LIST OF NEW YORK CITY (NYC) ATTRACTIONS & OTHER USEFUL INFO
(* N=North, S=South, Ave=Avenue, St=Street, E=east, W=West, M-F=Monday through Friday)
" WHY IS NYC CALLED THE BIG APPLE?"
In the 1920s, Morning Telegraph's sports writer (John Fitzgerald) overheard stablehands in New Orleans refer to NYC's racetracks as "the Big Apple." Thus he named his column "Around the Big Apple." A decade later, jazz musicians refer to New York City the same, and especially Harlem, as the jazz capital of the world. The saying was that "there are many apples on the trees of success but when you pick New York City, you pick the big apple."
NYC HISTORY (SHORT VERSION)
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X- In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian serving French King, arrived in New York Harbor.
X- In 1609 Henry Hudson , an Englishman serving Dutch E India Company, lands in Manhattan.
X- In 1624 thirty families left Holland to become New York's first European settlers.
X- Word Manhattan taken from Algonquin Am-Indian word Manna-Hata ("Island of the Hills").
X- The Dutch gave their new outpost the name New Amsterdam.
X- British conquest of the island in 1664 causes a new name (after Duke of York) - New York .
X- By the 1750s NY had reached a population of 16,000 (spread up to Chambers Street).
X- 04/30/1789, Washington becomes 1st US president (Federal Hall Nat.Memorial)(Wall Street)
X- The federal government was transferred to the District of Columbia one year later.
X- The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 allowed New York to expand massively as a port.
X- The first waves of immigrants, mainly German and Irish, begins in the mid-19th century.
X- 1880s sees large-scale Italian and E European (many Jews) immigration.
X- In 1861, majority of New York's 750,000 population were immigrants;
X- In 1890 one in four of the city's inhabitants was Irish.
X- New York was the greatest business, commercial and manufacturing center in the country.
X- Cornelius Vanderbilt (shipping & railroad) & J.P. Morgan (the banking & investment wizard)
X- The latter part of the nineteenth century was in many ways the city's golden age.
X- In 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was completed, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan.
x- Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, Bronx & Manhattan, incorporated into NYC in 1898.
X- In 1884 new immigrants from Asia settled in what became known as Chinatown.
X- European immigration resumes & in 1898 NYC becomes largest world city (> 3 million).
X- 1886 te Statue of Liberty completed (symbolic torch to guide the huddled masses).
X- Ellis Island, handed 2000people/day, leading to a total of ten million by 1929.
X- 1929 laws were passed to severely limit immigration.
X- 1900-1920s = 1/3 of E European Jews were at one point in NYC (1.5mil. settled NYC).
X- With US's entry into WWI in 1917, New York benefited from wartime trade and commerce.
X- 1920s saw Prohibition law dominating the NYC that was passed in 1920 (lived until 1933)
X- Jimmy Walker, NYC mayor (1925) -"No civilized man goes to bed the same day he wakes up".
X- It was during Jimmy Walker's flamboyant career that the Jazz Age came to the city.
X- Bootleg liquor flowed and writers (Damon Runyon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway etc)
---portrayed the excitement of the times and musicians (George Gershwin & Benny Goodman)
---packed nightclubs with their new sound. Wall Street crash of 1929 interrupts life.
X- Depression era also sees 3 of NY's most / opulent & beautiful - skyscrapers were built
---(the Chrysler Building in 1930, the Empire State in 1931 and in 1932 Rockefeller Center)
X- US' entry into WWII in 1941 had little direct impact on New York City:
X- The Manhattan Project (secretly in Columbia University) split's the uranium atom.
X- 1st - racial tensions in the 1950s and 2nd - general exodus of the white middle classes.
X- Worsening 1960s with race riots uptown in Harlem & in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant.
X- The World's Fair of 1964 was a huge attempt to boost NYC's international profile, but on the
--- streets strong anti-rasist and anti-vietnam-war protesting occured (Vietnam war 1964-75).
X- Manhattan reached crisis point in 1975 when the city spend more than it received in taxes.
X- Tourism (cheap transatlantic airfares) & a new mayor, Edward I. Koch save the city.
X- Although NY no longer faced bankruptcy, it still suffered from massive nationwide recession,
---and the city turned to its nightlife for relief.
X- Since mid-1970s, singles bars sprang up, gay bars proliferated in the Village & Disco was King.
---Studio 54 was an internationally known hotspot, & drugs & illicit sex were the main street events.
X- In the 1980s the real estate & stock markets boomed and another era of Big Money.
X- The stock market crash in 1987 had started yet another downturn.
X- By the end of the 1980s New York was slipping hard and fast into a massive recession.
X- In the 1993, Dinkins (NYC's 1st Black mayor) lost to Giuliani.(1st Repub.mayor in 28 years).
X- Giuliani's first term helped usher in a dramatic upswing in New York's prosperity.
X- The NYC's reputation flourished, with remarkable < in crime statistics & a revitalized economy.
X- September 11, 2001, terrorists crashed four planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
X- New Republican mayor Michael Bloomberg (an ex-Democrat to boot), had a yeoman's task ahead.
X- Still, if any city is resilient enough to weather the damage and bounce back, clearly it's New York.
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MANHATTAN
X-Harlem (Focus:Apollo Theatre)-(125St/UptownManhattan)
X-Cathedral of St.John the Divine(Amsterdam Avenue/West-112St)-(212)316-7540
X-Metropolitan Museum of Art (5ave/82St/212-535-7710)(5mil.visitors/year*/3mil.art pieces*).
X-New York City Center (130 West 56St)(6/7 Ave)
X-Central Part (look bellow for data on Central Park)
X-Trump Tower (5ave/56st)(luxurious residential tower).
