Place: Mark Twain's House Address: 14 West 10th Street Zip Code: 10011 Info: Allegedly "haunted" mansion where Mark Twain once lived. lat: 40.73362 long: -73.996514 |
Place: Peanut Butter & Co. Address: 240 Sullivan Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: Pamela Fisher's favorite place, specializing in peanut butter. lat: 40.730012 long: -73.999553 |
Place: Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks Address: 163 West 10th Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: A little shop specializing in old cookbooks — some dating back to the 18th century. lat: 40.734600 long: -74.001924 |
Place: Jefferson Market Garden Address: Jefferson Market Garden Zip Code: 10011 Info: The starting point of Pamela Fisher's tour. lat: 40.734372 long: -73.999623 |
Place: The Little Lebowski Shop Address: 215 Thompson Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: A "Big Lebowski"-themed store. lat: 40.729084 long: -73.999434 |
Place: Jefferson Market Library Address: 425 Avenue of the Americas Zip Code: 10011 Info: One a court house, then a women's prison. lat: 40.734593 long: -73.999137 |
Place: The Red Lion Address: 151 Bleecker Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: Fisher's tour stops at The Red Lion, where Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan used to hang out. lat: 40.728485 long: -73.999407 |
Place: Judson Church Address: 55 Washington Square South Zip Code: 10012 Info: Pamela Fisher says there are secrets hidden in the stained glass windows of Judson Church. lat: 40.730174 long: -73.998419 |
Place: Washington Square Park Address: Washington Square Park Zip Code: 10012 Info: On her tour, Pamela Fisher talks about "the hippie generation that grew up in Washington Square Park." lat: 40.7308 long: -73.9975 |
Place: Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor Address: 26 West Eighth Street Zip Code: 10011 Info: This below-ground beer garden is owned by a former FBI agent. lat: 40.732731 long: -73.997807 |
Place: Left Bank Books Address: 17 Eighth Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: Used bookstore specializing in first editions. lat: 40.737802 long: -74.004845 |
Place: Three Lives & Company Address: 154 West 10th Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: A little corner bookshop with a wide array of fiction and non-fiction, a special selection of books on New York and the Village. lat: 40.734448 long: -74.001465 |
Place: bookbook Address: 266 Bleecker Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: Indie bookstore opened by the former owners of Biography Bookshop after they were displaced by a Marc Jacobs store. lat: 40.731254 long: -74.003215 |
Place: The Public Theater Address: 425 Lafayette Street Zip Code: 10003 Info: Recommended by reader James Nachlin, the Public Theater, known for showcasing the work of new artists and playwrights, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. lat: 40.729032 long: -73.991820 |
Place: Oldest surviving Sephardic cemetery in New York City Address: 76 West 11th St. Zip Code: 10011 Info: The second cemetery of the Spanish-Portuguese Searith Israel congregation dates back to at least 1805. Recommended by David Alfasi Siffert, hat tip to the Scouting New York blog for background. lat: 40.735237 long: -73.997979 |
Place: NYC's 'secret' Chick-Fil-A Address: 5 University Place Zip Code: 10003 Info: Reader Ian Garvey's favorite Village 'secret' is the city's only Chick-Fil-A, tucked inside NYU's Weinstein dorm. lat: 40.731096 long: -73.994937 |
Place: Sasaki Garden Address: 4 Washington Square Village Zip Code: 10012 Info: Village resident Terri Cude writes of this garden oasis at the Washington Square Village residences: "One of the very first roof gardens, Hideo Sasaki (Dean of Landscape Architecture at Harvard) designed this lasting testament to the value of quiet, lush green spaces to enhance the quality of New Yorkers' lives." lat: 40.727399 long: -73.997145 |
Place: Westbeth Address: 55 Bethune Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: Recommended by reader James Nachlin, Westbeth has provided affordable housing for the city's artists since the early 1970s, after its conversion by architect Richard Meier from the old Bell Telephone Laboratories. lat: 40.736806 long: -74.008554 |
Place: Hidden karaoke haven behind Astor Place barbershop Address: 2 Astor Place Zip Code: 10003 Info: This insider tip comes from Kelly Weill, Editor-in-Chief of the NYU Local. The school paper wrote about a little karaoke "lair" tucked behind Astor Street Hairstylists: http://nyulocal.com/city/2014/05/09/astor-place-hairs-hidden-karaoke-lair/ lat: 40.729879 long: -73.992583 |
Place: Bill Gottlieb's old home Address: 136 Bank Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: A favorite of DNAinfo staffer Serena Solomon for its cranky parking sign threatening to let the air out of any illegal parkers' tires: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120206/greenwich-village-soho/infamous-dead-landlord-lives-on-through-parking-lot-sign lat: 40.736076 long: -74.008126 |
