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Andrea Phillips' House |
West Brighton |
Staten Island |
Collage artist's home and gallery |
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Andrew Haswell Green Memorial, Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Memorial to notable NYC planner & reformer |
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Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Art, concert & performance space in a historic synagogue building |
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Apollo Theater |
Harlem |
Manhattan |
Legendary music and performance venue |
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Aquinas High School |
East Tremont |
Bronx |
Educating young women since 1923 |
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Archie Bunker's House |
Glendale |
Queens |
House featured on groundbreaking 1970's sitcom, "All in the Family" |
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Ardea, The |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Brick and brownstone detailed apartments built for the executives of the Hearn department store |
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Art Students League of New York |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Largest independent art school in the U.S., offering classes for budding and established artists |
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Arthur Avenue Retail Market |
East Tremont |
Bronx |
This indoor market in the "Little Italy of the Bronx" houses more than a dozen merchants |
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Artistic Neon Sign Company |
Ridgewood |
Queens |
Specializes in outdoor signage and brightens up the neighborhood |
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Asch Building (former), now Brown Building |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire |
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Astoria Pool & Park |
Astoria |
Queens |
One of the city's 11 giant WPA-era pools |
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Atlantic and Erie Basins |
Red Hook |
Brooklyn |
Ports that were integral to Brooklyn's important shipping industry |
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Atlantic Avenue |
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Brooklyn |
The lower stretch of this wide tree-lined avenue |
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Atlantic Basin Piers |
Red Hook |
Brooklyn |
Where many Puerto Ricans disembarked in NYC from 1906 to 1928 |
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Audubon Ballroom (former) |
Washington Heights |
Manhattan |
Former theater and dance hall, site of Malcolm X's assassination (now Mary Woodward Lasker Biomedical Research Building) |
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Audubon Park |
Washington Heights |
Manhattan |
Residential neighborhood on John James Audubon's former estate |
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Autonomedia |
Williamsburg |
Brooklyn |
Facility for book publishing since 1870, home to radical publishing house Autonomedia |
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BAMcafe |
Fort Greene |
Brooklyn |
Upstairs eatery at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that offers performances and a place to gather |
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Bank Street College of Education |
Morningside Heights |
Manhattan |
A leader in progressive teacher education for more than 80 years |
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Barbes |
Park Slope |
Brooklyn |
Neighborhood bar and performance space |
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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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Barney Greengrass |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
One of the last Jewish delis, known for its smoked fish |
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Barretto Street Garden |
Hunts Point |
Bronx |
Community garden in Hunts Point |
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Barron's Exclusive Club (former) |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
A popular 1920's Harlem jazz club, also known as Barron's Cabaret |
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Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
Sunset Park |
Brooklyn |
Striking church run by the Redemptorist Fathers |
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Bath Beach (site of) |
Bath Beach |
Brooklyn |
Site of a 19th century seaside resort |
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Battery Maritime Building (formerly Whitehall Ferry Terminal) |
Financial District |
Manhattan |
Beaux arts ferry dock for ferries between Lower Manhattan and Governors Island |
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Battery Park |
Financial District |
Manhattan |
Home to monuments, performance events and ferry docks |
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Battle of Brooklyn American Revolution burial site |
Gowanus |
Brooklyn |
Patriot soldiers died and were buried here in 1776 |
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Bay Ridge United Methodist (Green) Church (site of) |
Bay Ridge |
Brooklyn |
108-year-old stone church, now demolished |
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Bedford Branch, Brooklyn Public Library |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
The first of the Brooklyn Public Libraries |
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Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Community development corporation founded in 1967 and still active today |
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Bedford YMCA |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Neighborhood athletic and recreational center |
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Beekman Theatre (former) |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Lovely single-screen movie theater |
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Bellacicco Bakery (former) |
Elmhurst |
Queens |
Neighborhood Italian foods market |
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Belvedere Castle in Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Castle atop Vista Rock that provides great views and houses the Henry Luce Nature Observatory |
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Benches at Isham Park |
Inwood |
Manhattan |
Granite benches in a serene setting |
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Benjamin Franklin High School (former) |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
East Harlem's first public high school (now Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics) |
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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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Beth-El Hospital (former, now Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center) |
Brownsville |
Brooklyn |
Site of a 1962 labor struggle by hospital workers |
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Betsy Head Memorial Playground & Swimming Pool |
Brownsville |
Brooklyn |
One of the city's 11 giant WPA-era pools |
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Betty Smith House |
Woodhaven |
Queens |
The house where "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was written |
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Bialystoker Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing (aka Bialystoker Home for the Aged) |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Threatened historic Lower East Side elder care facility |
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Big Pun Mural |
Longwood |
Bronx |
Graffiti mural commemorating Bronx-born Puerto Rican hip hop artist |
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Big Rock |
East Elmhurst |
Queens |
Neighborhood gathering place and impromptu playground |
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Billie Holiday Theatre |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
200-seat theater in Bedford-Stuyvesant offering an alternative to Broadway |
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Birdland |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
One of the foremost venues for bebop in the 1950s |
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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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Bleecker Bob's Golden Oldies |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Greenwich Village record store operating since 1968 |