X-Radio City Music Hall (50st)(1260 6th Avenue)(212-307-7171)
X-Rockefeller Center (49st/5ave)(212-332-6868)
X-United Nations(1st Avenue/East 42nd-48th Streets)-(212-963-1234*/7713*)
X-Saint Patrick's Cathedral (50th Street and Fifth Avenue)(212-753-2261)(dated:1868)
X-Grand Central Terminal (87 E 42St)(Park/Lex Ave)(212-340-2583)(dated: 1871)
X-Times Square (42nd/7th Avenue)(dated:1900s)(crime: 1940s/50s/60s/70s)(modernized:1980s)
--(*One Times Square is the site of the world famous annual New Year's Eve ball drop.)
X-Chrystler Building (42nd/Lexington)(212-682-3070)(dated:1930)
X-Empire State Building (5th Avenue/34 Street)(212-736-3100)(dated 1931)
X- Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (655 West 34St)(west of 12 ave)(212-216-2110)(1986)
X-WTC Memorial / Ground Zero (Financial District)(WTC:1973-2001)(Liberty Street/ S.End Ave)
X-Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex (Huge 100 Million$ Complex)
*piers 59-62 + West Side Highway (18th-23rd Streets)((212)336-6500)
X-Wall Street (The Finacial district of New York/Downtown)
X-Trinity Church (Broadway(at Wall Street))-((212) 602-0800)
X-South Street Seaport Museum (12 Fulton Street)((212)748-8590)(Downtown)
X-Circle Line (Pier 83, West 42nd Street/Hudson River)((212)563-3200)
*3-hour boat tours around the island of Manhattan.
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CENTRAL PARK
X-Central Park (59-110 St/5ave)(Central Park West)
* Alice in Wonderland Sculptures (5ave/E75St)
* Buggy Rides (Horse-drawn hansom cabs)(Central Park S/Columbus Circle).
* Central Park Zoo (5ave/E64St)-(212-861-6030)
--(April through October: M-F 10am-5pm; Sat/Sun 10:30am-5:30pm)
--(November through March: 10am to 4:30 pm daily)
--(Save your tickets for entrance to the nearby Tisch Children's Zoo).
* Claremont (Horses)Riding Academy (195 W 89 St)-(212-724-5100)
* Cleopatra's Needle (Near E 81 St)(behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
--(An Egyptian obelisk presented to the U.S. by the Khedive of Egypt in 1881)
* Conservatory Garden (5 Ave at 105th Street)-(212-360-2766)
* Delacorte Theater (free Shakespeare plays each summer)-(212-539-8655)
* Friedsam Memorial Carousel(kids)(~65 St/cental park area)-(212-879-0244)
* Harlem Meer (107-110 St / 5 Ave)(beautiful pond)-(212-860-1370)
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir (jogging track)(E 90 St)
* Lasker Rink (winter skating)-(212-534-7639)
----(The less crowded and less expensive alternative to Wollman Rink)
* Loeb Boathouse (~74 St, E side of Rowboat Lake)-(212-517-3697)
* Sailboat Lake (~5 ave & 74 St)-(212-673-1102)
* Strawberry Fields (~ Central Park West at 72nd Street)
* Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater (Shows4children)-(212-988-9093)
* Tennis Courts (212-280-0205)
* Tisch Children's Zoo (5ave/E65St)-(212-439-6500)
* Victorian Gardens Amusement Park (212-982-2229)
* Wollman Rink (Ice skatin)(6Ave/59St)-(212-439-6900)
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MANHATTAN (More popular areas)
X- Fifth Avenue (fine mansions, hotels & shops)(everything that is great about NYC)(focus: 50 st)
X- Theater District or the "Broadway" (focus: 47st/Broadway)
X-Times Square (Big electronic billboards, energy)(Broadway/7-th Avenue)(between 47 & 42 St).
X- Meat Packing District (one of NYC's night life magnets)(centered on W 14 St and 9 ave)
X- Greenwich Village (bohemians, students, street performers etc)(S of 14St & W of Broadway)
X- Delancey Street (~Clinton St)(Downtown)(discount shopping district)(~Williamsburg Bridge)
X- East Village (cafes, artists, boutiques & top vegetarian restaurants)(Focus: Broadway/9st).
