! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! From the Editors Table of Contents In deciding to study at Fordham, you have welcomed the opportunity to work and live in one of the most fast-paced and diverse cities in the world. As Fr. McShane Ratings 4 Lower Manhattan 48 likely told you during his address, Fordham is your school, but New York is your campus. This is both an opportunity and a challenge: an opportunity to explore all Neighborhood Map 5 Green Space 52 the great things that New York has to offer, and a challenge to avoid intimidation The Bronx 6 Sightseeing 54 in the face of the often overwhelming nature of such a magnificently dope city. Brooklyn 10 Museums 56 This Passport Guide to New York City is your resource to navigate some of the best things this city has to offer: shops, restaurants, entertainment, and much Queens/Staten Island 14 Sports 58 more. These pages will provide insight into some of the most exceptional points Lincoln Center 18 Essentials 60 of interest, ranging from tourist targets to dynamic and distinctive destinations. New York City has something to offer for everyone – be it the world’s most Harlem 22 Live TV 61 mous arena, fashion boutiques, Broadway shows, public parks, or the countless number of cuisine options. The hope of Achieving Change Together is that you Upper East Side 26 Health & Wellness 62 will use this guide to explore and discover your passion in one of the cultural Upper West Side 30 Transportation 64 capitals of the world, and to explore beyond Fordham’s gates. Central Park 34 Safety Tips 66 This guide would not be possible without the gracious and continued assistance of The Office of Substance Abuse Prevention & Student Support. Midtown 36 Resources 67 Greenwich Village/Soho 40 68 On behalf of ACT, allow us to extend a warm welcome to the Fordham family. Our home goes beyond our school – get out there and explore it! 44 Dayna Ryan President, Achieving Change Together CT ACHIEVING CHANGE TOGETHER 2 3 Ratings Neighborhood Map of NYC Romance Uniqueness Price Relaxation Group-friendly ♥ ♦ $ ★ ! Fordham students have previously cited that some of their desirable motives for drinking are: • to bond with friends, • to relieve stress, • to have fun and enjoy themselves, • to meet new people, • to get close to someone, • or because they’re bored. We decided to rate the Passport locations based on these reasons. Therefore, each location is rated on: • Romance: measures whether the location is a good place for a date or even to first meet that special someone. • Uniqueness: assesses how “one of a kind” and interesting a place is. • Price: will this location break a college student’s budget? An estimate of the cost of a meal for one person, an item at a store, or the price of a ticket to a show, tour, etc. $ = $1-$9 $$ = $10-$19 $$$ = $20-$29 $$$$ = $30+ • Relaxation: notes how relaxing an activity is. • Group-friendly: rates whether a location is ideal for a group of friends. To improve each year, the Passport needs your help! Email us at [email protected] with suggestions and comments, or Want to be even more involved? Join Achieving Change Together! For more info, email [email protected], or follow us on Facebook (Fordham Achieving Change Together), Twitter (@FordhamACT), or Instagram (@fordham_act). 