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New York is the capital of the world, and Greenwich Village is the center of the universe. Whether it is entertainment you seek, fine dining, a bargain, or virtually any other "experience," you can find it within a ten block radius of NYU School of Law. Know too, however, that New York can chew you up and spit you out if you don't know your way around; that's where this guide comes in.
Now
pay attention please, because this is important and if you learn it now
you will save yourself needless aggravation. The first thing is to learn how to find the cross street of an address on any avenue. For
that you should go to www.ny.com.
The site contains an up-to-date subway map (crucial for anyone), but beyond
that, you will also find an algorithm that will instruct you how to find
the exact location of any Manhattan avenue address. You will be amazed how
much security you will get just from having these two tools at your disposal.
I can't emphasize enough how important it is to form a posse when you first relocate to Manhattan. Traditionally, the term referred to those vigilante groups in the wild, wild, west who struck out en masse to locate a villain. These days, the term refers to a group of like minded peers in search of a villainously good time. You and the members of your posse would do well to chip in and buy a subscription to the weekly magazine Time Out New York, which is an excellent source of events of all types and price ranges, including many that are free. (We like free.)
New York and The New Yorker are excellent sources of listings as well, as is The Village Voice, which has the added bonus of being free.
In order for jaded New Yorkers like me not to clock your posse as 'outtatowners' and point and laugh at you, once you've located the address you're looking for and you've figured out which train to take, you need to know a few things:
Manhattan avenues run north/south and all streets run east/west (that is all numbered streets above 14th Street--the Village's streets, like many of its inhabitants, are a little quirky and there is absolutely no rhyme or reason to them). The traffic on odd-numbered avenues runs downtown, while the traffic on even-numbered avenues runs uptown. Even numbered streets go west to east, while odd- numbered streets go east to west, except for major thoroughfares 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 57th which are two-way.
One last thing about addresses in Manhattan, and this is important: when you are contacted by the Office of Alumni Relations and Development (and believe me, you will be!), you will note that in their return address, they refer to Sixth Avenue as Avenue of the Americas. Please, for the love of God, don't you do that. It's Sixth Avenue. Period. Again, I tell you this in order for you not to be the recipient of the aforementioned hideous pointing and laughing.