Great Day Trips from New York | DayZipping. The favourite neighbourhood haunts of five clued-up New York locals | Travel | The Observer. Billy Noble 25, lives on the Upper East Side and teaches 12- to 14-year-olds in the Bronx I guess you could safely say I am not your typical New Yorker. Due to the fairly minimal pay I receive as a teacher and the high cost of living in the city, I don't eat out much and take a lunchbox to work.
I'm also in the Air Force Reserve, which means getting up around 4am on weekends, so I'm not much of a cocktails guy either. But that doesn't mean I don't go out. On a free day I head down to the River Walk, which runs along the East River - with a book. I also might visit one of the nearby galleries; one of my favourites is Neue Galerie (East 86th Street and 5th Avenue; neuegalerie.org), which has an amazing collection of German and Austrian expressionist works. There's a great Indian vegetarian restaurant called Chennai (1st Ave, between East 86th and 87th), and some good spots to grab a cheap pint near where I live. Annabelle's verdict: Francisca Ovalle Ahmed Ibrahim Hesu Coue-Wilson Danny Meyer.
Fort Tilden. Positioned on Rockaway Peninsula, Fort Tilden—part of Gateway National Recreation Area—offers a mixture of decommissioned military structures and reclaimed natural areas, including some of the most beautiful beaches (un-lifeguarded) in New York that are perfect for walking or fishing. Tours and other ranger-led programs highlight many great spots to see wildlife in the maritime forest, along the Atlantic shore, and near the fort's freshwater pond.
The observatory deck on top of Battery Harris East, a historic gun site, offers dramatic 360-degree panoramic views of Jamaica Bay and New York Harbor, and is a great vantage point from which to spot migrating birds. Listen to stories about hawking in Fort Tilden and other national park sites around Jamaica Bay from national park ranger and naturalist Dave Taft. Problems using the player? Play audio in a new window. Established in 1917, Fort Tilden is named for Samuel Tilden, who served as Governor of New York from 1875 to 1876. Things to Do in New York City — Daily and Seasonal NYC Events.
A sneak preview of Manhattan's new High Line Park | Travel | The. A derelict mass of rusty iron and reinforced concrete; a vestige of a bygone era that tore through the West Side of Manhattan; a grim and gritty canopy, sheltering blood-soaked meat packers and transgender prostitutes. Back in 1990, the raised tracks of the High Line, which until 1980 had freighted factory goods between 34th street and Chelsea and Soho downtown did not seem to me like the natural place for a park.
Unknown to even the most inquisitive New Yorker, this 1½-mile stretch of abandoned elevated railway had become a secret garden in the sky - a home to saplings, wild grasses and monarch butterflies. Now, two decades on, the whole city is in the know: that hunk of junk is about to become a park. Climbing stairs to its rail bed reveals manic planting and construction. I'm at the Gansevoort Woodland, the park's southern terminus, where dense vegetation transports me from the urban life of the stylish Meatpacking District below. After that the line went native. Loved, yes. Paris. Welcome to ConeyIsland.com! The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: metmuseum.org.