Table of Contents
Introduction: Have a Great New York Week vi
Manhattan: Situate the Reader-The Neighborhoods xviii
Chapter 1 New York Harbor 1
Chapter 2 Battery Park 17
Chapter 3 West Financial District 31
Chapter 4 East Financial District 47
Chapter 5 City Hall and South Street Seaport 67
Chapter 8 Tribeca and Foley Square 87
Chapter 7 Chinatown and Little Italy 103
Chapter 8 SoHo and Nolita 123
Chapter 9 Lower East Side 139
Chapter 10 East Village 161
Chapter 11 The Bowery and Astor Place 179
Chapter 12 Greenwich Village 197
Chapter 13 West Village 217
Chapter 14 Chelsea and the Meatpacking District 235
Chapter 15 Union Square and the Flatiron District 255
Chapter 16 Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, and Murray Hill 279
Chapter 17 Herald Square and the Tenderloin: 27th Street to 40th Street, from Madison Square to the Hudson River 299
Chapter 18 Midtown East and Turtle Bay: 40th Street to 60th Street, from Madison Avenue to the East River 321
Chapter 19 Times Square and Rockefeller Center: 40th Street to 60th Street, from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue 343
Chapter 20 Hell's Kitchen and Columbus Circle: 40th Street to 60th Street, from Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River 369
Chapter 21 Upper West Side and Riverside Park: 60th Street to 110th Street, from Central Park West to the Hudson River 389
Chapter 22 Central Park 409
Chapter 23 Upper East Side and Yorkville 427
Chapter 24 Harlem and Morningside Heights: 110th Street to 145th Street, Harlem River to Hudson River 445
Chapter 25 Washington Heights and Inwood: 145th Street to Spuyten Duyvil, Harlem River to Hudson River 467
Bowery Boys Bookshelf 486
Favorite Websites 488
Photo Credits 489
Index 490
Acknowledgments 507
About the Authors 508