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27 Cooper Square |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Former home of many notable writers, musicians and painters |
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52 Park |
Longwood |
Bronx |
Park revitalized by 52 People for Progress, a local volunteer group |
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Abingdon Square Park |
West Village |
Manhattan |
West Village green space |
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Al Cholo Bakery & Health Food Store |
Williamsbridge |
Bronx |
Antiguan-owned bakery |
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Astoria Pool & Park |
Astoria |
Queens |
One of the city's 11 giant WPA-era pools |
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Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle (former) |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Well-used and well-loved former bookstore location |
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Barretto Street Garden |
Hunts Point |
Bronx |
Community garden in Hunts Point |
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Beth Ahavath Sholom, a.k.a. The Temple (site of) |
Bath Beach |
Brooklyn |
Former synagogue that hosted punk rock concerts in its basement |
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Big Rock |
East Elmhurst |
Queens |
Neighborhood gathering place and impromptu playground |
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Black Madonna Chapel & Phoenix Bar |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Storefront chapel to the Black Madonna, now Phoenix Bar |
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Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden |
Astoria |
Queens |
Czech and Slovak cultural center, restaurant and beer garden |
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Brooklyn Moon Cafe |
Fort Greene |
Brooklyn |
Coffee shop, restaurant and performance space in Fort Greene |
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Brooklyn Museum Plaza |
Prospect Heights |
Brooklyn |
A welcoming public plaza with wonderful fountains |
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Brownstone Books (former) |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
African-American focused bookstore offering author readings/lectures, special events, and book clubs for adults and children |
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Caravana Club/Bronx Casino/El Cerromar (former) |
Mott Haven |
Bronx |
Nightclubs that produced distinctively New York Latin music |
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Casalegre Record Store (site of) |
Longwood |
Bronx |
Home of a well-known local Latino record company, Alegre Records |
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Casita Rincón Criollo |
Melrose |
Bronx |
The oldest and largest casita in New York |
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CBGB (former) |
East Village |
Manhattan |
The birthplace of punk rock |
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Ceiling of Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Beautifully restored but astronomically incorrect zodiac tableau |
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Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Perhaps New York's most famous oasis |
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Chess and Checkers House, Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Offers 24 chess tables under a shady pergola open to all |
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Chinatown Senior Citizens' Center |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
A place for Chinatown seniors to participate together in traditional culture |
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Chinese Scholar's Garden |
Randall Manor |
Staten Island |
The only authentic garden of its type in the U.S. |
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Christopher Street |
West Village |
Manhattan |
A center of gay life for decades |
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Chumley's (former) |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Prohibition-era speakeasy with a secret entrance that served members of the Lost Generation and the Beat Generation |
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Clock at Grand Central |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
One of New York's classic meeting places |
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Club Cubano Interamericano |
Melrose |
Bronx |
Social club for Cuban immigrants |
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Club Hermanos Unidos |
Corona |
Queens |
A Dominican-American social club |
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Coffey Park |
Red Hook |
Brooklyn |
Neighborhood park offering benches, basketball courts, handball courts, a baseball diamond and space for picnicking |
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Columbus Park |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
Formerly the Mulberry Bend slums, now a park used by mahjong and basketball players alike |
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Community Church of Douglaston |
Douglaston |
Queens |
A quintessential neighborhood church |
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Comus Social Club |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Men's social club in Bedford Stuyvesant |
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Coney Island |
Coney Island |
Brooklyn |
Legendary seaside boardwalk, beach and center for entertainment |
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Crotona Park |
Crotona Park |
Bronx |
A 127-acre green space in the heart of the South Bronx |
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David Fox Playground |
Flatlands |
Brooklyn |
A place to hang out and be outdoors in Flatlands |
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Dias y Flores Community Garden |
East Village |
Manhattan |
East Village community garden in operation since 1978 |
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District Council 65 (former) |
NoHo |
Manhattan |
Long-time headquarters of a union with an activist history |
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Ear Inn (in the James Brown House) |
Tribeca |
Manhattan |
A popular bar since the late-1800's in an 1817 building |
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Educational Alliance |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Century-old Lower East Side community center that serves 30,000 New Yorkers annually |
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Eib's Pond Park Preserve |
Park Hill |
Staten Island |
A freshwater pond and bordering wetlands available for public enjoyment |
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Elks Lodge #127 (former site of) |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
Where the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, a black union, was founded in 1925 |
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Elks Plaza |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Home of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks |
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Empire Roller Skating Center (former) |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
Brooklyn's last large-scale roller rink, closed in 2007 |
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Estonian House |
Murray Hill |
Manhattan |
Estonian cultural center, offering a restaurant and Estonian language classes |
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Eusko Etxea (formerly Centro Vasco) |
Greenpoint |
Brooklyn |
Basque cultural center offering events and Euskera language classes |
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Federation of Black Cowboys |
Howard Beach |
Queens |
A slice of the American West in Queens |
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Finnish Progressive Society Hall (now Pilgrim Cathedral of Harlem) |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
Site of an important Communist party event |
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Fireman's Memorial |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Neighborhood meeting place |
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First Spanish United Methodist Church |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
The center of a political movement, known as "the people's church" |
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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park |
Corona |
Queens |
Vital open space and home to two World Fairs |