Place: The Merchant's House Museum Address: 42 East 4th St. Zip Code: 10003 Info: Recommended by reader James Nachlin, both the interior and exterior of this 19th century home have been meticulously preserved. lat: 40.727613 long: -73.992392 |
Place: Porto Rico Importing Co. Address: 201 Bleecker Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: Serving coffee to the Village since 1907, this is now the favorite coffee spot of Councilwoman Margaret Chin's staff. lat: 40.729587 long: -74.001512 |
Place: LaGuardia Corner Gardens Address: 511 LaGuardia Place Zip Code: 10012 Info: One of two community-run gardens recommended by Village resident Terri Cude, who describes it as "a delightful oasis of green in the Village." lat: 40.727892 long: -73.999090 |
Place: Chumley's Address: 86 Bedford St. Zip Code: 10014 Info: Legend has it Chumley's was one of the first bars to get a liquor license after Prohibition. Since it closed a few years ago, however, neighbors have fought attempts at reopening it. http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140225/west-village/neighbors-sue-block-historic-literary-bar-chumleys-reopening lat: 40.732095 long: -74.005059 |
Place: Jeffrey's Grocery Address: 172 Waverly Place Zip Code: 10014 Info: Recommended by Twitter user @westvillagefood and owned by restauranteur Gabriel Stulman, who has opened his restaurants almost exclusively in the Village. lat: 40.733994 long: -74.001374 |
Place: The 'Good Night Moon House' Address: 121 Charles Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: Once the home of the author of the children's book 'Good Night Moon,' this life-sized dollhouse was moved to the Village from the Upper East Side in 1967. Recommended by Natalie Saltiel, hat tip to the New York Public Library for background. lat: 40.734460 long: -74.006826 |
Place: Mr. Dennehy's Address: 63 Carmine Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: This Village pub, in the running for one of the city's best soccer bars during the 2014 World Cup and beloved by many (including DNAinfo staff!) for its pints and English muffin burger, also knows its Village history. They informed DNAinfo that Edgar Allan Poe once lived in the building next to theirs, and that Jimi Hendrix resided over on Downing Street before moving to London. lat: 40.729840 long: -74.004587 |
Place: Joe's Pizza Address: 7 Carmine Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: A New York City favorite since 1975, recommended by Twitter user @westvillagefood. lat: 40.730592 long: -74.002150 |
Place: St. Luke's courtyard garden Address: 487 Hudson Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: This idyllic quiet refuge in the Village was recommended by Boris Rasin, Tim Schreier, and DNAinfo's own Andrea Swalec. lat: 40.732620 long: -74.006803 |
Place: Potatopia Address: 378 Avenue of the Americas Zip Code: 10011 Info: Just one of the latest in the Village's single-ingredient eateries: a restaurant devoted entirely to potatoes. A favorite of Twitter user @westvillagefood. lat: 40.732961 long: -73.999662 |
Place: NYU Law School's student-only courtyard Address: 40 Washington Square South Zip Code: 10012 Info: A favorite of DNAinfo editor Andrea Swalec. lat: 40.730538 long: -73.999482 |
Place: Burning Waters Cantina Address: 116 Macdougal Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: This bar at the site of the 1960s Beatnik haunt the Gaslight Cafe is a challenging find, tucked away in the basement level with no sign. Recommended by Tim Donnelly. lat: 40.729675 long: -74.000443 |
Place: Mercer Playground Address: Mercer Street between Houston Street and West Fourth Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: Village resident Terri Cude recommends this playground "where generations of children have learned to ride a two-wheeler, invented running games, or cooled off in the spray shower." lat: 40.725063 long: -73.997695 |
Place: Caffe Reggio Address: 119 Macdougal Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: Featured in several films, including the second 'Godfather' movie, this longtime Village stalwart's claim to fame is being the first cafe to serve cappucinos in the United States, back in 1927. Recommended by reader Peter Sterne. lat: 40.730268 long: -74.000417 |
Place: Whynot Coffee & Wine Bar Address: 14 Christopher Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: A favorite of Twitter user @westvillagefood, also featured on DNAinfo's list of laptop-friendly Village hangouts: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140422/west-village/where-camp-out-with-your-laptop-after-snice-closes lat: 40.733804 long: -74.000419 |
Place: Caffe Vivaldi Address: 32 Jones Street Zip Code: 10014 Info: A reader commented that this 32-year-old cafe was a must-add: "Woody Allen being a fan of this cafe and using it as a set in 'Bullets Over Broadway' and 'Whatever Works' is enough reference for Caffe Vivaldi for being a true New Yorker cafe." lat: 40.731732 long: -74.002980 |
Place: Generation Records Address: 210 Thompson Street Zip Code: 10012 Info: A favorite of NYU Local, via Editor-in-Chief Kelly Weill: one of the city's last remaining record stores. http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2012/09/14/a-guide-to-greenwich-villages-record-stores/ lat: 40.728743 long: -73.999155 |