What are you in the mood for?
Pick a vibe, and Karpo will show you the right places to go.
- The Long Way Home
A Bike Ride Through Randall's Island at Low Tide
The path under the Hell Gate Bridge echoes; at low tide the shore rocks appear
- The Long Way Home
The East River Ferry Route That Feels Like Leaving the City
Astoria to Wall Street via Greenpoint and Williamsburg; the front deck at dusk is the ticket
- The Long Way Home
The Staten Island Railway's Forgotten South Shore Views
Tottenville-bound from St. George; the marshland section after Great Kills is untouched
- The Long Way Home
The Walk from Prospect Park to Green-Wood Cemetery Takes 45 Minutes and 200 Years
From Bartel-Pritchard Square into the Gothic arches; the battle vantage points are signed
- The Long Way Home
An Evening Stroll Through City Island That Ends at a Clam Bar
Main Street's clapboard row leads to a dock counter; the fried belly strips are seasonal
- The Long Way Home
The Bronx River Pathway Nobody Finishes
Start at Shoelace Park, walk south through the gorge; most turn back at the botanical wall
- The Long Way Home
A Night Drive Through Miami's Biscayne Boulevard in the Rain
The neon reflects on wet asphalt between 36th and 79th; pull over at the Legion Park overlook
- The Odd Edit
The Odd Edit: New York's Unlikeliest Queer Rooms
NYC's best queer spaces hide in plain sight: a kitsch-covered shoebox bar, a worker-owned bookstore-cafe, and other gloriously strange rooms.
- The Long Way Home
The Roosevelt Island Loop at Night Has the Skyline to Yourself
The 2-mile promenade after 10pm; the Smallpox Hospital ruin is lit from below
- The Odd Edit
The Record Store in Ridgewood That Only Stocks 7-Inches
A converted garage on Fresh Pond; the owner curates by mood, not genre