The Rough Guide to New York CityThe Rough Guide to New York City is the most comprehensive handbook to the metropolis. Features include: a full-colour section introducing New York's highlights; detailed accounts of the city's diverse neighbourhoods, from cosmopolitan SoHo and the towering financial district and the far reaches of Brooklyn and Queens; critical reviews of restaurants and accommodation for every prices range, as well as the lowdown on hundreds of bars, clubs, shops and music venues; expert coverage of New York's museums, architecture and beautiful parks, plus background on festivals, ethnic culture and the city's fabled history; and maps and plans for the entire city, with grid references for easy navigation. |
Contents
Getting there | 11 |
C | 15 |
Health | 17 |
Tunnel | 19 |
Information maps and websites | 26 |
Costs money and banks | 35 |
CONTENTS | 39 |
Sights and museums | 41 |
Midtown West 158164 | 162 |
Central Park 165173 | 165 |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 174186 | 174 |
The Upper East Side 187202 | 187 |
C | 203 |
Harlem | 219 |
Heights and the Cloisters | 228 |
Brooklyn 235256 | 235 |
Disabled travelers | 47 |
The Harbor Islands | 55 |
The Financial District 6073 | 60 |
City Hall Park and the Brooklyn Bridge 7478 | 74 |
TriBeCa | 79 |
Chinatown and Little Italy 8389 | 83 |
SoHo | 90 |
SoHo 96100 | 96 |
The East Village 101108 | 101 |
West Village 109115 | 109 |
Chelsea 116121 | 116 |
The Garment District 122125 | 122 |
Union Square and Gramercy Park 126131 | 126 |
The Empire State Building and Murray Hill 132135 | 132 |
42nd Street 136140 | 136 |
Fifth Avenue 141150 | 141 |
Midtown East 151157 | 151 |
Queens 257264 | 257 |
The Bronx | 265 |
Staten Island 273277 | 273 |
Accommodation | 280 |
Cafés snacks and light meals | 302 |
Restaurants | 313 |
Drinking | 352 |
Nightlife | 365 |
21 | 447 |
The historical framework | 466 |
14 | 514 |
Twenty years of Rough Guides | 519 |
9 | 523 |
color maps at back of book | |
Prince St to 47th | |
Copyright | |