I had been living in Brooklyn Heights for some time and Long Island Restaurant has been closed for as long as I could remember. Then one day, the sign was lit up and not long after the new owners had resurrected the spot with the promise to the previous owners the name and sign never changes. Order "A Martini" from the menu. It's divine. As are the french fries. They're double fried.

The first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters.

I could include a separate location for every room at the Met. Each visit is a year's worth of Art-absorbing.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Secondhand works of fiction, film & philosophy sold in a shop with gatherings & special events.