by Not for Tourists

Author:Not for Tourists
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620879450
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2013-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

Shopping

• Harborside Shopping Complex •

Exchange PI

• Newport Center Mall •

30 Mall DrW [Thomas Gangemi Dr]

• Patel Snacks •

785 Newark Ave [Herpert PI]

Outer Boroughs • The Bronx

Don't be afraid of the Boogie Down Bronx. Decades of entrenched poverty and poor urban planning once frayed many neighborhoods, but the borough today is no longer the burning wreck your parents warned you about years ago.

Communities

Belmont's Arthur Avenue is still an authentic Little Italy even though many businesses now belong to Albanians. Woodlawn is home to many Irish immigrants and it's got the pubs to prove it. With 15,372 units, towering Coop City is rightly called a city within the city; it even has its own mall! The Mott Haven and Longwood historic districts boast beautiful homes, but "The Hub" features the grand architecture of the past conveniently filled with the discount shopping of today. For antiques, visit the cobblestone corridor of Bruckner Boulevard at Alexander Avenue. Some of the city's grandest homes sit in the wooded environs of Riverdale, while City Island resembles nothing so much as a New England fishing village crossed with a New Jersey suburb.

Culture

The New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo are justly famous, well worth whatever effort it may take to get there. For a beautiful view of the Hudson and the Palisades beyond, choose the botanical garden and historic estate Wave Hill or the quirky Hall of Fame for Great Americans featuring 98 bronze busts of notable citizens in a grand outdoor colonnade. Explore your inner Goth at historic Woodlawn Cemetery or Poe Cottage, the American poet's final home. Bronx Museum focuses on 20th- and 21st-century art by African, Asian, and Latin American artists, and it's completely free, even after a huge 2006 expansion.

Sports

Well, the new stadium is here, and, as predicted, it's overblown, with seats a million miles from the field, and mostly charmless. Get the cheapest ticket you can find and just spend the game walking around the concourses, which have the best views of the field. Van Cortlandt Park offers playgrounds, ball fields, tennis and basketball courts, hiking trails, stables for horseback riding, and one of golf's classic courses, "Vanny."

Nature

The restoration of the Bronx River coincides with the improvement of green spaces throughout the borough. Pelham Bay Park is the city's largest at 2,764 acres, offering many recreational opportunities in addition to the Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary, two nature centers, and immensely popular Orchard Beach.

Food

Belmont

• Dominick's, 2335 Arthur Ave, 718-733-2807—Famous,

old-school Italian-American where there are no menus

and no set prices.

• Full Moon, 602 East 187th St, 718-584-3451—Wonderful pizza and calzones.

• Roberto Restaurant, 603 Crescent Ave, 718-733-9503— Classic fare, rumored to be the best around.

• Arthur Avenue Retail Market, 2344 Arthur Ave—Get all the right ingredients for home-cooked Italian meals.

City Island:

• Johnny's Reef, 2 City Island Ave, 718-885-2090— Local favorite for fresh, inexpensive seafood.

Riverdale:

• Riverdale Garden, 4574 Manhattan College Pkwy, 718-884-5232—Upscale American and Continental food in a beautiful setting.

• An Beai Bocht, 445 West 238th St, 718-884-7127—Café/ bar/coffee shop hangout for the hip, young, and Irish.

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