I love how NYC can be so cheap and then so expensive....I try to save my money during the day because I like the night in this city and drinks can be more expensive than in Tokyo (NYC--7 or 8 dollars; Tokyo 600 yen)> Anyway, I like going to the restaurants on 9th Avenue near Port Authority. I like the 99cent pizza place on 9th and 42nd--no tables, but it's fun to eat your slices while watching the crazy scene on the street. I also like Rainbow Falafel near Union Square, on 17th St. Again, no dining room but Union Square has picnic tables!!! But my all-time favorite is Prosperity Dumpling on Eldridge St. in Chinatown. Today I had 6 vegetable dumplings, a sesame scallion pancake, and a bowl of wonton soup for 3 dollars!!! I think the counter guy undercharged me because he didn't want to make change.
My best piece of advice, however, is to get a good pair of walking shoes--this city is the best walking city in the world!!! I walk everywhere. I spent most of my life in the suburbs where there is really no place to walk to. NYC is a paradise for a wanderer like me.

One more Chinatown recommendation--New Bai Wei, 51 Division St. It's a steam table restaurant where you choose 5 dishes and a plate of rice for $3. Don't be intimidated by the lack of English. Just point at what looks good. The ladies at the front want your business. They were calling in confused looking passer-bys when I was there.

As per accomodations, here is something that a neighbor recently posted on our neighborhood list serve... for accommodations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Some budget, some not so much, some you could never find on Priceline, some illegal B&Bs (my favorite!) So anyhoo, when it says, recommended by a friend, it's my neighbor's friend, not mine. Caveat emptor, but it looks like there are some fine deals here! In some cases, you'll have to do a little internet sleuthing to come up with the contact info...

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Habitat
57 St and 5 Avenue a range of prices (from Society of Illustrators)
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The Leo House
Attn: Richard O'Sullivan
332 West 23rd St
NY 10011
phone 212-929-1010
fax 212-366-6801
(You must book months in advance.)
Rates this year are $70-80 for singles and
$80-90 for doubles and twins. The higher rate is for bath in room vs
down the hall. Their fax number is 212 366-6801 and their voice line
is 212 929-1010. I don't believe they take reservations on the voice
line, so if you do not have access to a fax, you will have to send
them a letter.

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Riverside Tower Hotel at 80 Riverside
Drive, nyc 1-800-724-3136 (from Deb Anderson 2005)
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From a friend, Jeanne Miles: B&B 212-876-7855 (2004)
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Appalachian State University in North
Carolina has rooms that they rent to students, alumni and others. It's a
nice place. Clean and well kept. Here are the rates:

For non-ASU people the loft is $50.00 per night for a dormitory-style room
or
$60.00 per night per person for a suite of 2 small private rooms. There is
a
kitchen and a living room space that everyone uses. (These prices are a
couple
of years old, but they are probably still reasonable.)

The loft is located at 117 East 24th St., Suite 3-A. A space can be
reserved by credit card over the phone. If you are interested, it's a good
idea to
call as soon as you know your dates. You won't be bumped by students or
faculty as long as you've paid the fee. The web address is
www.ny.appstate.edu
The phone number to reserve space is 828-262-2132

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http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/property/ppf/id/616009/index.aspx
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Broadway Inn (264 West 46th Street, phone: 212-997-9200) A friend from Japan
stayed there and it's quite cozy. (Margaret)

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Habitat 57 St and 5 Avenue a range of prices (from Society of Illustrators)

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Washington Square Hotel, on Washington Square,
very close to the AIA building where we will meet. I called them
last week about group rates, but they do not have them available for
our dates. When I looked on the web site (www.wshotel.com), though,
there were a few rooms left for those dates. By New York City
standards, the rooms are relatively affordable (beginning at $165 for
a single).
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Chelsea Savoy. The group rate discount
was perhaps $20 per night off the normal.
In order to get the group rate, the
group must book at least 5 rooms Their website is www.chelseasavoynyc.com. --------
Riverside Tower Hotel at 80 Riverside
Drive, NYC 1-800-724-3136 (from Deb Anderson 2005)
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From a friend, Jeanne Miles: B&B 212-876-7855 (2004)
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Bed and Breakfasts in Bklyn:

