SoHo: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

LKLyudmila Kovalevamila_kovaleva · Oct 17, 2011Read

I decided it would be useful to write down the addresses of some good shops and beautiful places in New York... And here they are: MegaStore J&R (a huge shopping center where you can find any tech you need). It is located in Lower Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bridge, 23 Park Row (you need to walk through City Hall Park). By the way, they are open from 10 AM to 7 PM. You can get there by subway: 4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge (you'll see the Brooklyn Bridge there too). Manhattan Mall (just a really cool shopping center) - 100 W. 33rd Street, Broadway @ 33rd Street. Strawberry (you can find a branch of this store in Manhattan Mall, but there are many others around the city) - 129 E 42nd St (between De Pew Pl & Lexington Ave). Macy’s (I think this is the biggest and most famous store for fashion and branded clothing in New York) – 151 W. 34th St (on the corner of 34th Street and Broadway). Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9 to Penn Station. Daffy’s – located right next to Macy’s (lots of good and inexpensive clothing). Necessary clothing – there are several of these stores around the city: 1) 442 Broadway (Soho area) 2) 676 Broadway (Noho area) 3) 404 Broadway (Tribeca area) 4) 443 Broadway (Soho area) Century XXI – 22 Cortland Street (between Church and Broadway). It is located in Lower Manhattan. TJ Maxx – 620 Ave of Americas. Sephora – on Times Square 34th St, 5th Ave (a gorgeous cosmetics store! By the way, you can even get your makeup done there for free). Look for discounts where you see signs like: clearance, closeout, out of business sale. Also, if you manage to, you can catch a massive clothing sale at Housing Works stores. Basically, at the end of the season, stores get rid of clothes that weren't sold in time because they need to bring in new collections. That's why they hold these sales almost every Saturday starting in September: you buy a bag from them for $25 and stuff everything you can fit into it. We didn't make it to such a sale ourselves since we were in New York at the beginning of the week, but I read that it's total chaos and a madhouse))) Just type "New York, Housing Works" into the internet and the great Google will give you full information on where and when it will take place. By the way, there is also a good site called Hopstop... just enter where you are and where you need to go... they will break down for you exactly how best to get to your destination. Madame Tussauds Museum is located on Times Square, 234 W 42nd St. (between 7th and 8th Ave). Empire State Building - between 33rd and 34th street. To find Times Square, you need to walk up Broadway to 42nd Street. There is a very beautiful library on the corner of 42nd St and 5th Ave. To get to Chinatown, you need to take the subway to the Canal Street stop. Hard Rock Cafe - 1501 Broadway. Central Park – corner of 5th Ave and East 64th street. Well, maybe this information will be useful to someone)

Gguest_16009Oct 1, 2009Read

When the money ran out and work didn't offer any prospects, we decided to head to NY to see the girls :) We traveled by bus and met Rusty on the way (yes, his name perfectly matched his look: black guy with dreads and a rasta hat). The dude was sitting with his wife across the aisle from us, drinking vodka straight from the bottle without even chasing it with orange juice!!! He listened exclusively to Bob M and nodded approvingly at our "We respect Bob too and even have a CD with us"... He flatly refused to listen to our hiphop, smiling and saying, "I found my music forever." At the stops, we smoked together and, and, and... I came to in NY. It was about one in the morning, and we headed to Queens to find the right house... The neighborhood, I must tell you, wasn't great, especially at first glance, but more on that later. The girls were renting an apartment from some Uzbeks... ugh, unpleasant people. Anyway, after wandering around the neighborhood for a bit, we found them, met up, and chatted... Things were going very, very poorly for them too. For 5-6-7 days, or even more, we couldn't find work; I tell you, we were starving—terribly. It was roughly like this: for a whole day of walking around NY, which was exhausting enough as it was, you'd eat at most a packet of rice in the evening with a packet of ketchup from McDonald's, and maybe a glass of milk if you were lucky... Even then, we gradually started eating from trash cans—yes, yes—nothing disgusting about it, actually, very normal food. Someone throws away an unfinished breakfast in its packaging, and we pick it up, unwrap it, and eat... ugh, the golden days!! I recall those times with such rapture and pride for all of us... I also remember well that we would scavenge through trash cans behind restaurants in the evenings; we found a lot of useful things there in terms of food. Once, I got incredibly lucky: I found, or maybe stole (the back door to the restaurant was ajar, and it was standing right next to it), a large bag with plastic containers that had frozen versions of soups/borscht. I barely managed to drag it home :) And we had a feast!! There were 12 portions in there!!! We carefully ate them for a week, and you can't imagine how heavenly that food was. Sometimes we just walked around and begged for food in restaurants in the evenings, and people, feeling sorry for us, would give us something to eat or drink. Besides food, there was a ton of clothes in the dumpsters, even new ones, which I especially remember—my Japanese-style robe, which, after a thorough wash, I carefully wore at night for another whole month, and a T-shirt, a really good linen T-shirt, on which I remember there was even a price tag :) If you want to try this kind of freakiness, welcome to South Manhattan :) the Little Italy, SoHo, and other neighborhoods, but not at the very bottom, just below 12th Street... I'll write more detailed tips for people in New York later, below, if I don't forget. Oh, and the most interesting thing is that we were already walking around with cell phones and unlimited plans at that time; again, I'll write below where you can get such freebies if I have enough memory. I also remember the case when a guy "scammed" me and Alyoshka like two little kittens in Queens. The story is truly funny, but for some reason, I'm not ashamed of it at all. Returning home late on a dark evening, right near the house, a guy of average build but very charismatic appearance stopped us. Like, "Hey, wait, do you have 2 rubles?" We, of course, didn't have a penny. We stopped, one word led to another, what's what... after about 30 minutes of "chatting," he was already telling us that he was the top dealer in the neighborhood, that he was supposed to be killed tomorrow, and that he had some kind of meta-energy. He offered to let us feel it—he put us on either side of him and hit us in the chest with his palms, both of us!!! Not hard, but still, the situation itself, right? ... I don't remember h