X- Bleeker Street in Soho (cafes)(night life magnet)(Focus: Bleeker & Houston)
X- Little Italy (Italian restaurants etc)(centered around Grand St/ Baxter in Downtown)
X- Chinatown (Bargain rolexes on Canal Street, great restaurants..)(centered: Chantham Square)
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NYC'S BEST BARS
X-(#1PeopleWatching)44TheRoyaltonHotel, 44W44St (5/6ave)(212-944-8844)
X-(#1Scotch&Cigar)Bull&Bear Waldorf-Astoria,301ParkAve (~49 St)(212-872-4900)
X-(#1BeersSelection)TheKinsaleTavern (3ave)(93/94 St)(212-348-4370)
X-(#1Wine-Tasting)SoHoKitchen&Bar(103GreeneSt)(Prince/SpringSt)(212-925-1866)
X-(#1Outrageous)Hogs&Heifers (859WashingtonSt)(212-929-0655)
X-(#1Elegant) 57 57 FourSeasonsHotel (57E57St)(Madison/Park Av)(212-758-5757
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NYC'S TOP COFFEE BARS
X- Cafe Edison - (NYmagazine:#1NYCcafe)(Hotel Edison, 228W47St)(212-840-5000)
X- Cafe Mona Lisa - (282 Bleecker Street)(212-929-1262)
X- Espresso Madison - (NYmagazine:BestNYCespresso)(33E68St)(212-988-7444)
X- The Hungarian Pastry Shop - (outdoor tables)(Amsterdam/109St)(212-866-4230)
*View of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
X- Philip's Coffee - (155 W 56St)(212-582-7347)(6/7Ave)
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NYC'S JAZZ CLUBS (Affordable)
*compare bellow to expensive NYC jazz clubs such as Blue Note(>50$/person)}
*c=cover,p=per person,#1=among top choices
X- TheBackFence-(Bleecker/ThompsonSt)(GreenwichVillage)(212-475-9221)(c:$5/p)
X- Arthur's Tavern-(57GroveSt)(~7Ave)(W Village)(212-675-6879)
X- Cleopatra's Needle-(2485 Broadway)(W92/W93 St)(212-769-6969)
X- Detour-(349E.13St)(1/2 Ave)(212-533-6212)
X- The Knitting Factory-(74LeonardSt)(Broadway/Church St)(212-219-3006)
X- Smalls-(183W10St)(~7Ave)(West Village)(212-929-7565)(music: 10pm-8am)
XXXX TheInsiders "Worth The Extra Cost"
X- Blue Note-(131W3St)(212-475-8592)("the world's finest jazz club")
X- Bradley's- (70 University Place)(11Ave)(212-228-6440)
X- Metronome- (915Broadway)(21St)(212-505-7400)
X- Sweet Basil- (88 7Ave S). (212) 242-1785
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NYC'S TOP (*#1) CINEMAS / MOVIE THEATERS
X- Angelika Film Center(CityCinemas)(18WHoustonSt)(Mercer St.)(212-995-2000)
X- Film In vOID (16 Mercer St)(Canal/Grand St)(212-941-6492)(free)
X- Film Forum (209WHoustonSt)(Wof6Ave)(212-727-8110)
X- Ziegfeld Theater (SonyTheaters)(141W54St)(6/7Ave)(212-765-7600)
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NYC TOP COMEDY CLUBS
X- Boston Comedy Club (82W3St)(Thompson/Sullivan St)(212-477-1000)
X- Caroline's on Broadway (1626Broadway/49St)(212-757-4100)(#1)
X- Comedy Cellar (117 MacDougal St)(West3/Bleecker St)(212-254-3480)
X- Comic Strip Live (1568 Second Ave)(81/82St)(212-861-9386)
X- Dangerfield's (1118 First Ave)(61/62 St)(212-593-1650)
X- Gotham Comedy Club (208 W 23St)(7/8Ave)(212-367-9000)(#1)
X- New York Comedy Club (241E24St)(212-696-LAFF)
X- Stand-Up New York (236W)(78St)(off Broadway)(212-595-0850)
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THEATERS IN NYC
X- Amato Opera Theatre (319 Bowery/ 2nd Street)(dated:1948)(212-228-8200)(cheap & superb)
X- Apollo Theater (308 Lenox Ave)(125/126 St)(212.426.3800)(Harlem)(dated:1913)
X- Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway)(76St/ Broadway & Amsterdam)(212-496-7070)(1928)
X- Carnegie Hall (881 7Ave)(W56St/W57St)(212-247-7800)(dated:1890)
X- Ed Sullivan Theater(1697–1699 Broadway)(53st)(212-975-4321)(dated:1936)
X- Hammerstein Ballroom (311 W 34St)(8th Ave)(212-485-1534)(dated:1906)
X- Metropolitan Opera House (Columbus Ave/64St)(~Broadway)(212-362-6000)(1880)
X- New Amsterdam Theatre (214 W 42St)7/8 Ave)(212-282-2900)(1903)
X- Radio City Music Hall (1260 6Ave)(50 St)(212-632-4000)(1932)
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HISTORICAL (mainly Immigant related)
X-Statue of Liberty
X-Ellis Island Immigration Museum (Ferry: Battery Park/Downtown)(212-269-5755)
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BROOKLYN
X-Brooklyn Bridge (Subway/Metro: A/C-HighSt/Br.Bridge or 4/5/6-Br.Bridge)(#1)
X-Brooklyn Botanic Garden(1000 Washington Avenue)(718-623-7200)(>12,000plants)
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X-CONEY ISLAND IN BROOKLYN (Fun&Amusement)
--Major Amusement Areas
---Astroland and Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park (#1)
---The Cyclone (834SurfAve&W10St)(legendary roller coaster)(Built:1927)
---The Wonder Wheel (world’s tallest Ferris wheel)(#1)(Built:1920)
---The Hellhole (12St)(Bowery/Boardwalk St)
---El Dorado Disco Bumper Cars(SurfAve & W12St)
---The Parachute Jump (Built: 1939 World’s Fair)("Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn")
---Coney Island Circus Sideshow (W12St off Surf Ave)(718-372-5159)
----(*fire eater, bearded lady, snake charmer, human blockhead etc.)
---3-mile boardwalk (which E runs into "Little Odessa")
---The Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation (Surf Ave & W8St) (718-265-FISH)
----(*10,000 living specimens.)
---original Nathan’s Famous (a MUST VISIT)(Opened:1916)
----(*Nathan’s makes the best hot dogs and French fries on the planet.)
