Manhattan/Upper West Side

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By subway

The primary New York City#By subway|subway service to the Upper West Side is the 1 local train and the 2 and 3 express trains, which run under Broadway. All three lines stop at 72nd St. and 96th St., with the 1 also stopping at 59th St. (Columbus Circle), 66th St. (Lincoln Center), 79th St., 86th St., 103rd St., 110th St., 116th St. (Columbia University), and 125th St. The 1 line continues north along Broadway, while the 2 and 3 lines branch east north of the 96th St. stop and head into Central Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan|Harlem.

Also serving the neighborhood are the A, B, C, and D lines, which run under Central Park West (called 8th Av. north and south of Central Park), although the A and D express lines usually stop only at 59th St. (Columbus Circle) and 125th St.(at St. Nicholas Av.), except after midnight, when the A goes local for a few hours. The B (weekdays only) and C local lines stop at 59th St., 72nd St., 81st St. (Museum of Natural History), 86th St., 96th St., 103rd St., 110 St., 116th St., and 125 St.

Travel on a Bus in Manhattan/Upper West Side

Numerous New York City#By bus 2|bus routes serve this neighborhood, including:

M5, on Riverside Drive north of 72 St. and Broadway south of that street
M104 on Broadway
M7 and M11, which go uptown (north) on Amsterdam Av. and downtown (south) on Columbus Av.
M10 on Central Park West.
M4 on Broadway coming from the north to 110th Street and then crosstown to 5th Avenue.

There are also crosstown buses on 65th/66th Sts., 72nd St. (the M72, which uses the 66th St. transverse through Central Park), 79th St., 86th St., 96th St., 106th St. (to and from East 116th St.), and 125th St.

On foot or by bicycle

A walk or bike ride to the Upper West Side is a very pleasant way to get in in good weather, whether going through Central Park from the Upper East Side or heading north from the Manhattan/Theater District|Theater District. The Hudson River Greenway provides easy access through Riverside Park to Upper and Lower Manhattan. The Citibike bike share system has stations all around the neighborhood and most of Manhattan.

What to see in Manhattan/Upper West Side

Landmarks

Ansonia - Formerly the Ansonia Hotel - 2109 Broadway 40.78, -73.9825 Between 73rd and 74th Sts. - The Ansonia Ansonia Bwy 74 jeh This pretty 17-story Beaux Arts building was completed in 1904 and designed to be New York City's first air-conditioned hotel. It was a residential hotel, and housed a number of very famous people, including the Hall of Fame baseball player, Babe Ruth; the Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso; the modernist composer, Igor Stravinsky; the Italian conductor of the NBC Symphony, Arturo Toscanini; and writers Theodore Dreiser and Isaac Bashevis Singer. The building is now a condominium.

Apthorp - 2211 Broadway and 390 West End Avenue 40.783889, -73.981389 79th-78th Streets, Broadway to West End ☎ +1 212 799-2211 - The Apthorp Apthorp apartments LC-USZ62-10070 A beautiful early 20th-century high-rise luxury apartment building, taking up the entire square block between 78th and 79th Sts. between Broadway and West End Avenue. Its companion and the Belnord, takes up the square block between 86th and 87th Sts. between Broadway and Amsterdam. Both buildings were completed in 1908, at a time when the Upper West Side was still full of wide open spaces.

Central Savings Bank building 2112 Broadway 40.77973, -73.98123 Occupies the block between 73rd and 74th Sts. between Broadway and Amsterdam - This building, currently occupied by Apple Bank for Savings, is a notable Italianate palazzo whose stone facades and metal-barred windows are meant to ooze a sense of security.

Dakota Building | 1 West 72nd Street 40.77652, -73.97633 at Central Park West - This massive apartment building has been (and is!) home to many celebrities. Probably best known was the former Beatle John Lennon, who was gunned down outside the building on December 8th, 1980 by a crazed fan named Mark Chapman. Lennon had been living at the Dakota with his second wife, Yoko Ono, who still resides in the building. A memorial to the former Beatle exists nearby in Central Park. The building has become a popular place of pilgrimage for many who admire Lennon.

