NEW YORK, NEW YORK
The City of New York (NYC), affectionately known as the big apple lost the title of
"home to world's tallest building" many skyscrapers ago, yet few dispute her
unofficial title of "capital of the world". We all wish to be at this center of
the world, sensing the peaks of many movements, or as is  more often the case, to feel like
we are at the center of a hurricane. New York is a tough city that takes much pride in
owning the phrase, "if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere."
We believe in
annual events, especially parades and salute New York City as the clear
and away parade capital of the world. You'll find your best Annual NYC
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New
York City Search
The great search features and deep listings make Citysearch a major player
wherever they open up shop. Resembling more the yellow pages and less
insight on scene as they focus more on business listings than beating the
revenue starved but cooler competition Check out
 NY.COM, Paperless
Guide to New York
all kinds
of information with plenty of winning off site links.
Official
New York Convention
& Visitor's Bureau Visitors'
Centers visit or call for brochures, maps, and discount coupons; updates
on city events; touring advice from multilingual travel counselors; and
tickets to top attractions.
 Official
City Guide NYC Link
Mayor Giuliani's NYC Link
Vital Records: http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/health
For a Birth or Death Certificate, visit the site.
All-Experts
New York
E-mail a question, volunteers are
staring at their screen
City of New York City
Services || Agency
Links || Service
Links
Clay's NYC Reference
Fading but still strong reference guide to NYC web sites.
Yahoo's Travel Guide
Yahoo had 133 listed on 7/21/97
Planet Rider New York
Reviewing travel web sites for you
 Villagevoice.com
Famous free weekly boasts strong search and ready, well done content makes it
top
contender in many of our web categories
Times Mirror publishes the sixth-largest metropolitan newspaper in the
country.
Search ||
NYDailyNews.com
A fast paced paper you can trust
 NY Today
NYTimes.com today's headlines
(they'll ask you to log-in for limited free features).
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Prices are up sharply
on the 60,000 hotel rooms in 1999-2000 but there may be relief in sight with
6,000 rooms under
construction. Most New York's hotels & hostels are in midtown Manhattan close
to theaters and many sights so consider the better value of B&B's or apartments if you
want a prettier part of the island.
Remember hotel taxes will add 13.25% plus $2 per night . Light continental
breakfast being included is increasingly popular. That bellhop seizing your
luggage will expect $5 for carrying your bags to your room. Don't forget
something per day for the cleaning staff. Also, many hotels have adjusted
their phone charge policy to charge you when you call your calling
card's toll-free number so do check in advance.
Travel Now-New York
|| New
York Hotels Outside Downtown
Carnaval.com realizes you have a choice when you book your travel
plans and hopes you remember us. Please give Travel Now a chance to best
your best current option. Using primarily listings from the world's
largest hotel database by Sabre their database can meet or surpass anyone's
and their deal is guaranteed once you book.
Fodor's New York Hotel Review
Nice Map of downtown hoods Studios from $99 1 bdrm $125 212-965-1102, toll
free in US: 800.987.1235 Airport p/u
also.
Express Reservations || Email.
Specializing in conventioneers & service from $150/night.
BED & BREAKFAST /
APARTMENTS
"Staying in a private home means experiencing the real life of
a city." Also consider staying
in Brooklyn, so close yet so far, with better rates & growing
options.
NYUrbanVentures.com.
Well recommended starring inspected, centrally located and up-market B&B
& unhosted apartments too. by
the roughguides
"Manhattanites need all the cash possible to pay their astronomical
rents" but may not wish to socialize
 New York B&B
Service
$60 to $90 per night & unhosted apartments starting at $100, Good
directory for a trip to upstate &
 Adobe
B&B service || Cimarron.net
NY Index
Homes are personally inspected for high standards.
Apartments available too
SHORT-TERM FURNISHED RENTALS
 NYHabitat.com
|| A
Seller's market
Sublet a furnished apartment while owner is away, B&B
Gamut Real
Estate ||
Short-Term Rentals
Wide range of real estate offerings as well
BUDGET
Your best NYC option is of course friends and relatives. You might wish to
consider home
exchange if your home is well located in a visitor oriented community.
For the young at heart and sociable your best deal is a hostel with
dormitory sleeping and communal spaces. There are many in NYC often with an
agreeable private room rate (bathroom down the hall) as well.
Starring their 480-room hostel near Columbia U. under $30/nt
 Hostels in New York
City
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No one could possibly keep up with the fast changing New
York restaurant scene but everyone enjoys trying. Over 16,000 options from the elegant
Upper East Side hot spot to the classic neighborhood deli, you'll find it all here. Then
there is the street food aesthetic, no culture eats on the run better than New Yorkers. As
a traveler take the moment to appreciate the skills necessary to maneuver through crowded
sidewalks at a brisk pace while consuming eats from New York pushcart vendors, pizzerias,
pay-by-the-pound deli food bars or the ubiquitous McDonalds.
CitySearch
on NY Restaurants
Powerful search engine loaded with the most Manhattan data. It is all here Cuisine,
Prices, Phone, Maps, Reviews, Districts, & good directions for getting there.
