NYC Resources
This information is current as of spring 2009. Send your questions and suggestions to info[at]anarchistbookfair[dot]net.
Getting Around
Maps and transportation information
- Judson Memorial Church
- Judson Memorial Church on Google Maps
- Judson Memorial Church on HopStop.com
- Chinatown Buses
- Metropolitan Transit Authority - subways and buses in the five boroughs, as well as links to commuter buses and trains
- Bicycle Shops and Rentals (from Bike New York)
- Recycle a Bicycle
- Radical Apple NYC - radical history map
Food and Drink
There will be food being sold, and possibly also free food, at Judson Memorial Church during the book fair. Here are some other ways to find good places to eat and drink throughout the NYC Anarchy Fest.
- New York City Vegan Restaurant Guide (from SuperVegan) - the self-professed "best damn guide to dining vegan in New York City"
- New York Restaurants (from Yelp)
Housing
This is a selection of relatively inexpensive hotels and hostels in Manhattan.
Downtown (East Village, West Village)
- East Village Bed & Coffee 110 Ave C (between E. 7th and E. 8th Sts) | (917) 816-0071
- Jazz on the Town 307 E. 14th St (at 2nd Ave) | (212) 228-2780
- Larchmont Hotel 27 W. 11th St (between 5th and 6th Aves | (212) 989-9333
- St. Mark's Hotel 2 St. Mark's Pl (at 3rd Ave) | (212) 674-0100 Whitehouse Hotel of New York 340 Bowery (between Great Jones and Bond Sts)
Chelsea and Midtown
- American Dream Hostel 16 E. 24th St (between Park Ave South and Madison Ave) | (212) 260-9779
- Big Apple Hostel 119 W. 45th St (between 6th and 7th Aves) | (212) 302-2603
- Carlton Arms Hotel 160 E. 25th St (between 3rd and Lexington Aves) | (212) 679-0680
- Chelsea Center Hostel 313 W. 29th St (at 8th Ave) | (212) 643-0214
- Chelsea International Hostel 251 W. 20th St (between 7th and 8th Aves) | (212) 647-0010
- Chelsea Savoy Hotel 204 W. 23rd St (at 7th Ave) | (212) 929-9353
- Chelsea Star Hotel 300 W. 30th St (at 8th Ave) | (212) 244-7827
Uptown (Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side)
- Central Park Hostel 19 W. 103rd St (between Manhattan Ave and Central Park West) | (212) 678-0491
- Harlem YMCA Claude McKay Residence 180 W. 135th St (between Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd and Lenox Ave) | (212) 281-4100, ext. 208
- International Student Center 38 W. 88th St (between Columbus Ave and Central Park West) | (212) 787-7706 Must be aged 18-35 to be eligible to stay here.
- Jazz on Harlem 104 W. 128th St (near Lenox Ave) | (212) 222-5773 Jazz on the Park 36 W. 106th St (between Manhattan Ave and Central Park West) | (212) 932-1600
- New York International HI-AYH Hostel 891 Amsterdam Ave (at 103rd St) | (212) 932-2300
Places
- ABC No Rio - art gallery, computer center, darkroom, Food Not Bombs, print shop, punk shows, zine library, on the Lower East Side
- Bluestockings - radical bookstore with a fair trade cafe and great events most nights of the week, on the Lower East Side
- Public libraries: Brooklyn Public Library | New York Public Library (Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island) | Queens Library
- New York Public Library's Zine Collection
- Barnard College Library Zine Collection (if you don't have Barnard, Columbia, or NYU ID, you must arrange your visit ahead of time or the desk attendant might not let you in)
- Lesbian Herstory Archives - in Park Slope, Brooklyn
- The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives - a special collection for labor history and radical political movements, located at NYU but open to the public
- Radical Reference's Alternative and Independent Bookstores list
- Free Museums in NYC
- The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
- Times-Up - "NYC's Direct Action Environmental Organization" (with locations on the Lower East Side and Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
- 123 Community Space - radical events, community programs, and infoshop in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn