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Tompkins Square Greenmarket

9:00 a.m. every Sun.

Get a taste of what Alphabet City has to offer every Sunday morning. Local food vendors gather at the East Village hub to show off and sell.
Alphabet City Walking Tour

2:00 p.m. every Mon.

Rob Hollander takes guests on a tour of the dark past of Alphabet City and it's growth into an artistic, colorful neighborhood.

2011 | Best Park Installation

We might forget that parks are supposed to be for play. Striking sculptures, like Jaume Plensa's four-story fiberglass head in Madison Square Park, are nice to look at, but they take up valuable picnic and catch-playing real estate. That's why the Tompkins Square Park Ping-Pong table is so perfect. The table sits near the park's dog run, but its sleek concrete design makes it look like something from Walter Gropius' game room. This is so aesthetically pleasing, it's easy to forget that you... More »
2007 | Best place to stalk other people's puppies

The Dog Run in Tompkins Square Park has something for everyone: itty, bitty baby Chihuahaus who can barely stand on their widdle paws; big, rowdy pit bulls and German shepherds who roughhouse for hours; and lumbering, heavy-breathing bulldogs who just want some lovin'. The Tompkins Square run was the very first dog run opened in New York and so is called "First Run." Entirely community-funded, it's the king of all dog runs, with two areas (for dogs under and over 23 pounds). Because of its... More »

MAN OF THE HOUSE

By Araceli Cruz | Wed, August 17, 2011

“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse,” is regarded as one of the best lines in movie history, and one that we’re sure director Francis Ford Coppola said to Marlon Brando when he sought him for the role as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather. It ... More »
'Charlie Parker Jazz Festival'

By Jim Macnie | Wed, August 10, 2011

Bird lived uptown and down, so each year around his birthday, two distinct zip codes get to enjoy an afternoon of improv in his honor. Saturday’s Harlem show boasts alto upstart Tia Fuller, harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans, and saxophone wrecki... More »

2011 | Best Park Installation