NYC Luxury Living in Midtown East

With easy access to every corner of the city that never sleeps, and all the bright lights, culture and mystique that make Manhattan famous, Midtown East is the ideal location for families and high-powered professionals alike. 

This classic, diverse New York City neighborhood is home to notable landmarks like the Chrysler Building and United Nations headquarters, transportation hub Grand Central Terminal and world-famous high-end shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue and the flagship Tiffany’s store. Centrally located, it also borders Bryant Park and Rockefeller Center.

While most famous for its shopping and dining, Midtown East is a sophisticated, global community, home to most of the embassies, consulates and missions in New York City, along with luxury high rises on quiet, tree-lined cross streets in Sutton Place and Turtle Bay.

Midtown East NYC’s Main Attractions 

Hudson Yards

Hudson Yards is home to 14 acres of public plazas, gardens, groves and outdoor art installations, more than 100 diverse shops and culinary experiences, the first Equinox Hotel, and modern office space and residences, as well as cultural

Shopping in Midtown East

When it comes to world-class shopping, few places on earth rival Midtown East Manhattan, most well-known for Madison and Fifth Avenues, where you can find the flagship stores of Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany & Co., and so many other iconic brands.

Eating in Midtown East

If Midtown East isn’t the shopping capital of the world, it’s certainly home to some of New York City’s best restaurants, including nearly all of the most highly rated steakhouses like Bobby Van’s, Sparks Steakhouse, Wolfgang’s Steakhouse, Ben & Jack’s Steakhouse, Morton’s The Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Smith & Wollensky, and The Grill in the Seagram building. Or, if  you’re in the mood for burgers, Burger Joint at Le Parker Meridien is another hidden gem that shouldn’t be missed. 

The United Nations Headquarters

The United Nations has been headquartered in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown East Manhattan since 1951. While the Secretariat building is most commonly featured in Hollywood films and other depictions, the UN Headquarters also features the domed General Assembly building, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, and the newly renovated Conference and Visitors Center. One-hour guided tours provide visitors “a behind-the-scenes view of the UN at work,” with stops at the redesigned General Assembly Hall, the Security Council Chamber, the Trusteeship Council Chamber, and the Economic and Social Council Chamber in the Conference Building. 

Chrysler Building

Construction on the Chrysler Building began in 1929 and was completed in one year, extending to an elevation of 1,048 feet to overtake the Woolworth Building and 40 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan as the world’s tallest in the “Race to the Sky.” While the Chrysler Building only held this title for one year, it remains one of the world’s most famous skyscrapers, appearing regularly in feature films and groundbreaking television shows like Godzilla, Spider-Man and Sex and the City. Home to large, open workspaces and traditional office suites from the low-rise floors to the upper tower levels, the lobby was designed for the community by famed architect David Rockwell, with a cafe, bar, diner, sushi bar and “all-new tourist experience.”

The Summit at One Vanderbilt

Atop the 73rd floor of One Vanderilt — a skyscraper extending to 1,401 feet above ground at the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue — is The Summit, offering “New York’s most thrilling view” at a discount to New York City residents. Designed inside by Snøhetta, The Summit includes Ascent, with glass-floored elevators that take you to an observation deck at 1,200 feet; Levitation, composed of enclosed glass balconies protruding from the building’s facade; Summit, with a glass parapet and Danny Meyer-operated bar; an “infinity room” with 40-foot ceilings; an interactive art exhibit from Kenzo Digital; and a green space, advertised as the highest urban “alpine meadow” in the world.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the largest Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral in North America, designed by James Renwick Jr., and dedicated in 1879. Occupying an entire city block directly across from Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick’s welcomes more than five million devotees and tourists each year who visit to light candles or experience the magnificent, iconic architecture. The National Historic Landmark is clad in marble, with dozens of stained-glass windows, 19 bells, two pipe organs, and bronze doors that form the cathedral’s main entrance, flanked by towers with spires rising nearly 330 feet.

St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church

Designated a National Historic Landmark for its early 20th-century ecclesiastical architecture, the Bertram Goodhue-designed St. Bartholomew’s Church has been serving the Episcopal community on the east side of Park Avenue since 1835. Parishioners and visitors alike visit St. Bart’s for its Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, the largest in New York and one of the 10 largest worldwide, as well as the Church’s renowned choir that has appeared on The Today Show and Good Morning America.

Central Synagogue

Designed by Henry Fernbach as an homage to the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest, the Moorish Revival-style Central Synagogue opened in 1872 on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 55th Street in the Midtown East neighborhood of New York City. Today, the National Historic Landmark is among the oldest existing synagogues in the United States and has been in continuous use longer than all but one synagogue in the state of New York. Dedicated to the interests and needs of the Reform Judaism community, Central Synagogue uses traditional and alternative modes of prayer, and offers a daily morning minyan, weekly Shabbat and annual holiday services, community and family celebrations, “Tot Shabbat” for children, and healing and other services.

Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice

Home to the Ford Foundation and three other organizations dedicated to social good, the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice features 81,000 square feet of meeting space, as well as an atrium garden and social justice art gallery open to the public. The atrium garden highlighted by Architect Magazine includes 39 species of trees, vines and shrubs, a reflecting pool, a reverberating fountain and a “sensory garden” with braille signage and audio descriptions. The Ford Foundation Gallery offers incredible exhibitions, like For Which It Stands and Radical Love.

Japan Society

For more than 100 years Japan Society has supported international exchanges in arts and culture, business, policy and education between Japan and the United States. Designed by famed Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura, the organization’s landmark New York headquarters opened near the UN building on 47th Street and 1st Avenue in 1971. Today, art exhibitions, dance, theater, film, language classes, sake tastings and much more are offered against “a stunning backdrop” of indoor gardens, with a reflecting pool and waterfall. Facilities include a 260-seat theater, art gallery, language center and library.  

The Morgan Library & Museum

In 1902, American financier Pierpont Morgan hired architect Charles Follen McKim to design a library for his expanding collection of rare books and manuscripts. Adjacent to Morgan’s home on the corner of Madison Avenue and 36th Street, McKim built a grand structure of pink marble inspired by the villas of the Italian Renaissance era. With its recessed portico flanked by stone lionesses, the National Historic Landmark remains the heart of The Morgan Library & Museum complex that today covers half a city block in the heart of Midtown East Manhattan. Over the years, The Morgan has continued to acquire rare materials and important music manuscripts, early children’s books and pieces of Americana, while expanding its physical footprint. In 2006, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano added 75,000 square feet to the campus, including a new performance hall, cafe, restaurant, shop and reading room, as well as an Italian piazza-style central court that connects three historical buildings with three new steel-and-glass pavilions. In addition to touring The Morgan’s exhibitions, visitors here enjoy a variety of musical performances, lectures, readings, films and family programs.

Waldorf-Astoria

Waldorf-Astoria New York may be the most famous hotel on earth. Immortalized in film and iconic for its luxury and glamour, the 47-story Art Deco landmark building was completed in 1931 and has hosted the rich and powerful ever since. Frank Sinatra kept a suite from 1979 to 1988; Herbert Hoover lived here for more than 30 years after his retirement. Today, there are more than 1,000 luxury rooms, along with three main restaurants — Peacock Alley, The Bull and Bear Steak House, and La Chine — and Sir Harry’s Bar, all open to guests and visitors alike.