http://www.visitbrooklyn.org/lodging.html
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http://www.visitbrooklyn.org/attractions.html
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Wendy Richard on Bergen Street
718 753 0555
[recommended by djyoonie@yahoo.com]
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Erin Kelly erinskelly@earthlink.net runs a small B&B in their home on First
Street (between Hoyt and Bond) in
Carroll Gardens. It is one
room with attached bath. The room has two
38 First Street, between Hoyt and Bond
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Anica Archip at 498 Court, runs a B&B,
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Brownstone Brooklyn Bed and Breakfast in Prospect Heights Call David
Whitbeck 718-857-6066 2 day minimum
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another Prospect heights one: Marissa 718-399-9535 2 day minimum
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Park Slope on Third Street @ 6th Avenue Jane White 718-788-7171
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Union Street B&B
405 Union Street
718-852-8406
Bed and breakfast in the heart of Carroll Gardens housed in an 1898
brownstone. Rooms are cozy, quasi-Victorian style. Conveniently located by Smith Street
restaurant row and the F subway (Carroll Street).
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Claudia on Wyckoff Street 718 488 7549
[recommended by Jenny Taylor Ford redjen825@hotmail.com]
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Rosemary Kremer
_rosemarykremer@yahoo.com_ (mailto:rosemarykremer@yahoo.com) or visit her
website:
_www.theguestroom.biz_ (http://www.theguestroom.biz) .
Her phone number is 917-834-6703
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http://www.smalltownbrooklyn.com/marketplace/b&b.html

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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Awesome Bed & Breakfast
136 Lawrence Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 858-4859

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CARROLL GARDENS
Union Bed and Breakfast
405 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 852-8406
Fax: (718) 923-0060
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Baisley House Bed and Breakfast
294 Hoyt Street
Brooklyn, New York 11231
(718) 935-1959
Fax: (718) 935-1959
Email: baisleyhousenyc@aol.com
Host: Harry F. Paul
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COBBLE HILL
Cobble Hill House
238 Warren Street (between Court and Clinton) Brooklyn NY 11201
(917) 834-6703
www.CobbleHillHouse.com
Lovely rooms with private baths 15 minutes from Manhattan. Private garden
floor entrance. Two-night minimum stay. Non-smoking home.
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Saints and Sinners Bed and Breakfast
(so named because it's next to a
former church) is in Cobble Hill, a cute neighborhood of brownstones,
antiques shops and restaurants. The homey, 19th-century Federal-style brick
rowhouse has a bright, plant-filled living room/sitting area and five
working fireplaces. The three third-floor bedrooms (two doubles, one single,
all with twin beds and a shared bath) are clean, light and airy; two have
marble fireplaces, and the back bedroom overlooks a large garden. It's 20
minutes by subway to Manhattan on the F train, with two stops (Bergen Street
and Carroll Street) five or six blocks away. 54 Strong Pl., 718-855-9614,
www.saintsandsinnersbedandbreakfast.com. Rates:
$115 per night single, $145 double, including taxes.
Frances Utley Armer, Proprietor
Two double rooms ($145 per night, each) and one single room ($115 per night);
shared bath. All beds are twin size.

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MIDWOOD
Eve's Bed and Breakfast
751 Westminster Road
Brooklyn, New York 11230
(212) 560-5373 or (347) 256-4377
Fax: (718) 435-8510
Email: evesplace_2001@yahoo.com
Hostess: Eve
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Dekoven Suites
30 Dekoven Court
Brooklyn, New York 11230
(718) 421-1052
Fax: (718) 434-2478
Email: suzieboo@aol.com
Host: Susan Lehrer & Chalo Smukler
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Bibi's Garden Bed and Breakfast
762 Westminster Road
Brooklyn, New York 11230
(718) 434-3119
Fax: (718) 421-4505
Email: Bibisgarden@aol.com
Host: Bibi
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PARK SLOPE
Bed and Breakfast on the Park
113 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, New York 11215
(718) 499-6115
Fax: (718) 499-1385
Email: liana@bbnyc.com
Host: Liana Paolella

