DOWNTOWN
Cool kids can explore indoor and outdoor public art, shopping, pop-ups and lots of inventive food between Canal & 14th street.
See our neighborhood map to plan, but leave time for fun discoveries in these funky streets.
EVENTS
Museum of Ice Cream
558 Broadway at Prince StreetExplore a sweet pop-up with 13 interactive installations across 3 floors. Eat as many ice cream treats as you want in 5 different shapes and forms, plus play with a three-story slide, hula hoops, a game room with mini golf and jungle gyms, a rainbow sprinkle pool with a slide and platforms and more interactive…
Lower East Side Festival Of The Arts
155 First Avenue Lower ManhattanTheater for the New City presents its 27th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, a massive annual performance marathon in the theater plus on the block of East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues.
See hundreds of diverse well-known and emerging artists ranging from theater to dance, music to movies, plus explore…
20at20 Off-Broadway
Through May 29th, get $20 tickets to participating Off Broadway plays and musicals at the box office twenty minutes prior to curtain. Cash only.
Kid-friendly options include Gazillion Bubble Show, STOMP, Vital’s Wizard of Oz, Romeo & Bernadette, Sistas The Musical and The Play That Goes Wrong
Ricitos and the 3 Bears / Ricitos y los 3 Ositos
107 Suffolk StreetIn a bilingual update on the classic tale, puppets and live actors speak both Spanish and English to share the tale of Mr. Oscar, Mrs. Osaura, little Oscarito and the over curious, super-snooping Ricitos, or Goldilock. Join a comical adventure as Goldilocks confronts the three bears and has to learn to take responsibility, say sorry…
Galli Theater Fairy Tales
72 Warren StGroove to new takes on classic stories with a beloved local children’s theater company. See a different fairy tale each week, including Aladdin, Rapunzel, The Princess and the Pea and Snow White.
Brooklyn United
66 East 4th StreetWatch a high-octane, one-of-a-kind drum and dance corps comprised of 33 Brooklyn public school youngsters ages 5 to 17. In the aftermath of a recent protest, a young man [Hayes Andrews] goes on a lively adventure of drumming and dancing to discover what happens to the dreams of victims of senseless violence.
POP UPS
Koneko
26 Clinton StPlay with roaming (adoptable) cats in three cat-centric spaces: the sunlit Upper Cattery, the warm and cozy Lower Cattery, and a first-of-its-kind outdoor Catio. Food from a Japanese- influenced menu, house-made desserts, plus beer, wine, and sake available for purchase.
Wednesday-Sunday 11 am – 3 pm & 4 pm – 8 pm
SHOWFIELDS
11 Bond StreetThe self-proclaimed “most interesting store in the world” features cool direct to consumer brands pop-ups and rotating interactive art exhibits throughout the 14,000 square foot, three floor space.
Look for a hidden two-story slide behind a book shelf that goes to a rotating art installation and lots of interesting products to peruse and sample.
…
Color Factory
251 Spring StreetThis truly interactive colorful pop-up with fun activities and sweet treats in twelve unique rooms designed by different artists and a giant blue ball pit is an all-ages adventure for babies to grown-ups.
Well designed, thoughtful and less crowded than many other pop-ups with activities, not just photo-ops (though plenty of those, and we love the…
Sloomoo Institute
475 Broadway between Broome & Grand StreetsThis interactive slime emporium is packed with sensory slime play.
* Walk & crawl through an obstacle course with a vat of slime, enter a glow-in-the-dark cove, take photos with slime-inspired art, play with a slime catapult and more.