4 5 THE BRONX Dining Patricia’s Italian food, less expensive than Crab Shanty Arthur Ave. 361 City Island Ave. 1082 Morris Park Ave. Bus: Bx29 to City Island Ave. & Bus: Bx12+ Select Bus Service to Ditmars St. Pelham Pkwy. & Williamsbridge Rd. ♥♥♦♦ $$$$$ !!! ♥♥♦♦ $$ ★★ !! Artie’s Steak & Seafood Restaurant ! Mr. Q’s Chinese Restaurant 394 City Island Ave. The best Chinese food available for Bus: Bx29 to City Island Ave. & takeout ! Ditmars St. 2115 Williamsbridge Rd. ♥♥♥ $$$ ★★ !!! ! Bus: Bx12+ Select Bus Service to Pelham Pkwy. & Williamsbridge Rd. The Black Whale $ ! Sit on the patio & order a famous dessert! S&S Cheesecake ! 279 City Island Ave. Zagat rated #1 cheesecake in NYC Bus: Bx29 to City Island Ave. & Mon.-Fri., 6am-3pm ! Ditmars St. 228 W. 238th St. ♥♥♥♥ ♦♦ $$ ★ !!! ! Bus: Bx9 to Broadway & W. 238th St. ♥♥♥ ♦ $$$ ★ !!!! Nick’s Pizza Restaurant ! 1356 E. Gun Hill Rd. Brisas del Caribe Subway: 5 to Gun Hill Rd. One of Jennifer Lopez’s favorite ♥♥♥ $$ ! Puerto Rican restaurants 1207 Castle Hill Ave. Liebman’s Kosher Delicatessen ! Bus: Bx22 to Castle Hill Ave. & 552 W. 235th St. ! Bus: Bx9 to Broadway & W. 231st St. Gleason Ave. $$ Pasquale’s Rigoletto Restaurant ! 2311 Arthur Ave. Siam Square Zagat rated, authentic Thai food ♥ ♥ $$ ★ !!! ! 564 Kappock St. Bus: Bx9 to Broadway & W. 228th St., ! Michaelangelo’s Bx20 to Kappock St. & Johnson Delicious food and great atmosphere! Ave. 2477 Arthur Ave. ! ♥ $$ ★ ♥♥♥ ♦♦ $$ ★★★ !!!! ! F & J Pine Restaurant 1913 Bronxdale Ave. ! Bus: Bx22 to White Plains Rd. & Rhinelander Ave. ! ♥ $$ ★ !!!! ! ! 6 7 Mike’s Deli Shopping AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13 Riverdale Stables 2344 Arthur Ave. (inside Arthur Ave. 2210 Bartow Ave. 6351 Broadway Bay Plaza Shopping Center Retail Market) Bus: Bx12 to Bay Plaza Shopping Bus: Bx9 to Broadway & 254th St. Bartow Ave. & Co-Op City Blvd. ♦ $ Center ♥♥♦♦ $$$ ★ !! Bus: Bx12 to Bay Plaza Shopping ♥♥ $$ ★★ !!! Center Dominick’s Turtle Cove Golf & Baseball Complex $$ No menus, but the waiters have the Charlotte Street Houses 1 City Island Rd. best suggestions Classic, traditional Bronx houses Bus: Bx29 to Orchard Beach Cir. & TJ Maxx 2335 Arthur Ave. worth seeing City Island Rd. Directly outside the 3rd Ave. gate ♦♦♦ $$ ★★ !!!! Bus: Bx19 to Southern Blvd. at ♥ ♦ $$$ ★★ !!! 1 Fordham Plaza Jennings $$ no’s Delicatessen ♦♦♦ Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas 2410 Arthur Ave. 214 E. 161st St. Gap Factory Store $ ♦ 271 E. Fordham Rd. Captain Mike’s Diving Services, Inc. Subway: B, D to 161st St. $ 530 City Island Ave. ♥♥ $$ ★★ !!! Trattoria Zero Otto Nove Bus: Bx29 to City Island Ave. & Mon.-Sun., lunch & dinner Entertainment Ditmars St. 2357 Arthur Ave. ♥♥♦♦ $$ ★ !! ♥♥ ♦♦♦ $$ ★★ !!!! City Island A historic seaport community just off Bronx Equestrian Center De Lillo Pastry Shop the Bronx 9 Shore Rd. 610 E. 187th St. Subway: 6 to Pelham Bay Park, Bus: Bx9 to City Island Ave. & Shore ♥ ♦♦ $$ ★★★ !!!! transfer to Bx29 to City Island Rd. ★★★ ♥♥♥ ♦♦♦ !!! ♥♥♦♦ $$$ ★ !! zo’s of Arthur Ave. 2339 Arthur Ave. Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance ♥ $$ ★ !! 2474 Westchester Ave. Subway: 4 to 125th St., transfer to 6 Ann & Tony’s to Westchester Sq. – E. Tremont 2407 Arthur Ave. Ave. ♥♥ ♦♦ $$ ★ !! ♦♦ $ !! Tra Di Noi Bronx River Art Center One of Fr. McShane’s favorites 2064 Boston Rd. 622 E. 187th St. Subway: 4 to 149 St. – Grand ♥♥ ♦♦ $$ ★ !! Concourse, transfer to 2 to W. Farms Sq. – E. Tremont Ave. Antonio’s Trattoria ♦♦ $ ! 