This information is current as of March 2010. Send your questions and suggestions to info[at]anarchistbookfair[dot]net.

Getting Around

Maps and transportation information

• Judson Memorial Church
• Judson Memorial Church on Google Maps
• Judson Memorial Church on HopStop.com
• Chinatown Buses
• Metropolitan Transit Authority - subways and buses in the five boroughs, as well as links to commuter buses and trains
• Bicycle Shops and Rentals (from Bike New York)
• Recycle a Bicycle
• Ride the City - find recommended bike routes within NYC
• Radical Apple NYC - radical history map

Food and Drink

There will be food being sold, and possibly also free food, at Judson Memorial Church during the book fair. Here are some other ways to find good places to eat and drink throughout the NYC Anarchy Fest.

• New York City Vegan Restaurant Guide (from SuperVegan) - the self-professed "best damn guide to dining vegan in New York City"
• New York Restaurants (from Yelp)

Housing

This is a selection of relatively inexpensive hotels and hostels in Manhattan.

Downtown (Lower East Side, East Village, West Village)

• Chelsea Center East 83 Essex St (between Delancey and Broome Sts) | (212) 260 0961
• East Village Bed & Coffee 110 Ave C (between E. 7th and E. 8th Sts) | (917) 816-0071
• Jazz on the Town 307 E. 14th St (at 2nd Ave) | (212) 228-2780
• Larchmont Hotel 27 W. 11th St (between 5th and 6th Aves | (212) 989-9333
• St. Mark's Hotel 2 St. Mark's Pl (at 3rd Ave) | (212) 674-0100
• Whitehouse Hotel of New York 340 Bowery (between Great Jones and Bond Sts)

Chelsea and Midtown

• American Dream Hostel 168 E. 24th St (between Lexington and 3rd Aves) | (212) 260-9779
• Big Apple Hostel 119 W. 45th St (between 6th and 7th Aves) | (212) 302-2603
• Carlton Arms Hotel 160 E. 25th St (between 3rd and Lexington Aves) | (212) 679-0680
• Chelsea International Hostel 251 W. 20th St (between 7th and 8th Aves) | (212) 647-0010
• Chelsea Star Hotel 300 W. 30th St (at 8th Ave) | (877) 827-6969 or (212) 244-7827
• Vanderbilt YMCA 224 E. 47th St (between 2nd and 3rd Aves) | (212) 912-2500

Uptown (Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side)

• Central Park Hostel 19 W. 103rd St (between Manhattan Ave and Central Park West) | (212) 678-0491
• Harlem YMCA Claude McKay Residence 180 W. 135th St (between Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd and Lenox Ave) | (212) 912-2100
• International Student Center 38 W. 88th St (between Columbus Ave and Central Park West) | (212) 787-7706 Must be aged 18-35 to be eligible to stay here.
• Jazz on Lenox 104 W. 128th St (near Lenox Ave) | (212) 222-5773
• Jazz on the Park 36 W. 106th St (between Manhattan Ave and Central Park West) | (212) 932-1600
• Jazz on the Villa 12 W. 129th St (at 5th Ave) | (212) 722-6252
• New York International HI-AYH Hostel 891 Amsterdam Ave (at 103rd St) | (212) 932-2300
• West Side YMCA 5 W. 63rd St (at Central Park West) | (212) 875-4100

Places

• ABC No Rio - art gallery, computer center, darkroom, Food Not Bombs, print shop, punk shows, zine library, on the Lower East Side
• Bluestockings - radical bookstore with a fair trade cafe and great events most nights of the week, on the Lower East Side
• Public libraries: Brooklyn Public Library | New York Public Library (Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island) | Queens Library
• Zines at the New York Public Library
• Barnard College Library Zine Collection (if you don't have Barnard, Columbia, or NYU ID, you must arrange your visit ahead of time or the desk attendant might not let you in)
• The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives - a special collection for labor history and radical political movements, located at NYU but open to the public
• Radical Reference's Alternative and Independent Bookstores list
• Free Museums in NYC
• The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
• The Lesbian Herstory Archives
• Times-Up - "NYC's Direct Action Environmental Organization" (with locations on the Lower East Side and Williamsburg, Brooklyn)