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Photo Credits: Cover: Tetra Images/Getty Images; Experience New York City: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock; Lower Manhattan: Sepavo | Dreamstime.com; Soho, Nolita, Little Italy, and Chinatown: Littleny | Dreamstime.com; The East Village and The Lower East Side: Bruce Monroe/Flickr, [CC BY-SA 2.0]; Greenwich Village and the West Village: Sepavo | Dreamstime.com; Chelsea and the Meatpacking District: Marco Rubino Shutterstock; Union Square, The Flatiron District, and TK: Sean Pavone Shutterstock; Midtown East: Stuart Monk/iStockphoto/Thinkstock; Midtown West: Dibrova | Dreamstime.com; The Upper East Side: Alexpro9500 | Dreamstime.com; The Upper West Side: Mary Robnett; Harlem: Aijadream | Dreamstime.com; Brooklyn: Olga Bogatyrenko/Shutterstock; Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island: Ffooter | Dreamstime.com; Where To Eat: Nick Solares/Cherche Midi; Where To Stay: Adrian Gaut/ Wythe Hotel; Shopping: Mary Robnett; Nightlife: Daniel Cruz Valle/Flickr, [CC BY 2.0]; Performing Arts: Leungphotography | Dreamstime.com v5.3.2 a CONTENTS Cover Copyright About This Guide Welcome to New York City New York City Images 1 EXPERIENCE NEW YORK CITY New York City Today Planner What’s Where New York City Sports Teams Sitting in a TV Audience Free and Cheap NYC’s Waterfront Parks New York City with Kids New York City Museums, an Overview Great Itineraries New York City Festivals Best Tours in New York City 2 LOWER MANHATTAN Financial District New York Harbor TriBeCa 3 SOHO, NOLITA, LITTLE ITALY, AND CHINATOWN SoHo NoLIta Little Italy Chinatown 4 THE EAST VILLAGE AND THE LOWER EAST SIDE East Village Lower East Side 5 GREENWICH VILLAGE AND THE WEST VILLAGE Greenwich Village West Village 6 CHELSEA AND THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT Meatpacking District Chelsea 7 UNION SQUARE, THE FLATIRON DISTRICT, AND GRAMERCY PARK Union Square Flatiron District Gramercy Park 8 MIDTOWN EAST Midtown East Murray Hill 9 MIDTOWN WEST 10 THE UPPER EAST SIDE 11 THE UPPER WEST SIDE Central Park Inwood 12 HARLEM 13 BROOKLYN Brooklyn Heights Downtown Brooklyn DUMBO Carroll Gardens Cobble Hill Boerum Hill Fort Greene Williamsburg Bushwick East Williamsburg Park Slope Prospect Heights Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights Coney Island Brighton Beach 14 QUEENS, THE BRONX, AND STATEN ISLAND Queens The Bronx Staten Island 15 WHERE TO EAT Best Bets Planning Restaurant Reviews Eat Like a Local NEW YORK CITY DINING AND LODGING ATLAS 16 WHERE TO STAY Planning Hotel Reviews 17 SHOPPING 18 NIGHTLIFE 19 PERFORMING ARTS Planning TRAVEL SMART NEW YORK CITY ABOUT OUR WRITERS MAPS Lower Manhattan SoHo, NoLIta, Little Italy, and Chinatown The East Village and the Lower East Side Greenwich Village and the West Village Chelsea and the Meatpacking District Union Square, the Flatiron District, and Gramercy Midtown East Midtown West Upper East Side The Upper West Side Central Park Harlem Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, and DUMBO Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, and Fort Greene Williamsburg, Bushwick, and East Williamsburg Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Bed-Stuy, and Crown Heights Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island Astoria and Long Island City Flushing and Corona The Bronx Staten Island Dining in New York City New York City Dining and Lodging Atlas Manhattan Subway Lines ABOUT THIS GUIDE Fodor’s Recommendations Everything in this guide is worth doing —we don’t cover what isn’t—but exceptional sights, hotels, and restaurants are recognized with additional accolades. Fodor’sChoice indicates our top recommendations; and Best Bets call attention to notable hotels and restaurants in various categories. Care to nominate a new place? Visit Fodors.com/contact-us. Trip Costs We list prices wherever possible to help you budget well. Hotel and restaurant price categories from $ to $$$$ are noted alongside each recommendation. For hotels, we include the lowest cost of a standard double room in high season. For restaurants, we cite the average price of a main course at dinner or, if dinner isn’t