New York City

New York City / New York NY
Country Code
USA
State Code
NY
Day Trips
Cheap rents and cultural diversity make Brooklyn fertile ground for projects off the beaten path. Artsy types can check out experimental queer performance at Glasslands or the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. In the spring, watch the cherry trees blossom in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, then have drinks or dinner at one of the businesses on Fifth Avenue. Hipsters flock to Williamsburg, where many bars lure young folks with free pizza and ironic theme nights.
Gay Info
  • Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center 212/620-7310. 208 W 13th, 10am-10pm, 11am-11pm Sat, till 9pm Sun, www.gaycenter.org.
  • Lesbian & Gay Switchboard of NY 212/989-0999.
  • Audre Lorde Project 718/596-0342. 85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, LGBT center for people of color, www.alp.org.
Aids Group
Gay Men's Health Crisis 212/367-1000, www.gmhc.org.
Gay Aa
  • Intergroup Gay AA 212/647-1680, www.nyintergroup.org.
  • Crystal Meth Anonymous 212/642-5029, www.nycma.org.
Gay Pride
Annual Events
Airport
  • John F Kennedy International. 1 hr ($45+ taxi ride) to Manhattan.
  • LaGuardia: 45 minutes ($35+ taxi ride).
Taxi
Wave an arm on any streetcorner for a taxi.
Public Transport
Public transit MTA 718/330-1234, www.mta.info.
Tourist Attraction
Visitors Bureau
  • 212/484-1200.
  • nycgo.com
Weather
A spectrum of extremes with pleasant moments thrown in. Spring and fall are the best times to visit.
Best Views
Coming over any of the bridges into New York or from the Empire State Building.
Where The Girls Are
Upwardly mobile literary types hang in the West Village, hipster dykes cruise the East Village, upper-crusty lesbians have cocktails in Midtown, and working-class dykes live in Brooklyn.