---Other Rides & Attractions (such as carousels, a water flume, spook houses,
---go karts, batting ranges, BB gun shooting galleries and a variety of ---carnival games,etc)
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BRONX
X-Bronx Zoo (Fordham Road/Bronx River Parkway)(718-367-1010)(>6000animals)
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AIRPORTS
X- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)(Jamaica, Queens)(212-435-7000)
X- LaGuardia Airport (LGA)(Queens)(~ Flushing Bay & Bowery Bay)(212-435-7000)
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TICKETS TO TELEVISION TAPINGS
X- Geraldo Rivera (524West57St)(10/11Ave)(212-265-8520
X- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (30 Rockefeller Plaza)(5/6Ave)(212-664-4000)
X- L.S.with David Letterman (Ed Sullivan T)(1697 Broadway)(54St)(212-975-5853)
X- Live with Regis & Kelly (7 Lincoln Square)(67St/ColumbusAve)(212-465-1000)
X- Maury Povich Chelsea Studios (221W 26St)(7/8Ave)(212-989-3622)
X- Montel Williams (356W)(58St)(8/9Ave)(212-989-8101)
X- Rolonda (411E)(75St)(1/York Avenues)(212-650-2077)
X- Saturday Night Live (30 Rockefeller Plaza)(5/6Ave)(212-664-4000)
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THE TOP 5 PLACES TO TAKE KIDS IN NYC
(A- Criteria: 1) educational value; 2) something for every age group; 3) behind-the scenes tours
for kids and teens who want to know more; 4) they are affordable.)(B- Special attention to toddler
appeal)(C- Interestingly, four of the five winners are not located in Manhattan.)
X- #1 Pick - NY Hall of Science (47-01 111St)(Queens)(718-699-0005)
X- #2 - The New York Aquarium (2300 S Boulevard)(Bronx)(718-220-5100)
X- #3 - Children's Museum of Manhattan (212W83St)(Broadway)(212-721-1234)
X- #4 - BronxZoo (FordhamRoad/BronxRiver Parkway)(718-367-1010)(>6000animals)
X- #5 - Staten Island Children's Museum (1000 Richmond Terrace)(718-273-2060)
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NYC'S TOP MUSEUMS
X- American Folk Art Museum, (45W 53St)(Manhattan)(212-265-1040)(>4,000 artworks)
X- American Museum of Natural History (Central Park W)(79St)(212-769-5100)
X- American Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35Ave)(36St)(Astoria,Qns)(718-784-0077)
X- The American Numismatic Society (96 Fulton St)(~ William St)(212-571-4470)(coins etc)
X- Asia Society and Museum (725 Park Ave)(70St)(S, SE & E Asia)(212-288-6400)
X- Bronx Museum of the Arts (1040 Grand Concourse)(165St)(Bronx)(718-681-6000)
X- The Brooklyn Museum (200 E Parkway)(Brooklyn)(718-638-5000)(Focus: ancient Egypt)
X- Children's Museum of Manhattan (212 W 83rd St)(Broadway/Amsterdam Ave)(212-721-1234)
X- China Institute Gallery (125E65St)(Park/Lexington Ave)(212-744-8181)
X- The Cloisters (Fort Tryon Park)(193St & Fort Washington Ave)(212-923-3700)
X- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (2E91St)(~5Ave)(212-849-8300)
X- Dia Center for the Arts (548W)(22St)(10/11Ave)(Manhattan)(212-989-5566)
X- El Museo Del Barrio (1230 Fifth Ave)(~104St)(Manhattan)(212-831-7272)
X- Ellis Island Immigration Museum (NY Harbor)(Ferry: Battery Park)(212-269-5755)
X- The Forbes Galleries (60 Fifth Ave)(12St)(Manhattan)(212-206-5548)
X- Fraunces Tavern (54 Pearl St)(Broad St)(2/3Floors)(Manhattan)(212-425-1778)
X- Frick Collection (1E70St)(Fifth Ave)(212-288-0700)
X- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1071 Fifth Ave)(88/89St)(212-423-3500)
X- Ground Zero Museum Workshop (420W 14St) (9Ave/Washington St)(2nd Floor)
X- Hispanic Society of America (Audubon Terrace)(Broadway)(W155/W156St)(212-690-0743)
X- International Center of Photography (1133 6Ave)(W43 St)(212-768-4682)
X- Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum (Pier 86)(Hudson River)(W46St)(212-245-0072)
X- The Noguchi Museum (9-01 33rd Road)(LIC,Queens)(718-204-7088)
X- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art (338 Lighthouse Ave)(SI)(718-987-3500)
X- Japan Society (333 E 47St)(212-832-1155)
X- Jewish Museum (1109 5Ave)(92St)(212-423-3200)
X- Liberty Science Center (Liberty State Park)(Jersey City,NJ)(201-200-1000)
X- Lower East Side Tenement Museum (90 Orchard St)(212-431-0233)
X- Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave)(82St)(212-535-7710)
X- Morris-Jumel Mansion (65 Jumel Terrace)(W 160/162St)(212-923-8008)
X- Museum for African Art (36-01 43Ave)(36St)(LIC, Queens)(718-784-7700)
X- Museum of American Illustration (128E 63St)(212-838-2560)
X- Museum of Arts & Design ("American Craft Museum") (40W 53St)(5/6Ave)(212-956-3535)
X- Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art (594 Broadway)(Houston/Prince St)(4Floor)(212-254-3511)
X- Museum of Modern Art (11W 53St)(212-708-9400)
X- Museum of Television & Radio (25W 52St)(5/6Ave)(212-621-6800* or 6600*
X- Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave)(103St)(212-534-1672)
X- National Academy Museum (1083 Fifth Ave)(89/90St)(212-369-4880)
X- National Museum of the American Indian (Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House)
---One Bowling Green (between State and Whitehall)(212-514-3700)
X- New Museum of Contemporary Art (556W 22St)(11Ave)(212-219-1222)
X- New York City Fire Museum (278Spring St)(Hudson/Varick)(212-691-1303)
X- New York City Police Museum (25 Broadway)(Morris/Battery Place)(212-301-4440)
X- New York City Transit Museum (Boerum Place/Schermerhorn St)(Brooklyn)(718-243-8601)
X- NY Hall of Science (111St/48Ave)(Flushing Meadows-Corona Park-Qns)(718-699-0005)
X- New-York Historical Society (2 W 77St)(Central Park W)(Manhattan)(212-873-3400)
X- P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center (22-25 Jackson Ave/ 46Ave)(LIC, Qns)(718-784-2084)
X- Pierpont Morgan Library (29 E 36St)(Madison/Park Ave)(212-685-0610)
X- Queens Historical Society (143-35 37Ave)(Flushing, Qns)(718-939-0647)(dated: 1775)
X- Queens Museum of Art (NYC Building)(Flushing Meadows - Corona Park)(718-592-9700)
X- Rose Center for Earth and Space (W 81St & Central Park W)(212-769-5200)
X- Sony Wonder Technology Lab (56St)(Madison/5 Ave)(212-833-8100)
X- South Street Seaport Museum (12 Fulton St)(Front/South St)(212-748-8590)
X- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace (28 E 20St)(Park/Broadway)(212-260-1616)
X- WhitneyMuseum ofAm.Art (945 Madison Ave)(75 St)(212-570-3676)(>12,000..)
X- Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria (120ParkAve)(917-663-2550)
X- Ukrainian Institute of America (5ave/79St)(212-288-8660)
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NYC's HIDDEN TREASURES
X- TheConservatoryGarden&the HarlemMeer (5ave/105St)(Manhattan)(212-860-1370)
X- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art (338LighthouseAve)(SI)(718-987-3500)
X- NY's Three Statues of Liberty
----Original Statue of Liberty
----Replica Statue #1 (43W 64St)(Broadway/Central Park West)
----Replica Statue #2 (219 West Broadway)
X- Tender Buttons (143E)(62St)(Lex./3rd Ave)(212-758-7004)
X- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace (28E 20St)(Park/Broadway)(212-260-1616)
X- Ukrainian Institute of America (5Ave/79St)(212-288-8660)
X- Indoor Oases: New York, Take Me Away...
----A)The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine(1047 Amsterdam Ave)(212-678-6888)
----B)New York Public Library (42-40St/5Ave)(212-930-0800)(Closed: Fri & Sun)
X- Outdoor Oases in the Urban Desert
----McGraw Hill Garden (1221 6 ave)(48/49 St)
----Church of the Holy Trinity (316 E 88St)(1/2 Ave).
----Conservatory Garden (5 Ave/105 St)
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RECOMMENDED NYC RESTAURANTS
X- Afghan Kebab House (Afghan)(1345 2Ave)(70/71 St)(212-517-2776)(+51St/9Ave)
X- Al Bustan (Lebanese) (827 3Ave)(50/51 St)(212-759-5933)
X- Cabana Carioca (Brazilian)(123W 45St)(6/7 Ave)(212-581-8088)
X- East (Japanese)
----251W 55St (Broadway/8th Avenue), 212-581-2240
----354E 66St (1st/2nd Avenue), 212-734-5270
----137E 47St (3rd/Lexington Avenue), 212-980-7909
----210E 44St (2nd/3rd Avenue), 212-687-5075
----9E 38St (5th/Madison Avenue), 212-685-5205
----366 Third Ave (26/27 Street), 212-889-2326
X- Ecco-La (Italian)(1660 Third Avenue)(92/93 St)(212-860-5609)
X- Fraunces Tavern (traditional American)(54 Pearl St/Broad St)(212-425-1778)
X- Heidelberg Restaurant (German)(1648 2Ave)(85/86 St)(212-650-1385)
X- Karyatis (Greek)(35-03 Broadway)(35/36 St)(Astoria, Qns)(718-204-0666)
X- Mocca Hungarian (1588 2Ave)(82/83 St)(212-734-6470)
X- New Pasteur (Vietnamese)(85 Baxter St)(~ Canal St)(212-608-3656)
X- Nick's (Italian)(1814 2Ave) (~ 94 St)(212-987-5700)
X- Osso Buco (Italian)(1662 3Ave)(93St)(212-426-5422)
---downtown location at 88 University Place (212-646-4525)
X- Penang (Malaysian)(109 Spring St)(212-274-8883)
--- Penang 2 at 240 Columbus Avenue (71st Street). (212-769-8889)
--- Penang 3 on the Upper East Side at 1596 2Ave near 83St
X- Smith & Wollensky (Steakhouse)(797 3Ave)(49St)(212-753-1530)(NY steakhouse)
X- Sparks Steak House (210 E 46St)(2/3Ave)(212-687-4855)(#1 NY steakhouse)
X- The Argentine Pavillion (32W 46St)(5/6 Ave)(212-921-0835* or 1077*)
X- The Kinsale Tavern (Irish)(3Ave)(93/94 St)(212-348-4370)
X- Woo Chon (Korean)(8-10W 36St)(5/6 Ave)(212-695-0676)
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SAVING MONEY IN NEW YORK CITY
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DISCOUNT SHOPPING IN NEW YORK
X- Bolton's (clothing)(most < $75)(many locations)(best one: 57st/5-6Ave) (718-863- 6131)
X- Burlington Coat Factory (23st/6ave)(212-229-1300)(many locations)
X- Century 21 ("NY's Best Kept Secret")(22 Cortlandt St, Church/Broadway)(212-227-9092)
X- Daffy's (several locations)(1775 Broadway/57th St)(212-294-4477)
X- Fine & Klein (designer handbags)(Orchard/Broome,Lower East Side)(212-674-6720).