Time Warner Center - 10 Columbus Circle 40.76836, -73.98260 Broadway and 59th Street; Subway: {{NYCS|1 trains to Columbus Circle ☎ +1 212 823-6300 Opening Hours: Monday to Sat: 10AM Monday - 9PM; Sun: 11AM Monday - 7PM Has the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for dining, drinks, and Chihuly chandeliers. It also has a small, ultra-high-end mall with luxury shops and Botero sculptures. In the basement is a large Whole Foods Market, and there is seating for eating their prepared food and salad bar items (cheaper than eating in a restaurant). Or better yet, on nicer days, pick up a prepared meal to go and venture across the street to Columbus Circle or Sheep's Meadow in Central Park for a nice outdoor meal.

The San Remo 145 and 146 Central Park West 40.77803, -73.97516 - The historic building with the distinctive, iconic twin towers and a star-studded housing cooperative board. Built in 1930 in a vaguely art-deco style to the design of Emery Roth and the San Remo actually has two separate addresses, lobbies and sets of shafts, each for a half of the building topped with a tower.

Museums

American Folk Art Museum - 2 Lincoln Plaza 40.77320, -73.98151 Columbus Avenue at 66th Street; Subway: {{NYCS|1 to 66 Street-Lincoln Center ☎ +1 212 595-9533 +1 212 595-6759 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sa, noon-7:30PM, Sunday noon-6:30PM, closed Monday Free

Barosaurus New York American Museum Natural History - A Barosaurus rears over the Museum of Natural History entry hall

American Museum of Natural History - Central Park West between 77th and 81st Streets (entire block) 40.78075, -73.97316 Subway: {{NYCS|B(weekdays only) or {{NYCS|C to 81st Street-Museum of Natural History ☎ +1 212 313-7278 Opening Hours: Monday to Sun: 10AM Monday - 5:45PM (Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas) Pay-what-you-wish (suggested admission $23 adults, $18 seniors/students, $13 children); special exhibitions cost extra Holding a remarkably large collection, each of the 5 floors of this massive building has expansive and well-designed exhibits devoted to astronomy, biology, geology, anthropology, climatology, and paleontology. You will want to allow a full day if you hope to see the entirety of the museum. Some of the highlights are the Rose Center for Earth and Space on the northeast corner of the building, which contains a seven-story glass cube holding the Hayden Planetarium, a huge sphere suspended above the exhibit halls below and holding a "cosmic pathway" exhibit; the numerous habitat diorama halls on the first, second and third floors, with recreations of African, Asian, North American, and ocean plants and animals, including a full-size model of a Blue Whale suspended above the Ocean Life Hall; a Hall of Minerals and Gems, which contains many rare and beautiful specimens, including the largest star sapphire in the world and a chunk of a massive meteorite; extensive anthropology halls on the first, second, and third floors, with exhibits devoted to people of Asia, Africa, Central America and the Pacific, and Native Americans; and the natural history halls on the fourth floor, with one of the largest collections of dinosaur skeletons in the world.

New York Historical Society - 170 Central Park West 40.77928, -73.97422 at 77th Street Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10AM Monday - 6PM $10 Americana including Audubon’s watercolors of birds.

Nicholas Roerich Museum - 319 W. 107th St. 40.80291, -73.96902 ☎ +1 212 864-7704 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 2PM Monday - 5PM

Churches and cathedrals

Gothic Church Church of St. John the Divine - 1047 Amsterdam Ave 40.80370, -73.96154 at 112th Street - The world's largest neo-Gothic cathedral and the place has been a work in progress for over a century! The campus also attracts many songbirds in season.

Riverside Church - Riverside Av. and 122 St. 40.81178, -73.96307 just south of Grant's Tomb - A large and historically important Protestant church and center of progressive social activism. Also neo-Gothic.

Institutions of learning

Alma Mater, Columbia University (6435262141) - Alma Mater, Columbia University

Columbia University - 40.80741, -73.96243 centered around Broadway and 116 Street - A famous Ivy League college that has existed since British colonial times, when it was called King's College.

Barnard College - 40.80941, -73.96342 across Broadway to the west - One of the Seven Sisters colleges, and is affiliated with Columbia University.

Teacher's College - 120th Street 40.81027, -73.96033 between Broadway and Amsterdam - Affiliated with Columbia, Teacher's College is an architectural gem with its block length Beaux Arts and neo-Gothic façades.