* Make custom slime at a 150-yard-long DIY bar. Choose from a variety of bases, scents, colors…
Museum of Ice Cream
558 Broadway at Prince StreetExplore a sweet pop-up with 13 interactive installations across 3 floors.
Eat as many ice cream treats as you want in 5 different shapes and forms, plus play with a three-story slide, hula hoops, a game room with mini golf and jungle gyms, a rainbow sprinkle pool with a slide and platforms and more interactive…
Arcadia Earth
718 Broadway at West 6th StreetExplore a large scale, multi-sensorial journey through underwater worlds, fantasy lands, and inspirational art installations. Powered by augmented reality, virtual reality, projection mapping, and interactive environments, learn how small lifestyle changes can have a massive impact on the future of our planet. Interact with holograms in every room with HoloLens, Microsoft’s augmented reality headset.
For…
PLAY
Pier 25 Playground
227 West StThe longest pier in Hudson River Park hosts an awesome playground with eight different water features (including some very unpredictable fountains), rock climbing walls, swings, monkey bars, a big sandbox, geodesic-dome-shaped climbing net and more. Also explore an 18-hole miniature golf course, a snack bar, sand volleyball courts, berthing areas for historic ships and…
DeSalvio Playground
Spring Sreet &Mulberry StreetThis small park has cool design, a big includes a big jungle gym with monkey bars atop rubber matting, lots of shaded seating area, a basketball court (with two hoops), checker board tables and sprinklers.
Wilson NYC Flagship
594 BroadwayPlay in a 6,400-square-foot atrium in the new Wilson NYC Flagship store. Hit tennis balls, shoot hoops on an indoor court, try a golf simulator and test out products.
In-store services include racket stringing, leather ball customization, and glove personalization,.
Pier 25 Mini-Golf
227 West StManhattan’s only 18-hole miniature golf course features waterfalls, streams, a pond, foot bridges, sand traps and even a cave plus a stunning location on Hudson River Park’s Pier 25. Lemonade, ice cream & other snacks available or purchase. Also on the pier, find a great playground with lots of water features and a large…
Downtown Boathouse
North Moore Street & West StreetTake out free sit-on-top kayaks in protected Hudson River embayments with an all-volunteer nonprofit organization. Brief instruction and all necessary safety equipment provided as well as changing rooms, lockers and locks, bike locks, sun block, and first aid equipment.
Reserve online in advance, walk up, or reserve a spot for later in the day. Each…
MUSEUMS & ART
East Village/LES/Noho Street Art
Orchard Street between Delancey and E. Houston Lower ManhattanLook for lots of cool murals around this hip neighborhood, on walls, sliding metal gates and on the sidewalk. Current favorite include:
* I ❤️ NY mural at The Jones NYC (Great Jones Street & Bowery),
* a swing you can sit on among tulips at Bloomeffects (Bowery & Bleecker)
* double-vision Mickey Mouse…
First Street Green Art Park
33 East 1st StreetNestled between two buildings and lined by interchangeable murals and fence art, this art and cultural park emerged from a derelict building lot and hosts frequent community events. Bring chalk art to add to the colorful vibe.
Freeman Alley
Freeman Alley between Bowery & ChrystieLook for all sorts of tags & paste-ups at one of the most famous graffiti spots in NYC, a storied alley on the north side of Rivington Street between Bowery and Chrystie Street. The walls of former horse stables turned marble factory turned residences are crammed with images and messages. Find ‘rugged clandestine colonial American…
Aki Kuroda: MIDNIGHT SPAGHETTI
154 Ludlow Street Soho/Tribeca/LESLook for bunnies, faces, planets, floral arrangements, and caryatids that morph into portals or openings to other realms in world-renowned Japanese artist Aki Kuroda whimiscal paintings and 1 NFT. Compare works in vivid blues and yellows to those in deep blacks and subdued whites.
Tuesday–Sunday 11 am-7 pm
Wilson NYC Flagship
594 BroadwayPlay in a 6,400-square-foot atrium in the new Wilson NYC Flagship store. Hit tennis balls, shoot hoops on an indoor court, try a golf simulator and test out products.
In-store services include racket stringing, leather ball customization, and glove personalization,.
