Neighborhoods & Communities

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Turtle Bay

On Manhattan's East side, stretching from 41st to 53rd Streets and from Lexington Avenue to the East River, is Turtle Bay, originally a 40-acre tract known as Turtle Bay Farm. By the late-19th century, the once-thriving area had fallen into decay: The waterfront, with its rotting piers, became...

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Downtown Jersey City

Sometimes called New York City's "sixth borough," Jersey City has in recent years undergone a renaissance. “There are shops and apartments where there once were just chain-link fences,” says Ian MacAllen, who writes the blog NewYorksSixth.com, of the Grove Street area in...

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Riverside Drive

Overlooking the Hudson River, running along Manhattan's northwestern edge from 72nd Street, Riverside Drive is lined with grand old brownstones and stately Beaux Arts buildings. The street is among the city’s most prized places to live, particularly the section between the Upper West Side...

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northport

Just 50 minutes from Midtown Manhattan, Northport—a Suffolk County village on Long Island’s luxurious North Shore—offers quintessential small-town charm. The 2.5-square-mile area is perhaps most famous for its postcard-perfect Main Street, which still has its original trolley...

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roosevelt island

The 147 acres comprising Roosevelt Island—a two-mile strip in the East River, between Manhattan and Queens—are rich in history. On thenorthern tip stands The Lighthouse, an 1872 beacon designed by the Irish architect James Renwick, Jr., who also designed Fifth Avenue’s...

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astoria

Stretching from the East River to 29th Street, Astoria occupies the northwest tip of Queens and is about a 15-minute commute to midtown Manhattan. In a city famed for ethnic diversity, this neighborhood is especially so, with bustling immigrant communities that include Russians, Bangladeshis,...

farm-to-table goes mainstream

As the movement gains momentum, tri-state area organizations strive to make sure it becomes fully integrated, making it accessible to everyone

The "farm-to-table" movement has of course made significant gains in the New York Metropolitan area, as there are now a growing number of organizations, restaurants, non-profits and visionaries dedicated to pushing it into the mainstream. But before that can happen it has to "get beyond easy,"...

Sustainably-savvy

This St. Patty's Day, we've got green on the brain. See below for a variety of resources to make you, your own New York Spaces, and your own ways of living and working more eco-friendly.

As we celebrate all things "green" this month, we thought we'd expand on the farm-to-table piece we offered last week. There are a million ways to make not just your interiors but your lifestyle an eco-friendly one--integrating farm-to-table is just the tip of the iceberg. The following list of...

walkway over the hudson

The longest elevated pedestrian bridge in the world is open for business

As Jason Kontos says in his letter from the editor (April 2010), the weather is calling for us all to enjoy our great outdoor spaces this month. The first we'll focus on here at newyorkspacemag.com is the...

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The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, in Morningside Heights

If New Yorkers are ever asked to elect a patron saint of construction projects run amuck, St. John the Divine is a shoo in. With a 601-foot-long nave, 162-foot-high dome, and bronze entry doors weighing three tons, the Episcopal church that bears his name on Amsterdam Avenue in Upper Manhattan...