Juilliard School of Dance, Drama, and Music - 65th Street 40.77377, -73.98292 between Amsterdam and Columbus - One of the foremost conservatories of those disciplines in the United States.

The Mannes College of Music - 85th Street 40.78641, -73.97465 between Amsterdam and Columbus - The New School's classical conservatory of music.

Manhattan School of Music - 40.81247, -73.96133 122nd St. and Broadway - Another conservatory of music.

Fordham College at Lincoln Center - 60th Street 40.77115, -73.98548 between Columbus and Amsterdam - A branch of Fordham University.

Monuments

General Grant National Memorial New York November 2016 001 - Grant's Tomb

Grant's Tomb - General Grant National Memorial - Riverside Drive and 122nd Street 40.81345, -73.96305 Subway: {{NYCS|1 to 125th St. ☎ +1 212 666-1640 Opening Hours: Daily 9AM Monday - 5PM Grant's Tomb General_Grant_National_Memorial_New_York_November_2016_003 General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife are buried in this imposing mausoleum and the largest tomb in North America. If you come when it is closed, you can still see the impressive facade, but coming during open hours gives you the opportunity to view the murals and the tomb itself and various documentation inside. Across Riverside Drive and there is a viewpoint to look across the Hudson River, a museum, gift shop and restrooms.

Shinran Shonin - 331-332 Riverside Dr 40.80177, -73.97034 between 105th and 106th Streets - Staring pensively across Riverside Drive at the children playing in the park is the statue of Shinran Shonin, a 13th century Buddhist reformer. In another life and the statue stood in Hiroshima and witnessed the devastation caused by the bomb. His New York home is between two Riverside Drive buildings right next to the New York Buddhist Center.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Riverside Drive at 89th Street 40.79209, -73.97893 - A memorial to the Civil War dead (though, in typical New York fashion, it wasn't constructed till 1902, almost 40 years after the Civil War ended!).

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Performances

Beacon Theatre - 2124 Broadway 40.78050, -73.98108 between 74th and 75th Sts ☎ +1 212-465-6500 Opening Hours: Box Office hours: Monday - Saturday: 11AM - 7PM; if an event starts before 1PM and the Box Office will open 1 hour before event start time; if an event starts after 6:30PM, Box Office will remain open 30 minutes after event start time. Sunday: Closed, except that if an event takes place on Sunday and the Box Office will open at 12PM or 90 minutes before the event start time (whichever is earlier) and remain open 30 minutes after event start time for Will Call and tickets sales for the evening's event only. This is a major music performance venue for big-time solo acts and groups, and many, many famous artists have performed there, including The Rolling Stones, Jerry Garcia, Aerosmith, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Radiohead, Queen and the Allman Brothers. Prices are not cheap, and tickets sometimes sell out well in advance.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - between West 62nd and 66th Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues 40.77251, -73.98376 Subway: {{NYCS|1 to 66th Street or walkable from {{NYCS|D trains at 59th St. NB: Rose Hall venues are in the Time Warner Center, Broadway at 60th Street - The world's largest cultural complex, where you can see theater, symphonies, ballet, opera, movies, art exhibits or just wander the architecturally beautiful buildings. The buildings are modern, and even have modern chandeliers. There are two opera companies, and the famous Juilliard School of Music is also here. Also part of the complex is the New York Public Library's Library for the Performing Arts, containing circulating and non-circulating collections in music, drama, and dance, as well as special collections of priceless documents that scholars from around the world come to look at.

Metropolitan Opera - Confusingly referred to simply as "the Met" (together with the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and the premier opera company in New York has been housed at Lincoln Center since 1966, behind five soaring glass arches in the east facade, and within a vast white travertine-clad building. Two Marc Chagall murals grace the foyer. The hall has wonderful acoustics, and its ceiling is lined with Gold leaf and chandeliers.

Walter Reade Theater - The home of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the premier film society in the United States. The theater itself is a good place to catch the latest trends in cinema from all over the world with annual showcases from Africa, Spain, France, Italy, and Asia. The film society organizes the annual New York Film Festival in early October, one of the nation's best film festivals, with great films from around the world accompanied by interesting discussions, lectures, and panels. Tickets usually sell out at least a month in advance.

