Best of the Web: New York City

Representative James Vacca

Representative Charles Rangel

Representative Jose Serrano

Representative Eliot Engel

This U.S. Coast Survey map includes Staten Island's roads and buildings.

State Senator Jose M. Serrano

State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman

State Senator Efrain Gonzalez, Jr.

State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Assemblymember Aurelia Greene

Assemblymember Michael Benjamin

Assemblymember Naomi Rivera

Assemblymember Michael Benedetto

Assemblymember Carmen Arroyo

Assemblymember Luis Diaz

Fitness classes, spinning, yoga, swimming, basketball, racquetball and more.

Provides links to area businesses, restaurants, and community organizations. Of particular interest is a unique listing of nautical Websites that offer information about shipbuilding, chartering, and navigation. In addition, this site provides access to a bulletin board that enables users to post and read messages that pertain to interests and issues of City Island residents.

Wonderful photos and walking tours of Manhattan's gargoyles and other architectural ornaments.

Web page from the Tenement Museum tells the story of 97 Orchard Street. [1864]

Access-A-Ride is a shared ride, door-to-door paratransit service for people with disabilities. Access-A-Ride provides transportation for people who are unable to use public bus or subway service for some or all of their trips. MTA New York City Transit administers Access-A-Ride private carriers under contract to NYC Transit provide service.

Their website, insideschools.org, provides statistical reports on all of New York City's public schools, including test scores, enrollment figures, free lunch eligibility, ethnicity, attendance, and "where graduates go" figures.

A schedule of the many different A.A. group meetings on Staten Island.

Under the direction of Anthony and Sally Amato, The Amato Opera Theater, provides a platform for aspiring young artists to perform grand opera.

Welcome to AmericanTowns, your virtual town square and the ultimate community connection! All about Staten Island

One of the largest libraries devoted to dogs in the world, the AKC Library contains approximately 17,000 volumes including bound periodicals, foreign and domestic Stud Books, art, literature, juvenile books, videos, a stamp collection, and a bookplate collection.

Click "Search" and enter "Staten Island." (if you wish you can limit your search to just documents, manuscripts, printed texts, etc.) Hundreds of documents mentioning Staten Island are available.

The American School Directory offers background information on schools and links to official school Websites.

Contact information for Amethyst House, a halfway house for women in recovery from alcoholism and substance abuse.

Among other activities, the association offers youth conservation programs, Huck Finn fishing tournaments and a safety course needed to qualify for a hunting license in New York.

Applebees Neighborhood Grill & Bar is one of the largest casual dining concept in America.

Here you can find various Bronx restaurants.

Gallery Guide is the most comprehensive source of gallery and museum exhibitions nationwide. It has established a highly respectable place in the art world by providing a targeted audience (museums, art galleries, collectors, curators, journalists, art dealers, bookstores, art fairs, and the general art enthusiasts) with the most up to date information pertaining to the art world. The site contains an online version of Gallery Guide magazine.

Large listing of upcoming cultural events on Staten Island. Search the database by date or type of event: comedy, dance, sports, festivals, etc.

The observatory is open to students of CSI and the general public at scheduled times. It is located on the campus of the College of Staten Island. The main telescope is a MEADE LX200 16-inch (0.46-m) F/10 Computerized Schmidt-Cassegrain.

Links from NYC's Parks Department to baseball, tennis, skating, basketball, swimming pools, beaches, and golf. Find out how to reserve a ball field or court in NYC.

Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance-"A funky and welcoming performance space." -The New York Ti mes The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance was created by Bessie Award-winning dancer/choreographer, Arthur Aviles along with the help of the Point Community Development Corporation. For the first part of the project, they worked with the building owners to convert 9000 square feet of raw warehouse space into a performance/workshop space, and artist's studios. The performance area (3500 sq. ft.) houses BAAD!

This well-designed and appealing site includes information on the history, architecture and design of this water's edge neighborhood as well as directory listings for restaurants, shopping and hotels. You'll also find a list of current free events at the World Financial Center and other nearby venues, description of public art in the neighborhood and information on renting or buying.

A detailed history of the bridge with construction photos.

Historian Bill Twomey's ongoing feature celebrating the glory of the Bronx.

Information and photos from an exhibit at the Alice Austen House.

Includes voter registration and election statistics by county and links to federal and state election laws.

Books about Staten Island available at the College of Staten Island Library.

A professional performance ensemble with a year-round schedule of chamber music and orchestral concerts, as well as special programs for families and a full music and arts-in-education program for schools.

Catholic high schools in the Bronx.

Names of representatives and contact information for all Bronx community boards, with links to more specific information such as maps, demographics and a calendar of meetings.