X- Loehmann's (7Ave, 16/17St)(Subway:1/9to18St,or2/3to14St)(212-352-0856)
X- Sym's (400Park Ave, 54St)(Subway:E/F to Lex.Ave)(212-317-8200)
X- S&W (7Ave/28St)(Subway:1/9 to 28St & 2/3 to 34St)(closed Sat)
--DEPARTMENT STORES--
X- Barney's (Madison Ave / 58 St)(212-826-8900)
X- Bloomingdale's (3ave/59st)(1800-472-0788)
X- Lord & Taylor (38St/5Ave)(212-391-3344)
X- Saks Fifth Avenue (50St/5ave)(1.877.551.SAKS)
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--SAMPLE SALES--(some of these places are by appointment only!)(Fl=Floor*)
X- Eisenberg & Eisenberg (85 5ave)(~16st)(6Floor)(212-627-1290)(Men's suits, tuxedos etc)
X- E.V.A. Diffusion, Inc. (225 W 39St)(3Fl)(800-505-1313)(212-719-1731)(Eu designers/women)
X- SEtW (165 W26St)(~7Ave)(212-924-6656)(women's clothing bargains)(<20-50%, C.<60-80%)
X- Tahari Outlet (525 7Ave)(19Floor)(212-921-3600)(classic women's suits and separates)
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--THRIFT SHOPS--(UES*=Upper East Side*)
X- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Thrift Shop (1440 3ave)(82St)(212-535-1250)
X- Cancer Care (I480 3Ave)(83St)(212-879-9868)(also Upper East Side)
X- Arthritis Foundation (121 E 77St)(212-772-8116)
X- Housing Works (designer clothing, vintage etc)(can bid online on shop window items)
a----West Village: 245 W 10St, 212-352-1618 --- / b--- Chelsea: l43 W 17St, 212-366-0820
c---Gramercy: 157 E 23St, 212-529-5955 --- / d---East Side: 202 E 77St, 212-772-8461
e---UES*:1730 2Ave, 212-722-8306--- / f--- UWS*: 306 Columbus Ave, 212-579-7566
X- City Opera Thrift Shop (222 E 23St)(212-684-5344)
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MUSEUMS WITH FREE AFTERNOONS OR EVENINGS--(*=usually)(~=around or close)
X * Am.Museum ..Moving Image (Fri 4-8pm)[*$10](36-01 35Ave)(36St)(Astoria,Qns)(7187840077)
X * Bronx Museum of the Arts (Wed's)(*$5)(1040 Grand Concourse)(165St)(Bronx)(718-6816000)
X * El Museo del Barrio (Thursdays 4-8pm)(*$7)(1230 5Ave)(~104St)(Manhattan)(212-8317272)
X* Jewish Museum ("Pay-whatever"* on Thu's 5-9pm)(*$10)(1109 5Ave)(92St)(212-423-3200)
X* Museum of Arts & Design (".."* on Thu's 6-8pm)(*$9)((40W 53St)(5/6Ave)(212-956-3535)
X* Museum of Modern Art (".."* on Thu's&Fri's 4:30-8:15pm)(* $10)(11W 53St)(212-708-9400)
X* NYHallofScience (Wed&Thur2-5pm)(*$7.50)(111St&48Ave)(Flushing Meadows)(718-6990005)
X* Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Fri 6-8pm) (*$12)(1071 Fifth Ave)(88/89St)(212-423-3500)
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Learning About Wine -- Free Tastings
X* Mister Wright Liquors (1593 3rd Ave)(89/90 St)(212-722-4564)
X* Sherry-Lehmann (679 Madison) (61St/62St)(212-838-7500)
X* K & D Wines (1366 Madison) (95/96 St) (212-289-1818)
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THE DIAMOND DISTRICT
X- 47th St (between Fifth and Sixth avenues) is known as the Diamond District.
(more than 100 shops: combined they sell more jewelry than any other block in the world.)
X- Andrew Cohen, Inc (579 5th Ave, 15th floor), for diamonds;
X- Myron Toback (25 W 47th St), a trusted dealer of silver findings;
X- Bracie Company Inc (608 5th Ave, suite 806), specializing in antique and estate jewelry.
X- AA Pearls & Gems (10 W 47th St), the industry's choice for pearl and gem stringing;
X- Gemological Institute of America (580 5th Ave, 2nd floor) for grading your gems.
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MUSIC CHAINS(specialty pop music stores are clustered in the East and West villages)
X- HMV 2081 Broadway (72St)(212/721-5900), 1280LexAve (86St)(212/348-0800),
57W 34ST (6Ave)212/629-0900; and 565 5Ave (46th St) tel 212/681-6700.(pleasant & fun)
X- J&R Music World 23 Park Row (between Beekman and Anne sts) tel 212/238-9000.
X- Virgin Megastore 1540 Broadway (45St) tel 212/921-1020; & 52 E 14St (212/598-4666).
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DRINKING IN NYC
X- The best spots are S of 14St (West Village, East Village, NoLita, SoHo and W Lower E Side).
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DINING & NIGHTLIFE
X- B.B. King Blues Bar & Grill (243 W 42St./8ave)(212/997-4144)
X- Blue Note-(131W3St)(212-475-8592)("the world's finest jazz club")
X- Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11St)(718/486-7422)
X- Cotton Club in Harlem (142 st / Lenox Ave)(888-640-7980)
X- Gimme! Coffee, Brooklyn (495 Lorimer St)(Powers St)(718/388-7771)
X- H & H Bagels (80th St/Broadway)(46 St/12Ave)(1-800 NY-BAGEL)
X- Lightship Frying Pan (Pier 63 North River NY) tel: (212) 989-6363
X- Mars 2112 (1633 Broadway/51st)(212/ 582-2112)
X- Nathan's Famous, Brooklyn (1310 Surf)(Stillwell Ave)(Coney Island)(718-946-2202)
X- Peanut Butter & Co. (240 Sullivan St)(Greenwich Village)(1-866-ILOVEPB )
X- Tavern on the Green (Central Park at West 67St)(Phone: 212.873.3200)
X- Tom's Diner (2880 Broadway)(Cross Street: 112th Street)(212/864-6137)
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VENUES & SPORTS ARENAS
X- Madison Square Garden (7th Ave & 32nd Street)(212/307-7171)
X- Rucker Park (155 St / Frederick Douglass Boulevard)(Harlem)(Focus: NBA history)
X- Shea Stadium (123-01 Roosevelt Ave)(126St)(Flushing, Queens)(718/ 507-8499)
X- The Meadowlands (NJ)(50 State Rte 120 East Rutherford)(201/935-8500)
X- Yankee Stadium (161 St)(River Avenue)(Bronx)(718/293-4300)
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THEATERS
X- Amato Opera Theatre (319 Bowery)(212/228-8200)(Downtown)
X- Apollo Theater in New York City, NY
X- Beacon Theatre in New York, NY
X- Carnegie Hall in New York City, NY
X- Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, NY
X- Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, NY
X- Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, NY
X- New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City, NY
X- Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY
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FAKE IDs (Warning; Illegal!) (bellow date from net sites)(For Info only!)
