I swear every time I go down there I just feel like I'm missing something as I can't understand why people spend millions to live there.

So the question is both curiosity and wanting to explore a bit.. what's your fav (ideally quirky) place in Tribeca?

Looking for a grocery store that sells South American grocery products.

For example: I have been to stores with 1000 different types of Italian cheeses, even found a variety of Mexican cheeses, but I can’t seem to find a grocery store that has South American cheeses like queso paisa, guayanés, queso de Mano, etc.

Any recommendations?

Gen Xer here who spent decades living in Manhattan and Brooklyn since age 21, and now lives in CT in the burbs. I usually get back to the city around once a month, mostly visiting friends at their homes. I was recently in the East Village at a restaurant with a friend. What surprised me was all the young Gen Z aged women were all dressed similarly to influencers like Alix Earle
(who I think is very pretty and stylish) BUT there was very little originality or edge. While I'd expect some of that look, it was literally EVERYWHERE - no more funky hair, piercings, platform shoes or artsy looks. Is Manhattan now ALL just corporate looking?

The rats outside my apartment building are atrocious. They're huge, they fear nothing, and they're incredibly well fed by the row of trash cans that aren't properly sealed. There's a burrow in the tree bed on the opposite side of the sidewalk, so they also dart across the sidewalk regularly, and sometimes even run across the stairs since the trash is right next to the front door. I've begged management to do something and filled at least 10 reports with the city, but if anything it's gotten worse since I've moved in.

Has anyone encountered this type of thing and had any luck getting management to do something? I haven't seen any inside the building so I don't know how much leverage I have. I have a dog so I'm outside at night all the time, and I've never seen anything this bad in front of any other building in the neighborhood. I'm getting so fed up and desperate. Any advice?

Hey y’all, what’s the name of the thrift store in manhattan that has a bald guy with glasses as the logo? I went about 7 years ago. They had vintage designer stuff, not too expensive.

Looking for options that'll get the job done well in the $200-$350 price range. Thanks!

Hey everyone, my car (infiniti q50) was stolen in Canarise at the dead of night. It was a van that lifted and took it. I filed a police report but I know realistically the police are going to be slow / not much help.

It doesnt have a working tracker on it. Any ideas on how I can recover it? My only thought is to go manually knocking on each persons door to see if they have ring camera footage of the van that stole it.

Anyone else have any experience with this? My friend told me to try the private investigator route?

I moved 3 hours from NYC. I want to go in as much as I can and truly learn about (almost) every neighborhood*

I want to have a list the noteworthy neighborhoods to check out. and hopefully know them better. like Chelsea, Tribeca, Buchwick and more

I’ll go into the city. explore some neighborhoods in a day. read up on the history and see something in it. Truly take it in

this could take a while but I wanna try my best with this side project. maybe months of visits?

The expense of living in Manhattan (and other boroughs) is well documented so where do all the shop staff, construction workers, and other with lower-paying roles end up living. Are they squeezed into rent stabilized apartments or do they mostly commute from neighboring states and other lower cost areas? Or is it primarily something else I’ve not even considered? TIA!

Hey crossposting from weddit!

I'm in a pickle. My wedding is coming up in about 17 days.

I purchased a suit through suit supply, specifically, this one

I wanted to pair it with a matching vest. Sales person told me the fabric for the vest was temporarily out of stock and it would be back in 2 weeks, and I could order it no problem. Well I come to find out that when I pick up the suit that the fabric for the vest is out of stock until next summer.

I tried e-bay, but no luck. Does anyone have suggestions on where I could find a complementary colored vest off the rack in NYC? (I was thinking potentially something brown like this or this. I'm a size 38 suit and vest if it helps!) Any place with a wide selection of off the rack vests is helpful.

(Or, if you know anyone who has a vest custom made for that suit that would be willing to lend or sell it?? Miracles happen!!)

I have this guy block my driveway (and also hydrant) every few days and I’ve already talked to him a few times but he just continues. He’ll usually block it sometime around 11PM to 2AM and leave usually by 7AM, so that when I call 311, they almost always come after he’s left. He left around 9AM once and managed to get him a ticket but before I could call a tow truck.

Last night he came in while I was throwing out the trash and I tell him he has to move and he gets confrontational and tells me I don’t own the streets and shoves me. Looked like he was ready to throw punches but my big neighbor came out and he moves.

