Guidebook for New York
Arts & Culture
New York's most famous museum is only a beautiful, 20-minute walk from the apartment!
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Metropolitan Művészeti Múzeum
1000 5th AveNew York's most famous museum is only a beautiful, 20-minute walk from the apartment!
This is the Met's new outpost for modern and contemporary art. Also free (or donation suggestion), but smaller and more manageable for a single afternoon.
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Met Breuer
945 Madison AveThis is the Met's new outpost for modern and contemporary art. Also free (or donation suggestion), but smaller and more manageable for a single afternoon.
Parks & Nature
This is my hands-down favorite place to run in New York. One loop is a little over 1.5 miles.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
This is my hands-down favorite place to run in New York. One loop is a little over 1.5 miles.
Food Scene
There's no seating in this little coffee shop, but there is the best coffee you'll get in the Upper East Side.
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Oslo Coffee Roasters
328 Bedford AveThere's no seating in this little coffee shop, but there is the best coffee you'll get in the Upper East Side.
I love this Szechuan place; in my humble opinion, it can give restaurants in East Village and even Chinatown a run for their money.
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Szechuan Gourmet
21 W 39th StI love this Szechuan place; in my humble opinion, it can give restaurants in East Village and even Chinatown a run for their money.
Great Mediterranean food just around the corner. Get the mezze platter or the grilled lamb on the smoked eggplant puree!
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A la Turka Mediterranean
1417 2nd AveGreat Mediterranean food just around the corner. Get the mezze platter or the grilled lamb on the smoked eggplant puree!
Essentials
This is my go-to "general store": it has toiletries, hardware, bedding, cookware, bath products, cleaning supplies, stationery, furniture, you name it. If you need a pharmacy, there's also a Duane Reade one block north.
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Rainbow Ycs
1449 1st Ave.This is my go-to "general store": it has toiletries, hardware, bedding, cookware, bath products, cleaning supplies, stationery, furniture, you name it. If you need a pharmacy, there's also a Duane Reade one block north.
This is the closest self-serve laundry place by the apartment; they also do dry cleaning.
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Fluff-n-Fold Laundry Services
This is the closest self-serve laundry place by the apartment; they also do dry cleaning.
If you need a quick trip to an urgent care center, this is the closest one. Otherwise, for an emergency room visit, Lenox Hill Hospital is nearby.
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CityMD East 86th Urgent Care - NYC
336 East 86th StIf you need a quick trip to an urgent care center, this is the closest one. Otherwise, for an emergency room visit, Lenox Hill Hospital is nearby.
Drinks & Nightlife
Though the Upper East Side isn't famous for its cool bars, The Penrose is pretty hip, in a on-trend cocktail / cheese board / vintage wallpaper kind of way.
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The Penrose
1590 2nd AveThough the Upper East Side isn't famous for its cool bars, The Penrose is pretty hip, in a on-trend cocktail / cheese board / vintage wallpaper kind of way.
Entertainment & Activities
This is the closest "big release" movie theater; there's City Cinemas just around the corner too for some smaller, independent movies.
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AMC Orpheum Theater
1538 3rd AveThis is the closest "big release" movie theater; there's City Cinemas just around the corner too for some smaller, independent movies.
Getting Around
From the apartment, this is your primary subway stop. It gets on the 6 line, which goes downtown to Grand Central, Union Square, Soho / Chinatown, all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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77 Street Station
East 77th StreetFrom the apartment, this is your primary subway stop. It gets on the 6 line, which goes downtown to Grand Central, Union Square, Soho / Chinatown, all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge.