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1-19 Beak St. |
Inwood |
Manhattan |
A striking Art Deco apartment building |
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109 Washington St. |
Financial District |
Manhattan |
Tenement in the heart of vanished "Little Syria" |
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1520 Sedgwick Ave. |
Morris Heights |
Bronx |
Hip hop pioneer Kool DJ Herc held his first parties here |
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2 Columbus Circle |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Controversial modernist building that once again houses an art musuem |
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206 Bowery |
Bowery |
Manhattan |
The last surviving Federal-style row house on Bowery |
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211-215 Pearl St. |
Financial District |
Manhattan |
Facades of warehouses in old Pearl St. mercantile district, two of which have been demolished |
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234 West 56th Street |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Early home of recorded music powerhouse Atlantic Records. |
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27 Cooper Square |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Former home of many notable writers, musicians and painters |
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275 Seventh Ave. |
Midtown South |
Manhattan |
Former home to men's apparel industry and unions |
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30th Avenue Market |
Astoria |
Queens |
Emporium of foods from nearly every corner of the world |
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32 Mott St. General Store (former) |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
General store that served the first wave of Chinese immigrants |
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339 W. 29th St. |
Chelsea |
Manhattan |
Former home of prominent abolitionists |
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348 W. 23rd St. |
Chelsea |
Manhattan |
Site of photographer Don Snyder's studio |
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35 Spring St. |
Little Italy |
Manhattan |
19th century Federal-style row house |
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369th Regiment Armory |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
Home of the World War I Harlem Hellfighters |
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3rd Ave. Railway Cable Railroad (site of) |
Manhattanville |
Manhattan |
Remnants of NYC's first electric crosstown cable railway line |
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412 E. 85th St. |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Unusual wooden farmhouse amid the New York City grid |
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440 E. 51st St. |
Turtle Bay |
Manhattan |
Home of Peggy Guggenheim and Max Ernst |
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4W Circle of Art & Enterprise (former) |
Fort Greene |
Brooklyn |
Women's collaborative store offering African-inspired goods |
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52 Park |
Longwood |
Bronx |
Park revitalized by 52 People for Progress, a local volunteer group |
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555 Hudson St. |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Former residence of author and activist Jane Jacobs |
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5Pointz Aerosol Art Center |
Long Island City |
Queens |
Graffiti Mecca and an outdoor art exhibit space |
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647 Hudson St. "Almanac House" |
West Village |
Manhattan |
Former home of singer Woody Guthrie & the Almanac Singers |
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770 Eastern Parkway |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
Nerve center of the Chabad Lubavitch Chassidic community |
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A Gathering of the Tribes |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Iconic East Village gallery and performance space |
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ABC No Rio |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Center for volunteerism, art & activism |
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Abingdon Square Park |
West Village |
Manhattan |
West Village green space |
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Addicts Rehabilitation Center |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Center for substance abuse treatment |
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Adventurer's Inn (later known as The Great Adventure Amusement Park)(former) |
College Point |
Queens |
Queens' answer to Coney Island |
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African American Wax Museum of Harlem |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
Museum devoted to Afro-American art and culture, offering wax mannequins of famous African Americans |
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African Burial Ground National Monument |
Civic Center |
Manhattan |
Colonial-era burial ground for African-Americans |
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African People's Farmers Market |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Thriving community-based farmers market |
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Aguilar Branch, New York Public Library |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Library named after a Sephardic Jewish author with a strong Spanish language collection |
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Akwaaba Cafe (former) |
Stuyvesant Heights |
Brooklyn |
Once popular African-Diaspora restaurant |
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Akwaaba Mansion Bed & Breakfast |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
A black-owned Bed & Breakfast and the only one in Bed-Stuy |
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Al Cholo Bakery & Health Food Store |
Williamsbridge |
Bronx |
Antiguan-owned bakery |
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Alexander Calder's Terrazzo Sidewalk |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Sidewalk art by sculptor and artist Alexander Calder |
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Alhambra Supper Club (site of) |
Hunts Point |
Bronx |
Latin dance and music club of the 50's and 60's |
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Alhambra Theatre and Ballroom (former) |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
The last standing of Harlem's historic dance halls |
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Alice Austen House |
Rosebank |
Staten Island |
Historic home of photographer that exhibits her works |
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Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Playground named after a community advocate |
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Alice Neel Residence |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Former home of Spanish Harlem portrait painter & WPA artist |
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Alku and Alku Toinen Finnish Co-ops |
Sunset Park |
Brooklyn |
The first non-profit housing cooperatives in the U.S., organized by the Finnish Home Building Association |
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Alleva Dairy |
Little Italy |
Manhattan |
Little Italy's oldest cheese market |
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Alley Pond Park |
Douglaston |
Queens |
Second largest park in Queens and home to the largest high ropes adventure course in the Northeast |
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Almanac House |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Residence of folk revival musicians, the Almanac Singers |
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Amalgamated Housing Cooperative |
Kingsbridge |
Bronx |
Cooperative housing built in the 1920's and still existing |
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Amato Opera Theater (former) |
East Village |
Manhattan |
The "world's smallest opera house" |
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American Banknote Building |
Hunts Point |
Bronx |
Former currency minting company, now home to an arts and dance center |
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American Legion Hall Post 103 |
Douglaston |
Queens |
A volunteer firehouse, of the Douglaston Hose Company, that became an American Legion Post |
