Brooklyn tattoo shop specializing in American traditional style work. Everyone is super nice and cool.

The design and photography floor at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Union Square.

This place has one of the hottest rooms I've ever been in. The combination of barely being able to breathe from the heat to immediately jumping into a freezing murky pool is addictive. There's also a great roof patio for a change of scenery. A good old school New York spot.

An awesome, and sometimes free, ferry that links Manhattan at the Financial District to Ikea in Brooklyn via Red Hook. Very great views of the city and if you end up having to pay it's redeemable for a monetary discount towards an Ikea purchase. I think of it as a treat and an investment.

A good flat white is hard to find but this is one place in NYC that has coffee that tastes like it does back in New Zealand.