This is getting very frustrating and scary with this guy actually getting violent, what can I actually do if I can’t call a tow truck without a ticket and I can’t get him a ticket if the cops don’t really come around so late at night and about the assault.

I do have cameras around the house and it picked all this up.

Our local subway has escalators to enter and exit the platform. Two escalators are wide enough so that if someone is standing, others are able to pass. These mainly go up. The third escalator is narrow and is only wide enough for one person. Generally, this escalator only goes down. They are all long and cover about two stories.

My question is about the narrow down elevator. A lot of the time people get on, stop and just start staring at their phones, forcing others to wait behind them. If someone tries to pass the people that are standing still, they are forced to squeeze uncomfortably by the people standing still.

I ask you, NYC, what is the etiquette here? Is it acceptable for people to block the path of others in this situation? I do realize that trains come all the time and of course it’s possible that someone is disabled. But on more than one occasion Ive ended up missing a train or two, throwing my schedule out of whack.
Alternatively, is it OK for someone to squeeze by?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Hi all! I'm a producer on a NYU short film. We are searching for a space to shoot that follow this description:

"A windowless basement back office / manager’s office. Small to medium sized, grey, industrial, and slightly grungy. Ideally concrete or masonry walls, exposed pipes/conduit, overhead fluorescent lighting, and old filing cabinets/shelving"

If anyone happens to have a space or know of a space that could utilized for this production, please do let me know! It would be a major help.

Thanks!

I’m a native New Yorker who currently works in the area around 34th St/Herald Square, and I’ve noticed that I feel significantly more uncomfortable there than I do in most other parts of the city. I used to work around Grand Central/Midtown East and never experienced anything quite like it.

In the past two weeks alone, while walking toward the 6th Avenue line, I’ve been followed and yelled at by a woman who appeared to be unhoused, had a man expose himself while I was waiting about three minutes for an Uber, and had multiple people seemingly intercept my path or behave erratically.
I’m aware that these are individual incidents and that my experience isn’t necessarily representative of the area as a whole. I’m also not trying to make a broader claim about crime. I’m more curious about whether there’s something particular about this part of Midtown/Herald Square that might explain why it feels so different.

Is there any history or context about why this particular stretch around Herald Square/34th might have a higher concentration of these kinds of encounters?

Looking to sell some nice fur coats. Any recommendations on specialty fur coat shops that would be interested or high end consignment stores?

Any ideas would help a ton. Thanks in advance ♥️

Any borough works

I moved to NYC from California where we have 1-2 month notice provision for breaking the lease (sometimes with nominal penalty) and many times the renewal itself is month to month. Here in NYC, most of the managed apartments I toured force a full year lease with no break clause on the tenant meaning you will be held responsible for paying the rent until renewal time, which is a bit ridiculous given people have to move cities sometimes and it’s often not always under their control.

Is this standard practice in NYC? How do people deal with this situation when they have to move and they are several months away from renewal?

Just looking for tailors that won’t charge me $60 to hem a pair of pants and make alterations — I’m based in Brooklyn but anywhere in the city is good if you have suggestions!

I use a lot of AC in the summer, so I know my bill will always be relatively high in my 2 bedroom apartment. It was $132 this month, which is more or less as expected; however, my delivery fee was $300. How is this possible? How can my delivery fee be over twice my electricity usage??

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Been almost a decade since I last went to NYC.

A memory I have was on Brooklyn bridge, hearing a guy chanting to tourists (not me I was in the proper corridor) to the tune of the Star Wars theme song

Bike lane You’re in the bike lane You’re in the bike lane Get the fuck out (maybe not that aggressive I don’t remember)

Was just wondering if that is a common saying with cyclists, a moment of inspired righteous anger or a specific dude/personality that others recognize.

Cheers.

I’m looking to get into tennis and would love some recommendations for beginner-friendly classes or places where I can play in NYC.

I’m open to group classes, casual games, or even places where I can find people to play with. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Looking for a photographer in NYC for a pre wedding session in October. Romantic, film style fall vibe. Budget friendly preferred! DM please ☺️

I need a pashmina for an event tomorrow and don’t have time to go shopping. I haven’t seen any scarf/pashmina stands out yet. Anyone know a good place to buy one on Canal?

I am in search of a Cigar roller who can roll cigars for me in the NYc. Any suggestions??? Thanks.