Roosevelt Island

Historically closed to the public, Roosevelt Island is now home to a residential community and a number of parks and landmarks, including the Louis Kahn-designed Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, offering public programming and family-friendly events; Renwick Ruin, a former smallpox hospital; the Octagon tower, the remnants of an insane asylum; and a 19th-century lighthouse and park famous for its wide-angle views of NYC. To visit, take the Roosevelt Island Tramway over the East River from Midtown East.

The Schools

Midtown East has a variety of educational options for families with children, including:

Public Schools

P.S. 59 – Beekman Hill International

P.S. 267 – East Side Elementary School

P.S. 116 – Mary Lindley School

J.H.S. 104 – Simon Baruch

M630 – Art and Design High School

District 2 Pre-K Center at 252 East 57th Street

Private Schools

The Beekman School

Montessori School of New York International

Montessori Family School

Cathedral High School

Lyceum Kennedy French American School

Aaron School

St. Bart’s

St. Albans School

Friends Seminary

Fusion Academy

Children’s Academy

Bright Horizons

New York Preschool

MetroKids Preschool

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The Transportation

Midtown East is home or adjacent to a number of public transit hubs, and offers a plethora of transportation options, including subway, bus, train, tram, boat, and bike. 

Transportation Hubs

Grand Central

Grand Central Terminal sprawls across 48 acres in Midtown East, connected to Midtown West by the Grand Central/Times Square Shuttle. Known for its iconic architecture and interior design, the National Historic Landmark features numerous works of art, as well as stores, upscale restaurants and bars, a grocery marketplace and two food halls. Its primary purpose, though, is as the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad’s Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines.

Port Authority

The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the largest bus terminal in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in the world, serving more than 65-million passengers per year. It is easily accessible from Midtown East via bus or subway.

Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station serves as the center of the Northeast Corridor, connecting New York City to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Intercity trains are operated by Amtrak, which owns the station, with additional commuter rail services operated by the Long Island Railroad and NJ Transit. There are also multiple connections to the New York City Subway and buses. It is easily accessible from Midtown East via bus or taxi.

Traveling by Subway

4, 5, 6, 7, S from Grand Central/42nd Street

4, 6, E, M from 51st Street

E, M, 4, 6 from Lexington Avenue/53rd Street

4, 5, 6, N, R, W from 59th Street/Lexington Avenue

F, N, Q, R from Lexington Avenue/63rd Street

7 from 5th Avenue/Bryant Park

B, D, F, M from 42nd Street/Bryant Park

Traveling by Bus

North/South (Uptown/Downtown)

M1, M2, M3, M4, M31, M15, M57, M101, M102, M103, Bx99, BxM1, BxM3, BxM4, BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9, BxM10, BxM11, BxM18, BM2, QM21, QM31, QM32, QM34, QM35, QM36, QM42, QM44, SIM6, SIM11, SIM22, SIM26, ERS, 0028, 48th Street, X63, X64, X68

East/West (Crosstown)

M31, M34-SBS, M34A-SBS, M57, M42, BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5, SIM8, SIM8X, SIM22, SIM25, SIM26, SIM30, SIM31, Bx99, X27, X28, X37, X38, X63, X64, X68, QM1, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM10, QM12, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM21, QM24, ERS

Traveling by Boat

The East 34th Street Ferry Landing provides slips to ferries and excursion boats in the Port of New York and New Jersey. It is located on the East River, north of East 34th Street in Midtown East.

Other Methods of Transport

If you want some exercise while you travel, Midtown East is entirely walkable and also offers more than 30 Citi Bike stations throughout the neighborhood. If you have your own car, you can use SpotHero to locate hourly or long-term parking. There are also trams to Roosevelt Island from Tramway Plaza.

The Rental Market

Midtown East is predominantly residential, with luxury high rises on quiet, tree-lined cross streets in Sutton Place and Turtle Bay serving as serene oases surrounded by the bright lights that make New York City famous. 

Home to Grand Central Station and the UN, easily accessible by public transit from all corners of the city, and bordering Bryant Park and Rockefeller Center, Midtown East Manhattan is ideal for families and corporate executives alike.

Glenwood Management has four luxury apartment buildings in Midtown East.

The Bamford 

East 56th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues

Located in Midtown East Manhattan’s desirable Sutton Place neighborhood, The Bamford offers easy access to exclusive shopping, restaurants and cultural attractions, as well as some of the finest amenities, including a rooftop spa with enclosed swimming pool and outdoor sundeck, fully equipped fitness center, landscaped private garden, and residents’ lounge. The building’s studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom luxury apartments have plenty of space and generous closets, and many feature granite kitchens, marble bathrooms, and balconies.

The Belmont

320 East 46th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues

In close proximity to everywhere, The Belmont has an international appeal and a reputation for luxurious privacy in Midtown East Manhattan’s vibrant, historic Turtle Bay neighborhood. The stylish one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments feature designer kitchens, marble bathrooms, and custom closets. Amenities include a complimentary fully equipped fitness center with trainer, children’s playroom, professionally landscaped private park, and rooftop sun terrace.

The Bristol 

300 East 56th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues

The Bristol boasts a prestigious New York City address in the sophisticated Sutton Place neighborhood of Midtown East Manhattan. The one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments offer abundant living space, and renovated contemporary kitchens and bathrooms. Amenities include a complimentary fitness center, children’s playroom, and landscaped rooftop sundeck.

Paramount Tower

240 East 39th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues

Everything about the 52-story Paramount Tower reaches out to embrace you — from the rosy brick and limestone facade with surrounding gardens, cascading fountains and circular driveway to the attended grand entry and elegant lobby with in-laid marble floors, lush carpets and finely crafted wood paneling. The luxury one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments feature nine-foot ceilings and custom bay and corner windows. Amenities include an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, lounge, and children’s playroom.

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Listening To Free Entertainment Along the Literary Walk

If you’re hoping to hear a saxophone player, catch a live dance performance, watch a bubble artist, or enjoy a live barbershop quartet, there’ss no better place to pretty much guarantee all this free entertainment than the Literary Walk in Central Park. The strip of sidewalk, lined by giant trees and statues of famous writers, always has something happening along it. Plop down on a bench and stay a while!

Location: Mid-park, from 66th to 72nd Streets

Row Boating

For the perfect day date activity, consider renting a rowboat from the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park. The boats hold up to four people, so this activity could also be a fun outing for the whole family! The boats are available April through November (weather permitting) and can be rented for $15 an hour, with a $20 deposit. They only accept cash, so make sure to hit up an ATM ahead of time.

Location: East 72nd and Park Drive North

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Get to Know the Upper West Side

The Upper West Side is filled with luxury apartments, near Central Park, and has outdoor cafes to enjoy the bustle of New York. Find your next upscale apartment with us today!

Renting CitiBikes and Riding Them Through The Park

Riding a bike through the streets of NYC may be an activity reserved for the brave, but luckily paths along Central Park are safe routes even NYC children will be comfortable on. If you don’t own a bike of your own (join the club!), stop by one of the many CitiBike stands surrounding the perimeter of the park and rent one of the blue bikes for as little as by the half-hour. The great thing about this is you can pick it up at one location (say, 59th Street along the south side of the park) and drop it off at another (110th Street, along the north side of the park.) Easy!

Visiting the ‘Alice in Wonderland’s Sculpture

If you’re a fan of the “Alice in Wonderland” book and film, you absolutely can’t pass up a chance to visit the eleven foot tall bronze statue of her in Central Park! She’s accompanied by her friends the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit, and just begging for a photo op! Unlike most sculptures and statues in NYC, this one actually encourages you to climb and sit on it, which makes it the perfect spot for children to come.

