http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32963 It also has two delightful cafes serving Viennese style food, wonderful cakes and gorgeous breakfasts. It's quite small and a refreshing change from some of the enormous museums in New York that can quickly exhaust you. Also it's not far from the marvellous Frick collection which is also fairly small and "do-able"]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32963 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32210 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32210 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32209 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32209 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31653 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31653 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31268 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31268 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31180 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31180 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31056 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31056 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30659 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30659 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30623 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30623 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29253 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29253 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24848 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24848 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/22115
Bedford Avenue, the epicenter, is accessible from Manhattan on the L subway line, or the ‘Hipster Line’ as it’s sometimes known (cringe).

It’s where New York’s art/music types congregate with the fashion victims and try-hards; if you intend to fit in, make sure you’re wearing a lumberjack shirt and thick-rimmed glasses. Or alternatively, a fedora and peyot – Williamsburg has a sizeable Hasidic Jewish community

If you’re looking for some tucker, avoid SEA on N 6th - it’s the worst Thai restaurant I’ve ever been to. Right across the street is the Sweetwater Tavern (105 N 6th St) - a pub-style affair with a mahogany bar, Guinness on-tap and good bistro food (the eggs benedict is delicious), all reasonably priced.

In fact, N 6th St is probably my favourite part of this district. Head east down this slightly barren, industrial urban chic street towards the river, and you’ll find multi-coloured spandex emporium American Apparel, a nifty indoor thrift market, a couple of pricey clothes boutiques selling local designers’ wares (the mark-downs during sale time are well worth stopping by for though), art spaces, and a gorgeous antique furniture store called Golden Calf. You’ll also find Williamsburg Music Hall and some great street art down here.

Two things you should know about Williamsburg before visiting:
1) it’s the home of Peaches Geldof
2) it’s ‘the most toxic place to live in America’, due to its higher-than-average incidence of cancer

I’ll leave it to you to decide which is worse...]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/22115 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21184 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21184 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20847
The work is displayed as if it were in a private house, with furniture and fabrics appropriate to the pieces on show. The glassware and ceramics are also of high quality. The Neue Galerie is a pleasure to visit and a tribute to its founders. There is a comprehensive bookshop offering scholarly works as well as souvenirs.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20847 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20828
However the Whitney is well worth visiting especially if, in future, it makes a more generous selection of its main collections available than was on show this season. There is also a good bookshop.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20828 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16985
To save $20 admission go after 4pm (up to 8pm) on Fridays when it's free - although it gets busy, it's a great way of seeing some of the best displays of modern art you can ever see.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16985 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12975 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12975 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3158 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3158 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1176 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1176 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1114 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1114