New York City Guide: Offbeat destinations for adventurous visitors

[editor]

With the considerable help of a NY resident on the excellent Wired New York (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/) forums, I've posted up a comprehensive insider's guide to interesting sights to see in New York.

There's tons of things that I haven't seen out of that lot, so I'll definitely be making a few visits to some of the less obvious destinations.

Museums (http://www.urban75.org/newyork/museums.html)
Neighbourhoods (http://www.urban75.org/newyork/neighbourhoods.html)
More neighbourhoods (http://www.urban75.org/newyork/neighbourhoods2.html)
NY fun rides (http://www.urban75.org/newyork/fun-rides.html)
Parks and Squares (http://www.urban75.org/newyork/parks-squares.html)
Food and Drink (http://www.urban75.org/newyork/food-drink.html)

Hope some of you find it useful!

[stroober]

Another good source of whats going on is Flavorpill (http://nyc.flavorpill.net/)

[Paulie Tandoori]

You should also try out the Museum of Moving Image out in north Queens, it's absolutely fantastic linky (http://www.movingimage.us/site/site.php)

The museum really is very very good if you're into movies (we spent a good 4 or 5 hours there and yet still felt we rushed bits), and the subway station for Manhattan is one of the overhead ones over the road, so it feels like the French Connection scenes and looks great.

Thanx for the guide anyhoo :)

[paolo999]

One of my faves is a sunday morning trip to Coney. Bags of faded charm in the old funfair. Go early enough and it's deserted. You can almost hear "Warriors..." :)

[1927]

For anyone interested I can reccomend Newyorkology as a good site. I log in everyday to keep up to date with whats happening in NY and lots of useful info and links.

Forgotten New York is also excellent.

[rachamim18]

Paol: Coney is dying sad to say, most of it is being sold to developers, or has already been sold. However, while it exists, aside from Nathans,the original, the Sideshow and the Shooting Range the real attractions.

The Range for those that do not know, it is a site that allows you to fire pain gun at human moving targets. Sadly they use really desperate folks like homeless and crack addicts as the targets but it is fun to watch those who patronise the place. Real sordid side of humanity I think.

As far as offbeat, you could not encompass it in 10,000 threads but this a good stab. lived there for years and did not try alot of the places listed.

[D]

The Range for those that do not know, it is a site that allows you to fire pain gun at human moving targets. Sadly they use really desperate folks like homeless and crack addicts as the targets but it is fun to watch those who patronise the place. Real sordid side of humanity I think.

Where did you get the info re "desperate folks like homeless and crack addicts"?

This NPR segment (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1274227) is five years old, but it contains an interview with "the freak", a recent college graduate and aspiring actor.

The demolition of Coney Island has begun, but on Tuesday, April 1 (official season opening day), Shoot the Freak will be back in action for at least one more season.

[dada]

You should also try out the Museum of Moving Image out in north Queens, it's absolutely fantastic linky (http://www.movingimage.us/site/site.php)

The museum really is very very good if you're into movies (we spent a good 4 or 5 hours there and yet still felt we rushed bits), and the subway station for Manhattan is one of the overhead ones over the road, so it feels like the French Connection scenes and looks great.

Thanx for the guide anyhoo :)

yup, that's a good one.
i went there for the wong kar wai film festival and met the man himself. :cool:

[Lucky13]

There is this really nice strip club in Astoria.

[D]

There is this really nice strip club in Astoria.

how illuminating

[editor]

The Gothamist is a good NYC resource: www.gothamist.com

Lucky13: don't bother, mate. This is thread for grown ups.

[mhendo]

The aircraft carrier Intrepid has just returned (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jplk9b2iWG8UVlJr4yyl13snusSgD93ILHK00) to New York after a two-year absence. I'm not a big fan of the military, but i do admit to a certain fascination with some of the hardware. I'd really like to visit the Intrepid next time i go to New York.

As for museums, the historian in me really loves the Tenement Museum (http://www.tenement.org/). I think tenement life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is both fascinating and appalling, and the museum does a good job of telling the story.

[editor]

As for museums, the historian in me really loves the Tenement Museum (http://www.tenement.org/). I think tenement life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is both fascinating and appalling, and the museum does a good job of telling the story.We went there last year. It's absolutely brilliant although the 'let's all sit down and have a chat together' bit at the end was a bit strange.