East Village Local News

Best Places To Live, Work, Play In NYC: 2025 Recap

Here are all the neighborhoods, restaurants, workplaces and schools that earned top marks for New York City this year.

Miranda Levingston, Patch Staff

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Central Park • Other

Isabella's Housekeeping is an insured full service cleaning company, specializing in residential and office cleaning.

Supermoons bookend 2026. The year also features a total lunar eclipse, a “blue moon” and perfectly dark skies for the Perseid meteor shower.

Beth Dalbey, Patch Staff

Some beloved brands completely disappeared in 2025, while others closed underperforming locations and focused more on e-commerce.

Beth Dalbey, Patch Staff

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Chelsea • Education

Tutu School exists to make space in the lives of children, 6 months to 8 years old, for creativity and joy. We do one thing – provide very young...

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East Village • Entertainment

East Men Spa offers professional male massage and relaxation services in a clean, private, and comfortable setting in East Village, NYC. Our...

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Upper East Side • Education

Featured in the Telepathy Tapes podcast. Mindsee.It is a quick and mind-blowing tutoring program for children that teaches them to see through a...