Location: East 74th Street, an easy walk for residents living at The Marlowe

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The Marlowe – Upscale East Side Apartments

The Marlowe is a great location for luxury living in the heart of the Upper East Side. With 4 unique units per floor, make your next home in one of these exclusive apartments with airy rooms and 9-foot ceilings. Book a tour today!

Riding Rides at Victorian Gardens

What serves as an ice skating rink in the colder months transforms to an amusement park called Victorian Gardens come the nice weather! Open from June to September, this spot is ideal for taking NYC kids who want to experience what a “state fair” may feel like in other parts of the country. With adorable rides, games, and live entertainment, there’ss plenty to keep kiddos entertained for the afternoon here. Prices for unlimited rides go for $24.50 on weekdays and $27.50 on weekends.

Location: Wollman Rink, closest entrance at 59th Street and 6th Avenue

Story Time At The Hans Christian Anderson Sculpture

In close proximity to the Alice in Wonderland sculpture is one of the Danish author Hans Christian Anderson. Every Saturday in the summer months of June, July, August, and September from 11am until 12pm, you can bring your little New Yorkers to sit around the base of the sculpture and listen to read alouds from his legendary stories, such as The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl and The Ugly Duckling.

Location: East 73rd Street

Seeing A Show

Whether you get to Central Park early enough to stand in line for tickets to that evening’s showing of Shakespeare in the Park, are catching a live concert at SummerStage, are heading to the Swedish Cottage for a puppet show, or are enjoying one of the free summer movies under the stars, there’ss no shortage of theatrical entertainment happening. For a full rundown of all events happening in Central Park, check out their website.

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For Foodie Lovers: Souping Is The New Juicing

The National Gourmet Institute is hosting “Souping is the New Juicing” on June 21st from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. The course is $140, and will be held at their Flatiron location. The course recognizes the hundreds (thousands?!) of potential spring and summertime soups available for cooking, and will school you on how to create soups that support your immune system and tingle your taste buds. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create your own soup base with healthy ingredients. Popular spring soups you can expect to create and taste are Watermelon Gazpacho, Chilled Carrot and Turmeric Soup with Scallion Oil, Summer Minestrone, and Lemon-Lentil Soup With Mint and Cilantro, among many others.

And if “souping” isn’t your cup of tea, but you love the idea of learning a new springtime cooking method, make sure to visit The National Gourmet’s website, as there is a huge array of classes available to take all season long.

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For Photography Enthusiasts: Night Photography In Central Park

New York City Photo Safari is hosting the perfect $100 course for photography enthusiasts who also happen to be incredibly passionate about the city we call home: Central Park At Night! On June 2nd, join them from 8:30pm to 10:30pm as they teach the art of composition skills at night as well as the issues related to taking pictures in low light conditions. Not only will you score some amazing photos of your city (that you can then print and give as gifts), but this skill will come in handy anytime you find yourself needing to take a photo after sunset.

The course is appropriate for all levels, from beginners to advanced photographers. Since it takes place in the evening, it could also be a great iconic date night to take your significant other on! You’ll be meeting at Central Park South and 5th Avenue, which makes it ideal for both residents living in Midtown East’s The Bristol as well as the Upper East Side’s The Fairmont. And if you can’t make it for their June 2nd class, fear not. It repeats on June 16th, July 2nd, July 14th, and July 28th.

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Exploring the Upper East Side

With the Second Ave Subway & Central Park within walking distance, the Upper East Side seems too good to be true! Find a luxury apartment at an affordable price.

For Those With A Side Hustle: Build Your Business On Instagram

Take advantage of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s myriad of classes this upcoming season, including “Build Your Business On Instagram”. Whether your side hustle includes an Etsy shop, private yoga instruction, or wedding photography, you need to be on your social media game these days to promote it. This class will teach you to recognize the most impactful activities on the Instagram platform and consistently execute them at a high level. You will leave the class with a toolbox of strategies and tips to excel at your Instagram game, and have more customers/clients for your small business by the end of summer! The class will be July 16th from 6pm to 9pm, and at a price point of only $35, this is one anyone with a side hustle can’t afford to miss.

For Those Who Love To Entertain: Flower Arranging With Store Bought Bouquets

If you love to entertain at your Glenwood home, the New York Botanical Garden’s “Flower Arranging With Store Bought Bouquets” is the perfect course for you! You’ll learn to create your own professional-looking arrangements with economical, store-bought bouquets, that can come right from your neighborhood corner bodega for $5 a bushel. You can then display these in your home, making a very economical display look like a million bucks from the florist’s shop!

The NYBG’s Midtown location for classes is very convenient for Midtown East Glenwood residents. The next class is June 26th from 6pm to 8pm and is $100.

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For Those Who Have A Trip To France Planned: French For Beginners

Whether you have a trip to Paris planned, are looking for a fun new hobby and skill to embark on over the next few months, or want to impress your French speaking significant other, the “French for Beginners” class at Idlewild Books is the perfect way to make it all happen! Not only will you be learning a beautiful language in an adorable book store, but they will be focusing on real life conversation, so the French you walk away with from the beginning will actually be applicable to real life and helpful on your language learning journey. The class goes from July 7th through August 18th and is $295.

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New York City Apartment Hunting Tips

Whether you’re moving to The Big Apple from across the country, across the state, or simply across the park, you’ll be one step closer to finding a great place to live with these apartment hunting tips!

What courses are you looking forward to this season? We’d love to hear on Facebook and Twitter!

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Easter in NYC is welcomed in a myriad of ways: Some of us attend church gatherings for familiar faces coupled with relaxing spiritual music, some participate in big egg hunts around the city to ignite their adventurous side, and the rest stock up on chocolate eggs as well as festive bonnets and/or flower bouquets. We’ve been seeing warm weather and sunnier skies this week, meaning Spring and Easter will coincide once again. After all, it’s simply blasphemous to welcome a colorful holiday with a gloomy winter! Regardless of the weather and your traditions, take a look at 6 Easter activities in NYC you and your family/friends can enjoy.

Photo: “Easter Kid” by Antonin Rémond is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival – Sunday, March 27th

Starting 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., watch people parade along 5th avenue from 49th to 57th Street in creative Easter bonnets (some as big as the New York Skyline), matched with outfits ranging from elegant to outrageous. The famous festival began in the mid-1800s, when upper-class ladies would stroll in their extravagant Easter outfits after church service. Since then, it’s become less of a parade and more of a vibrant neighborhood party.

Prepare to be overwhelmed with creativity, as several people will ‘push the envelope’ with their fashion styles. Bring your bonnet and march along; you’ll realize afterwards why Easter Sunday is truly Sunday Best. If you’re just an observer, you’ll have the best view from St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Easter Services at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

If you’re attending the parade and enjoy church services, stop by St. Patrick’s Cathedral. After all, it’s the church with the biggest audience and numerous Easter Masses and Holy Week Services, including 8 on Easter Sunday. Only the 10:15 a.m. Mass requires tickets, but everyone is welcome to the others. A lot of history and beauty lies in this holy sanctuary, so don’t miss out on it.

Easter Egg Scavenger Hunts

You’re never too old to embrace your inner detective and embark on a scavenger hunt. The high number of ‘hunters’ in NYC makes the challenge even more exciting. We definitely recommend any of the following egg hunts if you like solving clues and know your way around Manhattan (or Google Maps).

POGO Events’ Amazing Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt will be held on Sunday, March 27 at Slattery’s Midtown Pub from 2 p.m.- 5 p.m. Assemble your team and book your tickets quickly for a mere $25. You can choose between 2 options: Adults-only and Family-friendly. Winners will receive tickets to Quiet Clubbing, Shake Rattle & Roll and other local activities. Don’t be discouraged if your peers or family members aren’t interested, since individual participants will be assigned a team.

