Broadway Express
The Q train, stop by stop
29 stops from 96 St to Coney Island-Stillwell Av. At 22 of them there's somewhere on LovelyNYC within about six minutes' walk; here they are, nearest first.
96 St
86 StUpper East Side
Eat & drink · 1 min · $$Heidelberg RestaurantYorkville's last old-school German house — sausage platters, pork shank and German beer since 1939.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$The PenroseThe East 80s' grown-up neighborhood bar — reclaimed wood, real cocktails, no velvet rope.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$Ly Ly Vietnam CookhouseSmoked short rib on a twenty-hour pho, in a sunken, mirrored Yorkville dining room.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$Tha PhrayaNorthern and southern Thai under red lamps on Second Avenue — sai ua spring rolls, khao soi and a Phuket curry.72 StUpper East Side
Eat & drink · 1 min · $$Tikal Mayan FoodA family-run Mayan dining room by the 72nd Street Q — pepián, kak'ik, chuchitos and rellenitos.
Eat & drink · 2 min · $$$PersepolisThree decades of saffron and sour-cherry rice on Second Avenue.
Eat & drink · 3 min · $$Bohemian SpiritCzech goulash, dumplings and lager inside Yorkville's 1896 Bohemian National Hall.Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$KaiaNew York's South African table, now on First Avenue — bobotie, malva pudding and Cape wine.Lexington Av/63 StUpper East Side
Eat & drink · 2 min · $$$$Café BouludDaniel Boulud's Art Deco–inspired room at Maison Barnes — potato-wrapped sea bass and a hushed, grown-up dinner.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$$$Le Veau d'OrA 1937 bistro reborn by the Frenchette team — red banquettes, frogs' legs in garlic butter and the most romantic prix fixe on the East Side.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$$$DanielDaniel Boulud's flagship — French haute cuisine under the arches of East 65th Street.
Place · 6 min · FreeArgosy Book StoreSix family-run floors of rare books, old maps, and $5 engravings, a century old and still trading.57 St-7 AvMidtown
Experience · 1 min · $$A Guided Tour of Carnegie HallAn hour inside the city's most famous concert hall, from Stern Auditorium to the Rose Museum's artifacts.
Experience · 1 min · $$A Concert at Carnegie HallAn evening in the 1891 hall on 57th Street, where the upper tiers are cheaper and the sound is famous.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$$Yakitori TottoA second-floor yakitori bar off Broadway — tsukune, chicken oysters and dozens of skewers.
Experience · 4 min · $$$Broadway Voices at 54 BelowBroadway's own supper club, where stars, songwriters and newcomers sing a few feet from your table.12 more near 57 St-7 Av
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$$$MareaCoastal Italian on Central Park South — crudo, then the octopus-and-bone-marrow fusilli.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$$$Gallaghers SteakhouseA 1927 Theater District steakhouse with its meat locker in the window — porterhouse for two, wedge salad, cheesecake.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$Victor's CaféRopa vieja and lechón asado in skylit rooms off Broadway, from a family-run Cuban restaurant open since 1963.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $The Halal Guys (53rd & 6th)The original 53rd Street carts — chicken and gyro over rice, white sauce, and a line that moves after midnight.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$$Le BernardinEric Ripert's hushed Midtown seafood temple — four decades at the top of the rankings.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$Per SeThomas Keller's nine-course dinner above Columbus Circle, with Central Park filling the windows.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$MasaMasa Takayama's omakase at a single slab of hinoki above Columbus Circle.
Experience · 7 min · $$The Museum of Modern ArtStarry Night, the water lilies, and the sculpture garden — the modern canon under one roof.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$Nusr-Et SteakhouseSalt Bae's Midtown steakhouse, where tableside-carved steaks and a famous salt sprinkle turn dinner into theater.