M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden
Rivington Street between Chrystie Street & Forsyth StreetLook for cool art nestled among the flowers and trees this beautiful garden–almost a city block long–nestled in Sara Roosevelt Park. Up to 50 volunteer gardeners including community groups maintain individual beds, and contribute to the upkeep of communal areas. Highlights include a small pond with koi, goldfish and turtles, a chicken coop (that donates…
Faces of the Wild
421 6th Ave at Christopher StreetSee international artists and conservationists Gillie and Marc Schattner’s newest installation with nine six-foot-tall sculptures representing some of the most endangered animals in the world including the Northern white rhino, chimpanzee, addax, western lowland gorilla, polar bear, red wolf, African forest elephant, hippopotamus, and lion. Each sculpture has a QR code that provides more information…
Chie Shimizu: ROJI
40 Wooster StreetMeet all sorts of interesting characters in Japanese-born, New York-based artist Chié Shimizu’s sculptures. Look for women standing in their hair, men with piles of rocks on their head, demons hiding in elaborate headdresses and more statues with stories in a serene exhibit evoking a roji, a garden surrounds and leads to the room in…
The Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge StreetStep inside history and explore an icon of New York City resilience. Learn the story of the grand 19th-century Eldridge Street Synagogue and the Jewish immigrants who built it. Look for elements from different eras in the building’s storied history, such as Kiki Smith’s monumental stained glass window replacing an earlier intervention from the mid-19th…
Elene Chantladze
127 Henry StreetSee animals, children and crowds gathering to celebrate weddings or other rituals that reflect the life and customs that surround Georgian artist Elene Chantladze in works rendered using both traditional media—gouache and pens—and the unconventional—elderberry juice, charcoal, kerosene—on old chocolate boxes or plastic lids. Find evocative faces from the sea, birds from the sky, flowers…
SHOWFIELDS
11 Bond StreetThe self-proclaimed “most interesting store in the world” features cool direct to consumer brands pop-ups and rotating interactive art exhibits throughout the 14,000 square foot, three floor space.
Look for a hidden two-story slide behind a book shelf that goes to a rotating art installation and lots of interesting products to peruse and sample.
…
Colin Thomson | Through Line
124 Forsyth StreetLines caress, pierce, and bump up against one another in Colin Thomson’s paintings, resembling a type of excavation, like digging into the earth, something he did in his twenties as a heavy equipment operator. Look for layers of colorful shapes and allusions to body parts like eyes and feet. Sometimes the artist creates under hypnosis,…
Kenny Scharf WOODZ ‘N THINGZ
183 Stanton StreetExplore legendary downtown painter Kenny Scharf’s “intuitive derangements of the regime of senses” in an exhibit of colorful, surreal paintings. Anthropomorphic elements of nature like red trees with big eyes interact with mesmerizing patterns and vibrant colors.
Tuesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm
Evan Mazellan, Eye Care
136 Eldridge StreetLook for oversized body parts and surfers in works by Brooklyn-based Evan Mazellan, who says ‘I paint water like ripped strips of collaged paper and I paint figures like clothes crammed into a suitcase. I start each work by drawing the toes and work my way up. I try to fit things in – whatever…
Clive Smith 2022
299 Grand StreetSee Clive Smith’s paintings of new species of birds: owls, ducks, spoonbills, pelicans, kingfishers, and pigeons, plus occasionally an insect or a mammal makes an appearance as well. Look for new feathers and fur patterns, based on canonical masters like Pablo Picasso, Bridget Riley, Hilma of Klimt, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Kenneth Noland, Josef Albers,…
New Museum
235 BoweryAlways something interesting to see – or interact with – at Manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum in a geometric building in a cool neighborhood.
* See richly textured paintings, soft sculptures, and story quilts by an artist, author, educator, organizer and Black American icon in Faith Ringgold: American People.