NY-Now
People's Restaurant Guide
Fresh ideas for Manhattan Eats. Share your plugs or pans. Search by cuisine & price.
Cybercafes
in New York
including the Internet Café where
you can surf the internet on a high speed T-1 high-brow or engage their other high-tech
services.
Restaurant Discount Cards by the insider.com
The public transit system is running very well these
days and
when in doubt there's usually a taxi nearby. You could also rent a
car.
MTA.NewYork
|| MTA
Home
MTA subways, buses, and railroads move 1.7 billion New Yorkers a year about
one in every four users of mass transit in the United States and two-
thirds of the nation's rail riders.
NY City Basics
NYCSubway.org
"the premiere unofficial site."
About Taxi Cabs
by
ny.com
Riding
NYC Buses by
ny.com
Cars
NYC is intolerant about cars. Read signs carefully, they
are fast to ticket and tow. Even the long standing NYC tradition of attended
double parking is under attack
Legally park with less hassle by knowing NYC's 29 religious and legal
holidays
How to Drive Like a New Yorket on geocities
MAP
Directory for New York City ||
Neighborhood
|| Nearby
Subway || Transit
Maps || Attractions
|| Demographic
|| Directories
Over
100 maps in our aforum
Options include Driving Directions, Locate Businesses, Print Preview, Multi-pick Zoom
& Pan and X marks the spot. BY
MTA
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Bus Maps
|| Subway Maps
Information at (718)
330-3322, 9 AM to 5 PM, weekdays
New
York City Subway
Read Joe Brennan of columbia U's notes
on his map.
Visit a Neighborhood
ArtSEENsoHo.com
|| Map
"Express yourself completely and then keep quiet" New York's hippest
neighborhood has a web site
Click on a block and go to that block
SohoNYC.org || shopping
card TriBeCa too
Spectacular savings--for a good cause--can you resist?
TimesSquareBID.org
Welcome to the crossroads of the world
Now with menus online
Also the BID has VillageAlliance.org
Upper East Side
Webmasters! check this site out for many revenue models more
NYC Attractions
by the insider.com
NYC Attractions
Restaurant Discount Cards
Restaurant Discount Cards by the insider.com
NYC
AttractionsNYC Attractions
Long list including Boroughs w/ brief descriptions, phone, hours, address
& transportation plus photos
you can use of NYC.
Central
Park Highlights Central Park Highlights
An incredibly useful site for the well prepared.
Music
Concerts & Events in NYC
Our attempt to assist you in this complex navigation outgrew this space and is
now in our aForum
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New
York Movies by Movie Link
Comprehensive database plus descriptions and coming attractions.
New York Post/Movies
Quickly review index of 1 to4 stars then click link for review.
Comedy Clubs
CAROLINES- DANGERFIELD'S- GLADYS' COMEDY ROOM- GOTHAM
COMEDY CLUB- NEW YORK COMEDY CLUB- STAND UP N.Y.- TIMESQUARE
COMEDY CLUB.
Here's some help coping
with
the growing ban on smoking in public spaces.
 NYCbeer.com
|| Directory
Clay Felker keeps his many leading guides updated.
New York is famous for its dance club scene and if you want to make
it you got to feel and look like you belong. Browsing some of these club guides to see if
you feel like it.
Club NYC
Trying hard to be the definitive guide. You be the judge.
Latin Music On-Line
News flashes, reviews & interviews NYC
this week club music listings.
Home page greeting begins "Ah, NY's nightlife: the glamour, the danger, the
freespirtedness and the damned snobbery." Find great insider info on the clubs they
know e.g. "Door: Furiously elitist but easily spooked."
Interesting approach from the shyguy.
"The largest and most comprehensive archive" devoted to dance."
NYC's offers an incredible 150 museums Get the basics and often more like Ellis Island gateway to the
American Dream or Tenement
Museum which was the way poor people like many immigrants were housed in NYC around
the turn of the century. The Jewish
Museum is largest outside of Israel although San Francisco is building a bigger one.
New York Museums (82)
Fast facts and particulars and a web site if available
New York
Museums
(51)
by the insider.com
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How to Save
Much good editorial but no link to the museums own web site
While this site maintains museum & gallery exhibition listings globally all over,
their NYC list w/map is the best we know about.
Top Ten Museums q/ Pics
by nycTourist.com
Here's some of the favorites we like
Brooklyn Museum of Art
|| Guggenheim || Metropolitan
|| Museum
of the City of New York ||
mtr.org >Museum
of Television and Radio ||
MOMA .org Museum of Modern Art, New York
|| Exhibits
|| Directions
The world's largest and most
inclusive collection of modern painting and sculpture
"It is increasingly clear that art museums, in particular, are on the verge of some
profound changes, and the web seems to offer us all a delightful and meaningful way to
explore them." D.A. Ross museum director.