Experience · 8 min · $$$Dizzy's Club Above Columbus CircleJazz played in front of a wall of glass over Central Park, in Jazz at Lincoln Center's own club.Eat & drink · 8 min · $$$$CuernoA northern Mexican steakhouse at Rockefeller Center, where salt, smoke and mesquite fire shape every cut.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $$$$Jean-GeorgesJean-Georges Vongerichten's home dining room on Central Park West, with six- and ten-course tasting menus and a page of 1997 classics.Times Sq-42 StMidtown
Eat & drink · 4 min · $Wafels & Dinges (Bryant Park)A liège waffle with spekuloos spread, from the truck that brought Belgian waffles to New York — now a Bryant Park kiosk.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$BXL CaféMoules-frites and Trappist ales at a Brussels bar a block from Times Square.
Experience · 4 min · FreeSummer Movie Nights in Bryant ParkA free film on a giant screen, a blanket on the lawn and the Midtown towers lighting up on summer Mondays.
Experience · 5 min · FreeThe Rink at Bryant ParkFree skating under the Midtown towers with your own skates — opens October 28.12 more near Times Sq-42 St
Place · 5 min · FreeBryant ParkA formal French garden on the roof of the library's stacks, furnished with ten thousand movable chairs.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $Los Tacos No. 1Tijuana-style tacos a block from Broadway, with trompo-cooked adobada and a line that moves fast.Eat & drink · 5 min · $BurgermaniaA certified-halal smash-burger shop a block from Times Square, built on grass-fed beef and crispy-edged patties.Eat & drink · 5 min · $Royal Grill Halal FoodA Vendy Cup–winning Bangladeshi cart off Times Square — chicken tikka masala and biryani from a family spice blend.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$Refinery RooftopA year-round Garment District rooftop with the Empire State Building filling the frame.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$Gabriel KreutherGabriel Kreuther's Alsatian dining room on Bryant Park — crystal storks overhead and a sturgeon-and-sauerkraut tart on the plate.
Experience · 7 min · FreeA Free Tour of the Rose Main Reading RoomDocents lead free tours of the Fifth Avenue library, ending beneath the painted ceilings of the Rose Main Reading Room.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $MargonA Times Square Cuban lunch counter since the 1970s — pressed Cubanos, palomilla steak and café cubano.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$Keens SteakhouseAn 1885 chophouse with a ceiling of clay pipes and the most famous mutton chop in America.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$TogyushiA Garment District counter devoted to Zao Wagyu from Yamagata, served by a certified Wagyu Master.
Experience · 8 min · $$$Same-Day Theater from the TKTS BoothHalf-price same-day tickets sold under the red steps in Times Square, plus a view straight down Broadway.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $$Cho Dang GolKoreatown's house-made-tofu kitchen since 1997 — spicy kimchi sundubu, bossam and a cod roe omelet.34 St-Herald SqMidtown
Eat & drink · 3 min · $$Cho Dang GolKoreatown's house-made-tofu kitchen since 1997 — spicy kimchi sundubu, bossam and a cod roe omelet.Eat & drink · 3 min · $$$$Keens SteakhouseAn 1885 chophouse with a ceiling of clay pipes and the most famous mutton chop in America.
Eat & drink · 3 min · $$$New WonjoCharcoal-grilled galbi on 32nd Street since 1993 — old Koreatown, open very late.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$$$NōksuA Michelin-starred Korean tasting counter hidden behind a black door inside the Herald Square subway station.8 more near 34 St-Herald Sq
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$$$Joo OkA twelve-course Korean tasting menu in a hanok-style room sixteen floors above Koreatown.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$$Jongro BBQUp a flight on West 32nd Street — tabletop grills, kalbi and a beef platter built for sharing.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$TonchinA refined tonkotsu off Herald Square — seared gyoza, steamed buns and a Bib Gourmand.Eat & drink · 5 min · $$$$Elcielo New YorkJuan Manuel Barrientos's Colombian tasting menu in NoMad, with J Balvin as partner and Midtown views from the fourth floor.Eat & drink · 5 min · $$$$TogyushiA Garment District counter devoted to Zao Wagyu from Yamagata, served by a certified Wagyu Master.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$Refinery RooftopA year-round Garment District rooftop with the Empire State Building filling the frame.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$HangawiTemple-inspired, plant-based Korean cooking in a calm room off 32nd Street — two NYT stars in 1995, still going.Eat & drink · 8 min · $$$$Bazaar Meat by José AndrésJosé Andrés's wood-fired steakhouse in the Ritz-Carlton NoMad, with Wagyu seared tableside on hot stone.14 St-Union SqGramercy & Union Square
Experience · 3 min · $$Stand-Up at The StandA Union Square comedy club whose lineups mix late-night TV regulars with the comics they came up with.
