Table of Contents

List of Maps vii 1 THE BEST OF THE BIG APPLE 1

2 NEW YORK CITY IN DEPTH 18

3 NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOODS & SUGGESTED ITINERARIES 50

4 EXPLORING NEW YORK CITY 85

5 WHERE TO EAT 199

6 SHOPPING 279

7 NEW YORK CITY ENTERTAINMENT & NIGHTLIFE 327

8 WHERE TO STAY 392

9 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY 445

Index 475

About the Author

Brian Silverman (Senior Writer, Best of New York City, Exploring New York City, Where to Stay, Where to Eat chapters) is a freelance writer whose work has been published in Saveur, The New Yorker, Caribbean Travel & Life, Islands, and Four Seasons. Among the many topics he writes about are food, travel, sports, and music. He is the author of numerous books including Going, Going, Gone: History, Lore, and Mystique of the Home Run, and the Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports. He is also the author of the blog Fried Neck Bones…and Some Home Fries at www.friedneckbones.wordpress.com. For Frommer's, he has written Complete, Portable, and budget Guides to New York City, as well as New York City For Dummies. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children. Kelsy Chauvin (Best of New York City, New York City In Depth, Planning Your Trip, Neighborhoods and Suggested Itineraries, Shopping, After Dark chapters) is a writer, photographer and filmmaker. Her first trip abroad was to Uzbekistan at age 15, a journey that sparked a lifelong thirst for travel. Her writing and photography has been published in magazines, online, and in various Frommer's publications. She lives in Brooklyn. "I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list." —Susan Sontag