This store specialises in new, used, rare, and out of print books, ranging from philosophy to finance. Bowie once said: “It’s impossible to find the book you want, but you always find the book you didn’t know you wanted.

“I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” said Mr. Bowie, who was born in Brixton in South London and had stints in Berlin; Lausanne, Switzerland; and several other cities, “I’ve lived in New York longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. It’s amazing. I am a New Yorker,” he said in a 2003 interview.

This Italian café and grocery store is close to Bowie’s former apartment. Order the prosciutto di Parma sandwich, a cappuccino, and a bomboloni. According to the restaurant’s owner, Danilo Durante, these were the singer’s favourite items.

"It’s so easy to be a person here, a regular guy,” he told The Miami Herald in 2003. “The family and I have no problem going out and eating.” Some of his usual spots included Caffè Reggio (119 Macdougal Street)

Olive’s (120 Prince Street), where a chicken sandwich with watercress and tomatoes was a favorite of his.