Eat & drink · 3 min · $Breads Bakery (Union Square)The chocolate babka that made the line — half a block off Union Square.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$La DongA Bib Gourmand Vietnamese room off Union Square — lotus lamps, turmeric crêpes and pho poured tableside over wagyu.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$$NarkaraNorthern and Isan Thai cooking off Union Square — dry-curry short rib, herb soup and sausage platters.10 more near 14 St-Union Sq
Place · 4 min · FreeStrand Book StoreEighteen miles of books and the last survivor of Book Row, still growing at Broadway and 12th.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$$Union Square CafeDanny Meyer's first restaurant, forty years on — a big, warm room, market cooking and service people still measure others by.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$Pete's TavernIrving Place's bar since the 1860s — it stayed open through Prohibition as a 'flower shop' and O. Henry drank here.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$$Gramercy TavernA walk-in Tavern bar up front and a Michelin-starred dining room behind it, on East 20th Street since 1994.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$RezdôraEmilia-Romagna in the Flatiron — cappelletti, maccheroni al pettine and gnocco fritto from a Francescana alum.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$Bánh Anh EmRice-batter and baguette cooking on Third Avenue — bánh mì, bánh cuốn, bánh xèo and a 2025 Bib Gourmand.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$bōmA violet chef's counter with built-in grills, hidden behind Oiji Mi — Korean tasting menu meets steakhouse.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$Oiji MiBrian Kim's five-course Korean prix fixe in a sleek Flatiron room — one of the gentler ways into the starred tier.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $$$$CosmeEnrique Olvera's Flatiron dining room — duck carnitas for the table and the corn husk meringue.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $$SoothrThai noodle house on 13th Street — khao soi with sai ua sausage and a pork-blood boat-noodle soup.Canal StSoHo
Eat & drink · 2 min · $$$$Le CoucouDaniel Rose's candlelit French dining room in the 11 Howard hotel — pike quenelle, white linen, and service that makes an evening feel like an occasion.Eat & drink · 2 min · $$$Au ChevalChicago's cult cheeseburger, griddled behind a long counter in a moody Tribeca alley.Eat & drink · 3 min · $Thái SơnBaxter Street pho the old way — a long menu, hot tea, and a round table for the whole group.
Experience · 4 min · $Mmuseumm in Cortlandt AlleyA tiny museum in a Tribeca freight elevator, displaying the overlooked objects of modern life.27 more near Canal St
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$Uncle LouA big-hearted Cantonese dining room on Mulberry Street, built for family-style feasts and famous garlic chicken.Eat & drink · 5 min · $Xiang Mini CakeHong Kong egg waffles from a former diamond setter's cart at Canal and Mott, a Chinatown favorite since 2010.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $NyonyaManhattan's Malaysian standby on Grand Street — nasi lemak, prawn mee and a Bib Gourmand.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $Bánh Mì Saigon BakeryA Grand Street counter that has been wrapping chả lụa bánh mì for decades — order the #4.Eat & drink · 6 min · $Bánh Mì Cô ÚtSix kinds of pork in one baguette, from a cash-only window on Elizabeth Street.
Experience · 6 min · $La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream HouseA Tribeca room of continuous sound and colored light by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, in its 33rd year.
Place · 6 min · FreeColumbus ParkFive Points' darkest acre, now Chinatown's chessboard, bandstand, and morning gym.
Experience · 6 min · $$$Jazz Below the Roxy at The DjangoA brick-vaulted cellar under a Tribeca hotel, with two sets of live jazz most nights.Eat & drink · 6 min · $Kong Sihk TongA Hong Kong tea-restaurant on Bayard Street — milk tea, stuffed French toast and baked pork chop rice.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$$YamadaIsao Yamada's Michelin-starred kaiseki counter in Chinatown — seasonal courses ending in donabe rice.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$CeresEleven Madison Park alumni bake baguette-crusted whole pies on Mott Street, worth the wait on the list.Eat & drink · 7 min · $Santo TacoA tight-menu Nolita taqueria from a Cosme founding partner, built around a ribeye-and-strip steak trompo.