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A.J. Bluestone
432 Eighth St
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718)499-1401
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Foy House Bed & Breakfast Brooklyn, NY
(718) 636-1492
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS
Garden Green Bed and Breakfast
641 Carlton Avenue (between Park Place and Prospect Place)
Brooklyn, New York 11238
(718) 783-5717
Fax: (718) 638-7854
Email: gardengren@aol.com
Hosts: Laura and Robert Keith
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Craig’s List under “vacation rentals”

http://www.smalltownbrooklyn.com/marketplace/b&b.html

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http://www.visitbrooklyn.org/lodging.html
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Craig’s List under “vacation rentals”
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HOTELS/B&B/ETC

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams Street, Brooklyn NY 11201
Tel: 888-436-3759, 718-246-7000, Fax: 718-246-0563
www.brooklynmarriott.com
If your taste leans more toward spiffy corporate high-rises, fear not,
Brooklyn has one. The New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the only
full-service hotel in Brooklyn, with an on-site restaurant and bar, business
center, spacious beige-y rooms, beds with 300-thread-count linens,
well-lighted work areas and up-to-date bathrooms (alas, no lotion in the
amenities basket when we visited). A 24-story expansion with 280 guest rooms
is in the works, for a total of 656. There's no lobby lounge, but the
Archives Bar has Starbucks in the morning and a friendly Irish bartender at
night. Rooms have coffee makers, irons, hair dryers and high-speed Internet
access (the $12.95-per-day fee also covers local and long-distance telephone
calls); there's a fitness center and indoor swimming pool. The downtown area
is not Brooklyn's most charming, but it's an easy walk to Carroll Gardens,
Cobble Hill and other appealing neighborhoods. About a five-minute subway
ride from Manhattan, with nine major lines within one block.
333 Adams St., 888-436-3759, www.marriott.com. Rates start at $229 double,
although we booked a room for $189 in February. Rates are high for Brooklyn,
but a lot cheaper than a comparable property would cost in Manhattan.
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Brooklyn Backpackers
This place is only $25.00/night--it is located on 4th between Dean (St.
Marks) and Bergen.
http://www.hostelz.com/hostel/60895-Brooklyn-Backpackers
The bar downstairs is called Cherry Tree, wonderful woodburning pizzas and
attract a pretty young crowd, so they might really enjoy the scene. Cherry Tree
is a relatively new bar on 4th between Bergen and St. Mark's (next to
Mule--cafe).-I believe they are all shared rooms. The owners of the bar are also the
owners of the hostel. A great back garden, and they are starting to serve brick
oven pizzas and other food.
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http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/BrooklynBackpackers-NewYork-16931

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Laurence and Reginald Bullock
To add to your list, we have a fully furnished one bedroom apartment
in our brownstone on Wyckoff Street (between Hoyt & Bond) that is
available for short term rental (2/3 nights to a month max).
It sleeps 3 (double bed in bedroom + futon in living room).
Rates: $120/night - $800/week + $500 refundable security deposit
rate includes all utilities + local phone service + Cable w/HBO
For additional information and pictures, go to:
http://www.nyhabitat.com/new-york-apartment/vacation/11601
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Laurence and Reginald Bullock
718-624-4523
lchecler@nyc.rr.com
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Holiday Inn Express (Opening July 2006)
625 Union Street
Tel: 718-797-1133
Fax: 718-643-2937
Holiday Inn Express Website
info@expressbrooklyn.com
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Claudia on Wycoff St 718 488 7549
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Brownstone Brooklyn Bed and Breakfast in Prospect Heights Call David
Whitbeck 718-857-6066 2 day minimum
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We, Keith and Kevin, live on Dean St between 3rd and 4th, and sometimes host
neighbors' families and visiting tourists from Europe and South America.
Recently we hosted seven students from Thailand for four nights, and this week a
neighbors' parents from Minnesota for three.

We have a room with a sofa-bed with an extra mattress, that is fairly
comfortable. It's just inside the main entrance, so guests can come and go with no
problem, and a bathroom is nearby.

