I used to be baffled whenever I’d walk by tacky theme restaurants like the Jekyll and Hyde Club or the Slaughtered Lamb Pub in the Village. You’d expect to find them […]
The Pirate’s Den at 8 Christopher Street
The Hell Hole at West 4th Street and 6th Avenue
LARRY SLADE: “What’s it matter if the truth is that their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a growler of lager and ale, […]
The Jewish Forward at 175 East Broadway
If you’ve ever got a little free time in Chinatown, take a stroll towards the East Broadway F stop and look for a regal, 10-story Beaux Arts building of yellow brick and […]
The New Victory Theater at 209 West 42nd Street
If you’re looking for family-friendly fare near Times Square, you can’t beat the New Victory, one of the oldest theaters in New York City. You can recognize it by its sweeping staircase, […]
Cleopatra’s Needle in Central Park
Pop quiz: What is the oldest outdoor structure in Manhattan? Give up? If you guessed some old British farmhouse or Dutch graveyard, you’d be off by a couple millenia. The oldest structure […]
The Stage Door Canteen at 216 West 44th Street
At first glance, the horror-themed restaurant at 216 West 44th Street looks like everything wrong with Times Square. The Jekyll and Hyde Club is tacky, noisy, crowded, overpriced, and packed with tourists. […]
Thank God It’s Friday at 63rd Street and 1st Ave
What’s happening, cats? Hope you’re ready to flip your wigs because today’s post is a real gas. The year is 1965. The sexual revolution is in full swing, nearly 6.5 million Americans […]
The Manhattan Well Murder at 129 Spring Street
On the night of December 22nd, 1799, a beautiful young woman named Elma Sands left her cousin’s boarding house dressed in her finest coat and fur muff. The next morning, she had […]
“But Five Lives to Lose for my Country”: The Many Deaths of Nathan Hale
It was a warm autumn morning when Nathan Hale awoke to face his execution. Just weeks before, the British had taken New York City, and General Washington was desperate for useful intelligence. […]
Harry Jenning’s Rat Pit at 47-49 Madison Street
Tucked between a barber shop and a dry cleaners on the eastern fringes of Chinatown, you could walk right past this squat two-story house without giving it a second glance. But if […]
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