Place · 7 min · FreeGreene Street cast-iron blocksThe world's best run of cast-iron facades, still impersonating marble after 150 years.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$Two Hands TribecaSydney café culture on Church Street — flat whites, toasted banana bread and avocado toast.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$KonoAtsushi Kono's yakitori omakase in Chinatown's Canal Arcade — the whole bird, skewer by skewer.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$Peking Duck HouseTableside-carved Peking duck on Mott Street, ideally three ways — pancakes, stir-fry, then soup from the bones.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$$FrenchetteThe Balthazar alumni's own place — daily French menu, natural wine, duck frites worth the trip.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$$PepolinoA Florentine-rooted Tribeca trattoria since 1999, beloved for pappa al pomodoro and a cloudlike ricotta cheesecake.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$Shanghai 21Soup dumplings and soy-dark Shanghai fried noodles in a plain room at the foot of Mott Street.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $$$$AteraA two-star tasting counter in Tribeca, in Ronny Emborg's final season.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $$Nom Wah Tea ParlorNew York's oldest dim sum parlor, holding the bend of Doyers Street since 1920.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $Great N.Y. NoodletownRoast ducks in the window, salt-baked squid on the table, and the kitchen running very late.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $Wo HopDown the stairs since 1938 — a Beard America's Classic where the walls remember everyone.Eat & drink · 8 min · $$$$One White StreetA Tribeca townhouse restaurant cooking from its own upstate farm, with a seasonal six-course tasting menu.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $NADC BurgerA chef-and-skater wagyu burger counter in Nolita with a famously short menu and beef tallow fries.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $$Thai DinerUncle Boons' all-day successor in Nolita — Thai tea babka French toast, khao soi and a coconut sundae.
Place · 8 min · FreeDoyers StreetTwo hundred feet, one notorious bend — the most story-dense street in Manhattan.DeKalb AvFort Greene
Atlantic Av-Barclays CtrFort Greene
Experience · 4 min · $$A Night at BAMBrooklyn's multi-arts center, home of the Next Wave festival, with the Howard Gilman Opera House, the Harvey Theater and BAM Rose Cinemas.Eat & drink · 4 min · $No Pork Halal KitchenFully halal Chinese-American takeout, a few blocks from Barclays Center on Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$Black Forest BrooklynBoots of lager, pretzels and properly good schnitzel a short walk from BAM.
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$Strange DelightCornmeal-crusted fried shrimp on milk bread and crab remoulade under globe lights, a few steps from the Fulton Street G.4 more near Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
Eat & drink · 5 min · $$$FradeiA tiny subterranean room for seasonal French plates, natural wine and a solo steak tartare.Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$$IkigaiA twelve-seat, not-for-profit kaiseki counter in a Fort Greene townhouse, with Polish accents.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $$$TheodoraDry-aged fish, za'atar kubaneh and a feta-and-honey tequila cocktail from the Miss Ada team.Eat & drink · 7 min · $$OleaA corner Mediterranean taverna on Lafayette Avenue — Fort Greene's long-running weekend habit.7 AvPark Slope
Eat & drink · 2 min · $$$FaustoPark Slope's candlelit Italian for anniversaries and big news — focaccia, little gem salad and serious pasta.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $Omar's Indian Fine CuisineA Prospect Heights corner spot that bakes bagels in the morning and cooks Indian dishes to order the rest of the day.Prospect Park
Church AvFlatbush
Newkirk Plaza
Avenue MMidwood
Kings HwyMidwood
Eat & drink · 2 min · $$Aksaray Turkish Cafe & RestaurantA Kings Highway Turkish institution since 1998, famous for late nights, lentil soup and homemade bread.Eat & drink · 6 min · $$Taci's BeytiSouthern Turkish grilling on Coney Island Avenue since the family's 1980s start — Adana first, Iskender second.