If you'd like, you could come by to check it out. As we're not officially
an inn or a B & B, we don't charge much, and would be glad to meet you to talk
about the possibility of taking a few of your guests if the dates are right.
We may in fact be away for part of February, which would possibly mean two
bedrooms could be made ready. We're at 361 Dean St, 718-643-2465. Let us know.
Keith & Kevin kevinbklyn@aol.com
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Prospect Heights: Marissa 718-399-9535 2 day minimum

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Cobble Hill House
238 Warren Street (between Court and Clinton)
Brooklyn NY 11201
(917) 834-6703
www.CobbleHillHouse.com
Rosemary Kremer
rosemarykremer@yahoo.com
(mailto:rosemarykremer@yahoo.com) or visit her website:
www.theguestroom.biz_ (http://www.theguestroom.biz) .
Her phone number is 917-834-6703
http://www.cobblehillhouse.com/
718) 596-7227

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Lovely rooms with private baths 15 minutes from Manhattan. Private garden
floor entrance. Two-night minimum stay. Non-smoking home.
[close to 406 Atlantic]
Angelique B&B
405 Union Street, Brooklyn NY 11231
Tel: 718-858-4859, Fax: 718-923-0060
The seven guest rooms at Union Street B&B are small; most could use a
fresh coat of paint or wallpaper, and all come with shared baths. Still, the
mood of the place is youthful and lively and the decor is quaint. But the
draw here is the location. Housed in a pleasant Victorian brownstone in
residential Carroll Gardens, it's a block and a half from the Carroll Street
station, an easy walk from restaurant-lined Smith Street and about 20
minutes by subway to midtown Manhattan.
[got terrible reviews]

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Angelique B&B
405 Union Street, Brooklyn NY 11231
Tel: 718-858-4859, Fax: 718-923-0060

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405 Union St., 718-852-8406, www.unionstbrooklynbandb.com. Singles are $100
a night, doubles $150; three-night minimum.

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Avenue Plaza Hotel & Conference Center
4624 13th Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11219
Tel: 718-552-3200, 877-4PLAZA9, Fax: 718-552-3201
www.theavenueplaza.com
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B&B on the Park
113 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn NY 11215
Tel: 718-499-6115
www.bbnyc.com
Travelers who might otherwise stay at the Waldorf Astoria would find the
Bed & Breakfast on the Park equally grand -- and slightly cheaper. An
impressive collection of European oil paintings and antiques, carved oak
woodwork, art nouveau lamps and other fine details grace the parlor, dining
room and bedrooms. The stately seven-bedroom Victorian building is just
across from Prospect Park and a few minutes' walk from the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden. A full breakfast is served promptly at 9. The formal atmosphere --
or snootiness? -- might be a turnoff for folks who just want to kick back.
The Prospect Park subway is three blocks away.
113 Prospect Park W., 718-499-6115, www.bbnyc.com. Rates: $155 to $300 per
night, including a 10 percent service charge.
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Baisley House
294 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn NY 11231
Tel: 718-935-1959, Fax: 718-935-1959
Lovers of Victoriana will go gaga over Baisley House: The restored 1845
brownstone in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood is tasseled, draped and
decorated to a fare-thee-well, with statuary, clocks, screens, stained
glass, portraits (Queen Elizabeth, Pope John XXIII) and myriad other
fripperies, gewgaws and doodads. The three guest rooms upstairs (one single,
two doubles) are similarly ornate and share a bathroom. There's a lovely
rear garden where breakfast is served when weather permits. Added
attraction: Actress Susan Hayward lived here as a child (she was born in
Flatbush). Amenities include cable TV, VCR, phone and air conditioning. The
Carroll Street subway station is two blocks away.
294 Hoyt St., 718-935-1959, www.virtualcities.com/ons/ny/n/nyn1901.htm. Rates: $134 to $192 per night, including taxes.
baisleyhousenyc@aol.com
http://www.brooklynx.org/tourism/baisleyhouse/homepage.html
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House on 3rd Street
422 3rd Street
Tel: 718-788-7171
www.houseon3st.com
HOUSEon3st@aol.com
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Garden Green B&B
641 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238
Tel: 718-783-5717
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Days Inn
437 39th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Tel: 718-853-4141
Click here for more information
4 For a chain property, the Best Western Gregory Hotel in the residential
Bay Ridge neighborhood has an unusually personable staff, quick to offer
directions and dining tips. Although 30 minutes from Times Square, it's only
a couple of blocks from a concentration of decent eateries and bars. The
70-room hotel is housed in a well-kept brick building on a tree-lined block.
The rooms are small and basic but adequate for an overnight or two. A
complimentary self-serve breakfast of bagels, coffee and juices is provided.
The 86th Street subway station is two blocks away.
8315 Fourth Ave., 800-780-7234, www.bestwestern.com. Rates: Generally from
$186 double.
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The Foy House Garden Suite, said to be the oldest B&B in Brooklyn, is a
classic Edwardian townhouse on one of the best blocks in Park Slope, between
Eighth Avenue and Prospect Park; it's near the Brooklyn Museum, a fabulous
mini-Metropolitan Museum that should be on any visitor's agenda. The
Victorian-style garden suite, available only by the week, has a private
entrance two steps down from the sidewalk. The bedroom opens onto a patio
and garden. There's a parlor with fireplace, fully equipped kitchen, private
bath, cable TV and VCR.
819 Carroll St., 718-636-1492. Rates: $179 per night (seventh night free),
including taxes.
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The City Reliquary has a nifty looking show called 76 kisses, snapshots of folks kissing culled by a couple who collect old photos. I do believe a kissing booth is to be part of the fun

