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I´ve been living in New York for the past three months and as part of my studies i have explored New York City. I have been to (almost) every neigborhood in Manhattan and Brooklyn, from Brownsville and ENY to Upper East Side and Washington Heights. I have been to the Little Italy in the Bronx, South Bronx, Bronx Zoo. I have been to Astoria and Maspeth et.c et.c.
I have been to Met and MoMA, Ellis Island, museum of NYC and so on.
I have eaten pizza at Grimaldis and pastrami at katz.
I would appreciate any kind of tip I could get from you - neighborhoods, buildings, parks, houses where famous new yorkers once lived, beautiful locations and special spots, good restaurants & cheap bodegas. In other words: whatever that can make my trip complete!
and also, which people is the most important in the history of NYC? I´ve done some work about mayor lindsay and robert f. moses, and i am planning on doing something about Spike Lee and Woody Allen & also mayor bloomberg.
Woody Allen is a disgusting pig who commits incest with his step-daughter- anything honoring him is a travesty- so why bother learning more about this degenerate.
If you want to complete you trip head over to the Belmont stakes on the June 5th. This should be a fun time at a New York institution.
I have to recommend the Transit Museum to explore the history of NYC. It's completely fascinating!
Heartily seconded! And afterward, since you won't be too far away...
There's a major repository of history at Fort Greene Park. The Martyr's Monument (which also happens to be the tallest freestanding Doric column in the world) stands above a crypt containing the remains of Americans held on a British prison ship in Wallabout Bay during the Revolution. They could have been released on condition that they laid down their arms and swore loyalty to the King. None did, and they all died.
It's actually of the same historical importance as the memorial at Gettysburg, although it gets much less attention.
I visited the NY transit museum just a couple of days ago, and I did like it alot. Great museum . I´ve been trying to find the oldest subway station (el trains included) in New York but haven´t found any information about that. Somebody knows?
Henna, im leaving the 10th so the queens art express is not possible for me . Ive been up to the cloisters but I didnt go in to the museum. I will check the MTA-topics, sounds interesting!
Flushing, Queens! Almost forgot that neighborhood. I think i may go there today.
sammy, how much do you need to pay for the ticket to belmont stakes?
edit: I also have one idea about taking pictures of manhattan avenues. So if you know a beautiful intersection please tell me. Im going to take some pics around park avenue, and im already done with times square and avenues around hells kitchen.
Heartily seconded! And afterward, since you won't be too far away...
There's a major repository of history at Fort Greene Park. The Martyr's Monument (which also happens to be the tallest freestanding Doric column in the world) stands above a crypt containing the remains of Americans held on a British prison ship in Wallabout Bay during the Revolution. They could have been released on condition that they laid down their arms and swore loyalty to the King. None did, and they all died.
It's actually of the same historical importance as the memorial at Gettysburg, although it gets much less attention.
I second this suggestion....grew up in Fort Greene....always loved this monument (had several pictures of it years ago) and the park is nice too.
Have you been to the FIT Museum? Even for someone who really isnt into fashion it's pretty fun to check out. They have some cool exhibits and neat clothes to see.
Have you been to either the Bronx or Brooklyn Botanical Gardens?
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. I´ve been trying to find the oldest subway station (el trains included) in New York but haven´t found any information about that. Somebody knows? 
. Ive been up to the cloisters but I didnt go in to the museum. I will check the MTA-topics, sounds interesting!
