What's your favorite New York neighborhood?

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Permalink Reply by Pat Coyle on May 21, 2009 at 9:45pm

Sorry for the pro NYC discussion on Smaller Indiana, but I just got back from two days in NYC. I had never stayed in Soho before (my hotel was in Soho)...and never been near NYU / Washington Square park (meetings a NYU)...the weather was perfect and the city was in full bloom. I was in meetings all day, but in the early morning, and after work, I was part of the place. It was fascinating to watch all the various cultures all mixed seemingly seamlessly together...people living their lives amongst eachother...walking the sidewalks...it felt like community. The city in the morning is strangely beautiful, almost innocent, even with all the concrete and skyscrapers. I think I get it now.

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Permalink Reply by James Kuester on May 21, 2009 at 10:16pm

I love Murray Hill. Quiet neighborhood with flower vendors on every street corner yet close to Midtown, Theatre District, SoHo, etc. I love NYC!!!

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Permalink Reply by Philip L. Morphew on May 21, 2009 at 9:52pm

My favorite NY experience is a fine dining experience in Broadway theater district, followed by a great musical.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly J. Jeffrey on May 21, 2009 at 10:00pm

I used to work in NYC in Midtown. I loved how laid back yet professional the work part of the city could be. It was just so fun to have so much at your fingertips so close. My favorite spot is this great chinese food place that I called China Wine, that was just off Amsterdam, and they give you free wine with your dinner... the whole time! My sister works there still so it's nice to visit from time to time.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly J. Jeffrey on May 21, 2009 at 10:02pm

I would like to add though that navigating the city scares the poo out of me. My first day commuting to my job a NYC police officer gave me a sympathy hug in the subway.

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Permalink Reply by Teri Capron on May 21, 2009 at 10:07pm

Welcome back home!

Hmmm, that is tough since there are so many nice areas to choose from. Personally, though I loved going into Soho and all the small shops including a wonderful Indian fabric shop that had all of these hand-dyed colorful fabrics on shelves from the floor to ceiling. It was like visual candy.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Weingarten on May 21, 2009 at 10:10pm

I was born and grew up in Manhattan, which to us is the City. Yet I went to High School in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Technical HS), Collage in the Bronx (NYU) and have even been to Staten Island (which many New Yorkers have no clue about). Have walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge to the wild Indian areas called New Jersey. After all the wild west starts at the mid point of the Hudson River.

I have been to most of the neighborhoods the good and the bad, ridden on all the different subway lines, dragged my Uncle to the Museum of Natural History every Saturday I could when I was small. Had a pet rat in the First Grade that lived in the wall at school and came out to visit us, my parents asked to see the pet rat on parent night, we moved to a better part of Manhattan the next month and a new school PS 152. Being able to do anything anytime of the day or night, the City does not sleep. Eating a slice from a window on street, to a corn beef sandwich on real rye bread. Walking across the street to the G&G Bakery to buy a Black and White or going to the Bagel factory under the IRT line in the Bronx on late Saturday night and getting one as the first batch of the week came out of the ovens.

As most New Yorkers I could go on and on, but my minute is up. Sorry Indy nothing here compares.

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Permalink Reply by Jack Pincus on May 21, 2009 at 10:48pm

I too went to NYH Heights. What year's were you there?

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Permalink Reply by Erik Deckers on May 21, 2009 at 10:14pm

My favorite New York moment?

Looking out the bus' back window and watching it grow smaller and smaller.

I didn't like New York.

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Permalink Reply by benjamintraub on May 21, 2009 at 10:35pm

its much better to fly away.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Gibbs on May 22, 2009 at 9:09am

:D

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Permalink Reply by John Maler on May 21, 2009 at 10:22pm

I love NYC and spent a summer in Manhattan when I was about 12. It can be a magical place. Best memories: Visiting the top of the World Trade Center. Climbing up the Statue of Liberty all the way to the Crown. Exploring the American Museum of Natural History for hours on end with sketchbook and charcoal pencils in hand to draw the stuffed animal exhibits. The hot air blasting up from the subway grates on the sidewalks. Braving the subways and studying the multi-colored route maps posted in the subway cars. As a budding photographer, I brought a camera everyplace and collected photos of the buildings, bridges, and people. (Heck, I still have some of those blurry, faded color prints in a box someplace) Sneaking up to the rooftop on my mothers apartment building for the orange-hued sunsets. To this day, a return visit to NYC is a thrill for me. I think everyone should visit there at least once in their lifetimes.

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