Nuts-and-bolts information to plan your trip, plus our favorite Web links and the best local media.
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Web Links:
New York City Airport Guide
How to get from the airport to the city and back. www.ny.com/transportation/airports
New York City Transportation
Detailed information on the city's subways and buses. www.mta.info/index.html
Museum Guide
Hours, fees, addresses, and more for over 80 New York City museums. www.ny.com/museums/all.museums.html
The Great Outdoors Official New York City Parks
Department site, with info on programs, attractions, and an excellent FAQs section. Bicyclists will find all they need to know about pedaling the city. www.nycgovparks.org
Welcome to Midtown
The Times Square Cam captures the people, the traffic, the weather. www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare
Virtual Central Park
Maps, tours, photo galleries, and more from the Central Park Conservancy. www.centralparknyc.org/virtualpark
Library Holdings
Gone are the days when New York artists and designers headed to the 42nd Street library to check out images; the stuff is online now—hundreds of thousands of prints, vintage posters, maps, photographs, and more. digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Curtain Up!
What's playing on and off Broadway, plus latest theater news and entertainment feature stories. www.playbill.com
Subway Sounds
Songs and underground-performance talk from one of the many skilled subway musicians who play for commuters. www.theoeastwind.com
New York Past
City history vividly communicated in lectures, discussions, and exhibitions at the Gotham Center for New York City History (part of the City University of New York's Graduate Center). www.gothamcenter.org
Local Media:
New York Times
Still the city's most highly regarded news source. Published daily, with a Sunday edition rich in entertainment and events. www.nytimes.com
New York Daily News
A tabloid read for its gossip, sports, entertainment, and wham-bang headlines. www.nydailynews.com
New York Post
Another tabloid, more politically conservative than the Times and News. Its Page Six is a must-read gossip roundup. www.nypost.com
New York
Weekly magazine mainstay of the city, with strong feature stories, restaurant reviews, voluminous cultural listings, and a killer crossword puzzle. www.nymag.com
Vulture
New York magazine's edgy, up-to-the-minute culture and entertainment blog. www.nymag.com/daily/entertainment
New York Observer
A witty, irreverent weekly newspaper in business since 1987. Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City) is among the name writers. www.observer.com
Time Out New York
This events, entertainment, and dining guide leaves virtually no performance/fab restaurant stone unturned. www.timeout.com/newyork
WNYC
The most listened-to public radio station in the United States, a trove of news and culture programming. Entertaining coverage of local news and events. www.wnyc.org
