New York City

New York City is home to “The dreamers, the doers, the never-settlers: they all come to New York City in search of the same intangible thing,” says the official guide NYCGO.

Getting In:

Airports

If you’re coming from outside the United States, fly into one of the New York City area’s major airports.

Getting Around:

MTA New York Subway. Get your subway ticket at the station. The ticket comes in 7 days and 30 days unlimited or pay per ride $2.75; valid for subways and busses.
Hop on hop off bus

Boroughs and Neighborhoods:

“New York is a city of five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island—the City derives its personality from hundreds of small communities whose cultures make them feel like cities of their own,”according to NYCGO

Manhattan

It’s only the greatest city in the world. Neighborhood guides for Manhattan:

Chelsea
Chinatown
East Village
Greenwich Village
Harlem
Hell’s Kitchen
Koreatown
Lower East Side
Little Italy
SoHo
Meatpacking District
Washington Heights
West Village
Upper East Side

Explore:

- Top of Rock

- 9/11 Memorial, Freedom Tower

- SoHo
- Times Square
- Wall Street

The Bronx

“The Bronx as the home of the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden—not to mention as the birthplace of hip-hop,” according to NYCGO

Queens

The borough is made up out of many cultural enclaves that offer authentic shops, restaurants and festivals.

Brooklyn

Explore:

Brooklyn Bridge, walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Plan for walking across using this Free Tours by Foot guide.
DUMBO, a neighborhood whose name is an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
Explore Williamsburg. The Brooklyn neighborhood, which extends roughly from the East River to Bushwick Avenue, bounded by McCarren Park to the north and Flushing to the south.

Staten Island

Explore:

It’s just a ferry ride away

Long-term Stay Recommendation

Apps for hotel deals

Hoteltonight

Long-term Facebook communities

Gypsy Housing Brooklyn
NYC Manhattan – Housing, Rooms, Apartments, Sublets, Roommates, New York
New York University (NYU) Housing, Sublets & Roommates
Lowongan kerja di New York – Specific for Indonesian community

Entertainment

Free or pay-as-you-wish admission Museums

NYC is the greatest city in the world, but it is known to be expensive. There’s no reason to panic, because there are many free things to do here.

List of free or pay-as-you-wish admission. Please check each website to confirm the dates.

Monday

- Yeshiva University Museum, Manhattan
- Museum at Eldridge Street, Manhattan

Tuesday

- 9/11 Memorial Museum, Manhattan

- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn

- Staten Island Museum, Staten Island
- Wave Hill, Bronx

Wednesday

- Bronx Zoo, Bronx

- Museum of Jewish Heritage, Manhattan

- New York Botanical Garden, Bronx

- Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
- Van Cortlandt House Museum, Bronx

Thursday

- Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn

- China Institute, Manhattan

- International Center of Photography, Manhattan

- Museum of Arts and Design, Manhattan

- Museum of Chinese in America, Manhattan

- New Museum, Manhattan
- Trinity Church: Concerts at One, Manhattan

Friday

- Japan Society, Manhattan

- Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Manhattan

- Neue Galerie, Manhattan

- New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

- New York Aquarium, Brooklyn

- New York Hall of Science, Queens

- Rubin Museum of Art, Manhattan

- Staten Island Museum, Staten Island
- Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan

Finding a job as an expat in New York City

The job hunt in New York City is overwhelming — and you’re not alone. Although there’s no blueprint for landing a job, there are things you can do to better set yourself up to stand out to recruiters, and find and land a job that suits you.

Co-working Space

Use the coworking app Croissant, to find and try new coworking space everyday.