kickassNYC

A non-profit institution dedicated to celebrating and exhibiting artifacts like memorial artworks, medical moulages, wax embryological models, natural history specimens, and artworks from around the world.

Clothing, accessories, and more to meet all your superhero needs! As a volunteer non-profit, all proceeds go to 826NYC, a writing program dedicated to supporting students and teachers.

A Korean and Chinese fusion restaurant that features Opera Nights every Monday, where opera singers stop by with sheet music to sing arias, accompanied by a pianist.

A unique and delicious fusion of Russian, Uzbek, and Korean cuisine that reflects a turbulent history of ethnic Koreans being forcibly relocated during the Stalin era.

With locations in Philadelphia, Nolita, and Chinatown, the original Nom Wah (Chinatown) is New York’s oldest dim sum parlor, with the vintage decor to match. Besides its delicious food, it is known for being located within the “Bloody Angle” — a place where the streets are bent at nearly a 90 degree angle, and the site of much violence during the Tong gang wars. In the early 1900s, there were so many shootings and hatchet murders that the streets were literally stained red with blood. In recent years it has been a filming site for the movies “Premium Rush” and “Spider Man 2”.

The “most romantic restaurant” in NYC that consists of the carriage house and accompanying barn that used to belong to Aaron Burr. If this name sounds familiar to you, it’s because he had a famous duel with Alexander Hamilton (of ten dollar bill and musical fame) where he, well, killed him. The duel pretty much ruined him and he lost most of his New York property, including this building. It contains a tunnel that is said to have been used as part of the Underground Railroad, but nobody knows who built it or why it was originally built. At one point it was also used as a house “of ill repute.” As an added bonus, it is said to be haunted, one of the ghosts being Aaron Burr himself.

National Historic Landmark that showcases life from the 19th century. A house converted into a museum that used to belong to the Tredwells, a wealthy merchant class family, with original furniture and possessions. Considered one of the most haunted places in New York City.

Former ice warehouse-turned anything-goes performance space. Showcases dance, circus, theater, and cabaret performances with events like “Polesque,” “House of Love,” and “Deep House Yoga”.

Cemetary in Brooklyn that houses some pretty famous dead people: Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Poole (aka “Bill the Butcher,” portrayed by Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York), and William Magear “Boss” Tweed, just to name a few. Battle Hill, the highest point in Brooklyn, is inside, and it was the site of some action during the Battle of Brooklyn. Some escaped monk parakeets have made their home in the spires of the entrance gate.

Also known as “Glass Bottle Beach.” Used to be a dump for horse rendering plants (read: horse parts floating in the water) which is where it got its name. Now it is a hidden treasure trove for vintage glass bottle scavengers. A landfill nearby had its cap broken and now trash from the early-mid 1900s comes to rest on the beach. Go during low tide, and wear sturdy shoes.