Gguest_16005Oct 1, 2009Read

Especially for the ladies! Well, mostly for the ladies, but young men will find it useful too!))) New York and shopping!!!!!! There are these wonderful little shops called Century 21. What is it? It's a huge shopping center where they sell brand-name items, haute couture, as well as simple clothes at discounted prices!! It's not a second-hand store, these aren't damaged goods, it's just a paradise for shopaholics!! You can buy a D&G top here for about $30-50, you can buy a Prada bag for $100. Or just cute little things starting from $3!!! They have absolutely everything here! You can even buy a suitcase right away, as well as I love NY souvenirs, all sorts of frames, tableware, shampoos, creams, bed linen, lingerie, sportswear, evening dresses, Halloween costumes, and a house for your dog)) Where is this wonderful store located? One is in Brooklyn, you need to take the R train to 86th Street station, it's very close to the subway, you can ask any passerby, they know. I even remembered the address: 86th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenue. The second store is in Manhattan, in Downtown, you need to take the E train to World Trade Center or the R train to Rector Street, here too you can ask any passerby, everyone knows!! The store is located on Cortland Street. Girls, at Century 21, of what I bought, the thing I remember most is an awesome clutch for $20!! Such a thing would cost like 150 bucks back home!!! There is also shopping in the same style, a little shop called Loehmann's. They are on 77th Street, which is the 1, 2, 3 train subway station, and there is also one near the stop for these same trains, 14th Street station. The most memorable purchase from this store is an incredibly beautiful semi-transparent lace top!! It used to cost 300 dollars, but I got it for only 60!!!)))) Another cool store is Filene's Basement, it's located at Union Sq, 14th Street, trains N, Q, R, W. You can also spend several hours there with pleasure. And it seems the last store in this style, with good prices, is Duffy's! It's at the 34th Street train station, N, Q, R, W. Also one in the SoHo area (where you can most often meet stars) and one in Brooklyn, in the mall at the Atlantic Avenue - Pacific Street subway station. This store has a huge selection of Patrizia Pepe…. Mmmm…. Gorgeous!!! These are the main shops with good prices and a large selection, where there is practically everything, enjoy!!!!!=))))

Gguest_16005Oct 1, 2009Read

A useful page!! Such a necessary thing in America as internet access is both for job hunting, finding housing, and a way to stay in touch with home! If you have a laptop, as you all know, it's extremely simple, since Wi-Fi networks are almost everywhere, especially in parks, malls... Where can you catch free internet in New York? 1) A favorite spot for students - Apple Store - available on 59th Street and 5th Avenue and in the SoHo area (well, the ones I've been to). There are many laptops, many Russian students, and almost never any free seats) 2) Samsung - this place is located on the 3rd floor of the mall at Columbus Circle - 59th Street. There is almost always a free computer here, and far fewer students; you can also watch a movie while lounging on a sofa (if you're lucky) or play games. 3) Columbia University. We once decided to visit this abode of knowledge; it has a very beautiful campus, and in some buildings, there are computers and internet! There were also benches with soft seats, a food vending machine, and a restroom! And what does that mean? If you have nowhere to sleep, go there!!))) I just don't remember which building exactly)) If I remember more, I will definitely write.