Resources
In the Resources section, you will find
contact information and useful links. If you would like to suggest
links, please do; send them to us at
links@w75ba.org/ with
LINKS in the subject line.
General
Interest
—
Almanac, World:
www.infoplease.com/world.html
—
Businesses (reviewed by users):
www.insiderpages.com/
— Catalog choice (help the
environment; opt out of receiving catalogs!):
www.catalogchoice.org
— Computer
viruses and hoaxes:
mcafee.com./hoax.asp
and
www.symantec.com/
— Currency
converter:
www.xe.com/ucc/
—
Do Not Call
(national registry for stopping telemarketing
calls): www.donotcall.gov/
— Donate, buy, or sell gently used goods:
www.nyc.gov/stuffexchange
—
EveryBlock (NYC news pinpointed by location —
business reviews, building permits, crime
stats, photos, and a lot more!)
nyc.everyblock.com/
—
Handymen:
www.servicemagic.com/
—
Jewish Community Center:
www.jccmanhattan.org/
—
Kid Stuff (NYC and other places, too):
gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/
—
Map search:
maps.google.com/
— Neighborhood merchants support W75BA:
merchantsupport
— Post Office:
www.usps.com/
— Reference
(links to just about anything you want to know)
www.refdesk.com/
— Restaurants
(NYC, by location, cuisine — menus, prices, ratings, more)
www.menupages.com/
— Sports
Statistics:
www.infoplease.com/sports
—
Telephone
numbers from NYS Senator Duane (PDF)
— Transportation:
www.straphangers.org/
— Weather (local
to international):
www.accuweather.com/index.asp
— Upper West Side neighborhood places and more:
www.upperwestside-eats.com/
Entertainment
— Broadway
Data Base: (like the movies data base, only theater):
www.ibdb.com
— Channel 13:
www.thirteen.org/index.php
— Channel 21: www.wliw.org/
— Lincoln Center:
www.lincolncenter.org/
— Movie Data Base (everything
you want to know or had forgotten):
www.imdb.com
— 92nd Street Y:
www.92y.org/
— Symphony Space:
www.symphonyspace.org/
— Theatre Development Fund
(member discounts, info for others):
www.tdf.org/
— Theatremania (discount
tickets, US & London):
www.theatermania.com/home/
— Turner Classic Movies:
www.tcm.com/tcmdb/index.jsp
Environment & Preservation
(check these sites for events & activities, too)
— Historic
fireboat John J. Harvey on the Hudson:
fireboat.org
— Friends of the High Line:
friendsofthehighline.org
— LandmarkWEST!:
landmarkwest.org
—
NYC Depart of Parks & Recreation:
greenapplecorps.com
—
Riverkeeper
(defending the Hudson):
riverkeeper.org
—
Working Harbor Committee:
workingharbor.org
Libraries
More links and information than you knew!
NOTE: New York Public Library includes the
Bronx, but Queens & Brooklyn Public Libraries are
entirely separate and their websites do not overlap.
— Brooklyn
Public Library:
brooklynpubliclibrary.org
— Library of Congress:
www.loc.gov/index.html
— New York Public Library:
www.nypl.org
— Queens Public Library
www.queenslibrary.org
News Media
— CNN (breaking news, U.S.,
World, more) www.cnn.com/
— Forbes:
www.forbes.com/
—
The Guardian (UK):
www.guardian.co.uk/
— New York Sun:
www.nysun.com
—
New York Times: www.nytimes.com/
—
Wall Street Journal:
online.wsj.com/public/us
—
Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/
Seniors
—
AGIS (Eldercare): www.agis.com/
—
CSCS (Council of Senior Centers & Services):
www.cscs-ny.org/
—
Discount shopping (links & info):
www.therubins.com/aging/discount.htm
—
Elderhostel:www.elderhostel.org/
—
NY Foundation for Senior Citizens:
www.nyfsc.org/
—
NYS Office for the Aging:
aging.state.ny.us/
— Theatre Development Fund
(discounts for senior members):
www.tdf.org/
Separate pages give useful links for:
City, state, and national
government
New York get-aways (excursion destinations, city tours, and
more)
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