Arthur Avenue is a mainstay of the Bronx. Since the early 1900's til today, it's been the hub of the Italian-American community that calls the Bronx home. Many family-owned, traditional businesses dot the main avenue, and the food culture is rich and boisterous.

This burlesque club contains a stripper pole, but is hardly worth it unless you know someone who will hook up drinks.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

The oldest still-operating restaurant in New York City, still in the family of the original founders. At Christmastime, it's decorated to the nines. Go with a big group: portions are large and the wine flows liberally. Look for the little buttons on the walls: in the old days, the mafia would hang out in the back room, and if diners saw the cops come in, they'd press the buttons so the mafia guys could run out the back.

SITUATIONS is a contemporary art gallery in Manhattan that exhibits artists from the United States and abroad.