Eat & drink · 6 min · $$Village CafeKutaby, dushbara and lamb kebab behind a parking lot on Coney Island Avenue.Avenue U
Neck Rd
Sheepshead BaySheepshead Bay
Eat & drink · 2 min · $Burchak PideA Sheepshead Bay pide house with crisp, boat-shaped flatbreads, lahmacun and chocolate-pistachio baklava.Eat & drink · 2 min · $$Anatolian GyroLamb-and-beef gyro carved from the spit, plus iskender and Adana kebab, a few steps from the Sheepshead Bay station.
Eat & drink · 3 min · $Delmar PizzeriaA Sheepshead Bay slice shop since the 1950s that claims New York's first white pizza — order it, plus a crisp-edged grandma slice.Eat & drink · 5 min · $Dmitriev's BistroA 2025 Sheepshead Bay bistro rolling pelmeni and vareniki by hand, with a set business lunch and a case of homemade cakes.Brighton BeachBrighton Beach
Eat & drink · 1 min · $$Cafe EuroasiaUzbek plov and manti under the Brighton Beach el, in a room that feels like someone's home.Eat & drink · 1 min · $$SkovorodkaBlini with red caviar, Siberian pelmeni and stroganoff in a wood-panelled Brighton Beach hall guarded by a life-size bear.
Eat & drink · 2 min · $Tashkent SupermarketA Brighton Beach Uzbek supermarket whose vast hot bar of plov, manti and samsa is a feast in itself.Eat & drink · 3 min · $$$GōshtA halal steakhouse in Brighton Beach cooking steaks and burgers over Josper charcoal, with shakes and house desserts.5 more near Brighton Beach
Eat & drink · 4 min · $Omar KhayyamFragrant plov and golden samsa at an everyday Uzbek café just off Brighton Beach Avenue.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$$TatianaRussian banquet and boardwalk cabaret in Brighton Beach — a weekend night like nowhere else in the city.Eat & drink · 4 min · $$Ocean View CafeUkrainian vareniki, blintzes and borscht in an aqua-chaired café under the el — no ocean view, plenty of comfort.
Eat & drink · 7 min · $$Toné CaféClay-oven puri, cheese-and-egg khachapuri and khinkali on Neptune Avenue — Brighton Beach's long-running Georgian café and bakery.
Eat & drink · 8 min · $Kashkar CafeHand-pulled lagman and tandoor samsa — the Silk Road city of Kashgar, at the end of Brighton Beach Avenue.Ocean PkwyBrighton Beach
Eat & drink · 1 min · $$$Vis-à-VisA boardwalk restaurant and lounge at the foot of Ocean Parkway — Russian banquet dining by the sea, with live music on weekend nights.Eat & drink · 2 min · $Berikoni Bakery & Georgian HouseCheese breads from a Tbilisi family's bakery, with khinkali and shashlik at the Georgian House restaurant next door — a block from the boardwalk.Eat & drink · 6 min · $$Ocean View CafeUkrainian vareniki, blintzes and borscht in an aqua-chaired café under the el — no ocean view, plenty of comfort.Coney Island-Stillwell AvConey Island
Eat & drink · 2 min · $$$Gargiulo'sA Coney Island dining room since 1907 — tuxedoed waiters, penne Pasqualina, and a dice draw at dessert that can make your dinner free.
Experience · 4 min · FreeThe Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's DayStart the year by running into the Atlantic at Coney Island with a few thousand strangers and the Polar Bear Club.
Eat & drink · 4 min · $$Totonno's Pizzeria NapolitanaCoal-oven pizza on Neptune Avenue since 1924 — just two pies, traditional or white, on weekends, eaten at the shop or carried to the boardwalk.
Experience · 7 min · $$Luna Park in Coney IslandRides, go-karts and the boardwalk at Coney Island — open through November 1.
Stops follow a typical weekday midday Q trip in the MTA's published timetable, so part-time branches and late-night changes aren't shown. Walking times are estimates on the street grid. Check service changes on mta.info before you ride; LovelyNYC is not affiliated with the MTA.