* Check out a…
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StreetJoin educator-led apartment tours inside two historic tenement buildings and walking tours within the Lower East Side neighborhood to learn about immigrant experience in the United States.
Explore historically restored apartments and discover how immigrants and migrants lived on the Lower East Side in the 19th and 20th centuries. Glean insights from educators who offer…
Josh Sperling: Daydream
130 Orchard StreetFind inspiration in Josh Sperling’s colorful painted lines that curl and wend and spiral, shimmying up walls across three floors of a spacious gallery show.
Not far from legendary Economy Candy.
Fire Museum
278 Spring StreetLearn all about fire fighting at the official FDNY museum, located in a renovated 1904 firehouse.
* Two floors trace the development of firefighting in New York from the early bucket brigades to the present day. See objects that document the history of the volunteer and paid departments, from painted leather buckets to early motorized…
MUSEUMS & ART
East Village/LES/Noho Street Art
Orchard Street between Delancey and E. Houston Lower ManhattanLook for lots of cool murals around this hip neighborhood, on walls, sliding metal gates and on the sidewalk. Current favorite include:
* I ❤️ NY mural at The Jones NYC (Great Jones Street & Bowery),
* a swing you can sit on among tulips at Bloomeffects (Bowery & Bleecker)
* double-vision Mickey Mouse…
First Street Green Art Park
33 East 1st StreetNestled between two buildings and lined by interchangeable murals and fence art, this art and cultural park emerged from a derelict building lot and hosts frequent community events. Bring chalk art to add to the colorful vibe.
Freeman Alley
Freeman Alley between Bowery & ChrystieLook for all sorts of tags & paste-ups at one of the most famous graffiti spots in NYC, a storied alley on the north side of Rivington Street between Bowery and Chrystie Street. The walls of former horse stables turned marble factory turned residences are crammed with images and messages. Find ‘rugged clandestine colonial American…
Aki Kuroda: MIDNIGHT SPAGHETTI
154 Ludlow Street Soho/Tribeca/LESLook for bunnies, faces, planets, floral arrangements, and caryatids that morph into portals or openings to other realms in world-renowned Japanese artist Aki Kuroda whimiscal paintings and 1 NFT. Compare works in vivid blues and yellows to those in deep blacks and subdued whites.
Tuesday–Sunday 11 am-7 pm
Wilson NYC Flagship
594 BroadwayPlay in a 6,400-square-foot atrium in the new Wilson NYC Flagship store. Hit tennis balls, shoot hoops on an indoor court, try a golf simulator and test out products.
In-store services include racket stringing, leather ball customization, and glove personalization,.
M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden
Rivington Street between Chrystie Street & Forsyth StreetLook for cool art nestled among the flowers and trees this beautiful garden–almost a city block long–nestled in Sara Roosevelt Park. Up to 50 volunteer gardeners including community groups maintain individual beds, and contribute to the upkeep of communal areas. Highlights include a small pond with koi, goldfish and turtles, a chicken coop (that donates…
Faces of the Wild
421 6th Ave at Christopher StreetSee international artists and conservationists Gillie and Marc Schattner’s newest installation with nine six-foot-tall sculptures representing some of the most endangered animals in the world including the Northern white rhino, chimpanzee, addax, western lowland gorilla, polar bear, red wolf, African forest elephant, hippopotamus, and lion. Each sculpture has a QR code that provides more information…
Chie Shimizu: ROJI
40 Wooster StreetMeet all sorts of interesting characters in Japanese-born, New York-based artist Chié Shimizu’s sculptures. Look for women standing in their hair, men with piles of rocks on their head, demons hiding in elaborate headdresses and more statues with stories in a serene exhibit evoking a roji, a garden surrounds and leads to the room in…
The Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge StreetStep inside history and explore an icon of New York City resilience. Learn the story of the grand 19th-century Eldridge Street Synagogue and the Jewish immigrants who built it. Look for elements from different eras in the building’s storied history, such as Kiki Smith’s monumental stained glass window replacing an earlier intervention from the mid-19th…
Elene Chantladze
127 Henry StreetSee animals, children and crowds gathering to celebrate weddings or other rituals that reflect the life and customs that surround Georgian artist Elene Chantladze in works rendered using both traditional media—gouache and pens—and the unconventional—elderberry juice, charcoal, kerosene—on old chocolate boxes or plastic lids. Find evocative faces from the sea, birds from the sky, flowers…
SHOWFIELDS
11 Bond StreetThe self-proclaimed “most interesting store in the world” features cool direct to consumer brands pop-ups and rotating interactive art exhibits throughout the 14,000 square foot, three floor space.