Searching for something more suitable for children? The 9th Annual Egg Hunt at Carl Schurz Park is a top choice. Enter the park at East 87th and East End Avenue to prepare for a continuous wave of egg hunts running 1:10 p.m. until 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 19th. Your kids will meet the Carl Schurz Bunny in the Upper East Side, and be entertained by the tunes of East Side West Side Music Together while waiting in line. Goodies include an egg collection bag and glitter cheek, or hand stamp.

Another child-friendly activity would be the Annual Egg Hunt by Think ‘N’ Fun (TNF), which is happening on Saturday, March 26th (the day before Easter Sunday) at Riverside Park. Choose one of the four Hunt Waves, and take advantage of the $21 ticket price before it increases to $25 after March 12th. Every participant will receive a special TNF basket for egg collecting, a photo session with the Easter bunny, snacks and beverages, and a hand/cheek painting stamp with a cute accessory. Happy hunting! May the odds forever be in your favor.

Easter Eggstravaganza Children’s Workshop

For children between 4 to 8 years old, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine will be hosting its popular annual children’s workshop on egg decorating on March 19th! Kids can create vibrant patterns on eggs and build a nest for them on the 10 A.M. or 2 P.M. session. This is an amusing learning opportunity and allows for some one-on-one bonding. Remember to bring two hard-boiled eggs per child. 1 ticket costs only $10, but we highly recommend you purchase in advance online or by calling (866) 811-4111.

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You might think that the big, fun public events ease up once the city's manic holiday season is over, but nah. Not only does the city never sleep, it also doesn't tire of hosting random, joyful explosions of crazy behavior that you can either participate in, spectate from a safe distance, or–and this is what really makes the city great–completely ignore and go about your day, your life being not even a little bit affected by other people having fun. So here's hoping your 2016 starts out exactly the way you want it to… and if what you want is to snowboard in Central Park, take off your pants on the 6 train, or tear through the streets of Brooklyn in a shopping cart well, we've got you covered here.

Luminaries Installation, Now! (Through January 10th)

Designed by the LAB at Rockwell Group, the Luminaries Installation features some 650 LED lanterns, all soaring like some massive flock of brightly-plumed birds not too far above your head. And Luminaries is not just some fixed display. Place your hands on any one of the Wishing Stations placed about the atrium, and (silently or not) reveal your deepest desires. When you release your hold of the screen, the lanterns will pulse and change in a colorful interpretation of your wish. Or not really, but it's fun to think about. No matter what, for every wish we make Arts Brookfield will donate $1 (up to $25,000) to the Grammy Foundation's "Grammy in the Schools" program, which is designed to bring music education and even real-world industry experience to high school kids.  The Luminaries is located within the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in Battery Park City, and will be on display through January 10.

No Pants Subway Ride, January 10th

This will be 15th year in a row for the No Pants Subway Ride, an event that the great Charlie Todd and his peerless Improv Everywhere crew organized that has become a huge "prank": people of all description enter the NYC subway system, remove their pants, and ride around as if nothing is unusual. And these days there are hundreds of participants, launching from stations all over the city, and convening in Union Square for a big party. You would think after 14 years of ever-increasing publicity that everyone would know about this already, but most subway riders are still pretty surprised, usually delightfully so, when they look up and see all these bare legs (and almost bare butts) in January.

Winter Jam in Central Park, January 23rd

You asked for Winter, and it’s finally here. The annual Central Park Winter Jam is always a hit (for kids and adults!) not to mention a great way to shake off that extra “holiday joy.” For four hours on Saturday afternoon, the ultimate snow day kicks off. Presented by the NYC Parks, Lake Placid, I Love NY & I Ski NY the Bandshell Area on 72nd Street will transform into a winter wonderland including skiing and snowboarding demos and lessons, snowshoeing races, and a sledding and tubing run It's all free, except for the food, though they'll probably hand out hot chocolate.

Idiotarod XII, January 30th

Another surprisingly long-lived bit of wintertime fun and mayhem here in New York City is the Idiotarod, which is kind of like Alaska's legendary dog race, the Iditoroad, but for, uh, idiots. Basically you assemble a team, procure a shopping cart, dress up in some sort of wacky/sexy/scary/meme-y theme, and run through the streets of Brooklyn, stopping at five or six bars along the way. It's all very organized (there are specific tasks at each bar that you must fulfill), but cheating, bribery, and sabotage are encouraged. Not for thin of skin or faint of heart–there is also a ton of running involved–but it's one of my favorite days of the year.         

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Summer really started out right this past June, which may have been the busiest month for fun, mostly free events, and festivities that I can ever remember. And there's no slowing down in July! Well, maybe a little–we do need some days off, too, with nothing more pressing to do than lounge around and laugh and read in the sun–but still, a quick look at all the things going on in July tells me that soon there will be no such thing as a slow season in this city. Anyway, in addition to all of the ongoing art exhibitions, both public and in museums, as well the scads of free movie and concert series, here's a highly subjective list of the 5 Best NYC Events in July..

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot  (July 9th –  August 15th)

Construction on their traditional venue–an actual, working municipal parking lot on the Lower East Side–forced the great Shakespeare in the Parking Lot to relocate for this, their 20th season. And though the Drilling Company's new outdoor digs behind the Clemente on Norfolk Street are much more sheltered from those street interruptions that were part of the series's charm, both the choice of the plays the summer (first As You Like, then Macbeth) and past performances (ranging from engaging and creative to near-stellar) make this something I'm certainly going to try and see. Plus it's free! Not sure of the seating situation at the Clemente, but if it's anything like the old spot, you want to get there early to snag one of the chairs, as sitting on the asphalt for two hours or so is far more than I can ask of these old bones. As You Like It will be performed on Thursdays through Saturday, July 9 to 26, at 8:00 p.m. Macbeth can be seen from July 30 to August 15, also on Thursday through Saturday nights.

4Knots Festival (July 11th)

This can get a little crowded–and standing way at the back isn't ideal, sound- and sight-line-wise–but the annual day of sunshine and sweet tunes known as 4Knots will once again turn your Saturday into a party. Now in a new venue, at Pier 84 in Hudson River Park, the spiritual and literal heir to the legendary Siren Fest, which was held out on Coney Island in the mid-aughts, the Village Voice-organized and sponsored 4Knots Music Festival 2015 boasts a terrific line-up of well-established and emerging indie bands. The headliner this year is Super Furry Animals, who will follow the likes of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Screaming Females, and Mikal Cronin. A well-curated food court (Dos Toros, Luzzo's pizza, Gelato Ti Amo) and plenty of adult beverages complete the scene. Sadly, even the non-VIPs have to pay this year, so we'll see if that, and the new venue on the Hudson, change the usually-fun and chill vibe of festivals past.

Bastille Day Celebrations (July 12th)

Celebrate the storming of the Bastille in 1790 and the French Revolution that followed by day-drinking, playing (or cheering on) pétanque, and eating rich, saucy food as if it's your last meal before going to the guillotine at one of two big Bastille Day parties in the city. In Manhattan, large crowds take over 60th Street between Fifth and Lexington Avenues for a family-friendly affair featuring chocolate and champagne tastings, activities for kids, and performances by Can-Can dancers and the great Hungry March Band. Or head to Smith Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, for Bar Tabac's elaborate and usually pretty raucous fete, where you'll find a dozen or so pétanque sand courts (more than 72 teams compete!), loud live music, enormous amounts of food and drink, and tons of good-looking people having a blast.

