Arrive early at this best bar for birthdays to claim to prime barside real estate, and order a round of original cocktails mixed by rascally, white-jacketed gents. En savoir plus .
The best New York-focused museum is housed in a decommissioned subway station. Make sure to see the excellent collection of vintage subway cars. En savoir plus .
Take a ride on a Manhattan-bound B or Q train to see Bill Brand’s Masstransiscope, a zoetrope created from 228 hand-painted panels. It’s on the right between Dekalb Avenue and the Manhattan Bridge. En savoir plus .
On the Q line, gaze up to spot David Wilson’s blue-and-red patterned Transit Skylight installed in the ceiling. En savoir plus .
Stand on the platform and look up, you’ll be able to spot the underside of disused tracks, part of a planned expansion of the IND subway line that ran out of money. En savoir plus .
Graze on dishes like creamy mac ’n’ greens ($14)—a blend of collards, Gouda, New York cheddar & Comté—or rib-sticking dirty rice and shrimp ($11). Close with the shareable spiced chocolate cake ($10). En savoir plus .
Try the lush beef brisket, which spends up to 14 hours in the smoker before it hits the table; leaner cuts are sliced for platters ($15), while the fattier meat gets chopped up for sandwiches ($10). En savoir plus .
Try the fried chicken sandwich—fowl soaked in jalapeño-spiked buttermilk, fried to order & served in a Caputo’s bun with crunchy red cabbage–cilantro slaw. It’s 1 of our #100best dishes & drinks 2011. En savoir plus .
Drink the refreshing Greenmarket Melonball. The orange-tinged tipple is one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. En savoir plus .
Try the house gin and tonic, a complex cocktail with little in common with your garden-variety G&T. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. En savoir plus .
Order a Sixth Street cocktail, which calls on the complex spices used at the Indian restaurants lining E 6th St. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. En savoir plus .
Try the Birria de Res taco, the beef simmers with dried guajillo peppers & avocado leaf for three hours, until the meat is tender & infused with aromatics. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! En savoir plus .
Try the al pastor taco, sliced to order off a rotating spit crowned with a hunk of grilled pineapple. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! En savoir plus .
Try the lengua taco at this popular cart, the soft tongue is simmered for four hours and tucked into two warm griddled corn tortillas. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! En savoir plus .
Try the lengua taco at this popular cart, the soft tongue is simmered for four hours and tucked into two warm griddled corn tortillas. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! En savoir plus .
Try the lengua taco at this popular cart, the soft tongue is simmered for four hours and tucked into two warm griddled corn tortillas. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! En savoir plus .
This family-owned shop has been in the kicks business for more than 60 years, shilling men’s, women’s & children’s options from such labels as Adidas, Ecco, Dr. Martens, Keds, Vans & Ralph Lauren. En savoir plus .
On this family-style menu, the “small” plates are big & the “big” plates are huge. Try the popular bacon-flecked mac and cheese ($9), fried pig tails ($11) and tripe chili with Fritos ($9). En savoir plus .
The abandoned hospital was designed by James Renwick and is a landmarked ruin. Help support its preservation: En savoir plus .
Look for the abandoned trolleys on the pier. The cars are actually from Boston and Norway, part of an effort by one man to bring back trolleys to Brooklyn. Find out more: En savoir plus .
Part of the abandoned QueensWay, or the "Queens High Line" is just nearby. For the intrepid, it's worth an exploration along the old train tracks. En savoir plus .
A weird little island in the Bronx more reminiscent of New England than New York. Walk around and look at the houses, stop to eat at one of the seafood shacks, and check out the beautiful cemetery. En savoir plus .
At this museum devoted to medieval art, a path winds through the peaceful grounds to a monastery that appears to have survived from the Middle Ages. Don’t miss the famed unicorn tapestries. En savoir plus .
Favorites include the Gin Gin Mule, with lime juice, simple syrup, crushed mint, gin and house-made ginger beer, and the Blackberry Bramble, with gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and blackberries. En savoir plus .
Standout dishes include the steak tacos and the chorizo skillet served fajitas style. For cocktails, try the Sinatra Swing served with Bombay Sapphire, St. Germaine, lime, mint and simple syrup. En savoir plus .
"Slightly Oliver" means slightly drunk in cockney slang. And it is pretty easy to get that way at the sophisticated new Upper West Side bar of the same name. En savoir plus .
It's meats on meats for this dish, featuring both meatballs (obviously) and not-Canadian bacon. Their breakfast sandwich is another good pick. En savoir plus .