Joshua Radin with Kathryn Gallager

Before

0.4 mi · 8 min walk - Chelsea

A patisserie on Ninth Avenue opened in May 1998 by the pastry chef Stephane Willemin and Romain Lamaze, with a long curved case of tarts and croissants at the front and tables behind it. You can stand at the case, point, and take a croissant away for a few dollars, or you can sit down for eggs. It opens at seven in the morning and keeps going until ten at night, which no other bakery on this avenue does.

After

0.1 mi · 1 min walk - Chelsea

Two acres of lawn and benches on the roof of Pier 57, which is the same building City Winery is in. It opened in 2022 as a public condition of the pier's restoration, it costs nothing, and it stays open until one in the morning. You get in through the ground floor entrance at the south end, next to City Winery, then take the stairs or the elevator up. The view is downtown, the harbor and Little Island directly below.