City of Water Day (July 18th)

It's really been only in the past decade or so the New York City has re-(re- re-)-discovered its amazing waterfront, with the development of, for example, the East River Esplanade, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Hudson River Park. It's appropriate, then, that this year's City of Water Day, organized by the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, should be the biggest, most far-reaching celebration yet. There will be lots of activities on Governors Island, including a zany-sounding Cardboard Kayak Race, and all of the boat houses and kayak launches on both the Hudson and East Rivers will be loaded with crews, but the real excitement for me are all the free boat tours launching from locations all around town (and across the Hudson, in Hoboken). Specifics on the free boat tours haven't been announced yet, but last year the group apparently shipped out more than 5,400 landlubbers on 35 separate tours.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors (July 22nd – August 9th)

It's been a remarkable 43 years now that the impeccably-curated Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival has packed the plaza with outdoor entertainment, from musical, spoken word, and dance performances to movies and special kid-friendly events. Forty three years, and all for free! That makes this the longest-running festival of its kind in the country and, as has lately been the case, the 2015 line up is jam-packed with all sorts of cultural pleasures. To even list highlights is a bit ridiculous when there's this much talent involved, but the opening night features the Muscle Shoals All-Stars, and Gaby Moreno, Randy Newman, Lil Buck, Judy Collins, the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Lyle Lovett (and many more!) all make appearances until the festival ends on August 9.

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For more than six years the Cooper Hewitt, the venerable design museum housed in Andrew Carnegie's almost absurdly magnificent mansion on Fifth Avenue, has been in the throes of on exhaustive, $91 million redesign, renovation, reinvigoration. No part of the old building and its lovely grounds has gone untouched–in fact, the museum's been physically closed since 2011, staging sporadic exhibitions on Governors Island and the United Nations in the interim–so when the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (note new name, too) reopened its stately wooden doors again earlier this month, it was actually a pretty big deal. And I must say, based on a long afternoon spent roaming the newly reconfigured rooms and playing with most of the many interactive touch-screen features, the entire project is a huge success.  

Cooper Hewitt, A Modernized and Impressive Design Museum 

There is a new energy here at the Cooper Hewitt, fueled by the unashamed embrasure of contemporary bells and whistles, activities and games. The range of stuff you can "do" here now at the Cooper Hewitt is impressive. There are a dozen or so large touch screen tables, on which you can, for example, improve upon the design of the basic backpack, or prescription pill bottle; or simply view the museum's entire collection, to find what inspires you personally. There's a fun Sketchbot, which takes your photograph and then draws the image in the sand (emailing you the result before it gets erased to make room for the next guest), which stands next to a 3D information simulator I guess you'd call it, a device almost like a carnival game–you manipulate a tightly-packed box of tiles up and down in different patterns to move around a red ball–which illustrates complex phenomena such as traffic patterns, mathematical equations, and waves.

The Smithsonian Brings an Encompassing Tech Museum to NYC

Best of all though, among the new tech-y installations, is the Immersion Room, where you can instantly project (and manipulate) any of the hundreds of wallpaper patterns in the Cooper Hewitt collection or, better still, create your own with a simple yet robust interface. This is really well done, totally addictive, and fantastic for photo-ops and the inevitable selfies (which, by the way, the once-staid institution now encourages throughout, understanding that having good Instagram game is half the battle for winning over new generations). Note: the much-vaunted "Pen" is not quite ready yet, but when it's handed out to guests in "early 2015" it will allow you both to interact with all various kiosks and tables as well as store your data, keeping a record of your visit that you can build upon in subsequent excursions.     

Cooper Hewitt Offers a Classical Experience

As for the more physical exhibitions during the redesign's inaugural run, there's a terrific show on the evolution of tool design (over the course of 1.85 million years!) on the third floor, punctuated by Damien Ortega's Controller of the Universe, an "explosion" of hammers and axes and saws and such in the middle of the room. I also enjoyed "Beautiful Users" on the first floor, which clearly shows how design is increasingly driven by ergonomic concerns; rather than forcing people to adapt to and/or figure out how to use a given object, things are, more and more, created to fit comfortably within the life and "shape" of the user. And overall the arrangement of the gallery space within the old mansion is just better now, with wide open rooms as well as long aisles of objects arranged by color, or shape, or purpose, all used to good affect, giving pieces from the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection the space they deserve. Well worth a visit or three this coming year.        

Cooper Hewitt Hours

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is located on 92nd Street and Fifth Avenue, and is open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except for Saturdays, when it stays open until 9:00. For lots more information about everything, see here. 

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February looks pretty grim, weather-wise, with a kind of Groundhog Day thing going on, a looping snow-freezingness-snow-freezingness forecast that extends right into March. But this is New York City! Cold and slush lakes be damned: there's still lots of reasons all the time to rouse from our Netflix-hibernation-mode and go out on the town! In fact, there are three whole "weeks" of good food, tasty beverages, and stylish fun starting mid-month, as February marks the return of, in order of appearance, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, NYC Restaurant Week, and New York City Beer Week. You'll find a quick overview and a few pick hits after the jump…

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York 2015  (February 11th – 19th)

Damrosch Park, in the southwest corner of the Lincoln Center campus, will once again host the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, with runway shows pretty much non-stop all week long at the Pavilion, the Salon, and the Theater., all within that massive, semi-glittering building they manage to construct every winter and then again in the fall. Now, granted, I'm not even really sure how you can get into these things–I assume they're all invite-only–but if you know someone in that world, hit them up for a plus-one. Even better: get on the list at one of the many after-parties that will be happening at hot spots all over town. More info here.

NYC Restaurant Week 2015 (February 16th – March 6th)

Ok, yeah, it's longer than a week (and they usually announce an extension at some point, too), and there are more than a few clunkers among the 300 venues participating this year, but NYC Restaurant Week still can be a great opportunity to sample a special place or two–you get three courses at lunch for $25, or three at dinner for $38–if only to see if it's worth plunking down far more of your hard-earned dollars on a "real" meal sometime in the future. A quick look at the list reveals several choice spots, including Bar Primi on Bowery, All'onda in Union Square, Blenheim in the West Village, Colicchio & Sons Tap Room in Chelsea, Empellon Concina in the East Village, Lafayette in Noho, Lincoln Ristorante on the Upper West Side, Little Park in Tribeca, Red Rooster in Harlem, and the Writing Room on the Upper East. There are also plenty of perfectly fine–and a few quite good–neighborhood-type spots, but you don't need a special week to go to those. More info here.

New York City Beer Week 2015 (February 20th – March 1st)

Now in its seventh year, the great NYC Beer Week hits town with a series of city-wide events, competitions, tastings, and social gatherings all celebrating the excellent suds being produced all the time by local breweries. Organized by the New York City Brewers Guild–whose members include Sixpoint, Big Alice, Transmitter, Eataly Birreria, Other Half, Heartland, and Rockaway Brewing Company–Beer Week 2015 includes the Ruppert's Cup "people's-choice" style competition (vote early and often!); the Opening First Tap, which features "100 rare beers scattered among 100 NYC beer destinations"; and the raucous Closing Beer and Brass Brunch at Brooklyn Bowl. More info here.

