The only U.S. president to be born in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt began life here on October 27, 1858.

The original Roosevelt brownstone was torn down in 1916, but has since been rebuilt to reflect the period, and is now a museum managed by the National Park Service.

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Japanese architect Setsuo Ito designed the seven-bedroom, six-bathroom house featured in The Notorious B.I.G.'s video for "Juicy," the first single from Biggie's debut album Ready to Die. The house, known as the "Island In The Sky," was built on the highest point in the Hamptons and sports a rooftop pool and glass pyramid poolhouse perfect for parties with a hundred of your closest friends.

In 2012 it was on the market for $11 million.

...and if you don't know, now you know.

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Holden and Hooper X have a conversation about Alyssa in Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy while shopping for records at Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank. Banky and Holden live and work in the third floor apartment above the store.

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In Chasing Amy, Alyssa buys the Dyksiezski painting for Holden off the wall at the The Marina Diner (now closed) in New Jersey. Apparently the artwork is now hanging at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash.

The Marina Diner is also where Holden meets with Jay and Silent Bob near the end of the movie.

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In June of 2005, Russell Crowe came down from his suite at the Mercer Hotel to complain that his phone was unable to call Australia. Words were exchanged with the hotel employee, and Crowe threw the phone. The employee claims it hit him in the face; Crowe said it was thrown against the wall.

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