Jimmy's Corner

Midtown


This welcoming, unpretentious dive is run by an old boxing trainer – as if you wouldn’t guess by all the framed photos of boxing greats (and lesser-known fighters, too). The jukebox, which covers Stax to Miles Davis, is kept low enough for postwork gangs to chat away. Long and narrow, the place looks like it would fit in a train car.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Midtown attractions

1. Times Square

0.1 MILES

Love it or hate it, the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Ave (aka Times Square) pumps out the NYC of the global imagination – yellow cabs, golden…

2. Bank of America Tower

0.12 MILES

Designed by Cook & Fox Architects, the 58-floor Bank of America Tower is famed for its striking crystal shape, piercing 255ft spire, and enviable green…

3. Bryant Park

0.23 MILES

European coffee kiosks, alfresco chess games, summer film screenings and winter ice skating: it's hard to believe that this leafy oasis was a crime-ridden…

4. Le Carrousel

0.24 MILES

Among Bryant Park's attractions is this French-inspired, Brooklyn-made carousel, with over a dozen delightfully baroque animals you can ride to the sounds…

5. Diamond District

0.25 MILES

Like Diagon Alley in Harry Potter, the Diamond District is a world unto itself. Best experienced on weekdays, it's an industrious whirl of Hasidic Jewish…

6. New York Public Library

0.28 MILES

Loyally guarded by 'Patience' and 'Fortitude' (the marble lions overlooking Fifth Ave), this beaux-arts show-off is one of NYC's best free attractions…

7. Garment District

0.29 MILES

Otherwise known as the Fashion District, this thread-obsessed territory might look like an unremarkable stretch of designers' offices and wholesale and…

8. Brill Building

0.29 MILES

This humble-looking building is widely considered the most important generator of popular songs in the Western world. By 1962, more than 160 music…