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Rotunda at the 79th St. Boat Basin |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Scenic waterfront patio |
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Roy Wilkins Park |
St. Albans |
Queens |
Park named after Roy Wilkins, famed civil rights leader and former NAACP president |
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Rubin's Beauty Salon |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Popular hair dresser |
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Rubulad |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Arts space that hosts Brooklyn's longest-running underground event |
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Ruby's Bar |
Coney Island |
Brooklyn |
Distinctive Coney Island bar |
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Rucker Park basketball courts |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
A popular spot for pick-up games |
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Russ and Daughters |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Appetizing Store located in the Lower East Side |
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Russell Sage Foundation Building (former) |
Gramercy |
Manhattan |
Home to the Russell Sage Foundation for city planning, now apartments |
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Russian Turkish Baths |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Public bath house in the Russian & Turkish tradition |
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Russo's Mozzarella and Pasta |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Has carried an impressive array of cheeses and pasta since 1908 |
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S.O.B.'s |
SoHo |
Manhattan |
World Music venue in SoHo |
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Sahadi's |
Brooklyn Heights |
Brooklyn |
Specialty and Middle Eastern grocery store |
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Saint George Theater |
St. George |
Staten Island |
Historic Staten Island theater |
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Saint Mark's Lutheran Evangelical Church (site of) |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Church whose congregants perished in one of New York's great tragedies |
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Salt Marsh in Inwood Hill Park |
Inwood |
Manhattan |
Natural salt marsh next to old growth forest |
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Samuel R. Smith Infirmary |
New Brighton |
Staten Island |
Fanciful and endangered former infirmary building on Staten Island |
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Sandy Ground |
Rossville |
Staten Island |
Community founded by free-blacks in the early 1800s |
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Sasaki Garden at Washington Square Village |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Cherished greenspace in the heart of Washington Square Village |
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Scaglione Bakery |
Morris Park |
Bronx |
Italian bakery open for 60 years |
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Schaller & Weber |
Yorkville |
Manhattan |
German and other central European delicacies are sold here |
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Schapiro Wine Company (former) |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
Kosher winery on the Lower East Side |
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Schoolyard at P.S. 15 and P.S. 27 (former) |
Red Hook |
Brooklyn |
Once, the site of a playground |
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Sea View Home & Hospital and NYC Farm Colony |
Todt Hill |
Staten Island |
Beautiful but deteriorating former tuberculosis treatment facility |
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Seafood Heaven |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
A seafood restaurant |
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Seamen's Y |
Chelsea |
Manhattan |
Sanctuary for seamen |
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Second Avenue Deli |
East Village |
Manhattan |
East Village institution serving Jewish fare, now on E. 33rd St. |
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Second Presbyterian Church (The Old Scotch Church) |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Church attended by Scottish parishioners |
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Seward Park Housing Murals |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
1939 murals depicting Franklin Roosevelt and Einstein, among others |
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Shaheen's Foods and Sweets |
Jackson Heights |
Queens |
Indian and Pakistani sweet shop |
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Shearith Israel Cemetery |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
Oldest Jewish cemetery in New York City |
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Sheep Meadow, Central Park |
Central Park |
Manhattan |
Sprawling lawn in Central Park, site of important events and general recreation |
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Sheepshead Bay Fishing Village |
Sheepshead Bay |
Brooklyn |
Marina and popular fishing spot |
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Sheepshead Bay Footbridge |
Sheepshead Bay |
Brooklyn |
Pedestrian bridge connecting Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach |
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Shore Road Bicycle Path |
Bay Ridge |
Brooklyn |
Waterfront bicycle trail, offering views of the Narrows and the Verrazano Bridge |
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Shrine Church of Saint Anthony of Padua |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Longstanding Village institution |
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Shrine of Our Lady of the Universe |
Bedford Park |
Bronx |
Site of an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1945 |
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Siloam Presbyterian Church |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Church thought to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad |
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Silver Bell Lithuanian Bakery |
Corona |
Queens |
Bakes sourdough rye bread in brick ovens |
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Silver Lake Farm (site of) |
Sunnyside |
Staten Island |
A boarding stable from 1915 to 2005 |
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Sista's Place |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Coffeehouse and performance space that supports activism |
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Sixth Avenue Jazz Loft |
Midtown South |
Manhattan |
After hours hangout for jazz musicians from 1954 to 1964 |
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Sixth Street Community Synagogue |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Shul offer musical concert series housed in an historic East Village building |
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Skate Key Roller Rink (former) |
Mott Haven |
Bronx |
Popular venue for skating, break dancing competitions and "battles" |
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Skylight Gallery |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Gallery featuring work by artists from Africa and the Diaspora |
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Slave Theater (former) |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
First opened as the Regent Theater, then as Slave One, identified with African American activism |
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Smalls Jazz Club |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Tiny jazz venue in Greenwich Village |
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Smalls' Paradise (former) |
Central Harlem |
Manhattan |
A long-running Harlem jazz club, closed in 1986 |
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden |
Livingston |
Staten Island |
Cultural center located in former seamen's retirement complex |
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Socialist Party Headquarters, Brooklyn (former) |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Where young Socialists met and organized |
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Socrates Sculpture Park |
Long Island City |
Queens |
Public park and site of sculpture installations |