And the William Steig exhibit at the Jewish Museum is awesome for those w/ an interest in this wonderful illustrator. It'll cost you 12 bucks though. If you're traveling w/ children, there is a great child-scaled, hands-on archaeology exhibit upstairs, with a little Ottoman salon in which they can serve tea and share the wonders of lice via dress up clothing.

The Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival
March 2-30, 2008

At locations around Brooklyn. Events are free unless there is a drink minimum at the venue.

Throughout March 2008, BAC will present the Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival, a groundbreaking celebration of Arab musical traditions in Brooklyn. In a series of concerts, symposia and workshops throughout the month, Brooklyn Maqam will feature nearly 100 New York-based musicians and groups representing musical traditions from Egypt, Yemen, Palestine, Iraq, Morocco, Syria and Lebanon in venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn, such as Alwan for the Arts, BAM Café, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC), Joe’s Pub, and more.

Christina, Top to Bottom - Great Stuff!! Cause NYC is so not car friendly and people need help getting around town. You may want to suggest New York MTA Website Mta.info or NYC Subway, Bus directions and maps Publicroutes.com

quote:

Originally posted by christina-in-brooklyn:
MORE RESOURCES!

Village Voice
This weekly paper has listings to events, eats, movietimes, etc. The paper version is free and is available in newstands and coffeeshops around the city. They pick some great cheap eats too -- esp. in the outer boroughs' ethnic neighborhoods.

Time Out New York
The print version is $3. A super-intensive listing of all kinds of stuff around the city. The online version has only a sliver of what the print does, but maybe it's all you need.

Citysearch
Handy online guide to NYC stuff (restaurants, clubs, stores, bars). With passionate (often completely contradictory) reviews by users. Here are their cheap eats suggestions.

L Magazine
Another NYC guide. Full disclosure: this suggestion was stolen from Urbanblitz on another thread.

Harlem One Stop
A comprehensive listing of ongoing events, art exhibits, jazz, restaurants, etc of Harlem (as well as Washington Heights and Inwood). Harlem's reputation for being "dangerous" (an overhyped reputation, I might add -- many areas are just as safe as trendier parts of New York) has always overshadowed it's reputation as a cultural hot-spot, particularly for African-American and pan-African culture.

Visit Brooklyn
Don't think I need to spell that out. Brooklyn's better than Manhattan anyway.

A Weekend in Queens
Article from the NY Times highlighting an over-looked borough with spectacular, and spectacularly cheap, food. You must watch the video.

Creative Time
A NYC arts group. Check them out to see if there are any current shows. Some of their sponsored projects are public art, like Jenny Holzer's recent text projections on buildings throughout the city, and so could be checked out while walking around. They also are the creative brain behind the beautiful Towers of Light project that projects every year on the anniversary of 9/11, 2 beams of light that project into the cosmos from the World Trade Center site. They do great work -- smart & accessible.


And a shout out to Ayun's suggestions -- those are good picks too.


Other BnA NYC threads here and here.

Hey Brooklyn girl, I'm popping in again.
Let me know if you need help updating any of this?
I have tons of free time now.

Quick tip for our non NY peeps...

Avoid any celo-wrapped muffins etc at most delis, they tend to be from who-knows-when, opt for the unwrapped stuff, chances are it will be way fresher!!

