The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is perhaps the most famous and popular children’s museum in New York City. Open since 1973, it occupies a five-story building on the Upper West Side, two blocks from Central Park. The museum’s concept is built around “learning through play.” There are no boring displays with “do not touch” signs….
Perhaps the most fashionable coffee shop chain in New York City today has opened a new location. WatchHouse Park Ave South offers exceptional coffee in a distinctive setting just minutes from Madison Square Park. This time, the aesthetics were handled by the British firm Thomas-McBrien Architects, who, in turn, were inspired by New York art critic…
New York City is not only Broadway, Central Park, and the Manhattan skyline. For families with children, it is also one of the best cities in the world in terms of both the number and quality of children’s museums. Here, a child can climb inside a real helicopter, touch live starfish, build a bridge out…
There are buildings that become symbols of a city not because they are the tallest or the most expensive, but because they look completely unlike anything around them. The Flatiron Building is exactly that. Sharp like the bow of a ship, cutting into the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, it has remained one of…
A surprising number of New Yorkers get tripped up by the geography behind the name Long Island City. Here’s the context: New York City spans dozens of islands (around 40), including Manhattan and Long Island. But the city only occupies part of Long Island. The rest of the island — Nassau and Suffolk counties— is…
Long Island now and 13 years ago, and it’s the fastest growing borough in New York City today. 📍 Long Island City, New York
It’s impossible not to guess the city… This photo was taken on July 9, 1988,incidentally, not from New York, but from the neighboring state of New Jersey. Photo by Jeffrey Johnson
Brighton Beach is a completely different New York, where Cyrillic letters cover storefront signs, Russian and Ukranian speech fills the streets. The area has long been nicknamed “Little Odessa,” as it historically became a hub for Soviet immigrants and a center of the Russian-speaking community. It is located on the southern shore of Brooklyn, right…
A beautiful visualization of New York City subway traffic in September 2025. The author of the project used an average Wednesday, during which 4.3 million trips were made. The size of each “bubble” on the map is proportional to the number of passengers on a specific train. Interestingly, all routes are “inferred” by algorithms based…
Church of Heavenly Rest Café is the name of a café located directly inside an active church on the corner of Fifth Avenue, one block from the Guggenheim Museum, with views of Central Park. The Church of the Heavenly Rest was founded in 1865 by Civil War veterans and was built at this location in…
