These are the main attractions of the Upper West Side and Harlem, all within a walking or short distance by bus or subway from our hostel:

El Museo Del Barrio 
Broadway Shows
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Tavern on the Green Restaurant
Apollo Theater
American Museum of Natural History
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts  
Columbia University 
Central Park North (3 Blocks) 
The Dakota Building  (1 West 72nd Street)
Symphony Space Theater  (2537 Broadway (at 95th street))

Central Park (3 blocks)
The Museum Mile:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Solomon Guggenheim Museum
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Museum of the City of New York
- The Jewish Museum

Other Attractions:

Times Square: 15 minutes by subway

Empire State Building: 20 minutes by subway

Greenwich Village / Soho: 25 minutes by subway

Ground Zero (World Financial Center): 30 minutes

Battery Park, Wall Street, Brooklyn Bridge 30 minutes by subway