2370 Belmont Ave. ♥♥ ♦♦ $$ ★ !!! Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Walking distance from Rose Hill Roberto’s Grand Concourse at E. Kingsbridge 603 Crescent Ave. Rd. & E. 192nd St. ♥♥ ♦♦ $$$ ★★ !!! ♥ ♦♦♦ ! 8 9 BROOKLYN Dining Junior’s Restaurant Great cheesecake & food! Sea 386 Flatbush Ave. Extension at 114 N. 6th St. Dekalb Ave. Subway: L to Bedford Ave. Subway: B, D, N, Q, R to Dekalb Ave. ♥♥♥ $ ★ !! ♥♥♦ $$ ★ !!! Grimaldi’s Jacques Torres Chocolate 1 Front St., under the Brooklyn Bridge Best hot chocolate in NYC ! Subway: A, C to High St. – Brooklyn 66 Water St. Bridge Subway: A, C to High St. – Brooklyn ! ♦♦ $ !!!! Bridge ♥♥♦♦♦ $$ ★★★ ! ! Roberta’s 261 Moore St. Baked ! Subway: L to Morgan Ave. Featured on Food Network ♦♦♦♦ $$ !!! ! 359 Van Brunt St. Subway: 4 to Borough Hall, transfer Egg ! Serves all meals, but go for breakfast to B61 to Park Slope $ ★★★ ! 109 N. 3rd St. ♥♥♦♦♦ Subway: L to Bedford Ave. ! L & B Spumoni Gardens ♥♥♥ ♦♦♦ $ ★ !! Pizza, Italian Ices, & more! ! 2725 86th St. Blue Marble A folksy, eco-friendly ice cream parlor Subway: L to Bedford Ave. ! $$$ ★★★★ !!!! 186 Underhill Ave. ♦♦♦ Subway: A to Hoyt St. – ! Shopping Schermerhorn St. ! ♦♦ $ Beacon’s Closet 92 5th Ave. Roebling Tea Room Subway: 2, 3, 4 to Bergen St. ! 143 Roebling St. ♦♦♦ $$ Subway: L to Lorimer St. ! ♥♥♥ ♦ $$ ★★ !!! Artists & Fleas Every Sat. & Sun., 12-8pm ! Zaytoons Restaurant 70 N. 7th St. Middle Eastern food & atmosphere Subway: L to Bedford Ave. ! 283 Smith St. ♦♦♦♦ $$ Subway: F, G to Carroll St. ! ♥♥♥ ♦♦♦ $$ ★★ !!! Buffalo Exchange Buy, sell, & trade your stylish clothing ! Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory 504 Driggs Ave. 1 Water St. Subway: L to Bedford Ave. ! Subway: A, C to High St. – Brooklyn ♦ $$ Bridge ! ♥♥♦♦ $ ★★ !!!! ! 10 11 Goldy + Mac Kings Plaza Shopping Center Brooklyn Center Cinema A “smaller, cheaper version of A good old-fashioned mall 2900 Campus Rd. & Hillel Pl. One of NYC’s premier art districts Anthropologie” 5100 Kings Plaza Subway: 2 to Flatbush Ave. – Subway: A to High St. 219 5th Ave. & 396 7th Ave. Subway: 2 to Flatbush Ave. – Brooklyn College ♥♥♦♦♦ ★★★★ !!! Subway: B, D to Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn College ♥ ♦♦♦♦ $ ★★ !! transfer to R to Union St. (5th Ave. $$ ocation); F, G to 7th Ave. (7th Ave. ocation) Entertainment $$ Coney Island New York’s only amusement park Junk Subway: F to Coney Island – Stillwell Not your grandparents’ attic Ave. 567 Driggs Ave. ♥ ♦♦♦♦ ★★ !!!! Subway: L to Bedford Ave. ♦♦♦ $ New York Aquarium Fri. after 3pm is pay as you wish lm Biz Prop Shop Surf Ave. & W. 8th St. Buy props from movies, plays, & TV Subway: F, Q to W. 8th St. shows ♥♥ ♦ ★★★ !!! 540 President St. Subway: B, D, N, R to Union St. Brooklyn Tabernacle $$$ ♦♦♦ Gospel music at 9am & 12pm Sun. services God We Trust 17 Smith St. ie clothing & accessories Subway: A to Jay St. – Borough Hall 129 Bedford Ave. ♦♦ ★★★★ Subway: L to Bedford Ave. ♦ $$$ La Salsa de Hoy Dance Studio Learn to salsa, then attend the dance Hooti Culture socials! Upscale thrift store with fantastic 505 46th St. vintage finds Subway: N, R to 45th St. 321 Flatbush Ave. ♥♥♥ ♦♦♦ $$ ★★ !!! Subway: Q to 7th Ave. ♦♦ $$ ★ On the Brooklyn College campus Sound Fix 2900 Campus Rd. ependent record store & music Subway: 2 to Flatbush Ave.