Besides the unbeatable indie lineup, unobstructed views, great acoustics, and a spacious standing-room setup make this divey music venue a citywide favorite. A downstairs bar means you can drink to your heart’s content while waiting for your preferred musical act to take the stage.
Enter the sidewalk hatch to a basement shop channeling London (or Paris!) in the ’60s. Clothing for men and women is styled near jazz records, apothecary potions, horn-rimmed glasses, and a vintage bathtub. Co-designers Osore Oyagha and Eloise Simonet manufacture their wardrobe in NYC in limited runs.
Photo: Nicola Kast
Hip, ground-level coffee shop with sweet treats by day, intimate beer-fueled music scene downstairs by night.
After your visit to the contemporary museum, stop in the ground-floor shop for items that range from academic (architecture and art books) to quirky (journals made from vinyl records, David Shrigley postcards, graphic tees). For serious design aficionados, special-edition prints and books.
Super-crowded concert space for truly devoted fans of the newest acts making it in NYC. Squeeze your way to a plastic-cup-contained beverage but down it before elbowing up to the stage. Claustrophobes beware.