Murray Hill, New York, NY

Situated along the East River and bordering Chelsea to the west, Murray Hill is a conventional neighborhood filled with doorman buildings that house both long-time residents and new college grads looking for somewhat reasonable rent.

Known as “Curry Hill” due to its slew of Indian eateries, the area is also cluttered with restaurants offering everything from Italian to Thai, which line Third Avenue and attract hordes of young professionals and scrub-wearing staff members from nearby NYU Medical Center.

Once the restaurant crowd pours back out onto the streets later at night, the Murray Hill’s bars and lounges open their doors to the preppy post-grads bouncing from haunt to haunt to flirt, dance, and drink heavily.

From lounging on the steps of the New York Public Library to vegging out at Bryant Park and hitting after-work Happy Hours, Murray Hill provides a good scene for a post-college crowd looking to relive its academic party years.