New York curiosities-Beachhotel7.COM
A captivating magic makes it an unmissable destination where madness, passion, glamor and chaos mix. We tell you some curiosities about New York.
Planning a visit to New York for the first time is fascinating, everyone tells you about a city that captivates from the first moment despite its contradictions. It is like entering an unknown dimension, elements as basic as its skyscrapers, its streets, the people and the rhythm of the city surprise you at every corner. There are many curiosities of New York that you may not know and today we will talk about that and the maddening rhythm of the city that never sleeps.
New York Curiosities
This dazzling city has that captivating magic that makes it an unmissable destination where hustle, madness, passion, glamor and chaos mix.
Here are a few things to keep in mind:
- People greet with a how are you. When you walk into any store or restaurant, they greet you with Hi, how are you? (Hi how are things?). It is not a rhetorical question: the usual thing is to answer it and ask the other person, too, how they are.
- They say goodbye wishing you a good day. When you leave a place, instead of saying bye, the usual thing is to say Have a great day or Have a good one (have a good day).
- The American flag flies everywhere. On the street, in front of homes, in shops. After the attack on the World Trade Center, the sale of flags grew enormously.
- People eat out daily. Drop by a restaurant any day of the week and you will find it as bustling as if it were Saturday. New Yorkers, especially young people, cook little and eating out is very common.
- Food delivery men pedal through the streets at all hours. If eating out is typical, ordering food to be brought home (take-out) through websites like Seamless is even more so.
- The delivery people usually use bicycles, and many times they ride on the sidewalk or in the opposite direction to go faster. Pay attention to the law of the jungle or you will end up run over and covered in pizza.
- The ambulance sirens are deafening. And those of the fire trucks, too. The sound is so exaggeratedly loud that you can hear it for blocks away.
- The streets are very dirty. Whoever expects to find the impeccable streets shown in the movies will be surprised by sidewalks littered with garbage bags and filth.
- There are few supermarkets and many delis. There are chains like Whole Foods or Trader Joe's, but compared to many cities, New York has few large supermarkets.
- On every corner you will find a deli or bodega, mini supermarkets often open 24 hours that sell everything from food to basic necessities.
- There are thousands of pharmacies, large chains that simultaneously sell medicines, beauty and aesthetic products, household products and some industrial foods. They are usually more expensive than supermarkets but they are everywhere. The most famous chains are Duane Reade, CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid.
- Everyone walks around with a cup of coffee in hand. Even if you are not in a hurry, most people buy their coffee to go. You will see many people sipping their drink on the street or in the subway.
- Cafeterias are offices. While some order coffee to go, others plant their laptops on a table and turn the cafeteria into their office: for the price of a coffee, you can spend a few hours working connected to the free Wi-Fi without anyone bothering you.
- Rush hour on the subway tests patience. At rush hour the carriages get so crowded that you can't even move your arms. But it doesn't end there: if you have to change at a very busy station, like Union Square, when you get off the car you will have to join the human tide and queue to get to the stairs, queue to go up, queue for the next meter. If you can, avoid the rush hour (roughly between 7:30 and 9 in the morning and 4:30 and 6 in the afternoon).
- All restaurants are marked with a letter A, B or C hanging at the entrance. The health department conducts surprise inspections and assigns a letter to restaurants based on irregularities found (hygiene, food handling, pests). The best grade they can get is an A, and the worst is a C. You rarely see a C, but Bs are quite common.
- The streets are lined with food carts that give off a characteristic smell of spices from afar. They sell coffees, bagels, hot dogs, pretzels, and Middle Eastern or Asian dishes, with chicken, lamb, falafels, and rice, for around $6. The funny thing is that they attract all kinds of customers, from students to workers in suits.
- New Yorkers love lines: they see people waiting on the street and they go to the end, whatever it is.
- People walk very, very fast. It doesn't matter if you are in a hurry or not: when everyone around you is walking at a fast pace, you imitate them and start walking at lightning speed without realizing it. It always surprises and stresses the pace of pedestrians a little.
- Brooklyn and Queens also have skyscrapers. Manhattan gets all the praise, but districts like Brooklyn and Queens are also beginning to build towering skyscrapers. Of course, they promote themselves by talking about the views of Manhattan from the upper floors.
- Burger Joint hamburger restaurant at the Le Parker Meridien hotel: the location of this small venue already makes it something unique and exclusive throughout the city, as it is located inside the luxurious Le Parker Meridien hotel, located at 119W on the 56th St.
When looking for this famous hamburger restaurant, tourists often do not dare to enter because they are not hotel guests. As soon as you pass the reception, you will find a corridor on the left. At the bottom of it, a small illuminated sign in the shape of a hamburger will indicate that you have found the Burger Joint.
It is a very small place, with various low and high tables where it is common to share a seat with other customers. Its walls are decorated with various photographs, posters, press clippings mentioning the premises and, above all, drawings, signatures, names and everything imaginable that customers have painted over the years.
As for the burgers, second to none. When making the payment for the order, they will write down your name and in a few minutes they will call you (loudly) so that you can pick up your paper bag with food. Where to eat it, is to everyone's taste.