By the time a trend, or a
look is so 'in'- it is already 'out', and the converse, when something is so
'out', it is destined to be 'in', thus wear what suits you
Look On-Line
|| subscription too
Tracks the fashion industry in New York & the web
Bargain
Shopping In NYC
by
the insider.com
Barbara Mehlman knows where the deals are
on geocities
Great job of mining for
official, media, & webcast sites
New
York Metro Sports on Yahoo
Find nearly 60 categories
NY Road Runners Club
The world's largest running organization, offers detailed info events, favorite runs, and
"peak performance"
5bbc.org Five Borough Bicycle Club
Seakayaker.com || free
Hudson taste
Kayaking is booming and why not Manhattan
Newyorkknicksonline.com is the most comprehensive New York Knicks fanwebsite on the internet - New York Knicks news, scores, schedule, NBA standings, player roster, tickets, player stats and Knicks paraphernalia
collected from around the internet and updated hourly.
Knicks headlines by NewYorkKnicksNews.com
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Helicopter Tours
Your best insight into these world famous vistas by theinsider.com.
NewYorkTalksandWalks.com mailto:phil@newyorktalksandwalks.com
Philip Schoenberg. PhD. President: Historians, Professional Tour Guides & Speakers
Romdog's Brooklyn Bridge Cam
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Kids
by citysearch
Can't beat this sidebar menu: EVENTS: Arts & Crafts, Dance, Educational
Programs, Film/Video, Games & Sports, Music, Science, Storytelling,
Theater SORT by 4 age groups, LOCATIONS: Libraries, Museums, Parks, Stores,
Performances, Spaces, & Zoos/Gardens.
Joeboxer.com
How about some silly underwear web fun for the whole family.
Over 600 sorted, described and rated.
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New York by slanguage.com
New York Terms
by roughguides
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Sex
Goddess Responds by models.com
Pink believes in the importance of sex
because it creates life. How's your love life?
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Emergency
Numbers
Medical
Care
The CitiDex medical editor is Peter Dohan, M.D
Survival
tips
But according to theinsider.com New York is the third most safe
big city in America.
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East-Harlem.com
|| Cale
"Although classified as a "poor" community by many, East
Harlem is rich non-the-less in culture, political activity, ideas, ideals,
religion, and people to name a few."
Latin
in NYC
Featuring links to New
York Magazine special issue on the
I Love the Bronx (Official site)
The center of NYC's large and influential Latin culture
El Museo Del Barrio || Calendar
Dedicated to Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art.
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NYC
African American Resources by allny.com
 Harlem
Association for Travel and Tourism
Cool flashed site with lots of help in how to get a deeper appreciation
for the cultural treasures of historic Harlem Tour itineraries
offered too.
 STUDIO
MUSEUM IN HARLEM || Directions
Contemporary African-American art exhibitions
HometoHarlem.com
/ Links
Deep site with lots of listings.
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Diaspora-Now.com
Founder A. M. Pilgrim invites you to become part of his growing network or
simply visit his gallery of fine Caribbean artists 80 St. Nicholas Place, Suite
1B New York, New York 10032 Tel. (212) 491-4652.
Put
"CaribBeat" in Search for More
Term-limited Caribbean City Council member Una Clarke will challenge
veteran US House Rep. Major Owens in 2000.
Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce
CACCI provides business development seminars, technical assistance,
referrals and training programs to its 1300 members since 1984 718-834-4544 Fax : 834-9774
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bldg, 5. Mezzanine A, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11205.
WLIB-New
York 1190am Radio ||
WLIB Calendar
Caribbean Music & Talk Radio.
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THE MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART
Dedicated to interpreting the
richness and variety of African art, culture, and history Designed by Maya
Lin 593 Broadway (Houston-Prince Sts.), 966-1313. S N,R,Q to Prince
St.; 4,5,6,A,D,E to Spring/Lafayette Sts. B M5,M6.
African
Links by sas.UPenn.edus || Travel ||
Arts
|| African Studies
|| Black/African
Resources || Africa
Links by Country
The yahoo or definitive list. Carnaval.com supports the philosophy
behind the yahoo acronym: Y
You
Always Have Other Options
Beautifully designed link directory
African
Intelligence by indigo-net.com
Search for articles from: The Indian Ocean Newsletter,
Africa Energy & Mining, La Lettre du Continent and Maghreb Confidentiel
& pay $3.
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NY Brazilian Consulate -New York
||cultural@brazilny.org
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor NY, NY 10036-2601 (212) 827-0976 Fax: (212) 827-0225||| Around
the World
in Oct'99 launched a USA to Brazil visitor initiative. Best spot to monitor
if the visitor requirements change is Consulate
General of Brazil in San Francisco.
Curtindone's Brazilian Guide to New
York
in Portuguese with a little English
Brazil
in New York City &
add-a-link
Check for events & what
other visitors recommend here
Brazil Trade & Business
Brazil Trade & Business
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add-a-link
Lots
of links to lots of links in our aForum.com
Brazzil.com || Brazzil-New York listings
|| Rodney Mello
Huge archive of excellent writing on Brazilian culture, politics, music and
travel. Subscribe to this popular and controversial print magazine for
only US $3 for 12 issues in USA.
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