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With the wave of growth in Lower Manhattan family life comes an expansion in the mix of local shopping, dining, and neighborhood service offerings in the area. The choices available to families are notable thanks to their variety—you can find high-end boutiques side-by-side with accessibly priced chains. And while Lower Manhattan sometimes requires a stroll from one ‘hood to another in search of exactly what you need, parts of the area also offer at-your-doorstep convenience. Whether you take a walk from FiDi to Tribeca in search of the perfect shop or restaurant, or you walk out your door and into your destination, the range of retail and service choices is sure to delight! We’ve rounded up a selective list of family-friendly retailers, restaurants, and other neighborhood services like parent groups, childcare, and healthcare providers.
SHOPPING
Babesta Cribz babesta.com/Cribz
Babesta Threads babesta.com/Threads
Balloon Saloon balloonsaloon.com
Barnes & Noble Tribeca barnesandnoble.com
Bit’Z Kids bitzkidsnyc.com
Boomerang Toys boomerangtoys.com
Century 21 c21stores.com
Color Me Mine Tribeca tribeca.colormemine.com
Egg Baby egg-baby.com
Fulton Stall Market fultonstallmarket.com
It’s Sugar itsugar.com
Jade’s Toy Box (212) 343-8881
Koh’s Kids (212) 791-6915
L.O.L. Kids (646) 791-0497
My Little Sunshine mylittlesunshinenyc.com
Mysterious Bookshop mysteriousbookshop.com
Playing Mantis friendlymantis.com
Polarn O. Pyret polarnopyretusa.com
Posman Books posmanbooks.com
Torly Kid torlykid.com
Rosie Pope Maternity—The Lab rosiepope.com
Shoofly shooflynyc.com
DINING
Alfanoose alfanoosenyc.com
Amish Market amishintribeca.com
Black Seed Bagel blackseedbagels.com
Blue Smoke bluesmoke.com
Brasserie Les Halles leshalles.net
Bubby’s bubbys.com
Cercle Rouge cerclerougeresto.com
Cowgirl Seahorse cowgirlseahorse.com
The Doughnut Plant doughnutplant.com
El Vez elveznyc.com
Financier Patisserie financierpatisserie.com
Kitchenette kitchenetterestaurant.com
Landmarc landmarc-restaurant.com
Le District ledistrict.com
Little Muenster littlemuenster.com
Mighty Quinn’s BBQ mightyquinnsbbq.com
Ninja New York ninjanewyork.com
Num Pang numpangnyc.com
The Odeon theodeonrestaurant.com
Pier 17 (for the food trucks) southstreetseaport.com
Pier A piera.com
PJ Clarke’s pjclarkes.com
Ruchi’s Indian Cuisine ruchicuisine.com
Seaport Smorgasburg smorgasburg.com
Shake Shack—Battery Park City shakeshack.com
Smorgas Chef smorgas.com
Sophie’s Cuban sophiescuban.com
Sprinkles sprinkles.com
Tribeca Treats tribecatreats.com
‘wichcraft wichcraft.com
OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
Battery Park City Library nypl.org
Brookfield Place brookfieldplaceny.com
Bright Horizons Child Care explore.brighthorizons.com
The Downtown Alliance downtownny.com
Downtown Pediatrics downtown-pediatrics.com
FiDi Families fidifamilies.com
HRP Mamas hrpmamas.com
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council lmcc.net
New Amsterdam Library nypl.org
NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital nyp.org/lowermanhattan
The Salty Paw thesaltypaw.com
TKTS tdf.org
Tribeca Pediatrics tribecapediatrics.com
Washington Market Pediatrics washingtonmarketpediatrics.com
