Cadman Plaza East
Walt Whitman Park
Many New York City public parks and playgrounds are named in honor of prominent figures in New York City and... Learn More
99 Ryerson Street
Walt Whitman Residence
Walt Whitman and his family lived in this house when the first edition of his epochal first collection of poems, Leaves... Learn More
72 Veronica Place
Walt Whitman Middle School 246
Many New York City public schools are named in honor of prominent figures in American and world history. Walt Whitman... Learn More
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
19 Sites
Pre-20th Century History
Documentation of gay men and lesbians living and socializing in New York City dates back well over 150 years. By 1859, the renowned poet Walt Whitman became known for his... Learn More
18 Sites
Literary New York
New York City has long been home to a wide range of literary figures, including the 19th century poet Walt Whitman, whose famously homoerotic “Calamus” poems was one of the... Learn More
June 22, 2021 | 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Saving 99 Ryerson: The Peculiar Problem of Landmarking Brooklyn’s Earliest LGBT Site
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
517 East 233rd Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery in the northern Bronx is not only a magnificent park-like landscape, but is the final resting place of... Learn More
2 Spring Street
Robert Indiana Residence & Studio
Robert Indiana, a pioneering Pop artist whose gay identity was often obliquely expressed in his paintings, sculptures, and prints, lived... Learn More
67 Bleecker Street
Louis Sullivan & the Bayard-Condict Building
This elegant loft building is the only New York City design of Chicago master architect Louis Sullivan. Evidence suggests the... Learn More
170 East 2nd Street
Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky Residence
A founding figure of the Beat Generation, one of the 20th century’s most important literary movements, the openly gay poet... Learn More
715 Ocean Terrace
Staten Island Community College
Now occupied by a public school, the campus of Staten Island Community College, later the Sunnyside campus of the College... Learn More
645-647 Broadway
David Mancuso Residence / The Loft
From Valentine’s Day 1970 to June 1974, the Loft, one of the most influential underground house parties, operated out of... Learn More
143-147 West 11th Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan
Beginning in the early 1980s, under the leadership of the Sisters of Charity, an organization within the Catholic Church, St.... Learn More
St. Vincent's Triangle
NYC AIDS Memorial
The New York City AIDS Memorial — dedicated on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2016 — honors the more than... Learn More
October 12, 2018