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I am frequently asked for a list of my favorite New York web-sites. Following are varied sites, ranging from exceptionally informative to somewhat esoteric (perhaps even eccentric).

The list includes:
Manhattan
, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, The Hudson River Valley, New Jersey and Miscellaneous & Fun Sites


MANHATTAN
Architecture in New York: A Field Study

Astor Place Riots
Bryant Park History
Center for Jewish History
Children's Museum of the Arts
Children's Museum of Manhattan
City Hall Historic Images
Church of the Transfiguration (Includes Architectural Tour)
Daniel's Manhattan Architecture
Digital Archive of American Architecture
Downtown Alliance
Downtown Boathouse
Dyckman House Museum
Eldridge Street Synagogue (Includes Architectural Tour)
Fodor’s Travel Virtual Guide
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Fraunces Tavern Museum - New York Freedom Trail
Friends of Terra Cotta
Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
General Theological Seminary (Includes St. Mark’s Library)
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen (Great library)
Gotham Center for New York City History at CUNY
Gracie Mansion
Gramercy House
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Harlem Renaissance
Historic House Trust
Jewish Harlem, Old Broadway Synagogue
Jewish Museum
Lower East Side Conservancy
Lower East Side (Manhattan) Virtual Tour
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Lower Manhattan Walking Tour
Marble Cemetery (Second Ave. Cemetery)
Merchant's House Museum
Morningside Heights Historic District Committee
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
Museum of the City of New York
National Academy of Design
National Arts Club (Includes Interior Tour)
New-York Historical Society
New York Streets Virtual Walking Tours
New York University: Architecture in NY/Self-guided Walking Tours
Peter Cooper and the Cooper Union
Public Library Research Online Program
Roosevelt Island (Includes History & Historic Sites)
Skyscraper Museum (Includes "Downtown New York Webwalk")
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Society for New York City History
South Street Seaport Museum
Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association
Washington Heights
Waterfront Alliance
World Trade Center Photo Tour
World Trade Center Virtual Reality Photo Tour

BRONX
Arthur Avenue (Little Italy, the Bronx)
Back in the Bronx
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Belmont/Arthur Avenue (Little Italy, the Bronx)
Bronx Art Walking Tours
Bronx County Historical Society
Bronx, History of Rap and Hip Hop
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx Neighborhood Histories
Bronxview: A Look at Different Bronx Neighborhoods
City Island, The Bronx
Grand Concourse -- The Champs Elysées of the Bronx
I Love the Bronx (includes other excellent links)
New York Botanical Garden
Van Cortlandt House Museum
Wave Hill
Welcome to Freedomland, USA!!

BROOKLYN
Atlantic Avenue Train Tunnel
Borough Park Virtual Tour
Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Bridge and Beyond
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Brooklyn FAQ's
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Home Page
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn on Line: History, Neighborhoods, Photographs
Brooklyn Public Library
Crown Heights Photos
Fort Greene Now (Brooklyn)
Fort Greene Park Conservancy (Nice images)
Fort Greene Prison Ships Martyrs’ Monument (Revolutionary War)
Fort Greene Martyrs’ Monument
Green-Wood Cemetery
Lefferts Homestead
Memories of Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
Midwood (Brooklyn) Virtual Tour
New York Transit Museum
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House
Prospect Park
South Brooklyn Profiles

QUEENS
American Museum of the Moving Image
Bayside Historical Society
Beachside Bungalow Preservation Society of Far Rockaway
Douglaston/Little Neck Historical Society
Far Rockaway Virtual Tour
Flushing Town Hall (Includes Queens Jazz Trail)
Fort Totten Historical Museum
Greater Astoria Historical Society
Greek-American Folklore Collection
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
Jackson Heights Beautification Committee
Jackson Heights, Queens (Nice Images)
Jackson Heights Greens & Neighborhood Description
Long Island City Home Page
Louis Armstrong House & Archives
Museum of Modern Art Queens
P. S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Poppenhusen Institute
Queens County Farm Museum
Queens Historical Society
Richmond Hill Historical Society
Self-Guided Tour of Jackson Heights
A Walking Tour of Flushing Meadows/Corona Park
A Walking Tour of Jackson Heights, Queens: A South Asian Community

STATEN ISLAND
Alice Austen House Museum
Conference House
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
Historic Richmond Town
Jacques Marchais Tibetan Museum
National Lighthouse Museum
Noble Maritime Collection
Preservation League of Staten Island
Saint George, Staten Island
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Staten Island Children’s Museum
Staten Island, Official Guide
Staten Island, Snug Harbor Cultural Center

LONG ISLAND
Coe Hall/Planting Fields
Nassau County Museum of Art
Old Westbury Gardens
Raynham Hall Museum
Vanderbilt Museum

HUDSON RIVER VALLEY
Gomez Mill House
Historic Hudson Valley (includes Lyndhurst, Kykuit, Van Cortlandt Manor & Sunnyside)
Hudson River Museum
Lyndhurst
Philipse Manor Hall NEW JERSEY
Are We There Yet? (Places of Interest in New Jersey)
Asbury Park

Asbury Park: Bruce Springsteen Landmarks
Battleship New Jersey
Catholic Historical Records
Get NJ!
Highlands Historical Society
Hudson County/Jersey City Genealogy
Jersey City History
Jersey City History and Landmarks
Jersey City: Past and Present
New Jersey Historical and Governmental Sites
New Jersey Historical Sites: Photographs
New Jersey Historical Society (Newark)
New Jersey Historic Trust
Morris Canal
New Jersey Historical Commission
Ocean Grove, New Jersey (Includes nice history section)
Ocean Grove Historical Society
Ocean Grove, New Jersey: A Brief History
Passaic County, New Jersey Historical Society
Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
Weird New Jersey

MISCELLANEOUS AND FUN
Atlas of New York City
Abandoned and Little Used NYC Railroad Lines
Abandoned New York City Subway Stations
Building Style Identification
City Lore (NYC's cultural heritage)
Early Films of New York: 1898-1906
Faded Signs in New York
Forgotten NY (historic street scenes, neighborhoods, buildings and oddities)
Friends of Terra Cotta
Gargoyles of New York
Gotham Center for New York City History
Historic Districts Council
Historic New York Picture Album
Hudson Valley: Illustrated Books and 19th Cent. Domestic Design
Irish Pubs in New York
Judaism 101
Landmarks Preservation Commission
Living City NYC: Historical Timeline
Metronome Clock at Union Square
Metropolitan Historic Structures Association
New York City Postcards
New York City Genealogy and History
New York Public Library Photo Archives
New York, The Nation’s Metropolis
New York City Tax Photographs of Buildings
New York Public Library: Catalog of Free Digital Images
Nosh News
Radio WNYC (“Test Your WNY-Q” quiz)
Restrooms in New York City
Roads of Metropolitan New York
Shorewalkers
Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers.com
Strange New York
Subway History
The Other Side of the Tracks: NYC Subway Site
Weegee's World of Photographs: Life, Death, and Human Drama
Where Dead Politicians Are Buried
Women’s City Club of NY


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