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Open 24 hours, this beloved Koreatown eatery serves up authentic entrees, casseroles and barbecue to all sorts of characters at all times of the day and night.

This Brooklyn museum is devoted to exploring the current state of the African Diaspora.

This legendary East Village dive is old-school. More than 150 years old, to be exact.

This expansive independent bookstore has a large children’s section and first floor café.

This beloved neighborhood independent bookshop offers two full floors of selections.

This northern Manhattan mansion (1765) was a country retreat, then Washington's headquarters, then used as an inn, and then again as a rural residence.

Though it’s helmed by alums of high-end dining meccas the Breslin and Ma Peche, Mother’s Ruin is a pretension-free hideaway in a neighborhood not exactly notorious for being “low-key.” A daily rotating menu of artisanal cocktails (and, if you’re very lucky, a machine that dispenses alcoholic slushies) is complemented by a selection of gussied-up bar snacks like burgers, French onion soup with grilled cheese, fried curry chickpeas, and, on weekends, brunch.

The British jewelry designer that celebrates individuality through beautiful crafted, contemporary pieces.