14th Street - Reasons to Love New York 2006 -- New York Magazine

Because There’s More to Do on a Single Street Here Than There Is in Most Other Cities

Map by Jason Lee

13. Strawberry Women’s clothing. Filenes Basement. DSW Men’s and women’s shoes. Forever 21 Men’s and women’s clothing. Whole Foods Market.

13a. Virgin Records. Circuit City.

13b. Best Buy Mobile Wireless phones and equipment. The Food Emporium. GameStop Video games. The UPS Store. Rhyme and Reason Gifts and lottery tickets. Apple Bank. Levitz Furniture.

14. Walgreens Pharmacy. Café Amore’s Pizza. Dunkin’ Donuts University Café. P.C. Richard & Sons. Straight From the Crate Furniture. Trader Joe’s Wines. NYU Palladium. Trader Joe’s Grocery. iSalon Manicure, pedicure, waxing. Robin Raj. Discount Health & Beauty Aids.

15. Duane Reade. Redhouse Asian Cuisine. 14th Nail Salon + Spa. M + N Cleaners. Essential Skin Care Facials, body treatments, waxing. Union Square Inn Budget hotel. New Taco Grill. Bite Sandwich shop. 34th St. Wireless Point Inc. Union Square Partnership Business-improvement group. King’s Place Haircutting. Friend House 2 Chinese food and sushi. Russian Souvenirs. Homeland Locksmith. The Royal Wigs. Beauty Bar Bar in a converted hair salon. Exquisite DVD + Video Adult and mainstream films. Waterlily’s Nails + Spa. The Blue Mahoe Caribbean restaurant. S. Wireless Phones and equipment. Subway Sandwiches. Pizza Hut, Arthur Treacher’s Fish ’n’ Chips, Nathan’s.

16. City Gourmet. Village Juice Bar. Big Deal Discount clothing. T-Mobile Wireless phones and accessories. Manhattan Sight & Sound DVD Music. Chickpea Falafel restaurant. 99 Cent Store. Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Vanessa’s Dumplings Asian food. King’s Head Tavern. Cable Doctor Electronic repair. Psychic Reader. Western Union. Discount Cleaners. Walid Menswear. PJS Grocery Inc. Bodega. Quiznos. Cellar Dwellers Liquor and wines. Fancy Cleaners & Tailors. Citifitness Gym and juice bar. Stall of bags, hats, and scarves store. Netcafe Internet café. C&B Convenience Store. New York Bagels. KFC.

17. New York Eye & Ear Infirmary. Jazz on the Town Hostel Beds for $39 a night. Knit New York Group and private lessons. Park’s Upholstery Slipcovers and draperies. Steve Express Shoe repair. All About Eyes Optician. Joe’s Custom Tailors. Zoom Wireless. Crocodile Lounge Bar with free pizza. Marc’s Barber Shop. Hair Trendz. Chinese Qi-Gong Tui-Na Massage. Ultracare Vision Inc. Optician. Parking garage. David E. Zipkowitz, D.M.D. Dentist. Gristedes. That’s Amore Italian food. LO’Hanlon’s Irish bar. Gregory’s Coffee. SAA Candy & Grocery.

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18. Opti-Tech New York Eye and Ear Optometrist. New York Eye & Ear Infirmary. International Haircutters. Nowhere Gay bar. Cingular. Curly’s Vegetarian restaurant. Fresh Tortillas Tex-Mex restaurant. Metro Bicycles Bicycles and accessories. 14 St. Florist. Engine Company 5 Fire station. 14th St. Y Duane Reade.