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36 Hours in Brooklyn

Emily Berl for The New York Times

No need to gaze longingly at Manhattan when the action is all around you.

• Slide Show: A Weekend in Brooklyn, New York

Hotel Review: Aloft Harlem, in New York City

There’s a lot of competition in New York, but Aloft seems to have found a niche, catering to the young (and young at heart) at reasonable rates.

Affordable Boutique Hotels in New York City

A new breed of hotels is trying to stand out from the masses with designer details, memorable perks and prices around $250 a night.

To Get Those Summer Tickets in New York, Strategize

Shakespeare in the Park tickets can now be requested online, and TKTS has smaller satellite booths in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.

Climbing the Walls in Brooklyn

Since opening last fall, Brooklyn Boulders, an 18,000-square-foot gym, has become a destination for New York rock climbers of all levels.

City Slickers Take to the Crops, With Song

Just outside New York City, farms are attracting locavores, college students and urbanites who yearn to raise produce and livestock.

New York Is Finally Taking Its Coffee Seriously

Dozens of new cafes and coffee bars treat coffee making like an art, or at least a high form of craft.

36 Hours in New York City

In the last year, the city has opened a hot new park and Lincoln Center celebrated its 50th anniversary with a major face-lift.

Hotel Review: Ace Hotel, New York

The owners are hoping that guests will enjoy the spacious accommodations, but that depends on whether they find the hotel’s oddities off-putting or endearing.

Hotel Review: Empire Hotel, New York

A renovation has turned one of the city’s oldest hotels into a modern refuge.

Manhattan Hotels Fill Rooms With Low Rates

An average one-third cut in rates has led to high occupancy and kept defaults low among New York hotels.

Secrets of the TKTS Booth

Victoria Bailey, the executive director of the Theater Development Fund, explains how and when to get the best discounted tickets at the city's TKTS booths.

Tent City: A Child’s Urban Adventure

One of the better-kept secrets of the city is the series of one-night family campouts that the Parks & Recreation Department has every summer weekend.

For High Line Visitors, Park Is a Railway Out of Manhattan

The High Line is still under construction. Yet the park already seems like a permanent fixture, almost a small town in the air.

Crust Is a Canvas for Pizza’s New Wave

Pizza worship has swept New York, with several new artisanal pizzerias opening in the city in the past few years.

Midtown’s Lush Passage

A visit to the district, situated mostly on West 28th Street, yields a bounty of blooms and floral accessories at prices lower than what shoppers will find at florists and delis.

Son, Old Times Aren’t Forgotten

They say Greenwich Village has been lost to students and tourists, but look closer.

Pause Before the Ferry

A 300-year-old village on Long Island where shops offer customized tattoos and the air smells of garlic, clams, coffee and barbecue.

Hungry in New York? Buy a Beer

The Big Apple harbors dozens of bars with delicious, ambitious or just plain strange things to eat — all for free.

Midtown’s Hidden World

Beneath the glow of the Empire State Building, Koreatown has burst forth as an area known for late-night revelry.

A Tour Guide Tames Lunch in Midtown

Zach Brooks is the founder and editor of Midtown Lunch, a Web site that serves those who toil in Midtown and hope to find something decent and reasonably priced to eat on their lunch breaks.

Fresh Fish and Characters

To cross the City Island Bridge is to enter a small town that lives within the borders of a great metropolis, an active fishing village not far from a network of Interstate highways.

For Vacation, Are You Staying or Going?

As travel deals multiply to fight the downturn, a choice between splurging on a trip or saving with a vacation near home.

Hotel Review: The Standard in New York City

As long as you’re comfortable in a small space, the soft opening of this hotel is hard to beat.

Brooklyn’s New Culinary Movement

The borough has become an incubator for a culinary-minded generation whose idea of fun is learning how to make something delicious and finding a way to sell it.

The Weekender’s Weekender Plugs the Last Holes

After living in the city for 15 years, the author does six iconic activities he’s never done for his final Weekend in New York column.

Antlers and S’Mores, for That Urban Ski Lodge Feel

You can find just about everything in New York’s city limits, except for ski slopes. But luckily, there are plenty of bars and lounges with a chic-woodsy atmosphere.

You Can Come and Go. They’re Staying Awhile.

From beautiful grounds to striking city views, there are several cemeteries in New York that are well worth a visit.

Hop On and Off, Just the Way the Natives Do

The public bus system may not have a tour guide or an upper deck, but you can plan your own route, score a window seat and see the sights the way New Yorkers do.

A Piece of Cleveland With a New York Accent

Hundreds of artifacts are being prepared for the opening on Tuesday of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, a $9 million branch of the Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.

Sheltering Under Grand Central’s Ceiling of Stars

From an astrological ceiling mural to gleaming gold chandeliers and the famous information booth, there is plenty to gawk at in this landmark building.

Time-Travel to Old Cuba Without Leaving the U.S.

The romance of pre-Revolution Cuba (or some good semblance of it) is very much alive in New York, particularly in the city’s restaurants.

Some Tourists Don’t Need Advice

It turns out you can come up with a great weekend itinerary by asking a dozen visitors to share the highlights of their own New York trips.

A World of Sweet Treats on One Island

Instead of splurging on the usual candy choices this Halloween, these New York bakeries offer international delights.

Frugal New York

Trying to see the city that never sleeps on a budget of $250 a day, with stops at a famously louche hotel, a pay-what-you-can museum and an outer-borough Chinatown.

Adding to the Mix in Brooklyn

The brownstone neighborhood of Prospect Heights is becoming a trendy new district for post-Williamsburg hipsters.

One City, Six Ways to See It

Get the lowdown on six big New York guidebooks that have come out with recent editions.

Nights Shaken and Stirred

If yogurt (frozen, flavored) is the trend of the day, then cocktail (elaborate, articulated) is the buzz of the night. Mixologists are the new D.J.’s of New York night life.

My New York

A sampling of what some notable New Yorkers, both those who live here and those who consider the city their spiritual home, are looking forward to this fall.

Seeing the Show Without Breaking the Bank

There are plenty of ways to go to the theater -- and even get great seats to Tony Award-winning Broadway shows -- for under $50.

Brooklyn’s Home to the Gentry and the Not-So

Brooklyn Heights feels like a staid patrician neighborhood, but it has been home to artists, eccentrics, a comic-book superhero and a famous burlesque queen.

Answers About Living Cheaply in New York, Part 2

Taking Questions: The author of “Frommer’s NYC Free & Dirt Cheap,” Ethan Wolff, is answering readers’ questions.

Small Parks, With a Bit of Peace in Every Nook

Nestled into much of Midtown -- especially the East Side -- are hidden parks and peaceful spaces generally not visible from the main avenues, and thus easily missed by nonregulars.

Experiencing an Asia Beyond China and India

Hiding in the shadows are cultural and culinary gems from Asian countries that, for reasons of history or demographics, did not send huge numbers of immigrants or expats to New York.