Basil's NYC Guide

Basil
Basil's NYC Guide

Bar

Cool, dimly lit bar featuring DJs, a photo booth & a rotating menu of astrology-inspired cocktails. If you're an astrology fan - it's a must.
74 recommandé par les habitants
Mood Ring
1260 Myrtle Ave
74 recommandé par les habitants
Cool, dimly lit bar featuring DJs, a photo booth & a rotating menu of astrology-inspired cocktails. If you're an astrology fan - it's a must.
361 recommandé par les habitants
Do or Dive Bar
1108 Bedford Ave
361 recommandé par les habitants
19 recommandé par les habitants
The Exley
1 Jackson St
19 recommandé par les habitants
14 recommandé par les habitants
3 Dollar Bill
260 Meserole St
14 recommandé par les habitants

Music venue

303 recommandé par les habitants
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N 6th St
303 recommandé par les habitants
142 recommandé par les habitants
Skinny Dennis
152 Metropolitan Ave
142 recommandé par les habitants
185 recommandé par les habitants
Kings Theatre
1027 Flatbush Ave
185 recommandé par les habitants
107 recommandé par les habitants
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
107 recommandé par les habitants

Neighborhoods

The West Village draws fashionable crowds to its designer boutiques and trendy restaurants. Quaint streets, some still cobblestoned, are lined with Federal-style townhouses and dotted with public squares. Notable venues include the Village Vanguard jazz club and the Stonewall Inn bar, site of the 1969 riots that launched the gay rights movement. The historically arty area also has piano bars, cabarets and theaters.
224 recommandé par les habitants
West Village
224 recommandé par les habitants
The West Village draws fashionable crowds to its designer boutiques and trendy restaurants. Quaint streets, some still cobblestoned, are lined with Federal-style townhouses and dotted with public squares. Notable venues include the Village Vanguard jazz club and the Stonewall Inn bar, site of the 1969 riots that launched the gay rights movement. The historically arty area also has piano bars, cabarets and theaters.
The East Village is known for its happening nightlife. Old-school bars, music venues, and performance spaces share the streets with posh cocktail lounges and hip restaurants. Daytime sees a more laid-back crowd browsing boutiques, vintage shops and tattoo parlors, and dining at casual cafes. Once the epicenter of the city's punk scene, St. Mark's Place now features of-the-moment fast-food eateries and souvenir shops. See SoHo, the Lower East Side and Chinatown.
216 recommandé par les habitants
East Village
216 recommandé par les habitants
The East Village is known for its happening nightlife. Old-school bars, music venues, and performance spaces share the streets with posh cocktail lounges and hip restaurants. Daytime sees a more laid-back crowd browsing boutiques, vintage shops and tattoo parlors, and dining at casual cafes. Once the epicenter of the city's punk scene, St. Mark's Place now features of-the-moment fast-food eateries and souvenir shops. See SoHo, the Lower East Side and Chinatown.
Williamsburg is a hip neighborhood in Brooklyn that draws the young and the fashionable to its chic boutiques, trendy cafes and buzzy restaurants. Street art brightens residential thoroughfares and repurposed factories, while the waterfront provides stunning views of Manhattan and seasonal venues for outdoor concerts and food markets. Dance clubs, happening bars and music halls liven up the nightlife scene.
997 recommandé par les habitants
Williamsburg
997 recommandé par les habitants
Williamsburg is a hip neighborhood in Brooklyn that draws the young and the fashionable to its chic boutiques, trendy cafes and buzzy restaurants. Street art brightens residential thoroughfares and repurposed factories, while the waterfront provides stunning views of Manhattan and seasonal venues for outdoor concerts and food markets. Dance clubs, happening bars and music halls liven up the nightlife scene.
Home to a large Polish-American community, Brooklyn's evolving Greenpoint neighborhood is a residential area with hipster appeal. Traditional Polish shops and restaurants share the streets with trend-setting eateries, bars and live music venues. Galleries and artist studios are found in converted warehouses. The revitalized East River waterfront has parks and new high-rises with sweeping views of midtown Manhattan.
119 recommandé par les habitants
Greenpoint
119 recommandé par les habitants
Home to a large Polish-American community, Brooklyn's evolving Greenpoint neighborhood is a residential area with hipster appeal. Traditional Polish shops and restaurants share the streets with trend-setting eateries, bars and live music venues. Galleries and artist studios are found in converted warehouses. The revitalized East River waterfront has parks and new high-rises with sweeping views of midtown Manhattan.
214 recommandé par les habitants
Lower East Side
175 Eldridge St
214 recommandé par les habitants

Park / Nature

The isolated eastern end of the beach at Jacob Riis Park has been a location for LGBT sunbathing and cruising since the 1940s. Historically, it has been the most popular gay beach in New York City.
28 recommandé par les habitants
The People's Beach at Jacob Riis Park
157 Rockaway Beach Blvd
28 recommandé par les habitants
The isolated eastern end of the beach at Jacob Riis Park has been a location for LGBT sunbathing and cruising since the 1940s. Historically, it has been the most popular gay beach in New York City.
2030 recommandé par les habitants
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 recommandé par les habitants
707 recommandé par les habitants
The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin Dr
707 recommandé par les habitants
663 recommandé par les habitants
Coney Island
663 recommandé par les habitants
3418 recommandé par les habitants
Prospect Park
3418 recommandé par les habitants

Food scene

Amazing + authentic Thai restaurant
8 recommandé par les habitants
Mao Mao Restaurant
1000 Broadway
8 recommandé par les habitants
Amazing + authentic Thai restaurant
87 recommandé par les habitants
Sally Roots
195 Wyckoff Ave
87 recommandé par les habitants
105 recommandé par les habitants
Fornino
291 Kent Ave
105 recommandé par les habitants
29 recommandé par les habitants
The Turk's Inn
234 Starr St
29 recommandé par les habitants
29 recommandé par les habitants
Dock Asian Eatery
22 Wyckoff Ave
29 recommandé par les habitants
57 recommandé par les habitants
Brooklyn Whiskers
1037 Broadway
57 recommandé par les habitants
Dhamaka
119 Delancey Street
19 recommandé par les habitants
Money Cat Vietnamese Kitchen
554 Wilson Avenue
19 recommandé par les habitants

Sports

514 recommandé par les habitants
Yankee Stadium
1 E 161 St
514 recommandé par les habitants
1418 recommandé par les habitants
Barclays Center
620 Atlantic Ave
1418 recommandé par les habitants
328 recommandé par les habitants
Citi Field
41 Seaver Way
328 recommandé par les habitants

Conseils aux voyageurs

Se déplacer dans les environs

Citymapper

Download the app "CityMapper" - it'll be your best friend and help you get around on the subway and bus lines as well as Citi bikes.
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External phone charger

Your phone will run out of juice faster then you'd think. Be sure to pack an external phone charger and keep it charged up.
Coutumes et culture

Don't stand in front of subway entrances

It makes sense to feel lost in a new place : especially NY! While you're figuring out directions don't stand in front of the subway entrances. It really bugs locals and slows down their commutes.