Matt Levy
Matt Levy is a born and bred Brooklynite (REPRESENT!) who has made an art of learning this city inside and out. In 2003 Matt joined his father in the family business of The Levys’ Unique New York! and has since become an equal partner.
Matt’s unbridled excitement for New York City’s history, architecture, culture and energy has made him an expert in all things New York. Matt has been pictured and quoted in the New York Times, Time Out New York, the Daily News, Metromix.com and other NYC blogs as an expert New York City tour guide and fount of imformation. As a freelance journalist he has also written articles about New York City for The L Magazine, MetroMix.com, and other NYC blogs. His New York City advenutres were chronicalled at www.actiondirection.blogspot.com and now will be chronicled on www.levysuniqueny.com and a twitter feed at @iammattlevy where he tweets his New York City adventures in haiku form.
To give back to the city he loves so much, Matt is an active board member at the City Reliquary, a museum dedicated to New York City collections. As the Events Coordinator he has organized over a dozen events including The Panorama Challenge (2007), The Bike Brooklyn Beer Blitz tour (2008), and Brother Can You Spare Some Rent? Benefit (2009).
Matt’s passion for old street signs and new street corners all started in the loving, lively and high-energy Levy household in the beautiful Ditmas Park West neighborhood in the heart of Brooklyn. After his mother Ruth Weiss passed away in 1998, he wrote a eulogy titled “Encompass the Light” which won him a $10,000 college scholarship. Matt has his BA in Performance Art / Poetry, which is really to say that he has a degree in Being Matt Levy. Which he’s exceptionally good at.
