Chris Cannon, Jane Epstein and Vicente Wolf'have opened Alto, the team's most ambitious restaurant project to date at 11 East 53rd Street (between Madison and Fifth Avenue) in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The restaurant's name is both a reference to Alta Cucina (the term for highly refined Italian cuisine) and to Northern Italy, from which Alto draws considerable inspiration for its menu.

Laid out on 52 acres beside Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was founded in 1910 on a former ash dump and opened to the public in May 1911, its grounds planned by the Olmsted Brothers firm under founding director Charles Stuart Gager. More than a century on, it holds upward of 10,000 kinds of plants and draws around 700,000 visitors a year to a setting that works as both a living museum and a neighbourhood retreat. Spring is its signature season. The double rows of pink Kanzan cherry .....

Cantilevered out over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade is a 1,826-foot pedestrian walkway whose chief attraction is the view: an unbroken panorama of Lower Manhattan, the harbour, the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge spread out across the East River. It is owned by the city's transport department as part of the highway structure rather than designated as a park, though the parks department maintains it. Its existence is the product of a planning fight in t.....

Chin Chin at 216 East 49th Street is a longtime midtown Chinese restaurant that has served the UN-area dining scene for decades. The restaurant maintains a traditional Chinese fine-dining approach with white tablecloth service and a menu covering Cantonese, Szechuan, and Hunan specialties. The midtown east location makes it convenient for business lunches and pre-theater dining.

Jutting into the East River at Pier 6, near the southern tip of Manhattan, the Downtown Manhattan Heliport is a small but busy landing pad that serves as one of the city's main hubs for helicopter flights. Also known as the Wall Street heliport, it sits in the shadow of the Financial District skyline and handles a mix of business charters, commuter shuttles and the sightseeing tours that buzz over the harbour. The heliport is compact, with a handful of pads on a pier deck, an operations buildin.....

A 120-seat stand-up room a short walk from the Barclays Center, EastVille Comedy Club bills itself as the oldest dedicated comedy club in Brooklyn. It sits on Atlantic Avenue on the edge of Boerum Hill and the borough's cultural district, with a small bar in front and a showroom of two-top tables behind, staging anywhere from one to several shows a night. The club has a Manhattan backstory. It was founded by Marko and Tia Elgart in the East Village in 2008, in a grungy basement that became part.....

El Paso Mexican Restaurant has served East Harlem from its 110th Street location since 1993, building a reputation for generous portions of traditional Mexican fare. The addition of a mezcal and tequila bar has expanded the drinks program beyond the standard margarita, with a curated selection of artisanal spirits. The restaurant remains a neighborhood institution, drawing regulars for its mole, enchiladas, and warm family-run hospitality.

Emack & Bolio's at 73 West Houston Street brings the Boston-born ice cream brand's outrageous flavors and rock-and-roll roots to Manhattan. The shop serves creative scoops, sundaes, and smoothies in hand-dipped waffle cones, with flavors ranging from classic to adventurous. Wholesale and franchise opportunities extend the brand beyond its retail storefronts.

Emack & Bolio's at 1562 1st Avenue on the Upper East Side serves the same outrageous flavors and rock-and-roll-themed ice cream as its downtown sibling, bringing hand-dipped waffle cones and creative sundaes to the Yorkville neighborhood.

Emack & Bolio's at 389 Amsterdam Avenue brings the ice cream brand's creative flavors and rock-and-roll heritage to the Upper West Side, serving scoops, sundaes, and hand-dipped cones to the neighborhood's families and after-dinner strollers.