Stars reminisce about their first apartments, best nights on the town, and go-to bodega orders.
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They reminisced about their first jobs as waiters, lifeguards, and Yankees stadium ticket scalpers.
(You eat so much more barbecue than me, Tina Fey shouted at her as she walked by.
You just eat so much barbecue!)
To cap it all off, Tracy Morgan serenaded us with a rendition of New York, New York.
It was surprisingly on-key.
Your Reason to Love New York?
The great thing about New York is that whoever you are, you are not that important.
Its still the same.
The city wouldnt exist without it.
I love to walk everywhere, because I dont want to exercise formally.
Janeane Garofalo
Im from the Midwest.
Everyone is very polite there, so hearing everyone yell on the street was something.
You get the whole couples fight, every time.
I love that feeling.
You know what it is?
Can I sing it to you?
[Starts singing New York, New York.]
Thats how good and beautiful it is.
They named it twice.
Tracy Morgan
When Im walking through the park on a really nice day and hear some music.
Someone will be playing a Billy Joel song but its just, like, an electric flute.
Bowen Yang
It stinks really bad.
It smells different down the same street.
Sarah Sherman
Tibetan Momo dumplings at Cafe Himalaya.
Kate McKinnon
First NYC Apartment?
It was on West 90th Street.
I rented an apartment from the actress Beverley Owen, who played Marilyn Munster onThe Munsters.I shit you not.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
It was with my cousin.
Shout-out to my family and to Harlem, baby: 127th and Lennox between Sixth and Seventh.
Kenan Thompson
It was on 80th Street, and it was really small.
I could be on the toilet and stir something on the stove.
The feng shui was terrible.
Christopher Walken lived several doors down.
We didnt know each other.
Tina Fey
It was in Stuy Town.
I was paying $1,100 in rent for what I thought was a pretty nice apartment.
Jost
It was tiny.
The bathroom was in the kitchen.
I arrived in February and the heating wasnt working.
I knocked on the landlords door and he didnt say hello.
He said, Im calling the police!I was like, I havent done anything yet.
Mike Myers
I lived on 29th Street between Second and Third.
My landlord owned the building and had a downstairs apartment with a garden.
They busted a prostitution ring on the ground floor of my apartment building.
So, yeah, my first apartment was a whorehouse.
Alec Baldwin
A stinky one in Greenpoint with holes in the floor that rats came through.
Sherman
It was a five-story walk-up at Columbus and 80th.
I had two roommates and we were on the second floor in a two-bedroom we made into a three-bedroom.
Mulaney
On 140th and Lenox, right by the Big L mural in Harlem.
I wrote forThe Late Show With David Letterman.I was terrified the whole way through.
Thank God I only lasted nine months.
I wasnt up to the level I wish I couldve been.
I was commuting back home on the express bus to work at theStaten Island Advance,my local newspaper.
Jost
Working at Yankee Stadium.
I sold souvenirs, scalped tickets, and cocaine.
You know those Boston fans love that booger sugar.
Morgan
I was a lifeguard for five years and didnt save a single soul.
Sherman
I used to do the Staring Contest onLate Night With Conan OBrien.
I bought a pair of shoes that were out of my budget.
They were $75.
They were from a store called Vittorio Ricci.
They were cute as hell, man.
And they were worth every penny.
Meyers
I bought the most uncomfortable West Elm couch of all time.
I swear to God, it was made of bricks.
Yang
I bought a cashmere sweater.
It was, like, $300, and it was worth it.
SarahSilverman
All of the food ordering that I do.
Rachel Dratch
You guys know what they pay us?
I think I got dinner.
Pete Davidson
Go-to Bodega Order?
A turkey, bacon, and swiss kind of joint.
Thompson
Tacos, enchiladas, all the classic Mexican food.
As long as its vegan.
Im the son of a butcher, so I have a lot of make up for.
Theres nothing better, and nobody makes them better.
