This should be the first stop on your list if you are visiting New York City for the first time. There are more things to do in New York City than many residents are even able to do in years, but the...

The family friendly elevated park, the High Line, opened in 2009. Running from the meatpacking district to 20th Street, the park doubled in length in 2011 and extended to 30th Street.

Though not a...

Tour the West Village and Hudson River Park on your bicycle – or by foot – and enjoy the treasures New York City has to offer.

The NYC cupcake craze means that almost every bakery in the city has cupcakes. But you want the best. If you are in the city with a group of friends, or a couple of kids, you can make a day of going...

From modest farmers’ cottages to grand mansions, New York City’s historic houses chronicle 350 years of our history, culture, architecture—and food!

At this year’s festival, we’ll be celebrating our...

From modest farmers’ cottages to grand mansions, New York City’s historic houses chronicle 350 years of our history, culture, architecture—and food!

At this year’s festival, we’ll be celebrating our...

From modest farmers’ cottages to grand mansions, New York City’s historic houses chronicle 350 years of our history, culture, architecture—and food!

At this year’s festival, we’ll be celebrating our...

From modest farmers’ cottages to grand mansions, New York City’s historic houses chronicle 350 years of our history, culture, architecture—and food!

At this year’s festival, we’ll be celebrating our...

From modest farmers’ cottages to grand mansions, New York City’s historic houses chronicle 350 years of our history, culture, architecture—and food!

At this year’s festival, we’ll be celebrating...

From modest farmers’ cottages to grand mansions, New York City’s historic houses chronicle 350 years of our history, culture, architecture—and food!

At this year’s festival, we’ll be celebrating our...

From modest farmers’ cottages to grand mansions, New York City’s historic houses chronicle 350 years of our history, culture, architecture—and food!

At this year’s festival, we’ll be celebrating our...

Wall Street is at the heart of the New York City financial district in the north of old New Amsterdam; it is named for a wooden wall that was built to keep out the British.

In the 18th and early...

If you are taking your children to New York City for the day, you might want to pack in as much as possible. You can see everything in this guide if your family has a high energy level or you can...

This is a fun and scenic walk from Manhattan to Brooklyn. If you have children with you, just say these magic words: "Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory" and you will likely have no trouble getting them...

Not so long ago, NYC coffee was watery and weak, dispensed in "we are happy to serve you" paper cups. Then Starbucks introduced coffee shops with better coffee and comfy seating.

But a dedicated type...

Harlem, NYC's first suburb, is so hilly that stairs connect some of the streets. See what the area looked like before it was developed by heading to Morningside Park, the Frederick Olmsted and Calvert...

SoHo (south of Houston--pronounced How-ston) is an artists' enclave turned luxury neighborhood. The main drag, Broadway, can feel like an outdoor mall, but if you poke into small side streets, you can...

There may be not better way to enjoy a summer evening in New York than ascending to a rooftop bar and looking out at the city while enjoying a drink.

Many of the city's rooftop bars are atop hotels...

Outdoor bars are a treat in New York City, where people sit outside at the first whiff of warm weather. Since outdoor space is at a premium, bars with gardens or patios get crowded early and stay that...

Nowhere is the clash of old and new more apparent than in Chelsea, where graceful brownstones, public housing projects and luxury condos exist side by side.

Chelsea is also where New York recycles,...

Chinatown and Little Italy are so intertwined that it can be hard to properly define the borders. You can eat dim sum, then walk across the street for a cannoli, or you can get a red bean ice cream...

Downtown Manhattan is the center of the financial world, but it also has a mix of museums, shopping and wide open spaces. Luxury high-rise buildings have brought many more residents to the area, with...

Occupying a trapezoidal island diagonally across from Central Park, the 12-story, white-marble building by Edward Durrell Stone stood for close to half a century at 2 Columbus Circle, near the...

From stays at the restored Plaza Hotel—where you can browse for art books at Assouline, try on vintage-inspired baubles at Kenneth Jay Lane, or cozy up at the spruced-up Oak Bar, overlooking Central...

There is no question that New Yorkers—and visitors to the city—like to eat. Fortunately for all something is cooking along Gotham’s new restaurant row.

No one can agree precisely when it started, let alone where it starts. South of Houston Street? 14th? 23rd? Does it include the farther-flung galleries of Chelsea? The Financial District? The one...

Tour the favorite spots of Top Chef Masters winner, Marcus Sammuelsson, whose restaurant, Red Roster, opened in the neighborhood in October 2010.

From the U.N. to the Hudson, 42nd Street is both New York’s central artery and its pulsating heart. T+L strolls from river to river and discovers a microcosm of the city—and the world.

From November...

Once called Hell’s Hundred Acres, the seedy expanse between Houston and Canal Streets, the SoHo of today is a far different place. Starting in the 1960’s, that wasteland began its legendary...

Wedged between Midtown’s grandeur and the grittier East Village is a nexus of elegant and historic neighborhoods—Flatiron, Gramercy, “NoMad”—that are once again in the spotlight. It’s here, east of...

Once an enclave of immigrants, then the refuge of bohemians fleeing West Village rents, NYC’s East Village is now firmly established as an eating/drinking/shopping playground. While you’ll still find...

The Met Museum gets more than five million annual visitors, making it the most popular of the prestigious art institutions that line Fifth Avenue, a.k.a. Museum Mile. An earlier nickname,...

No one can agree precisely when it started, let alone where it starts. South of Houston Street? 14th? 23rd? Does it include the farther-flung galleries of Chelsea? The Financial District? The one...

Occupying a trapezoidal island diagonally across from Central Park, the 12-story, white-marble building by Edward Durrell Stone stood for close to half a century at 2 Columbus Circle, near the...

Once the epicenter of bohemian artistry, Greenwich Village is much-coveted Manhattan real estate—and home to the city’s buzziest restaurants and nightlife spots. The neighborhood retains a sense of...