The sights and sounds of Brooklyn…read more Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY is primary government offices and public administration where court houses and various government offices are located. Other non-government offices are food eateries, pubs and restaurants. I came here numerous occasions for NYC DCAS and Supreme Court of NYS. Outdoor summer activities as concerts and people street busk for a living near MetroTech Commons happens here.

Metro Tech is located Downtown Brooklyn. It was built by the same developer who built the South…read moreStreet Seaport and Inner Harbour. Chase is one of the bigger establishment 's in the area. City Tech and NYU are also housed in the area. In the summer you can see great concerts for free. Great seating area for lunch and free movies in the summer, and a cool choice if restaurants and hotels. Every December they have a Christmas tree lighting. This year they really outdid themselves. Hot chocolate and donuts, a rocking DJ, and beautiful ice carvings. And a performance by an all female Afro-Brazilian drumming group named Batala. They were awesome. I also enjoyed the MC, who kept everyone engaged and entertained. Then Santa arrived to light the beautiful tree. Its always nice to know that you can see a beautiful tree in Brooklyn, get great refreshments,meeting people, do a few line dances, warm up and then the a ha moment sets in. In have to go back to work. I filled my pockets with miniature candy canes and went on my merry little way and finished the rest of my evening with a very nice memory and a smile on my face.

This small square--or more so a triangle--is a commemorative plaza with a bust of Golda Meir,…read moreformer Israeli prime minister, on the corner of 39th Street and Broadway. She helped found Israel as a state in 1948 and was also the first woman to hold this post. The space is adjacent to a public space along the street on Broadway that used to be part of Urbanspace group's project several years ago to use public spaces for commercial and community purposes like food vendor pop-ups and art installations. While it's not clear if this company is still involved, there are still temporary outdoor art installations that are set up a couple times a year.

Grand Central Terminal is massive and the fact that this building is just sticking out of it with…read moremost people never noticing is a testament to that. Beautiful design inside and out.

My practice is located in this building. It is a gorgeous structure that is within the Beautiful…read moreGrand Central Terminal. There is instant access to Grand Central and the Equinox Gym. The lobby is immaculate. of course their is a Starbucks right outside.

Okay, so this really isn't a 5 star place. Seriously, don't expect too much of it. it's just a…read morerandom urn and historical marker sign. I'm only giving it 5 stars because it brought back some memories of my childhood when I grew up playing the Legend of Zelda. I imagined myself to be the Link, little boy running around a strange frightening world trying to save the Princess Zelda. Little did I know, living in NYC gives me the same exact feeling. I don't know what's going to surprise me next. From funny and dangerous characters, hidden spaces, NYC has a little bit of everything! When I biked around town one day, I normally zoom past this place, but I noticed one of those historical markers. It gave me a slightly eerie but creepy feeling to see this solo grave site here. If you're going to Grants Tomb, it is worth the walk to come check out this place. Just walk north along the walking path that runs parallel to Riverside Drive.

A relatively somber monument. It is nestled in the side of a park. If you're not paying attention,…read moreyou might even miss it. Still, it's a sweet gesture.

Even though it was closed because it's under construction I was able to go into the entrance and…read morethey still had the palm trees up and I was able to see through the mesh covering to see how beautiful the seating area is and it's still going to be an amazing place to sit and have lunch or dip into away from the rain. It stated they will be reopened by this year in the summer maybe the end of the summer. I can see it will be worth the wait

Nice place to sit and chill over coffee. The breakfast croissant was very good. Very spacious and…read morethe waiters were attentive. Nice ambiance.

Tour historic buildings and designated landmarks of New York. Bowery Savings Bank building is one…read moreof many historic. Any history buff or avid amateur architecture enthusiasts would have a full appreciation and admiration of this stone building as old world architectural craft is no longer in use. This building still stands with the passage of time and nature's elements. The correct location of Bowery Savings Bank Building is in Chinatown, Lower Manhattan- NOT Midtown East, Murray Hill. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=132531

You might find a few Bowery Bums in the doorway of the Bowery Savings Bank Building, but it's New…read moreYork, and more to the point it's the USA, and that goes with the territory. This building is very special to me because when I needed to get my citizenship it was here that my awesome lawyer (whose office is in the upper reaches of this magnificent building) helped me through the process and got me over the line - and I will always be grateful for that. He's David Gottfried of Gottfried & Gottfried, by the way. I would recommend him to anyone as the perfect immigration lawyer for my situation and I wish nothing but the best for him. As for the building it's a typical old rustic early 20th century New York stunner, and it seems haunted. They do make you go through a security check to get up inside here but then so does Barbie with her clients.

If you want to date either Rebecca De Morney or Portia De Rossi, and Portia is already taken, then…read moreTry Becca. There's not a lot of love for the little Tribeca Bridge. It is just a little bridge, I'm not sure why it doesn't get enough love. It's a nice footbridge going over whip Nae Nae (not sure why I said that) on the west side of town, oh I meant 9A, the street that at most times a day you would not really want to try to cross on foot, although I've done so many times. It's a 1992 Bridge and there are nice views despite the obstruction from the grates. It's pretty over here and due to the great views, I like it a lot, and I'm definitely not going to give it less than a four, even though everybody else seemed to do so.

A cool pedestrian foot bridge that lies above West Street (Route 9A) intersecting Chambers Street…read morewhere it connects Stuyvesant High School and Rockefeller Park that provides a safe passage for students across the busy and dangerous intersection. Completed in 1992, Tribeca Bridge resonate a modern design. Steps leading to the bridge are spiral and long stairway but hones a beautiful view of the entry way. Albeit, a safe passage to cross the street but with the long spiral stairway and walk way it does not save time, otherwise I'd suggest to cross at street level dodging perilous traffic. Elevator ability is accessible for those with physical limitations and, it is to my belief, feeds a foul stench. Through the grates of this pedestrian foot bridge some nice views are presented.

We visited this shrine while visiting Staten Island for the day. I didn't know what to expect but…read morewhen we arrived I was full of oohs ahhs. The shrine is located in a residential area on a dead end street in the Rosebank neighborhood. According to internet, "the shrine is made of "concrete spangled with smooth round stones, glass marbles, shells, plastic flowers. Some of the shrine is decorated with religious icons of saints, some behind glass, some not." There's a small inside space you can walk in and view pictures and memorials with crosses and diamond shapes surrounding where people place prayer cards and flowers in memory of loved ones. This shrine is definitely in a hidden gem in Staten Island and worth a one time visit.

You can live in Staten Island most of your life and still miss worthwhile sites. It's quiet and…read moreunassuming here and yet, like a pilgrim, you feel a certain awe here once you discover it.