Also, those cards that give free X when you have purchased any given ammount of stuff are good to pass around to other cheap-o travellers, someone might as well get a free X. Consider it "paying it forward"

Done for now....

I've just added three new locations to my favorites list.

1. Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Its free on Tuesdays, and magnificent.

2. Brooklyn museum of art. It takes a voluntary donation, and has some of the best exhibits I've seen for a museum of that size. Especially impressive is the African and Modern art section. Right now they have Susan Dakotas "Table" exhibit there, among others.

3. Bronx Zoo. Its a tad expensive, but its got the best wild gorilla exhibit I've ever seen. Also, you can't see the elephants. They're living in their own part of the zoo which is closed right now. When its opened, you can take a tram over an Asian Plains and see the animals in a more natural context. Also amazing is their wild dog exhibit.

Bronx Zoo tram is no more.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2009/01/24/2009-01-24_bronx_zoo_to_take_down_skyfari-2.html

Sorry

Good alternative Zoo with kids is the Central Park Zoo, penguin (yes birds again) feeding time and Seal feeding times posted daily at the entrance. Not far south is the Petting Zoo, which I love cause you can feed goats !! If your into that.

Good steps to sit and chill:
1. New York City Public Library on 5th between 41st and 42nd.
Spacious, busy, two lions, close to food, banks, and subway.
2. Union Square Park, facing south on Broadway.
Awesome, sans lions, lots of good food, green market twice a week, subway, Strand's and Forbidden Planet close by.
3. Federal Hall, wall street.
Take a break from shopping at Century 21, or just relax and try finding a spot during lunch time.
Famous buildings and parks abound around here. This is Old Dutch and British New Amsterdam and New York.
4. US Post Office, 8th Ave 'tween 31st and 33rd
Macy's Penn Station, The Garden. Lots of people. Awesome Post Office, step inside for a few minutes, do yourself a favor.
5. The Met, 5th Ave and 82nd st
What can be said? Central Park, Art, 5th Ave, Hot Dogs, Museum Mile.

I know there are more steps out there... go find some and post them here!!!


Edited to add a new one:
Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center) it's all fancy and cool, like a triangle lifting off the ground.

More uptown, you can find these steps:

Columbia University (116th St, between Broadway & Amsterdam)
A huge set of sun-drenched steps in the middle of campus.

Grant's Tomb (122nd St., between Claremont Ave & Riverside Drive)
A dead president behind you and a lovely tree-lined plaza in front.
It's lit up 24 hours a day, so it's a great place to hang out even at night.

In Queens:

Flushing Branch, Queens Public Library (Main St.)
A great place to sit and eat all the delicious Chinese street food you just bought on the previous block.

Unisphere (Flushing Meadows-Corona Park)
It's not exactly a set of steps, but the edge of a fountain around this iconic symbol of Queens and relic from the last World's Fair here.

Thanks to Haci for the additions!!

A few fountains:
Bethesda Terrace, Central Park
Hey, that's why it's Central! Buses, carriages and even subways get here.
Go for the double wammy and add the Columbus Circle, Pulitzer and Lincoln Center Fountains to the Central Park visit, yes, that's four in one shot!
James Fountain, Union Square Park
How did you know I love Union Square Park? Well this is a great place to go, grab some lunch from the farmer's market (Wed and Sat) which features good old NY state farmers. We do have farms here, yeay NY!!! Sit back, people watch and eat a bit. The 6 subway station canopy makes for good photos, as well as the MK Gandhi statue (leave the old boy some flowers) I wont mention birds, I swear.
The Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Countless movies (I only know one though: MIB) have had this beaut in it.
What can I say, hugeness, Queens and a World's Fair site (for those of you who like keeping lists, I do)
The Bronx Zoo fountain
I won't cheat and google the name, but it's freaking awesome. The buildings and cages around it don't have any critters in them any longer (That's a good thing)


Hope you enjoy these, I have, and forever will. More bits to come. I feel a bridge post surging!!

Unfortunately I can't edit my past posts in this thread or it screws up the formatting entirely.

Here is a comprehensive list of cheap + free NYC museums:
http://www.lifestylermag.com/features/suggested-donations-nyc-museums-on-the-cheap