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| euphoria |
**In this thread you will be able to reference very important information regarding your visit to New York as well as check out some hot topics and important threads within our forum. Feel free to ask any questions that you may have and one of the members will do their best to answer it for you!
Here are links to important threads within this forum:
Local DJ Promo
NYTA Local producer thread
What track are you currently listening to?:
NYTA Download Thread: NYTA Liveset/Mix Download Thread:
NYTA Party Planner 2012
Getting to know you better
NYTA Photo Page
New York Event Listings
NYTA Movie Reviews
The Restaurant Thread
NYC Deals
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City Guides:
Official Tourism Site:
http://www.nycvisit.com/home/index.cfm
Others:
www.newyork.com
www.ny.com
www.nyctourism.com
www.citysearch.com
www.nymetro.com
http://www.bigapplevisitorscenter.com/gt.htm (guided tours)
www.timeoutny.com
http://www.thecityreview.com/home.html
Maps:
www.mapquest.com
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Manhattan,+NY
Transportation:
Airports:
JFK
www.panynj.gov/aviation/jfkframe.HTM
La Guardia
www.panynj.gov/aviation/lgaframe.HTM
Newark (NJ)
www.panynj.gov/aviation/ewrframe.HTM
Port Authority Bus Terminal
http://www.panynj.gov/tbt/buscarriersframe.htm
ChinaTown Bus
www.staticleap.com/chinatownbus
Subways
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/submap.htm
www.hopstop.com
Figure out how to use our subway system with this link-- just put in your beginning and ending address and it tells you which stations you need to go to, transfer etc.
www.cmap.nypirg.org/netmaps/Straps/Straphangers.asp
Type in an address here and it will give you the best line to take.
NYC Bus
http://www.mta.info/nyct/bus/
Hostels:
http://www.hostels.com/us.ny.ny.html
I personally can’t recommend any specific ones, as I’ve never stayed in a hostel in nyc
Hotels:
Downtown (if you know your way around)
Holiday Inn
(Chinatown area; corner of Canal and Lafayette)
Off-SoHo Suites
Has rooms likes hostels OR suites with kitchens/living & dining room, bedroom and sofabed- good for 4 people. Runs about $120 a night offpeak.)
That’s the only 2 I know that have good rates..please add more ppl!
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/urban/g...avel/hotels.htm
Vinyl Shops!
Halcyon
57 Pearl St. • dumbo • brooklyn • 718-260-9299
[email protected]
Get there: F train to York Street or A/C Train to High Street
(Awesome place, organized, friendly staff, tea and scones @ 4pm, what more could you ask for?! Lots of weird underground culture books, clothing, accessories and just generally the COOLEST shop evaR!!! Great for quirky german electro house and minimal tech/tech house stuff.)
www.halcyonline.com Click on 'About' to see pics
Decadance Records
238 East 6th St. btw 2nd and 3rd Avenues (tiny but quality)
212.477.9523
Vinyl Market
241 E 10th St @ 1st Ave
212.539.1203
Dance Trax
1st Avenue on corner of 3rd Street (good for house)
212.260.8729
Other Music
East 5th Street btw Broadway & Lafayette
(good for electro-rare groove)
212.447.8150
Turntable Lab www.turntablelab.com
120 East 7th Street btw 1st and Avenue A
212.677.0675
A-1 Records
439 E. 6th Street btw 1st Ave and Avenue A
212.473.2871
Finyl Vinyl
208 E. 6th Street btw 2nd and 3rd Aves.
212.533.8007
Clubs:
Club Exit (Brooklyn)
http://www.club-exit.com/
147 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222 (718)349-6969
Raves, Dance Music, Etc.
Hammerstein Ballroom
311 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001-2418
(212) 279-7740
Big name DJ's appear here from time to time. Check schedule.
Roseland Ballroom
www.roselandballroom.com
239 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-5893
(212) 247-0200
Big name DJ's appear here from time to time. Check schedule.
Terminal 5
www.terminal5nyc.com
610 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019-3512
(212) 665-3832
Larger venue (formerly Ikon, Exit, Black and a bunch of other former names) Mostly concerts and live shows but the occasional DJ event.
Le Poisson Rouge
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
158 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012
Art Gallery with bar and music performances.