Look for a hidden two-story slide behind a book shelf that goes to a rotating art installation and lots of interesting products to peruse and sample.
…
Colin Thomson | Through Line
124 Forsyth StreetLines caress, pierce, and bump up against one another in Colin Thomson’s paintings, resembling a type of excavation, like digging into the earth, something he did in his twenties as a heavy equipment operator. Look for layers of colorful shapes and allusions to body parts like eyes and feet. Sometimes the artist creates under hypnosis,…
Kenny Scharf WOODZ ‘N THINGZ
183 Stanton StreetExplore legendary downtown painter Kenny Scharf’s “intuitive derangements of the regime of senses” in an exhibit of colorful, surreal paintings. Anthropomorphic elements of nature like red trees with big eyes interact with mesmerizing patterns and vibrant colors.
Tuesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm
Evan Mazellan, Eye Care
136 Eldridge StreetLook for oversized body parts and surfers in works by Brooklyn-based Evan Mazellan, who says ‘I paint water like ripped strips of collaged paper and I paint figures like clothes crammed into a suitcase. I start each work by drawing the toes and work my way up. I try to fit things in – whatever…
Clive Smith 2022
299 Grand StreetSee Clive Smith’s paintings of new species of birds: owls, ducks, spoonbills, pelicans, kingfishers, and pigeons, plus occasionally an insect or a mammal makes an appearance as well. Look for new feathers and fur patterns, based on canonical masters like Pablo Picasso, Bridget Riley, Hilma of Klimt, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Kenneth Noland, Josef Albers,…
New Museum
235 BoweryAlways something interesting to see – or interact with – at Manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum in a geometric building in a cool neighborhood.
* See richly textured paintings, soft sculptures, and story quilts by an artist, author, educator, organizer and Black American icon in Faith Ringgold: American People.
* Check out a…
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StreetJoin educator-led apartment tours inside two historic tenement buildings and walking tours within the Lower East Side neighborhood to learn about immigrant experience in the United States.
Explore historically restored apartments and discover how immigrants and migrants lived on the Lower East Side in the 19th and 20th centuries. Glean insights from educators who offer…
Josh Sperling: Daydream
130 Orchard StreetFind inspiration in Josh Sperling’s colorful painted lines that curl and wend and spiral, shimmying up walls across three floors of a spacious gallery show.
Not far from legendary Economy Candy.
Fire Museum
278 Spring StreetLearn all about fire fighting at the official FDNY museum, located in a renovated 1904 firehouse.
* Two floors trace the development of firefighting in New York from the early bucket brigades to the present day. See objects that document the history of the volunteer and paid departments, from painted leather buckets to early motorized…
EAT
Cafe Gitane
242 Mott StreetThis bright, friendly French-Moroccan is known for its tasty avocado toast and couscous but we always get the all-day waffles. Table-service, expect waits during peak hours.
Ladurée Soho
398 W BroadwayEscape to Ladurée’s pastel Parisian wonderland, where the only stress is choosing among the 25+ colorful flavors, from salted caramel to strawberry marshmallow – plus chocolate covered macarons, gelato and more sweet treats.