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Most New Yorkers will tell you that the best place on the planet to be during the fall season is–ready?!?–right here in New York City! The temperatures are pleasant, everyone looks fantastic, the culture calendar is packed full, the energy is everywhere, crackling and alive. But, that said, it's still nice to embark upon an out-of-town adventure every now and then, someplace not too far–have to get back for that concert/premier/opening/party–but "away" enough to give you break, help you recharge for the next round of everything. Here, then, are a half dozen suggestions passed along from friends and colleagues, of great fall getaways for families and couples. If you have any other ideas, please let us know in the comments.  

Bear Mountain Cruise 

Let's start with a true day trip–and, best of all, one for which you don't need a car–the Circle Line's "hike" 45 miles up the Hudson River to Bear Mountain State Park. The boat leaves Pier 83 at West 43rd Street at 9:00 a.m. sharp every Saturday and Sunday (and Columbus Day Monday) in October, and takes you on a leisurely, scenic, two-and-half-hour ride upriver to Bear Mountain. Once there you get about three hours to hike around (there are 50 easily accessible trails), have a picnic, row a boat, relax, and/or spend the day at the lovely Bear Mountain Spa and relieve yourself of some of the daily stress of life can sometimes weigh us down. The Circle Line gets you back to Pier 83 by 5:30, and adult tickets are $60. Lots more information about Bear Mountain Cruises can be found on their website. 

Mohonk Mountain House 

Last year the fall foliage around the incomparable Mohonk Mountain House was still pretty spectacular into late October, but even if you can't get away until later in the season, this fantastic resort (castle?) located 90 miles from the city has long been the affordable indulgence for New Yorkers looking to both commune with nature AND get, for example, an excellent massage. The core Mohonk experience is just, well… hanging out at Mohonk. I mean, just look at this place! There are 85 miles of hiking trails, you can row a boat in that beautiful lake, there's an indoor pool, yoga classes, and all meals (and afternoon tea) are included in your nightly rate. But Mohonk also has a full spa, with a huge massage menu, facials, body treatments, "water cures", all of that good stuff. (Top photo of Mohonk Tower by Katy Silberger) For more info, rates and reservations, visit the Mohonk Spa and Resort website.        

Photo via Mass Travel

MASS MoCA 

If you're looking for a weekend getaway to Massachusetts, don't miss out on the exceedingly charming and cafe-filled town of North Adams and visit MASS MoCA, one of the country's best contemporary art museums. The design of the space itself is part of the appeal here: 26 interconnected 19th-century buildings that were abandoned by industry and transformed into a truly special place to look at art. The main gallery–Building 5–is gigantic, nearly 100 yards long, and the entire MASS MoCA "campus" takes a full day to appreciate properly… especially if there's a concert, or dance, or some other sort of performance going. Exhibitions stick around for many months, and the Sol Lewitt Retrospective (which is fantastic, from what I hear) will be up through 2033 (not a typo), so if you can't make it there this fall, there's still time. Maybe next summer, when the Wilco's music and art festival, Solid Sound, cranks it up again?    

Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast 

For a slightly, shall we say, *different* take on the weekend getaway, check out the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, located in Fall River, Massachusetts, about an hour south of Boston. Yes, it's THAT Lizzie Borden, and the actual house where she took her notorious axe and delivered those notorious whacks. Overnight guests are given a special evening tour of the historic home–complete with gruesome crime details–and then it's off for a peaceful night's sleep? Oh and there are "ghost cams" set up at strategic locations around the house, so you can see what's making those inhuman ghastly groans emanating from the parlour. And in morning your cheery proprietors will serve you an exact replica of poor mother and father Borden's last meal.

Woodstock Film Festival  – October 15th through 19th

In extension of our Guide to NYC Fall Film Festivals, the battle cry of the Woodstock Film Festival, happening next week in the lovely upstate New York town where history's most famous music festival famously did NOT take place, is "Fiercely Independent". Which, of course, is totally fitting for a setting that prides itself on its iconoclastic nature. Anyway, Woodstock, the place, is charming and pretty, as is the neighboring towns of Rosendale, Rhinebeck, Saugerties and Kingston, which are also hosts, and the Film Festival, now in its 15th year, is loaded with intriguing movies, both narrative and documentary. The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as cryptanalyst and World War II hero Alan Turing, is an obvious highlight, and I had the great pleasure of seeing Debra Granik's documentary Stray Dog the other night, and highly recommend this portrait of a Vietnam vet/biker/trailer-park denizen from southern Missouri who defies all of your pre-judgements. Other titles of note include Courteney Cox's feature film directorial debut, Just Before I Go, about a man intent on suicide who visits his home town one last before he ends it all; and the Tilda Swinton-narrated documentary Antarctica 3D: On the Edge, about the perilous state of that stunningly beautiful continent. 

Whiteface Lodge 

If you want to the feel of "roughing it" while giving yourself the treat of an truly luxurious resort, Whiteface Lodge is the place. Opened less than ten years ago up in Lake Placid, Whiteface Lodge was designed to evoke the "Great Camps" that used to make this region THE summer spot for New York City's wealthiest families. So although the resort looks the getaways of yore, Whiteface Lodge is laden with up-to-the-minute amenities such as all-season indoor/outdoor swimming pools, a nightly s'mores bonfire, everything you'd expect from a luxury spa, a private beach with complimentary canoes, a catch-and-release fishing pond, a 56-seat movie theater, on and on. All the rooms are actually suites, with private balconies, jetted tubs, and cast-iron gas fireplaces. Basically: it's great for families; even better for a romantic weekend. And, of course, it also functions as a first-class ski lodge once winter comes. For lots more information follow the Whiteface Lodge on Twitter and Facebook.        

Lancaster County

Ok, so I know "Lancaster County" as a fall getaway idea is kind of vague, but I've heard so many tales over the years of excellent weekends out there in Amish Country that I thought I'd throw it out there. This Pennsylvania Dutch Country website is unusually well-designed for a tourism destination, and suggests plenty of places to stay–the inns under the Heritage Lodging banner look particularly appealing, as do any number of the "Farm Stay" ideas, especially if you have younger kids–restaurants (including a number of "authentic" Pennsylvania Dutch spots), and a calender of fall events and unique tours (Covered Bridge Scooter Ride, anyone? Or maybe a Hot Air Balloon Ride? ). Check out Disocver Lancaster on both Facebook and Twitter. 

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Summer's end, as sad as that can feel for some of us, does have its wide, bright, sterling-silver lining. Namely: September! Yes, if there's one thing that's even better than summer in the city, even more jam-packed with great things to see and and do and hear and eat, then it's the start of the NYC fall season. So here's a by-no-means exhaustive A-to-Z list of reasons to be excited for September. And just wait until October, when things REALLY get busy around here!  

Affordable Art Fair  – September 25th to 29th
The Affordable Art Fair returns to the Tunnel in Chelsea again this September, where you'll find a fantastic selection of contemporary art from 50 galleries, both local and international. Affordable Art Fair founder Will Ramsey (who also began the great Pulse art fair that runs during Armory week), has always said that you shouldn't have to be a "squillionaire" to hang exciting, original works of art in your home, and, judging by the very small preview of all the pieces that will be on sale this year–nothing more $5,000, with many works available for less than $1,000–it seems like there will be plenty of items there to bear that out. Like Thomas Thomas Jackson's Glow Sticks #1, pictured above.Tunnel, 11th Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets.