Irving Plaza (Filmore)
http://www.irvingplaza.com/
17 Irving Place New York, NY 10003 (212) 777-6800
Large Venue, big name DJ's
Pacha
www.pachanyc.com
618 W 46th St between 11th & 12th Aves.
(212) 209-7500
New York City welcomes its newest super club. Here stood the old Sound Factory, home to meatheads and guidettes and although we can't guarantee the crowd, we know they have SICK lineups!
Cielo
www.cieloclub.com
18 Little W 12th St, btw Washington & 9th Ave.
Great club, great lineups, great crowds, many argue this intimate venue is the finest in nyc overall. And what a system! Best system in New York hands down! Funktion One recently upgraded :)
Webster Hall
http://www.webster-hall.com
125 E. 11th St btw 3rd and 2nd Aves. (212) 353-1600
Mixed crowd, also had a hip hop party and other parties going on in other rooms of the club on most night. Arrive early for the 80's party. Sometimes they do bring big name DJ's. Used to be Trance but now its mostly house and some techno depending on the promoter for that night.
Sullivan Room
www.sullivanroom.com
218 Sullivan St btw Bleeker & west 3rd Street
GREAT music, be yourself kind of vibe and friendly people. Not a large place but very comfortable and usually there are drink specials.
Hiro Ballroom
Address: 371 W 16th St
City, State: New York, NY
Zip: 10011
Telephone: 212-242-4300
Big name DJ's appear here from time to time. Check schedule.
Santos Party House
Santos Party House is a two-level, 8,000 sq. foot music venue, centrally located in downtown New York City, straddling Chinatown and Tribeca. Blurring the lines between music and art culture, the venue is designed to function as a concert hall, dance club and lounge. Nice lighting, loud sound.
http://www.santospartyhouse.com/
96 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10013
Lounges/Smaller Clubs:
KeyBar
www.keybar.com
13th Street btw Avenue A & B
Known for its unique selection of original drinks (rollo vodka shots anyone? No? ok, how about passionfruit martinis? Right on!), Key Bar has 80s on Friday nights and house/prog/tech on Saturdays (thee night to go.)
Moomia Lounge
www.moomiany.com
157 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10013-3124
(212) 219-4006
NO Trainers @ the following clubs/lounges!!! $$$$$$$$
If you have to ask what a trainer is, then YOU ARE ONE!
Greenhouse
www.greenhouseusa.com
150 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013-1218
(212) 807-7000
DRESS TO IMPRESS! THE DOOR IS STRICT! This is one of those "trendy" spots.
Websites for Club Listings/Events/GuestLists:
www.timeoutny.com
Local Newspapers & Classifieds:
http://www.nydailynews.com/classifieds/index.html
http://www.newsday.com/classifieds
http://listings.nytimes.com/classifiedsmarketplace/
http://www.classifieds.nypost.com/
http://www.queenstribune.com/classifieds/index.html
http://www.villagevoice.com/classifieds/
http://www.pennysaveronline.com/
http://newyork.backpage.com/
http://observer.kaango.com/
Shopping:
Broadway in SoHo
(Take F/V/B/D/6 train to Broadway/Lafayette)
Herald Square
(34th Street)
Times Sq
for souvenirs and shiz - 42nd streeet
Canal Street/ChinaTown
For anything black market, bootleg and Anything pro-audio!! Haggle-city
East Village
For your inner punk rocker, St. Mark's Place (aka 8th Street) and 2nd & 3rd Aves.
5th Ave
If you got the Benjy's, come to 5th Ave & 56th Street and say hello to Gucci.
Weather:
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/US...st&prodnav=none
Parks:
Central Park
Only the largest park in the city - if you don't know where this one is, there's no helping you!
Bryant Park
40th & 42nd Streets & 5th/6th Aves
Union Square Park
14th Street and Broadway/Park/4th Avenues
Washington Square Park
Waverly Place/4th street, University Place, MacDougal Street.
Link to City Parks:
http://www.nycgovparks.org/
f00d:
Check out the NYTA Restaurant review thread here:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forum/s...4&forumid=26&s=
and also the late night food thread:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...d=&pagenumber=1
Burgers
Bistro Burger, The Corner Bistro
331 W. 4th St
Cross Street: Jane Street
Sushi --> www.sushinyc.com
Sushi Yasuda
204 East 43rd Street
65 Bayard Street, Chinatown
Blue Chili
51st Street & 8th Avenue
Yama
East 17th Street
Cross Street: Irving Place
Neo
2298 Broadway @ 83rd Street
(212) 769-1003
Sumo
273 Mott Street & Houston Street
(212) 941-9888
Nobu
105 Hudson Street TriBeCa
($$$$$$$$$$ DeNiro & Weinstein own this place)
Bars/Pubs
B-Bar aka Bowery Bar (see Lounges)
McSorley's Ale House
15 E. 7th Street btw 2nd & 3rd Aves
Puck Fair
Corner of Broadway & LaFayette (SoHo)
Ice Cream!!!!
www.chinatownicecreamfactory.com [nuff said, y0!]