Get your treats to go or dine on casual yet sophisticated French fare including salads, sandwiches and croissants in h ornate dining…
Max Brenner
841 Broadway at East 13th StreetSelect from nine hot chocolates – Italian Thick, Oreo, Peanut Butter and more – at this huge cafe and store that feels like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, with tubes of liquid chocolate criss crossing the space. Choose from a variety of creative, high-quality chocolate concoctions to fo, gift or to eat on site.
Salads, paninis,…
Milk & Cream Cereal Bar
159 Mott StreetLive your childhood breakfast fantasies with soft-serve ice cream, milkshakes & bowls of milk with classic sugary cereal and other topping mix-ins. Signature flavors include ‘Froot Berry Bliss’ (With froot loops, strawberries, blueberries, fruity pebbles and gummy bears) and ‘Apple Jack Avalanche’ (Apple Jacks, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Granola Crisp topped with a caramel drizzle)…
Levain Bakery NOHO
340 Lafayette Street at Bleecker StreetEverything is baked on-site throughout the day at this Noho outpost of the legendary UWS bakery, from an array of rustic breads to the world-famous, super-gooey, six-ounce cookies in four flavors: Two Chip Chocolate Chip, Walnut Chocolate Chip, Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip & Oatmeal Raisin (plus a gluten-free chocolate chip…
Maman
237 Centre StreetStop in for brunch or grab a quick bite to-go at this lovely café with rustic décor touches around every corner & beautiful floral installations indoors and in the gorgeous garden.
Warm cookies, including a large legendary chocolate chip, are baked all day. Plus enjoy an assortment of pastries, excellent coffee, hot chocolate (look for special…
Doughnut Plant
379 Grand StreetChoose from three types of handcrafted doughnuts daily: yeast, cake and filled in a variety of flavors at this beloved bakery. Yeast doughnuts are light, airy, fluffy yeast-raised doughnuts, with a slight chew. Cake doughnuts are leavened with baking powder, and have a texture somewhere near the intersection of a classic birthday cake and a…
Dominique Ansel Bakery
189 Spring Street between Sullivan & ThompsonFrench bakery Dominique Ansel has delicious classic and post-modern pastries and specular seasonal desserts like hot chocolate with a blossoming marshmallow flower, frozen s’mores and milk in a chocolate chip cookie cup.
If you see a line down the block it’s probably for a cronut, the rightly famous croissant-doughnut hybrid pastry with flavors that change…
Blossoming Hot Chocolate
189 Spring Street between Sullivan & ThompsonA marshmallow flower blooms when it’s placed into a cup of homemade hot chocolate, revealing a little bonbon surprise in the center. One of many delicious classic and post-modern pastries and specular seasonal desserts at French bakery Dominique Ansel
If you see a line down the block it’s probably for a cronut, the…
Essex Market
88 Essex StSample fresh, affordable, and high quality food and other items from 40+ small businesses in this Lower East Side fixture.
Shop vendors with individual stories and distinctive personality for delicious treats like cupcakes from Sugar Sweet Sunshine, cheeseburger empanadas from Dominican Cravings, ube ice cream from L.E.S. Ice Cream…
Shopsin’s
88 Essex StThis whimsical, family-owned restaurant features a legendary 900-item menu with dozens of wacky (and delicious) pancakes varieties filled with s’mores or mac n’cheese. Small seating area; expect waits on weekends (but lots to explore in the indoor Essex Market while you wait).
Supermoon Bakehouse
120 Rivington StreetTry classic and inventive doughnuts, croissants, cruffins (croissant muffins with different fillings), pies, and other pastries hand-rolled and hand-crafted from grain, flour, fruit and vegetables sourced from local farms & mills in Upstate New York (except the butter, imported from a farm in Normandy, France).
Almost spherical doughnuts come in three rotating flavors, from good…
Le Village de Lafayette
380 Lafayette StreetEnjoy brunch, dinner, fondue and more French fare in charming private heated snow chalets outside Chef Andrew Carmellini’s market-driven bistro. Reservations recommended.
