Outer-Borough Cinephile Bars and Cafes: Where Brooklyn and Queens Film People Actually Drink
A working guide to outer-borough cinephile bars and cafes — Nitehawk Williamsburg and Prospect Park, Syndicated BK in Bushwick, the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, and the rooms surrounding them where Brooklyn and Queens film people actually drink.
Literary Readings in NYC Worth Flying For: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Stages Where American Letters Still Happen Live
From the Unterberg Poetry Center at 92NY to the Strand’s Rare Book Room, KGB Bar to NYPL LIVE — the working map of New York’s most consequential literary stages, and how to plan a trip around a reading.
The NoHo Townhouse Frozen in 1865: Inside the Merchant’s House Museum, Manhattan’s Last Intact 19th-Century Home
On a Sunday afternoon in NoHo, you can walk into a Greek Revival rowhouse where the Tredwell family’s furniture, china, and ghost stories have been sitting undisturbed since the Civil War.
The Queens Sunset Secret Locals Don’t Want You to Know: Watching Manhattan Glow from Gantry Plaza
A 12-acre riverside park in Long Island City delivers the most cinematic Manhattan skyline view in the city — and most tourists never make it across the river to see it.
Movies Filmed in Brooklyn Heights: A Cinephile’s Walking Guide to Moonstruck, Prizzi’s Honor, and the Promenade
A walking guide to the Brooklyn Heights filming locations of Moonstruck, Prizzi’s Honor, Annie Hall, and more — with addresses, transit, and the photo etiquette these working homes deserve.
Brooklyn Bookstore Saturday: A Pilgrim’s Route Through Six Independent Bookshops
A Saturday pilgrimage through six independent Brooklyn bookstores — Community, Greenlight, Spoonbill & Sugartown, POWERHOUSE Arena, Unnameable, and Books Are Magic — with addresses, transit, and history.
BQ Flea: The Sunday Trunk Market Under the BQE That Just Came Back for 2026
Vendors selling vintage straight out of the trunks of their cars, a stretch of Meeker Avenue under the highway, and a season that just opened on April 5. This is Williamsburg’s weirdest weekly secret.
The Brooklyn Army Terminal: NYC’s Cathedral on the Water (And the $4.50 Ferry That Drops You at Its Door)
A Cass Gilbert masterpiece, an eight-story atrium where Army jeeps once drove between floors, and the pier where Elvis shipped out in 1958 — all reachable for the price of a subway ride.
Martin Scorsese’s Little Italy: A Cinephile’s Guide to the Neighborhood That Made American Cinema
Walk the streets of Little Italy where Martin Scorsese grew up and made his early films. A cinephile’s guide to 253 Elizabeth Street, Mean Streets locations, Old St. Patrick’s, and the repertory cinemas that screen his legacy.
The Beat Poets in Greenwich Village: Sacred Addresses of a Literary Revolution
A literary pilgrim’s guide to the Greenwich Village addresses where the Beat Generation was born — from the White Horse Tavern to Washington Square, with every stop where Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs, and Corso drank, argued, and wrote.