We noticed a few things this week.
A few theaters, some roasteries, that cute florist you didn’t know existed, and more cozy spots from the cities we live in.
- The Long Way Home
Battery Park to Tribeca Along Hudson River Park — The 1.6-Mile Waterfront Walk That Crosses Four Centuries
The most continuous waterfront walk in Manhattan starts at Battery Park's 1640s Dutch colonial boundary and runs north to Tribeca's working ferry piers. It...
- Nice but Free
The Roosevelt Island Tram — North America's Only Aerial Commuter Cable Car for the Price of a Subway Swipe
Two red aerial trams shuttle between East 60th Street and Roosevelt Island every seven minutes, 250 feet above the East River. The ride takes three minutes....
- Nice but Free
The Downtown Boathouse at Pier 26 — Free Kayaking on the Hudson Most New Yorkers Don't Know About
A small white shed on Pier 26 in Tribeca, run entirely by volunteers, gives away 20-minute kayak rides on the Hudson River every weekend from May through...
- Nice but Free
The Bryant Park Reading Room — The Outdoor Library NYC's Office Workers Treat Like a Backyard
A free outdoor reading room in the southwestern corner of Bryant Park, run since 1935 with a Depression-era mission that has barely changed. Books,...
- Nice but Free
UNIQLO Free Friday Nights at MoMA — The 4-Hour Window When the World's Best Modern Collection Costs Nothing
The Museum of Modern Art's regular admission is $30. Every Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., it's free, sponsored by UNIQLO. The line on Sixth Avenue starts...
- Pull Up a Chair
Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park Rooftop Bar — Where Tokyo's Skyline Meets the Forest
Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park opened on the eastern edge of Yoyogi Park in 2023. The rooftop bar, PUGNANI, has Y-system Y-shaped pillars, an open-air deck facing...
- Pull Up a Chair
Apothéke on Doyers Street, the Chinatown Speakeasy in a Former Opium Den
9 Doyers Street was a 19th-century opium den and the corner of one of the bloodiest gang turf wars in American history. Today it's a low-lit cocktail room...
- Pull Up a Chair
Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle — The Madeline Murals Are Worth $30 a Drink
The Carlyle Hotel's ground-floor bar has 1947 hand-painted murals by Ludwig Bemelmans, the Madeline children's book author who painted the room in exchange...
- Pull Up a Chair
Please Don't Tell — The East Village Speakeasy You Enter Through a Phone Booth Inside a Hot Dog Joint
A red vintage phone booth sits in the back of a 24-hour Crif Dogs on St. Mark's Place. Pick up the receiver, dial 1, give your name to the hostess on the...
- Nice but Free
Marina Barrage at Sunrise — Singapore's Rooftop Field Where Locals Fly Kites Before Work
A national reservoir built on top of a public utility, with a rooftop the size of a football pitch and a 360-degree view of Marina Bay. Sunrise here is a...