Burlesque Festival – September 25th to 28th
Maybe it's not for everyone, but if you've ever been to a high-quality burlesque show, you know how much raucous, campy, sexy fun it can be. And the 12th Annual New York Burlesque Festival is offering a whole weekend of jam-packed shows, with first-rate performers letting loose in venues all over town! From the Teaser Party on Thursday night at the Bell House through to the Golden Pastie Awards on Sunday at the Highline Ballroom, this internationally-renowned event will delight and mock-shock in equal measure. Bell House, Brooklyn Bowl, BB Kings and Highline Ballroom, respectively            

Coney Island Tattoo & Motorcycle Show – Starts September 26th
Speaking of a rowdy good time, the Coney Island Tattoo and Motorcycle Show returns for its 30th year this September 26, with competitions and special events going on all weekend long. 30 years! When the show began in 1986, tattooing was still illegal in NYC! Anyway, expect a visual feast of inked-up bodies and customized bikes. Tats are judged in categories like Black and White, Tribal, and Butt, while motorcycles compete for trophies in divisions such as Oldest and Ugliest. With this crowd, it's pretty much guaranteed that things will get a little out of hand. Details TBA.    

Dumbo Arts Festival – Sept 26th to 28th
One of my personal favorite annual September traditions goes down in DUMBO. And even though they've had to acquire more and more corporate sponsors to keep it alive (and even though that neighborhood's changed a LOT since I first went in 2007), there still is a wonderful underground-ness to the weekend, with many individual artists keeping it real and slightly crazy even as the crowds get bigger and bigger. There's something unexpected around every corner, AND this is a great event for families. Various streets, parks, and galleries around DUMBO.  

Edible Manhattan's A Cook's Tour of Chinatown – Sept 16th
The crew over at Edible cover a lot of territory–in addition to their flagship "Manhattan" and "Brooklyn" magazines/websites, Edible's also out at the beach, on the East End–so you know they're pretty street wise when it comes to finding the best restaurants in any given neighborhood. And in no neighborhood in Manhattan is it more useful to have an expert guide than in Chinatown, home of a hundred similar-seeming spots, but only a few really, really good ones. Organized by 92Y and led by Chef (and life-long New Yorker) Russell Moss, the Edible Manhattan's Cook's Tour of Chinatown is sure to introduce you to someplace new and wonderful. Chinatown. 

Fashion Week – Sept 4th – 11th
Even though they've discontinued the awesome spectacle that was Fashion's Night Out to kick things off, there are still plenty of opportunities during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week to hang out with supermodels and see outrageous runway shows and get free fabulous goodie bags. No, not really, unless you're famous, or work for Vogue, but we can pretend, right?! What you CAN do is hang around the Lincoln Center plaza any time before any of the shows there in Damrosch Park for some of the best fashion/people-watching in town. Chelsea and the Meatpacking are usually good spots, too. Various Locations.

Great Irish Fair of New York – Sept 13th – 14th
The Great Irish Fair out on Coney Island falls almost exactly at the mid-point between St. Patrick's Days past and future, so if March 17 seems too, too far away to "get your Irish on", hop on the train and go check out this celebration of Irish music, dancing, food, and hospitality. Performers this year include U2 cover band Unforgettable Fire, the Canny Brothers playing more traditional tunes, and the O'Malley School of Irish Dance. And the GIF, as they call it, is definitely family-friendly, with activities for the wee ones as well. Surf Avenue and 21st Street, Coney Island.        

Honey Week – Sept 8th -14tg
YUM. Also: IMPORTANT. You've likely heard about the honeybee's alarming drop in population worldwide, putting massive amounts of our food supply at risk. Now, here's a chance to meet some of the people who are trying to do something about it. And eat a bunch of delicious, locally cultivated honey. Organized by the amazing Brooklyn Grange, which operates rooftop farms all over the city, including the world's largest in Long Island City, Honey Week features apiary tours, several honey-themed dinners and cocktail hours, tastings, workshops, and kid-focused activities. And it all culminates with a blow-out Honey Fest in Rockaway, at the Beach 97. Various Locations

Ice cream at Milk Bar in Soho – Late Sept
Yes, the original Momofuku Milk Bar opened up in 2008, and there are already five locations all over the city, but when mad-dessert-genius Christina Tosi opens up a new branch in Soho, a neighborhood you'll likely find yourself in this fall, it's good to know that you can get some of her soft serve ice cream–and cake truffles, and crack pie, and everything else–at a moment's notice. On Wooster near Spring.       

Jazz at Lincoln Center – Begins Sept 16th
The vital Jazz at Lincoln Center kicks off the 2014-15 season on September 16 with its Jazz Across Americas Opening Night Party, featuring live performances by the Rodriquez Brothers, a full buffet dinner, and plenty of cocktails. And after the partying and schmoozing ends, the music begins in earnest, with an impressive schedule in September that includes one-off concerts by the likes of Marcus Roberts, Bill Frisell, Chucho Valdes and Jazz at Lincoln Center house master Wynton Marsalis. And that's all in addition to the regular events going on at JALC, like the Late Night Sessions at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Season begins September 16; other concerts and events performed nightly.  

Kite Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park – Sept 13th
Add the annual Kite Festival to Brooklyn Bridge Park's ever-expanding roster of fun events for families. The concept here is simple: tons of neighborhood folks show up on the lawns of Pier 1, with kids or without, and do their best to get dozens of kites, of all description and degrees of fanciness, soaring through the air. How the actual kite-flying part of day goes depends on cooperation from the wind, of course, but last year an impressive number of kids got theirs up. Bring your own or buy one of the cheap, basic models on sale there. And you can't go wrong with those views! September 13, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.   

Ludlow Hotel's Dirty French, from the team behind the Torrisi empire  – Opens Sept 2nd
I had the great pleasure of eating at Torrisi's on Mulberry before the whole thing exploded and the prices doubled and now you can't get in. I've also had several first-rate casual meals at the far more affordable Parm a few doors down. And although the new restaurant, Dirty French (no menu yet… but it'll be French) from the can't-lose team of Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick seems like it'll be league with their Carbone and ZZ's Clam Bar, price-point-wise, maybe I can get someone to treat me? Opens September 2; Ludlow Hotel, Lower East Side.    

Museum Day Live! – Sept 27th
Smithsonian Magazine is sponsoring a nationwide free museum day, with institutions around the country offering admission to anyone holding a Museum Day Live ticket. You can get your admit-two ticket (one per household per institution) now to one of several area museums by registering for a Smithsonian account and, HERE'S THE CATCH, you will then also receive a free year-long digital subscription to the august magazine which, one can imagine, will then be automatically renewed for money and you'll probably get a lot of emails and spam and such along the way. NYC museums available in the promotion include The Morgan Library, the Jewish Museum (which is always free on Saturdays, by the way), the Museum of Arts and Design, and the always-engaging New York City Fire Museum. Museums nationwide. 

New York Film Festival – Sept 26th – Oct 12th
Since its inception in 1963, the New York Film Festival has brought the world's most important new films (and, sometimes, simply the biggest crowd-pleasers) to the screens of Lincoln Center. For this, its 52nd iteration, beginning on September 26 and running through October 12, the NYFF holds true to form. Those attending the glittering opening gala will see the premier of David Fincher's Gone Girl, those lucky enough to secure closing night tickets will (likely) enjoy Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman, and in between there are still plenty of seats left for the rest of us to take in an astonishing array of films both big and small, domestic and foreign, plus a whole Revivals series, as well as workshops and panels and the like. Don't wait, though! Many screenings will sell out, if they haven't already.Alice Tully Hall and various Lincoln Center campus screens.      