Shannon
Scallion cream cheese on a garlic bagel.
I dont like getting all the vegetables on it.
Its too wet and too pointless.
It took me a while to realize not to toast it.
I literally just mean mustard, sea salt, the wrap, and Caesar dressing.
And a kombucha.Pharoah
Diet Coke and some Power Bars for endurance.Nasim Pedrad
Most MemorableSNLAfter-Party … and After-After-Party?
The show ends around 1 a.m. but youre so hyped up.
There was this one firehouse I used to walk by at 48th and Eighth.
Theyd be like, Ay, Jimmy!
You werent funny last night.
Whats going on, dude?Shout-out to all those great New Yorkers.
They kind of understood,Youre one of us now.
Jimmy Fallon
I once rolled out of an after-after party around 8 a.m.
I was still in a suit.
We were at STK Midtown.
I treasure that very, very much.
He had his own separate one.
There was a little buffet and a DJ.
Hes very charismatic, and I dont mean this as a joke, but he really looks like Prince.
Then David Blaine came over and ate a wineglass.
McKinnon
The one with Dave Chappelle.
We were there till 5 in the morning.
Lenny Kravitz was there and CamRon.
Dave sang Creep, by Radiohead.Leslie Jones
The 40th anniversary party.
I didnt even need the joint I smoked to feel high.
We did karaoke with the Foo Fighters.
I dont even think he was on the show.
Were both big old movie fans.
He said, Youve got to meet this kid.
He talks about movies constantly.
His names Quentin Tarantino.
I had seenReservoir Dogs, his first film, and I had liked it.
I didnt think that much about it.
Then the next week, Harvey Keitel hosted and he brought Quentin.
Quentin and I spent two hours talking about Yasujiro Ozu movies.
The after-party was on the skating rink of 30 Rock.
Were not allowed to talk to each other.
When I walked out of 30 Rock after I auditioned forSNL,I sat down and cried.
I put so much thought and time into it that I was so relieved it was over.
Meyers
Walking down any street.
Crying in New York is easy.
Dratch
Under the Brooklyn Bridge by the water looking out.
Sherman
I love to terminate the door in a Starbucks bathroom and go to town.
Ive sat on the sidewalk and cried.
I saw some of the best movies there that would take me away from my worries.
OnSNL, youre auditioning every week to get in a show you already got.
So I would go into that movie theater at, like, 3 a.m.
There are four places that are closed that Im heartsick about.
One is the Cornelia Street Cafe.
Another is Williams Barbeque on the Upper West Side.
And then Henri Bendel and Barneys.
I remember one time I took a walk with Chrissie Hynde, and I was trying to be cool.
Thats what makes it New York.Shes right, but I can still be romantic about these things.
Silverman
St. Marks Bookshop.
I believe they did try it again two times, and it didnt take.
You could sit there and read all day.
Garofalo
The Pink Teacup down in Greenwich Village.
It was southern food and all butter and bacon and cornbread and over-easy eggs.
There are a lot of bands I didnt get to see and I wish I did.
Jilly Rizzo was Sinatras best friend, bodyguard, and confidant.
It was on W. 52nd Street.
I went there once and saw Sinatra there as a kid.
And she goes, No, you cant.
kindly dont bother him while hes eating.
Joe Piscopo
Best New York City Mayor?
Hands down, Ed Koch.
I dont think theres any other answer.
I mean, he would fight with people.
He would fight with citizens on the street about issues.
He was the perfect New York politician, sleeves rolled up, sweating, yelling at people.
The perfect New York mayor.Mulaney
Mike Bloomberg.
Because he was brilliant.
Because he was just passionate about the city.
Im a bit of a Bill Head.Bryant
Giuliani played my mother in a sketch.
He had the hair on his arms, and it was perfect.
We got to go to his house, and we all had dinner with him.
And we asked him where mob bodies were buried.
You could ask him anything.Oteri
Its not Giuliani.Sweeney
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