David H. Koch Theater - The home of the New York City Ballet. The Nutcracker staged by the Ballet every December is a holiday classic, popular with New Yorkers and tourists alike.

Jazz at Lincoln Center | Frederick P. Rose Hall, 5th Floor, Broadway at 60th Street ☎ +1 212-258-9800 This organization was founded by the well-known jazz trumpeter and educator, Wynton Marsalis. Many famous jazz musicians perform solo or small combo sets at this venue and there is also a Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which is quite excellent.

Merkin Concert Hall - @nter.org 129 W. 67th St. 40.77524, -73.98296 between Amsterdam and Broadway ☎ +1 212-501-3330 Opening Hours: Box office hours: Su–Thursdaynoon–7PM; Friday noon–3PM; Saturday the Box Office opens one hour prior to curtain time Important and fairly prestigious venue for classical music, much of it contemporary, and various other kinds of performances. The hall seats about 250 people and has good acoustics for chamber music. This hall is near Lincoln Center but is not part of it; instead, it is part of the Kaufman Music Center, which also runs music schools for children.

Symphony Space - 2537 Broadway 40.79397, -73.97264 just south of 95th St. ☎ +1 212-864-5400 Opening Hours: Box Office hours: Tuesday - Sunday 1PM - 6PM, open two hours prior to performances and events. Symphony Space used to be the Symphony movie theater back in the 1970s, and it still occasionally screens films, but it is more often used, nowadays, as a performance venue. The offerings are eclectic, and though ticket prices have crept up and there are quite a few affordable shows, especially at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, another former movie theater around the junction on 95 St. between Broadway and West End Ave.

Miller Theater - miller-@ 2960 Broadway 40.80803, -73.96334 116th Street and Broadway ☎ +1 212-854-7799 - Miller Theater is Columbia University's main performing arts venue and is well known for its classical music performances.

Parks and walks

Stjohn divine1 - Part of the immense interior of the Gothic Church of St. John the Divine

Riverside Park | west of Riverside Drive 40.804, -73.97 - Riverside Park (Manhattan) Riverside Park 03 While nearby Central Park is justly famous and finds its way onto a "must see" list for most visitors to New York, Riverside Park also has its charms, as its riverfront location provides pleasant views of New Jersey and sometimes breezes off the river. Summer brings al fresco movies, plays and music to Riverside Park.

Morningside Heights Walking Tour - Morningside Heights remained relatively bucolic till the turn of the 20th century because of its relative inaccessibility, and most of the existing apartment buildings were constructed between about 1900 and 1910. The buildings survive because elevators were being introduced then, and consequently most of the buildings are ten- to twelve-story apartment blocks rather than smaller townhouses or single family homes. Juliet balconies, details on the facades, and grand lobbies make this neighborhood a great place to explore the local architecture. The Gothic Church of St. John's the Divine and 115 buildings in the area bounded by Riverside Drive, Amsterdam Avenue, 110th Street and 119th Street are designated as landmark buildings by the New York City Landmarks Preservation committee. On the border between Morningside Heights and Harlem is Morningside Park, once the murder capital of Manhattan in the 1970s but now a peaceful, beautiful space of greenery with some plunging hillsides.

Cinemas

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Tom's Restaurant, Manhattan - Tom's Restaurant

Tom's Restaurant | 2880 Broadway 40.80546, -73.965397 NE corner of Broadway and 112th Street ☎ +1 212-864-6137 Opening Hours: Sunday - West 6AM Monday - 1:30AM; Thursday - Saturday 24 hours Tom's Restaurant The restaurant from the comedy series Seinfeld Tour|Seinfeld. This place is a shrine for many TV pilgrims; for the local residents, just a diner.

Street food

Halal Cart - 116th and Broadway - Good Chicken, veggies, lamb with Rice combos for lunch. Coffee and bagels in the mornings.

Italian Ice Lady - 110th and Broadway - Cheap ices $0.75-1.50 Late Spring to early Fall only.

Fruit Stands - 110th and Broadway, and 112th and Broadway - Spring to Fall only.

The Taco Stand - 96th and Broadway - A popular stand with good tacos. Nights only.