Oyster Week – Sept 11th to 28th
There was a time when our city was the oyster capital of world, with beds so plentiful that half of the planet's entire oyster population lived (and died, and were eaten) right on these shores. In 1880 alone, more than 700 million of these delicious bivalves were harvested! It's certainly appropriate, then, that NYC will once again celebrate Oyster "Week" from September 11 to 28, with limited-time-only dishes at restaurants around town, and a host of different events, like the Oyster Frenzy in Grand Central (home of the iconic Oyster Bar), and the rowdy Stone Street Oyster Festival, at which last year more than 10,000 people slurped down some 35,000 of these beauties (and probably had a similar number of beers). Various Venues throughout NYC.

Pig Island – Sept 6th
Like feasting on all things pork? Of course you do. So on September 6 hop on the East River Ferry and head over the Red Hook's beautiful waterfront area for Pig Island 2014. Tickets are $75 (kids under 12 are free!) which gets you a whole day of unlimited pig dishes (plus sides and desserts, natch) from 25 different chefs, plus all of the local craft beer, hard cider, and NY state wine you can drink. This is a great time, with live music and good vibes, no VIP passes or special exclusive areas. Just bring your own blanket; there's plenty of lawn on which to lounge and play… and EAT. Erie Basin Park Waterfront – Red Hook, Brooklyn.  

Queens County Fair – Sept 20th – 21st
My absolute favorite booth at the great Union Square Greenmarket is from Queen County Farm; they're there on Fridays only, everything they sell is remarkable, and the staff couldn't be more friendly and helpful. So, no surprise, when they throw a party, they do a terrific job at that, too. The 32nd Annual Queens County Fair happens on September 20 and 21, and features all of the classic sorts of county fair-ish things you'd expect: pie-eating and corn-husking contests; pig races; amusement-park rides and games; blue-ribbon competitions in livestock, produce, and home crafts; and the opening of the always popular Amazing Maize Maze. And it's all right here in New York City! Queens County Farm Museum.    

Renn Faire! (aka Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park) – Sept 28th
Ok, because it's held right near the Cloisters up in lovely Fort Tryon Park, this is technically the NYC Medieval Festival, rather a Renaissance Faire, but no matter. Rennies (as they call themselves) in full regalia flock to Inwood for this event, now in its 30th year, and everything you'd expect to find at a Renn Faire, you'll find here. Jousting knights, roasted turkey legs (EVERYONE is eating one of these), insanely vicious-looking weaponry, live falconry, music and (medieval) crafts, blacksmiths, flagons of meade, Shakespeare, wenches… the park does get packed, especially as the day goes on, but this is a great time–and a real eyeful–if you've never been. Fort Tryon Park.      

San Gennaro Feast – Sept 11th to 21st
Speaking of an eyeful (and a bellyful), the 88th Annual Feast of San Gennaro hits Mulberry Street and its environs on September 11 to 28. This is the grandaddy of all NYC street fairs, with old-school hustlers coaxing you to, for example, knock over a stack of milk bottles to win a massive stuffed (un)licensed cartoon character; fried-everything and a million different sweets; lots of beer and booze; and, if you go at night (when it gets mobbed!), packs of teenagers looking to impress. Go for the spectacle–there are all sorts of bands and eating contests as well–but also for the food, as some of the city's best restaurants now have booths at the northern end of things. And, thanks to the LISA Project, there's tons of great street art on this stretch these days. Mulberry Street in Little Italy.     

Tacos at Alex Stupak's Empellon al Pastor – Early Sept
Sometime in early September, one of my favorite NYC chefs Alex Stupak (who did stints at wd-50 and Alinea, before opening two amazing Mexican restaurants in both the West and East Village) will hit St. Marks Place with his most casual, cheapest, and likely most addicting spot yet. At Empellon al Pastor, Stupak will make his own tortillas, and, though there will be a few taco varieties on the menu, as well as several sides and guacamole (a must-get, if the stuff he makes at Empellon Cocina is any indication), the star here will clearly be the Taco al Pastor, made the classic way with thinly sliced roasted pork, pineapple, salsa and cilantro. Expect long lines when this baby opens. St. Marks and Avenue A.

Union Square's Harvest In The Square – Sept 18th
The Union Square Greenmarket is the biggest and best in the city (every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, all year round), and the park itself is surrounded by fantastic restaurants, so it's no surprise that the annual Harvest in the Square Benefit celebration is always overflowing with food and plenty of adult beverages. The cheapest tickets to the event, which it will be held as usual in the North Plaza, will set you back $125, but most of that goes to Union Square Partnership, which helps maintain and beautify the park, so you'll get to spend the night eating, drinking, AND doing some good. Union Square Park.         

 Village Voice Brooklyn Pour – Sept 27th
For their 4th Annual Brooklyn Pour, the folks at the Village Voice have gathered together some two dozen craft brewers–both local and nationwide–to serve more than 100 different beers in the glorious old Williamsburg Bank building in Fort Greene. Try to taste them all! I'm kidding. Sort of. But really, if you like beer, this is where you should be on September 27. Among those pulling seasonal, micro, and reserve brews will be Radiant Pig, Two Roads, Shipyard, Bear Republic, Dyckman, and Bayou Teche. There will also be food. Tickets start at $55, with VIP passes (early entry, exclusive mezzanine access) setting you back $85.Skylight One Hanson, Fort Greene.   

West Side County Fair – Sept 7th
While not nearly as County Fair-ish as the Queen County Fair, the folks at Riverside Park always do a good job bringing that wholesome rural-fun spirit to this annual event. Now in its 12th year, the West Side Count Fair will feature the usual carnival games and rides, as well as sideshow performers, acrobats, and aerialists, reptile shows (because why not) and a greenmarket. Food vendors and such will also likely be in attendance, as will everyone you know with little kids on the Upper West Side. Riverside Park between 66th and 72nd Streets.          

Xcellent ceviche and other Mexican delights at Cosme  – Early Sept
With the promise to open its doors within a week or two, the internationally-acclaimed Chef Enrique Olvera (his restaurant Pujol in Mexico City is world renowned) gives us Cosme in the Flatiron District. Although menus have not yet been released, previews hint that Cosme will be more casual than Pujol, but still forward-thinking in its approach to traditional Mexican cuisine. I had the great pleasure of eating Olvera's "Coctel de Pulpo con Maiz" (pictured above), at Rockaway Beach one afternoon this summer, and if his dishes at Cosme are even half as good (and some are bound to be twice as good), 35 E 21st Street

Yankee Stadium for Derek Jeter's final home game – Sept 25th
There are lots of reasons why this game, the final one of the regular season at Yankee Stadium, is sold out. First, because it might be Derek Jeter's final appearance in the Bronx, where he won five World Series over a 20-year career and amassed more hits, games played, stolen bases, and at-bats than any other Yankee in their long and storied history. Much respect. But perhaps more urgent, the game is against first-place Baltimore, and, as of this writing, the Yanks are still 2.5 back in the Wild Card race. So, if you already have tickets, congratulations. And if you feel like spending a big pile of money, check any number of those ticket scalping sites. Yankee Stadium          

Zines galore at the MoMA PS1 Art Book Fair – Sept 26th – 28th
Here's another of my favorite September events, the Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, which may sound like a bit of a snooze, but is actually enormously entertaining even if you have no interest in buying anything. There are two reasons why this is true. First, most vendors, whether they're hawking self-published zines or fancy coffee-table tomes, deck out their tables and booths in any way possible to get your attention. So it's visually engaging, to walk around (and it's huge, taking up all of the museum's interior and the courtyard). Second, most of the folks who are selling the stuff–or, even better, who have created the work–tend to be entertaining and chatty. Oh and also it's a great excuse to eat at the incomparable M. Wells Dinette, which functions as PS1's cafeteria. MoMA PS1

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