L29 Neighborhoods7 places
Upper West Side, Manhattan: the Gothamly guide
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
- Daily
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West & 79th St · the whale, the dinosaurs & the Gilder Center’s canyon of wonders
- Nightly
Beacon Theatre
2124 Broadway · Our favorite concert room · The 1929 interior is a landmark in its own right
- Daily
New-York Historical
170 Central Park West · four centuries of the city — and from Oct 2, “You Should Be Dancing”: punk, disco & hip-hop born in the ’70s city
- Daily
Zabar’s
2245 Broadway at 80th · Since 1934 · Go upstairs for the housewares, downstairs for the sturgeon
- Weekly
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St · Upper West Side · home of Selected Shorts plus author nights & the Thalia Book Club
- Daily
Riverside Park
The Hudson from 72nd to 125th · Free · Best light in the city an hour before sunset
- Anytime
The Dakota & Strawberry Fields
72nd & Central Park West · the 1884 fortress — and Lennon’s Imagine mosaic just inside the park
More from 29 Neighborhoods
The West Village, ManhattanMidtown & Theater District, ManhattanKoreatown & Herald Sq, ManhattanTurtle Bay & Sutton Place, ManhattanHell’s Kitchen, ManhattanSoho, Tribeca & Battery Park, ManhattanGramercy, Union Sq & NoMad, ManhattanLower East Side, Chinatown & FiDi, ManhattanGreenwich Village, NoHo & East Village, ManhattanChelsea & Hudson Yards, ManhattanMorningside Heights, ManhattanUpper East Side, ManhattanHarlem & Washington Heights, ManhattanThe South Bronx, BronxDumbo & Brooklyn Heights, BrooklynFort Greene & Clinton Hill, BrooklynCarroll Gardens, Cobble Hill & Red Hook, BrooklynWilliamsburg & Greenpoint, BrooklynBushwick & Ridgewood, BrooklynProspect Park, BrooklynConey Island, Sunset Park & South Brooklyn, BrooklynLong Island City & Astoria, QueensFlushing, Corona & Willets Point, QueensJackson Heights & Elmhurst, QueensForest Hills & The Rockaways, QueensBelmont, Fordham & Bronx Park, BronxRiverdale, Pelham Bay & City Island, BronxSt. George & the Ferry, Staten Island
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