Prospect Park 95 Prospect Park West Brooklyn, NY 11215 A 585-acre oasis in Brooklyn, Prospect Park is a quiet, wonderful refuge from the incessant din and noise of our daily lives. The park is easily accessible by subway. If I lived close by, you can be sure I’d visit this serene haven every day. Prospect […]
Oh, my, how the Financial District has changed. Time was when I hesitated to venture into any restaurant around Wall St for fear of being hit with a whopping bill for lunch. But now there’s an embarrassment of choices in the Financial District when it comes to cheap eats of any cuisine – Cuban, Chinese, […]
If there’s a more well recognized symbol of New York City and America than the Statue of Liberty (on Ellis Island) I haven’t heard of it. Ellis Island is accessible from Battery Park via a short Ferry Ride. Statue of Liberty (as seen from Free Staten Island ferry) Be prepared for long lines on weekends. […]
For cheap food in New York City, it’s hard to beat the food carts or trucks. Peddling diverse cuisine, these food carts/trucks are now as much a NYC landmark as the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty or Times Square. Unfortunately, police action in the form of expensive tickets has forced some food truck owners […]
Of course, people in Bronx need to eat too. And there are a lot of people in the Bronx belonging to the 99%. Here’s a sparse list of restaurants that serve fine cheap eats in Bronx: Sushi Q 1610 Crosby Ave Bronx, NY 10461 Ph: 718-822-1627 Small Japanese restaurant offers good Lunch Specials, 3 rolls […]
Frick Collection Entrance on E.70th St Frick Collection 1 E.70th St (Between Madison Ave and 5th Ave) New York, NY 10021 Ph: 212-288-0700 Subway: 6 to 68 St-Hunter College Founded by Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), Frick Collection includes paintings by famed European artists like François Boucher, Giovanni Bellini, Lazzaro Bastiani, […]
There is no paucity of cheap food joints in Chelsea. As you walk down on Fashion Avenue from Times Square, you will find plenty of options offering $3 Falafel Pita, $3.99 Chicken Curry over rice lunch specials and $6.99 take out lunch buffets. Here’s what I got for you all in Chelsea Manhattan: Pita Grill […]
Asia Society and Museum 725 Park Ave (At 70th St) New York, NY 10021 Ph: 212-288-6400 Subway: 6 to 68th St/Hunter College Showcases collection of John D.Rockefeller III who founded the organization in 1956. Asia Society includes 280 objects from traditional artistic cultures of Far, South, and Southeast Asia. A selection from the Rockefeller collection […]
