How to
New York.
Stories about the city's interesting corners, honest notes on navigating a life here, and guides worth paying for. Written for people who stay — useful to everyone else.
How to do a summer weekend without leaving the city
Everyone with a share house is gone and the city is better for it. The July weekend playbook — free, outdoors, and no reservations required.
How to ride the subway like you've done it for years
The MTA will never explain itself to you. Here's the operating manual nobody hands out — transfers, etiquette, and the three mistakes that mark you as new.
How to actually find an apartment in New York
Forget everything renting meant anywhere else. A field guide to broker fees, guarantors, and moving fast enough — from someone who's signed four leases here.
How to eat in Jackson Heights
The best food neighborhood in New York is a 7 train ride away and almost nothing costs more than $15. A first itinerary for the overwhelmed.
City Island: the fishing village at the end of the 6 train
There's a New England seafood town inside the Bronx, and almost nobody you know has been. Take the last stop and a bus, and the city disappears.
The Moving-to-NYC Handbook
Everything the "how to live here" series teaches, expanded and organized — apartments, paperwork, healthcare, money, and the first 90 days, in order.
$19 Coming soon GNYC: The First 72 Hours
A first visit, planned the way a local would plan it for a friend — timed routes, real food, and none of the lines that exist only for tourists.
$15 Coming soon GHow to Eat in Queens
The best food borough in America, one neighborhood at a time — Jackson Heights, Flushing, Astoria, and Elmhurst, mapped and ordered for you.
$12 Coming soonMost writing about New York is for people who are leaving in four days.
This is for everyone else.
This week in the city: July 6–12
World Cup fever hits the boroughs, the outdoor movie calendar peaks, and one free boat you should be taking advantage of.
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