Barney Greengrass - 541 Amsterdam Ave 40.78795, -73.97456 east side of Amsterdam between 86th & 87th Streets ☎ +1 212-724-4707 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 8:30AM Monday - 6PM Barney Greengrass has been known as the "Sturgeon King" for a very long time, having opened his original store in 1908. The smoked fish that this establishment is known for is not cheap: Smoked fish platters in the restaurant range from $28-58, not counting the "deluxe platter for two," which will set you back $95. You can save some money by having eggs with a side of smoked fish; that'll still cost you between $14.50 and $20.75, but you won't regret it. This place is a real New York institution, and the only place in Manhattan that is considered to rival it for what's traditionally called Yahudi "appetizing" (that is, pareve products that are neither hala Meat nor milk but include fish) is Russ & Daughters on the Manhattan/Lower East Side|Lower East Side.

Kefi - 505 Columbus Ave 40.78530, -73.97262 between 84th and 85th Sts. ☎ +1 212 873-0200 Opening Hours: Lunch Monday to Friday noon–3PM; Brunch Saturday Sunday 11AM–3PM; Dinner Sunday - Thursday 5PM–10PM, F-Sa 5PM–11PM $30-35/person for a full dinner A high-quality and very popular Greek restaurant (not a diner in any sense). Reservations strongly suggested, especially for dinner.

Indus Valley - 2636 Broadway 40.79699, -73.96971 at 100th St. ☎ +1 212 222-9222 - A classy Northern Indian restaurant that serves excellent food. Their lunch special is a bargain; dinner is a little more, but still a fine value.

Isabella's - 359 Columbus Avenue 40.780482, -73.976351 at 77th Street ☎ +1 212 724-2100 Opening Hours: Sunday 10AM Monday - 10PM, Monday Tuesday 11:30AM Monday - 10PM, West Thursday 11:30AM Monday - 10:30PM, Friday 11:30AM Monday - 11PM, Saturday 10AM Monday - 11PM $10-28 Reliable, market-fresh offerings and a staple brunch menu.

Pio Pio - 702 Amsterdam Ave 40.79297, -73.97145 at 94th Street ☎ +1 212 665-3000 - A Manhattan outpost of a very popular upscale Peruvian chain. Serves great rotisserie Chicken, and tends to be very loud due to the large crowds of local residents that come here.

Salumeria Rosi - 283 Amsterdam Ave 40.77934, -73.98084 between 73rd and 74th Sts ☎ +1 212 877-4800 Salads: $12-16; soups: $13-15; antipasti: $11-15; pasta: $16-17; meat: $15-18; cheese: $12-14; fruit cocktail: $12-20; tastes of salumi: $8 The cuisine of this restaurant is based on excellent salumi (cured meats), and the other ingredients are fresh and high-quality. The "small" selection of salumi is quite substantial, and the salads are large and quite good. The antipasti, while tasty, are rather small, so they're worth getting but can add up more quickly. Good cheeses, too. The front of the shop is a counter that sells salumi and cheeses to take out. Informal atmosphere, serious cuisine, and good service. It isn't cheap, but it is a very good value, especially for the neighborhood.

Sookk - 2686 Broadway 40.79865, -73.96833 between 102nd and 103rd Streets ☎ +1 212 870-0253 - A cozy (Thai) restaurant with great traditional and fusion.

Turkuaz - 2637 Broadway 40.79724, -73.97030 at 100th St. ☎ +1 212 665-9541 - Popular for its Turkish Halal Food. It can get a little crazy with crowds and belly dancing at times, but many regulars think it's well worth it.

Atlantic Grill - 49 West 64th Street 40.772074, -73.981491 64th Street at Broadway ☎ +1 212 787-4663 Opening Hours: Sunday 11AM Monday - 10PM, Monday 11:30AM Monday - 10PM, Tuesday - Thursday 11:30AM Monday - 11PM, Friday 11:30AM Monday - 12AM, Saturday 11:30AM Monday - 11PM Prix fixe lunch: $28, Prix fixe dinner: $48 Seafood; sushi, oysters and simply grilled fish a la carte.