X- Area on 42St (6/7ave)("few small souvenir shops") & on 8th Avenue (lower 40's).
---Note: "NO real driver's licenses IDs here!"/ "40-60$ for one of these "non-government" ID's."
X-Roosevelt Ave (Jackson Heights)(Queens) ("green card $100")("fake documents mecca")
---Note: "AVOID street people" / "Cash on delivery ONLY". / E/V/R trains to Jackson Heights.
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NIGHT CLUBS & BARS IN NYC
X- Zanzibar (645 9Ave)(45St)(212-957-9197)(Bar)
X- Strata (915 Broadway)(21St)(212-505-2192)(Club)(10-20$ entrance)
X- Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St)(Bowery St)(212-533-2111)(bar)
X- Webster Hall (125 E 11St)(4ave)(212-353-1600)(Club)
X- Blue Note (131 W 3St)(McDougal St)(212-475-8592)(Jazz)
X- Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston St)(~Ave A)(212-260-4700)
X- Caroline's Comedy Club (1626 Broadway)(50st)(212-757-4100)
X- Crobar (530 W 28St)(11ave)(212-629-9000)(Night or Dance Club)
X- Marquee Nightclub (289 10Ave)(27st)(646-473-0202)(Night Club)
X- Hogs & Heifers (859 Washington St)(W 13 St)(212-929-0655)(bar)
X- Bitter End The (147 Bleecker St)(212-673-7030)(Bar)
X- Beacon Theater (2124 Broadway)(212-496-7070)
X- Home Night Club (532 W 27St)(10Ave)(212-273-3700)
X- Roxy (515 W 18St)(10Ave)(212-645-5156)
X- Detour (349 E 13St)(2ave)(212-533-6212)(Jazz)
X- Kenny's Castaways (157 Bleecker St/Thomson)(212-979-9762)(Bar)
X- Quo Night Club (511 W 28St/10ave)(Miami)(212-268-5105)
X- Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery/Bleeker)(212-614-0505)
X- Lenox Lounge Inc (288 Lenox Ave/125st)(212-427-0253)(Harlem Bar)
X- Show Night Club (135 W 41St)(Broadway)(212-278-0988)(#1 bachelorette..)
X- Club Macanudo (26 E 63St)(Madison)(Havana)(212-752-8200)
X- Avalon Night Club (47 W 20St)(6ave)(212-807-7780)('Lamelight')
X- Jazz Gallery (290 Hudson St/Spring)(212-242-1063)
X- New York Friars Club (57 E 55St/ParkAve)(212-751-7272)(Upscale)
X- Vudu Lounge (1487 1Ave)(77/78st)(212-249-9540)
X- Ruby Falls (609 W 29St/11ave)(212-643-6464)(upscale)
X- Yuki Inc (300 E 41St/2ave)(212-599-88880)(Japanese etc)
X- Branch NY (226 E 54St/3ave)(646-736-1600)(Upscale)
X- Cafe Del Bar (945 Columbus Ave)(106st) (212-749-3313)(Columbiana etc)
X- El Vasilon Nightclub (3534 Broadway/145st)(212-283-17880(Latin)
X- Copacabana Club NYC (In Chelsea)(560 W 34St/11ave)(646-736-1600)(Legendary)
X- El Morocco (3534 Broadway/145st)(212-939-0909)
X- Brown Sugar Club (433 Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macon St, Brooklyn)(718-919-4163)
X- Sarabanda (32-10 37Ave/32st)(Astoria,Queens)(718-361-7179)(Latin Club)
X- Kabala Lounge (34-01 36Ave/34st, Astoria)(718-717-0970)(Mystical/Internat.)
X- Club DNA (2522 34Ave/25st)(Long Island City, Queens)(718-784-1822)
X- Grecian Cave (3111 Broadway/31st, Astoria)(718-274-2227)
X- Union Square Cafe (21 E 16th St/5ave)( US's # 1)(Manhattan)(212-243-4020)
X- Pastis (9 9Ave)(Little W 12st)(212-929-4844)(French bistro)
X- Pravda (281 Lafayette St)(~E Houston)(212-226-4696)(underground Caviar Bar)
---More Night Clubs---
X- China Club (268 W 47St)(212 398 3800)(Club)
X- S.O.B.'s (204 Varick St)(~Houston St)(212-243-4940)(Global Rhythms) (10-20$)
X- Pacha (618 W 46St)(11Ave-W Side Highway)(212-209-7500)(Euro)($30)
X- Studio B (259 Banker St)(~ Meserole Avenue)(Brooklyn)(Euro)(718-389-1880)
X- 13 (35 E 13St)(Broadway/University Place)(212-979-6677)(Disco etc)
X- B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 W 42St)(7/8 Ave)(212-997-4144)(Blues)
X- Acme Underground (9 Great Jones St)(Broadway/Lafayette St)(212-677-6963)(Rock etc)
X- Cavo Cafe Lounge (42-18 31Ave)(42St)(Astoria, Queens)(718-721-1001)(Greek, etc.)
