Harlem is the most famous African American neighborhood in the United States. Harlem has played a very important role for black history, black culture and the…
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Hell’s Kitchen is an area in Midtown Manhattan. It is also known as Midtown West or Clinton and it includes the area from 8th Avenue…
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Manhattan’s Chinatown is one of the largest enclaves of Chinese immigrants in the western hemisphere. In the 1980s it has even surpassed San Francisco’s famous Chinatown,…
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Also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, East Harlem is one of the biggest Latino communities in New York City. The streets of East…
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Soho stands for “South of Houston Street” and it is one of New York’s most glamorous shopping destinations. Many high-grade fashion labels have stores in…
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Union Square is located at the southern tip of the Flatiron District, at the intersection of Broadway and 14th Street. Union Square is a historic…
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The Flatiron District is more or less the gap between Midtown and Lower Manhattan. The area is named after the Flatiron Building, a thin and gorgeous…
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The Meatpacking District is a small industrial area between the West Village and Chelsea. The area takes its name from the many meat factories that…
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Chelsea is the epicenter of New York’s gay life. It is home to a large gay population stereotyped as gym-toned “Chelsea Boys”. On 8th Avenue,…
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The name Tribeca is an acronym for “Triangle below Canal Street”. The neighborhood used to be an industrial district dominated by warehouses, but it has…
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Being one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city, the Lower East Side has long been known as an immigrant and low-class worker neighborhood. In…
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The Financial District is a neighborhood at the southern tip of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city’s major financial…
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Midtown Manhattan is the busiest and largest commercial district in the United States. Department stores, fashion shops, museums, theaters, television studios and many other businesses are…
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Times Square is a world famous square located at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It’s probably the most bustling place in…
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Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in the western part of Harlem. Together with the neighborhood of Sugar Hill, the area has been known as the…
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Manhattanville is a mostly industrial neighborhood in Manhattan, characterized by the elevated subway that runs on a viaduct throught the neighborhood. Manhattanville is not a…
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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States; it was opened for use in 1883. Stretching over the East…
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Little Italy is a neighborhood in Manhattan, once known for its large population of Italian immigrants. In the middle of the 20th century however, many…
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