Masa - 10 Columbus Circle 40.76859, -73.98301 in the Time Warner Center ☎ +1 212 823-9800 - Probably the most expensive restaurant in New York, so go only if money is no object. Those who have been there strongly recommend that you sit at the sushi bar in order to have the best experience. Reservations necessary.

Ocean Grill - 384 Columbus Avenue 40.781678, -73.976078 at 78th Street ☎ +1 212 579-2300 Opening Hours: Sunday 10:30AM Monday - 10PM, Monday - Thursday noon-10PM, Friday noon-10:30PM, Saturday 11:30AM Monday - 10:30PM Directly across the street from the Museum of Natural History. A fabulous seafood restaurant with fresh sushi, raw bar selections and simply grilled fish.

Per Se - 10 Columbus Circle 40.76829, -73.98312 in the Time Warner Center ☎ +1 212 823-9335 - The New York outpost of Chef Thomas Keller of the French Laundry in Yountville, which is in the Napa Valley of California. Chef Keller is one of the most famous and highly praised chefs in the United States. It used to be necessary to call months in advance for reservations, but due to the recession, same-day reservations may be worth attempting.

Sapphire Indian - 1845 Broadway 40.76940, -73.98250 between 60th and 61st Streets, near the Lincoln Center ☎ +1 212 245-4444 - Excellent unadventurous North Indian food served by knowledgeable waiters in this upscale restaurant. A bit pricey, but you will get a fair value.

Markets

Zabars fish - Lox for sale at Zabar's

Citarella - 2135 Broadway 40.78102, -73.98172 corner of 75th St. ☎ +1 212-874-0383 Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday 7AM to 11PM; Sunday 9AM Monday - 9PM Started out as a fish market and then added an increasingly large hala Meat section. They also sell some prepared items. Can be pricey.

Fairway | 2127 Broadway 40.78069, -73.98178 between 74th and 75th Sts ☎ +1 212 595-1888 - Probably the best-known supermarket in New York, Fairway sells a wide variety of specialty and prepared items, in addition to usual supermarket fare, and has large produce sections. Lots of good values to be had, but watch out for elbows and aggressive shopping cart drivers at peak times.

Milano Market - 2892 Broadway 40.80570, -73.96516 between 112th and 113th Sts. ☎ +1 212 665-9500 - Italian products with a good deli, reasonable cheeses, and a good selection of international soft drinks.

Schatzie's - 2665 Broadway 40.79818, -73.96959 between 101st and 102nd Sts. ☎ +1 212-410-1555 - Totally friendly, great meats, great butchers, order by phone, and affordableer than Citarella. And they will cook dinner for you if you like.

Westside Supermarket - 2840 Broadway 40.80421, -73.96625 at 110th Street ☎ +1 212 222-3367 - An old neighborhood establishment gone upscale. Amazing choice of prepared foods and good fruits and vegetables. The Cheese section is outstanding, as also are the meats and fish.

Zabar's - 2245 Broadway 40.78483, -73.97966 Northwest Corner of Broadway and 80th Street ☎ +1 212 787-2000 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8AM Monday - 7:30PM; Saturday 8AM Monday - 8PM; Sunday 9AM Monday - 6PM A very well-known store in New York, with an enormous selection of delicious (and often expensive) foods. Foodstuffs (cheeses, olives, smoked fish, prepared foods, breads, etc.) are sold on the first floor. The second floor is where you will find all sorts of devices related to cooking and food processing at price points ranging from affordable bargains to expensive luxury items. As with Fairway, do not go the day before Thanksgiving, and think carefully before going on a busy weekend. They also have a small cafe at the junction of 80th St. that has quite decent offerings (for example, frozen yogurt and sandwiches with some the good products sold in their store) and is not expensive.

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Abbey Pub - 237 West 105th Street 40.80050, -73.96746 off Broadway ☎ +1 212 222-8713 - An old style pub popular with Columbia University students.

Amsterdam Ale House - 340 Amsterdam Ave #1 40.78142, -73.97995 at 76th Street ☎ +1 212 362-7260 - Local pub specializing in microbrews.

