The most diverse, cosmopolitan city on the planet. The ultimate classroom. A city brimming with resources of every imaginable kind, including leading institutions in culture and commerce, science and medicine, diplomacy and philanthropy. A city of parks and rivers, festivals and parades, neighborhoods and neighbors. Endlessly inventive, fiercely proud, generous and striving and unfailingly bold: a city that welcomes every aspiration, every plan, every possibility.
Nearly every language is spoken and every religion is practiced in New York, the largest city in the United States.
Some things to do
Where to go
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Some neighborhoods to visit...
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…and a few places to see
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Hidden treasures
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A sampling of places to eat:
- Amy Ruth’s Home-Style for great southern soul dishes, is on 116th and Lenox, but you may also run into it on campus as student groups often order it for events.
- Azuri Cafe is a no frills Middle Eastern food stop in Hell’s Kitchen, and worth the wait for schwarma and falafel.
- Bon Chon Chicken serves up a Korean version of fried chicken.
- Boqueria is a Catalonian-inspired Spanish tapas restaurant in the heart of Chelsea.
- Doughnut Plant is a dream come true for dessert fans.
- FR.OG will exercise your palate in this chic bistro that mixes Vietnamese and Moroccan flavors with traditional French classics.
- La Palapa is an affordable and intimate introduction to classic Mexican flavors with a New York twist.
- Sevilla is found along the small streets of the West Village, offering up fantastic Spanish cuisine with a specialty in paella.
- Mamajuana Café in Inwood brings Caribbean and Latin American flavors to life, with live flamenco dancing.
- Mooncake Foods is small enough to miss, but good enough to keep you coming back with their use of Pan-Asian flavors.
- Taboon brings gourmet Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine to the excessively trendy Hell's Kitchen.
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A sampling of museums and stores to visit:
- The Cloisters Museum showcases Medieval European Art and Architecture in Fort Tryon Park, near Columbia’s Baker Field.
- Find Outlet serves up haute couture without haute prices.
- 5 Pointz in Queens is a park where graffiti is legal and the art is top rate as New York’s best artists test out their skills.
- La Marqueta Farmers Market in Spanish Harlem offers a variety of Latino food.
- rePop is a thrift seekers dream, offering great catches at great prices in this Clinton Hill, Brooklyn find.
- Sabon serves up an array of Israeli inspired soaps (including free samples) in multiple locations like SoHo and the Upper West Side.
- SoundFix Records in Brooklyn still has great LPs and brand new CDs in their collection.
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