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STRIP CLUBS IN NYC
X- Privilege (565 W. 23St)(10/11 St)(212-243-6888)
X- Deja Vu (147-95 Farmers Blvd)(Rockaway Blvd, Queens)(718-995-0500)
X- Scandals (2403 Queens Plaza North)(718-784-5600)(more liberal then Manhattan)
X- Gallaghers 2000 (43-19 37St) (Just off Queens Blvd.)(718.361.1348)
X- Infinity (51-07 27St, Long Island City/LIC, N.Y.)(718-784-8060)
X- Gold Finders (92-77 Queens Blvd)(Rego Park,Queens)(718-997-8661)
X- City Scape (2700 Queens Plaza South)(Long Island City, Queens) (718-786-8390)
X- Wiggles (all nude)(96-24 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, NY)(718-897-4606)
X- HunkMania Male Revue (For ladies)(550 W34St)(bet. 10/11 Ave)(1-800-800-6067 Ext.# 0 )
X- Flash Dancers (1674 Broadway)(52/53st)(212-315-5107)
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ESCORT AGENCIES
X- Americana Services (43 W 38St)(6ave)(212-489-2229)
X- Classic Escort (686 Lex Ave)(56/57st)(212-439-6463)
X- Cosmopolitan Escorts (686 Lex Ave # 3)(56/57st)(212-879-9000)
X- Male Escorts NYC (345 Broadway/Leonard St)(646-420-0112)
X- Midtown Escort Svce (615 2Ave)(34st)(212-315-3472)
X- Preference Escort Services (124 W 60St)(Amsterdam/Columbus)(212-246-2220)
X- Paradise Escorts (27 E 21St)(Broadway)(212-684-0444)
X- VIP Escorts (370 Lex Ave)(41st)(212-688-2512)
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GAY AND LESBIAN NYC
--Bars--mainly for men
X- The Bar 68 2nd Ave (at E 4th St) tel 212/674-9714.
X- Barracuda 275 W 22St (7/8ave) tel 212/645-8613.(#1)
X- Brandy's Piano Bar 235 E 84St (2/3ave) tel 212/744-4949.
X- The Cock 188 Ave A (12St) tel 212/777-6724.(amateur "talent" contests)(strip karaoke)
X- The Dugout 185 Christopher St (at Weehawken St) tel 212/242-9113.("gay sports bar")
X- Dusk Lounge 147 W 24St (6/7ave) tel 212/924-4490. (perfect on a weekday afternoon)
X- Julius 159 W 10St (at Waverly Place) tel 212/929-9672.(oldest gay bar in the city)
X- The Monster 80 Grove St (at Waverly Place) tel 212/924-3558.(Very popular... tourists)
X- Phoenix 447 E 13St (1/Ave A) tel 212/477-9979.(East Village favorite)
X- Rawhide 212 8Ave (21St) tel 212/242-9332.
X- Stonewall 53 Christopher St (Waverly Place/7Ave S)(212/463-0950)(history:1969 riot)
X- WonderBar 505 E 6St (btwn.A/B ave's)(212/777-9105)(Cramped,festive&lesbian-friendly)
--Bars--mainly for women
X- Ginger's 363 5Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn tel 718/788-0924.
X- Henrietta Hudson 438 Hudson St (between Morton and Barrow sts) tel 212/924-3347.
X- Julie's 204 E 58St (2nd/3rd aves) tel 212/688-1294.
X- Marie's Crisis 59 Grove St (212/243-9323)(Well-known cabaret/piano bar)(tourists&locals)
X- Meow Mix 269 E Houston St (at Suffolk St)(212/254-0688)(Among city's hottest girl venues)
X- The Rising 186 5Ave (Sackett St)(Park Slope, Brooklyn)(718/789-6340)
X- Rubyfruit Bar & Grill 531 Hudson St (10St)(212/929-3343)(A cozy, friendly place 4 'dykes')
--Clubs-- (note:read 'Village Voice' for the latest in homosexual hip.)(~=at or near)
X- J's Hangout 675 Hudson St (~14St)(212/242-9292)(Very cruisey late-night spot)(opens 12am)
X- La Nueva Escuelita 301 W 39St (8th Ave)(212/631-0588)(Exclusive & elusive)(#1)(wait in line)
X- The Monster 80 Grove St (at Sheridan Square) tel 212/924-3558.Diverse theme.($5/weekend).
X- The Web 40 E 58St (212/978-9988)(Mainly Asian crowd)(drag competitions)($5-10).etc.
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HOTELS IN NEW YORK CITY (QUALITY & INEXPENSIVE)( EXCLUSIVE DEALS)
X- Sohotel (341 Broome Street)(~Bowery Street)(Rate:155$room/1night)(212-226-1482)
X- Hotel Newton (2528 Broadway)(95st)($132.00..)(800-643-5553/212-678-6500)
X- Excelsior Hotel (45 W 81St)($234.00)(Tel: 212-362-9200)
X- Americana Inn (69 W 38St)($120.00) (Tel: 212-840-6700)
X- Regency Inn and Suites (215 W 34St)($186)(212-947-5050)
X- New York Inn (765 8Ave)($131)(212-247-5400)
X- Clarion Hotel at LaGuardia Airport (9400 Ditmars Blvd.,E Elmhurst)($156)(718-335-1200)
X- The Comfort Inn (Long Island City)(42-24 Crescent Street)($181)(718-303-3700)
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