Broadway & Off-Broadway Shows:
www.nytheatre.com
www.broadway.com
Museums:
Museum of Modern Art (aka MoMA)
53rd street between 5th and 6th Avenues
Take E/V train to 53rd and 5th Ave and make a left at the exit
Museum of Natural History
79th @ Central Park West
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th & 81st street
Guggenheim
5th Ave & 89th Street
*All except MoMA within walking distance from each other*
Other Stuff: Tips! [[New Section!!]]
www.sitebits.com/nyc/advice.html
- Houston is pronounced "HOUSE-ten" unlike the city in Texas, which is pronounced "HYOO-sten". (fuk, we do our best to be least like those red states, don't we?! haha jk)
- Don't be a fool and walk in Central Park alone at night. Actually, don't even do it with 1 other person at night.
- Don't be a fool.
- Only ride in YELLOW CABS. Black cabs = Gypsy Cabs = Run for your vacation dollars!
- People WILL ask you for money. Some will look homeless, some will not. It's your call if you want to give but please, if you have to take out your entire wallet, DON'T do it. Transit Authority Police advise not to give change to bums but to charities. It's your choice.
- Needless to say, don't pool your money all in one wallet. Put some in ya sock! I keep 2 wallets, both compact in size- for those potential "gimme yo wallet!" scenarios.
- You can carry mace/pepper spray legally here.
- Do yourself a favor and don't wear birkenstocks with socks on
*** More Tips To Be Added Soon! ***
www.OverheardInNewYork.com
Want to know how crazy New Yorkers can really be? Read convos from that website.
Local DJ Promo |
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| euphoria |
| quote: | Originally posted by LuNaSeA
ok this is semi-related to the topic of this thread-- i just didn't feel like making a separate thread for it.
i dont really post here much anymore and i don't live anywhere near NYC anymore so i thought maybe someone who's active in NYTA could take over the NYC Visitor's Thread? and what i mean by that is copy and paste the original post into a new thread, have that sticky'd and update it (i'd delete my thread) ?
any takers?
bueller.. bueller? |
| quote: | Originally posted by LuNaSeA
z, you are pretty active so maybe you'd wanna take over this thread so i can delete and you can make a new one based on the original post ? |
By Dani's request I am creating and will update the new thread. Please sticky and the old thread located here will be deleted. Thanks! http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...1&forumid=26&s=
If anyone see's any errors or updates please let me know. If you have anything to add please post it here ;) |
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| DJslantzz |
| quote: | Originally posted by euphoria
SPECIAL TA LINK: Dj Boutique
Check it out!! Awesome EDM-oriented tshirts/tanks/hoodies and accessories for all mankind
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This store shut down...I actually bought 2 shirts from there couple years back. :( |
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| euphoria |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJslantzz
This store shut down...I actually bought 2 shirts from there couple years back. :( |
Got it...taking the link down ;) |
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| LuNaSeA |
| nice!! thank you z!!!! :toothless |
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| euphoria |
| quote: | Originally posted by LuNaSeA
nice!! thank you z!!!! :toothless |
No problem hun ;) I still have more updates to make...just waiting for a lil downtime @ work. |
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| Nerologic |
Bump for a good thread, i will be visiting NY/Philly next week lots of good info here...
Where would be a cheap place to stay out in Manhattan?
I will be out there a week from tomorrow and I will be staying out there only one night and i don't want to break the bank. |
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| ac1dream |
| Miami TA visiting NY June 19-21 mainly to see ATB at Pasha on 6/19. Thanks for the insite |
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| TranceOwnsLol |
| anyone been to the tom ford store at 5th Avenue? |
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| euphoria |
| No, what do they sell there? |
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| ReenTeenTeen |
| little Fords? :clown: |
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| DiscoStew |
Wow! I can tell you guys really put a lot of time and effort into this thread. Thank you so much! Can't wait to come to NY!
One question: I'm itching for some vinyl. Our last EDM record store in Atlanta closed two years ago. If I only have time to go to one record store, which one would you recommend? |
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