The Greenpoint Guide: Where to Eat, Drink and Go Out in 2026
Polish bakeries, Taiwanese fried chicken, a pinball bar behind a laundromat and a waterfront view you do not have to fight for. Greenpoint is Brooklyn's best-kept balance.
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The Best Bagels in New York City
Eighteen bagel shops worth the line, from century-old appetizing counters to sourdough upstarts, with exactly what to order at each one.
The Best Bakeries in New York City
Eighteen bakeries worth the line, the train ride and the sugar crash, from Greenpoint croissants and Bahraini morning buns to Bensonhurst cannoli and Bronx sfogliatelle.
Great Meals in New York for Under $20
Twenty-one places across four boroughs where a twenty still buys a real meal, from birria at midnight to roti in Bed-Stuy and a $6 patty in the Bronx.
The Best Dive Bars in New York City
Twenty-one bars across Manhattan and Brooklyn where the beer is cheap, the jukebox has opinions and nobody has redecorated since the last recession.
The Listening Bar Boom: Where to Hear Records on a Great Sound System in NYC
New York went all in on hi-fi bars, the Tokyo-style rooms where a vinyl selector and a wall of vintage speakers matter more than the cocktail list. Here are the ones worth your ears.
The Best Independent Bookstores in New York City
Twenty-five shops across four boroughs where the staff picks are sharp, the readings are free and nobody minds if you browse for an hour and buy one paperback.
The Best Pizza Slices in New York City
Nineteen counters across four boroughs, from the plain cheese that sets the standard to the burrata and oxtail slices worth crossing a river for.
The Best Record Stores in New York City
Eighteen shops worth the subway ride, from Rockefeller Center's two-level Rough Trade to a Ridgewood crate-digger's haven and a jazz specialist tucked into an eighth-floor office.
The Best Thrift Stores in New York City
Charity shops with Upper East Side closets, a Bushwick warehouse priced for students, and the buy-sell-trade counters that turn your old clothes into new ones.
The Best Vintage Stores in New York City
From Orchard Street designer racks to a Bushwick warehouse where the denim never ends, these are the vintage shops worth your Saturday and your rent money.
Is This Still It? The rooms that made New York rock again, and the ones you can still walk into
Between 1999 and 2005 a few hundred people in a handful of small clubs changed what guitar music sounded like. Most of the rooms are gone. Some are not.
First Shout: New York acts to see before everyone else does, fall 2026
Ten New York artists with records out and rooms to fill, from a Harlem rapper Tyler, the Creator already vouched for to a two-drummer electropunk band that played a laundromat.
Every Major New York Concert Venue, Ranked by How It Feels to See a Show There
Sound, sightlines, lines at the bar and the walk home. We ranked 25 New York concert venues from the 575-capacity perfect room to the arenas by the only measure that matters: the night itself.
Where to Dance in New York: Clubs, Warehouses and Late Rooms
The dance floors worth your Saturday, from Queens techno bunkers and Brooklyn warehouses to tiny rooms where the DJ is two feet away and nobody is filming.
