Neighborhoods
Union Square/Flatiron
Union Square is a popular meeting place because it's near NYU, and many subways stop there. It's also home to the Union Square Greenmarket. The adjacent area got its name from the famous Flatiron Building, and is home to a growing number of fashionable shops.
Union Square/Flatiron Itineraries
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- Artisans of Leisure
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Location: Union Square/Flatiron
Private tours for luxury and culture seekers
Guide: Travel Guru (Taylor) »
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- West Side Rifle & Pistol Range Inc
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Location: Union Square/Flatiron
If you want to learn how to shoot a rifle or a pistol (legally) in NYC, there’s only one place to go (literally): West Side Rifle & Pistol Range.
Guide: Entrepreneur (Jack)
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- Astor & Black
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Location: Union Square/Flatiron
Astor & Black makes high-end, custom suits, jackets, shirts, coats, pants etc., and leverages strong relationships with fabric mills to keep prices reasonable.
Guide: Banker (Noah)
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- Strictly Laser
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Location: Union Square/Flatiron
Erica does fast, relatively painless laser hair removal in her convenient Union Square location.
Guide: Rebel (Crystal)
Location: Union Square » - 0 comments
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Union Square is bordered by 14th Street to the South, 17th Street to the North, and Union Square East and West. It's named for the intersection (union) of two major streets, Broadway (formerly Bloomingdale Road) and Fourth Avenue (formerly Bowery Road). Once a potter's field, it became a public park in 1839, at which time it was at the Northern end of Manhattan's business and residential areas. In 1872 Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, architects of Central and Prospect Parks, redesigned Union Square Park. It was the site of the first Labor Day celebration in 1882, and is a National Historic Landmark. Monuments in the park include statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Mohatma Gandhi. Today, Union Square is a popular meeting place because of it is in between several neighborhoods, it's near NYU, and because many of NYC's subways stop there. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, from 8AM to 6PM, Union Square is home to the Union Square Greenmarket, where regional vendors sell a variety of products, including produce, pretzels, meats, cheeses, honey, beef, greens, cider, plants, and seafood. Much of it is organic, and/or grown by local farmers.