Cotton Club - 666 West 125th Street 40.81758, -73.96030 Subway: {{NYCS|1 to 125th Street ☎ +1 212 663-7980 +1-888-640-7980 The world famous Cotton Club of Harlem's present incarnation near Columbia University is that of a dance club/dinner club. Swing dancing is on Monday nights (8:30PM Monday - midnight, $25), with a 13-piece swing band! Friday nights at 8:30PM are taken over by Latin Dance ($20) with a live 14-piece band playing merengue and bachata, appropriately for Dominican-heavy West Harlem. Thursday 8PM and Saturday 9PM are jazz/dinner and dancing nights ($55) for a southern cooking buffet and swing band, while Saturday to Sunday have gospel brunches at noon and 2:30PM ($45).

Dive Cafe - 732 Amsterdam Ave 40.79395, -73.97079 corner of 96 St. ☎ +1 212 749-4358 - One of the few cafes with any type of scene during the week. Good whiskey selection, good bartenders.

Dublin House - 225 West 79th Street 40.78363, -73.97911 north side of 79th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam ☎ +1 212 874-9528 Opening Hours: Daily 8AM Monday - 4AM Neighborhood café.

George Keeleys - 485 Amsterdam Ave 40.78583, -73.97597 between 83rd and 84th Sts. ☎ +1 212 873-0251 - Excellent organic juice selection

Smoke Jazz Club and Lounge - 2751 Broadway 40.80112, -73.96822 between 105th and 106th Sts. ☎ +1 212 864-6662 - Live jazz seven days a week. Performers often jam late into the night so go for the late set if you can.

Cafes

The Upper West Side has many idiosyncratic cafes, some of long standing in the neighborhood. Of course there is no shortage of nd Starbucks (Please do not support Starbucks as Starbucks supports Israel. Shun this coffee and go for alternative brands and if possible for a Muslim owned brand.) in the area, but for something different try one of the following:

Cafe Lalo - 201 West 83rd Street 40.78595, -73.97666 between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway ☎ +1 212 496-6031 - Around in the neighborhood for almost twenty years, Cafe Lalo is packed with a mostly young crowd until late in the night. Excellent cakes and pastries, coffee and tea in many varieties, and digestifs. Featured in You've Got Mail.

Max Cafe - 1262 Amsterdam Ave 40.81089, -73.95834 between 122nd and 123rd Streets ☎ +1 212 531-1210 - A laid back place for Coffee, tea, sandwiches, and free wireless in the Columbia University neighborhood.

Oren's | 2882 Broadway 40.80551, -73.96533 between 112th and 113th Streets ☎ +1 212 749-8779 - A local chain with good coffee and excellent teas.

Alice's Tea Cup - 102 West 73rd Street 40.77807, -73.97866 at Columbus Ave ☎ +1 212 799-3006 - Good tea selection, excellent scones and an Alice in Wonderland theme. Very popular with families with daughters

Levain's Bakery - 167 West 74th Street 40.77993, -73.98032 at Amsterdam Ave ☎ +1 212 874-6080 - Bakery best known for their big, dense cookies.

Crumbs - 775 Columbus Avenue 40.79380, -73.96648 between 97th and 100th Streets ☎ +1 917 410-5896 - Bakery specializing in cupcakes, including the Oreo cupcake and the Hostess cupcake cupcake

Magnolia - 200 Columbus Ave 40.77569, -73.98030 at 69th Street ☎ +1 212 724-8101 - Part of the cupcake bakery chain

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Belnord Hotel - 209 West 87th Street 40.78878, -73.97525 between Broadway and Amsterdam ☎ +1 212 873-5222 Budget hotel. Complimentary wireless internet access and luggage storage. Guest laundry available.

Broadway Hotel & Hostel - 230 West 101st Street 40.79792, -73.97001 ☎ +1 212 865-7710 Starting at $30/night

Hostelling International New York - 891 Amsterdam Ave 40.79843, -73.96678 at 103rd St; Subway: {{NYCS|1 to 103rd Street or {{NYCS|C to 103rd Street ☎ +1 212 932-2300 Dorms $45/night in the summer HI-New York is the largest hostel in North America. Close to the subway, with internet, 24-hour reception, laundry, a lounge area, a small cafe, and no curfew. The building is old, but in decent shape and pretty clean.

Hotel Newton - 2528 Broadway 40.79352, -73.97221 ☎ +1 212 678-6500 Newly refurbished budget hotel with amenities like microwave ovens, mini refrigerators and flat screen televisions.

Jazz On The Park Hostel - 36 West 106th Street 40.79819, -73.96107 Subway: {{NYCS|C trains to 103rd St.; Bus: M10 from Penn Station to West 103rd Street and Central Park West ☎ +1 212 932-1600 On-site cafe, 24 hour internet and reception, ATM, laundry, no curfew.

Marrakech Hotel - 2688 Broadway 40.79874, -73.96827 ☎ +1 212 222-2954 A boutique-style hotel with a chic design, relatively recently renovated accommodations. No elevator, though.

Morningside Inn - 235 West 107th Street 40.80193, -73.96659 ☎ +1 212 316-0055
Riverside Tower Hotel - 80 Riverside Dr 40.78561, -73.98170 at 80th Street +1-800-724-3136
Royal Park Hotel - 258 West 97th Street 40.79552, -73.97229 ☎ +1 212 665-7434
West Side YMCA - 5 West 63rd Street 40.77090, -73.98057 between Central Park West and Broadway ☎ +1 212 912-2600 Rates are a bit more than your average youth hostel but still affordable for Manhattan.

Central Park Inn - 19 West 103rd Street 40.79673, -73.96254 at Manhattan Ave; Subway: {{NYCS|C trains to 103rd Street ☎ +1 212 678-0491 +1-877-727-5233 +1 212 678-0453 Recently renovated studio apartments; extended stay.

Comfort Inn Central Park West - 31 West 71st Street 40.77625, -73.97762 ☎ +1 212 721-4770 Free high-speed internet, complimentary breakfast, and an exercise room.

Milburn Hotel - 242 West 76th Street 40.78187, -73.98190 ☎ +1 212 362-1006 A spacious apartment-like hotel with kitchenettes and upscale amenities. The hotel has a lobby with fireplace, library/lounge and soft couches, computer room and exercise facility.

Union Theological Seminary - 3041 Broadway 40.81136, -73.96187 between 120th and 122nd Streets ☎ +1 212 662-7100 Under $150, less for visitors with a Columbia University affiliation Well appointed rooms are set around a beautiful cloister.

Excelsior Hotel - 45 West 81st Street 40.78313, -73.97368 between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue; near the American Museum of Natural History ☎ +1 212 362-9200 A luxury four-star French-motifed hotel.

Lucerne Hotel - 201 West 79th St. 40.78350, -73.97844 at Amsterdam Ave ☎ +1 212 875-1000 An upscale boutique hotel fully restored and recently recognized as a landmark building.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel - 80 Columbus Circle 40.76898, -73.98299 60th Street and Broadway; in the Time Warner Building ☎ +1 212 805-8800 The hotel has a spa, upscale dining at Asiate, amazing views, and a fitness center on the premises.

NYLO New York City - 2178 Broadway 40.78208, -73.98039 at 78th street +1-800-509-7598 $200-250 The rooms are larger than in most Manhattan hotels, with a modern design.

Trump International Hotel Towers - 1 Central Park West 40.76912, -73.98154 +1-888-448-7867 An elegant 52-story hotel designed by noted architects Philip Johnson and Costas Kondylis.

Telecommunications in Manhattan/Upper West Side

Low Memorial Library Columbia University (5563467708) - Low Library, Columbia University

Columbia University - Free open wireless service in the neighborhood (best on campus).

New York Public Library - The NYPL branch libraries at Morningside Heights (114th and Broadway); Bloomingdale (100th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam); Street Agnes (Amsterdam Avenue and 81st Street); Riverside (Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street); and the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center (Amsterdam Av. between 64th and 65th Sts.) all have computer terminals for public use (library membership is not necessary).

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Travel Next

Other than visiting Manhattan/Central Park|Central Park, obvious places to go next are Manhattan/Theater District|the Theater District and Manhattan/Greenwich Village|the Village, easily reachable via all subway lines that run through the Upper West side; and the Manhattan/Upper East Side|Upper East Side, for visits to the Metropolitan Museum and any number of other museums along 5th Avenue. In addition, Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan|Harlem is easily walkable from the northern reaches of the Upper West Side, and well worth exploring.