For the chalets. choose from limited prix fix options for $55-$65 or fondue for $70-$90 per person. Cocktails and other beverages available to order a la carte. Dietary restrictions & allergies can be…
Stick With Me Sweets Bonbons
202A Mott StGorgeous bonbons in an array of colors and artisanal flavors taste as good as they look in this small Nolita chocolate shop.
Roni-Sue’s Chocolates
148 Forsyth StreetTry delicious truffles, bars and caramel corn in inventive flavors inspired by specialty and local markets at this women-owned and run shop. All the chocolate is made by local artisans using organic Mayan cacao from Belize-based MOHO Chocolate Company, direct-trade, single-origin and socially responsible.
Favorites include Pig Candy AKA Chocolate Covered Bacon, fruity Razzle…
MarieBelle
484 Broome StreetSip on thick, delicious signature hot chocolate made from pure cacao shavings instead of chocolate powder to go or in an elegant, antique filled Cocoa Bar. Choose from four different flavors; Aztec, Milk Hazelnut, Spiced Chocolate and White Chocolate.
Bite size bonbons decorated with unique, colorful cocoa-based design and tins of hot chocolate shavings make…
Sour Patch Kids NYC
665 Broadway at Bond StreetCreate-your-own candy mix station, pose with oversized Sour Patch Kids in fun NYC-themed photo ops and shop limited-edition merchandise in this spacious colorful celebration of the classic candy. A Sweets Bar serves with waffles, cake shakes and more crazy desserts featuring the candy.
Daily 12 pm – 8 pm
Economy Candy
108 Rivington StreetAt this legendary family-owned LES sweets emporium, founded in 1937, shop over 2,000+ items, including chocolate covered graham crackers (with and without jelly), chocolate covered pretzels, jelly rings, bags of gummies, and unique candy bars you just can’t find anywhere else. Also shop for unique toys, gifts and vintage trading cards, from Wacky Packages to…
Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream Flagship Store
88 West Houston St between Bowery & ElizabethChoose from 88 inventive flavors of texture-driven small-batch ice creams like Tahini Caramel and Black Coconut Ash and even French Fry (plus ‘American Classics’ including five variations of vanilla), in an old-fashioned ice cream parlor.
Samples available (two per customer).
The extensive dining menu also includes elaborate sundaes, ice cream pies, floats and ice-cream…
Cones
272 Bleecker StreetArgentinean-style small-batch ice cream and sorbet comes in traditional and adventurous flavors including sweet potato with brie cheese, yerba mate and the popular sweet corn with cinnamon.
Monday-Friday 5 pm–10pm
Saturday & Sunday 1 pm–10 pm
Molly’s Cupcakes
228 Bleecker StreetTry moist cupcakes in a multitude of flavors in this cute, yellow bakeshop.
Customize your own cupcake- choose a base (chocolate, vanilla, carrot, red velvet or banana), frosting (classic vanilla, chocolate, cream cheese, brown butter or french buttercream) and toppings (chocolate chips, m&m’s® reese’s pieces, gummy bears, brownie chunks or chocolate chip cookie chunks) or…
Koneko
26 Clinton StPlay with roaming (adoptable) cats in three cat-centric spaces: the sunlit Upper Cattery, the warm and cozy Lower Cattery, and a first-of-its-kind outdoor Catio. Food from a Japanese- influenced menu, house-made desserts, plus beer, wine, and sake available for purchase.
Wednesday-Sunday 11 am – 3 pm & 4 pm – 8 pm
Museum of Ice Cream
558 Broadway at Prince StreetExplore a sweet pop-up with 13 interactive installations across 3 floors.
Eat as many ice cream treats as you want in 5 different shapes and forms, plus play with a three-story slide, hula hoops, a game room with mini golf and jungle gyms, a rainbow sprinkle pool with a slide and platforms and more interactive…