Built upon the dirt and gravel excavated from the construction of the World Trade Center, Battery Park City is Manhattan’s only planned community. Stretching from Pier A to Chambers Street, the neighborhood, constructed to the tune of $4 billion sits in the shadows of the World Financial Center, home to Merrill Lynch, American Express and [...]

Don't let the terms Broadway and Off-Broadway fool you, most Broadway theaters are not located directly on Broadway. Most occupy the side streets from W 53rd and W 40th street, and extends between Sixth to Eighth avenues. Broadway, Off-Broadway and even Off-Off Broadway are not meant to represent geographically location, instead are used to describe [...]

The Bronx is the only borough of New York that is actually connected to the mainland. Directly north of Manhattan, Bronx too is a diverse area rich in cultural and historical landmarks. The area also includes two of the city’s largest parks Pelham Bay Park, the largest park in New York City, and Van Cortlandt [...]

What was once an inexpensive alternative to Manhattan, Brooklyn is quickly becoming the borough to live in, driving up real estate prices and turning it into a cultural powerhouse and a tourist destination in its own right. It already holds claim to the borough with the most inhabitants — 2.5 million to be exact. But [...]

With a colorful history, Chelsea is one of Manhattan’s most interesting neighborhoods. Before World War I, Chelsea was the original "Hollywood" when film studios turned many of the industrial warehouses into production studios. The area also had a strong Irish community who worked at the nearby piers. Present day Chelsea is filled with galleries, boutiques [...]

Bigger than San Francisco’s enclave of Chinese immigrants, Manhattan’s Chinatown has grown so much the past few decades, it has absorbed areas of the Lower East Side, Little Italy and NoLIta. It is home to many immigrants hailing from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korean, Vietnam and many other Asian countries. The area is popular [...]

Columbus Circle is a major New York City Landmark located at the intersection of the southwest corner of Central Park, 8th Avenue, 59th Street, Central Park West, and Broadway, in Manhattan. The landmark, dedicated to Christopher Columbus, was build in 1905 and renovated in 2005. For people visiting New York City, the area around Columbus [...]

Stockbrokers, businessmen and high-power executives all call the Financial District home. Located on the southernmost tip of Manhattan, the district is arguably the center of business and finance for the entire world. It is not know as a residential area, but that is quickly changing with booming construction bring residential high-rises and hotels to the [...]

New York, Manhattan in particular, is synonymous with fashion. Everyone looks to the city on what will be the hottest new look of the season, and the city has the Garment District to thank for that. Prominent designers like Oscar De La Renta, Liz Claiborne, Nicole Miller and Marc Jacobs all call the area home. [...]

Greenwich Village and East Village, the neighborhoods in between the Lower East Side and Chelsea, are often referred to as the Village but they are very much to separate areas. Both however share similar history of being the area where folk music and the punk rock movement called home and where anti-war movements and gay [...]