HISTORIC SITES

51-53 Christopher Street

Stonewall Inn

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

159 West 10th Street

Julius’

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

1133 Broadway

Mattachine Society & Daughters of Bilitis Offices

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

85 South Oxford Street

Audre Lorde Project

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

220 West 43rd Street

New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at Avlon Studios

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

243 West 20th Street

Women’s Liberation Center

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

24 West 25th Street

HoMoVISIONES

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

159 Bleecker Street

Founding of The League at the Amato Opera Theater

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

31 Cornelia Street

Caffe Cino

Performance Venues
HISTORIC SITES

484 14th Street

Lesbian Herstory Archives

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

208 West 13th Street

LGBT Community Center

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

247 West 11th Street

Liberation House

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

41 Fifth Avenue

Erickson Educational Foundation New York Office

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

141 Prince Street

Daughters of Bilitis Center

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

421 5th Avenue

Brooklyn Women’s Martial Arts

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

91 Joralemon Street

Renée Cafiero & Nancy Garden Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

296 Ninth Avenue

Church of the Holy Apostles

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

80 Fifth Avenue

National Gay Task Force Headquarters

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

106 Central Park South

Barbizon-Plaza Hotel

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

23 Riverside Drive

Tony Segura Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

23-29 Washington Place

The Triangle Fire & Women’s Trade Union League

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

59 Christopher Street

Mattachine Society Office

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

137 West 71st Street

James Baldwin Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

207 St. Paul's Avenue

Audre Lorde & Frances Clayton Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

530 Sixth Avenue / 69 West 14th Street

Gay Liberation Front at Alternate U.

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

201 West 13th Street

Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

99 Clinton Street

Gay Alliance of Brooklyn at Spencer Memorial Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

143-147 West 11th Street

St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan

Medical Facilities
HISTORIC SITES

43rd Street & Skillman Avenue

St. Pat’s for All Parade

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

240 West 38th Street

Corduroy Club

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

10 Shore Boulevard

Yale Eisenberg Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

43 West 46th Street

Herbert Askanas Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

1940 Andrews Avenue

Rose Schneiderman Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

1958 McGraw Avenue

Irving Schwartz Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

25 West 10th Street

Phyllis Saperstein Residence & Office

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

149-155 Christopher Street

Village AIDS Memorial at St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

246 East 58th Street

Modulightor Building

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

Christopher Park

Christopher Park / Stonewall National Monument

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

500 25th Street

Green-Wood Cemetery

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

2 Hylan Boulevard

Alice Austen & Gertrude Tate Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

99 Wooster Street

Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

125-129 East 11th Street

Webster Hall & Annex

Organization & Community Spaces

September 21, 2021

Donate

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HISTORIC SITES

46-09 31st Avenue

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

333 West 17th Street

Lavender Menace Action at Second Congress to Unite Women

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

170 West 130th Street

National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

25 Hyatt Street

Staten Island AIDS Task Force & EAGLE Headquarters

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

186 5th Avenue

Rising Cafe

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

Washington Place, west of Sixth Avenue

NYC Pride March

Public Spaces
Project Update

October 7, 2019

#LGBTHistoryMonth

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curated themes

17 Sites

Communities of Color

...collection highlights public spaces predominantly associated with LGBT people of color, with a notable concentration in the long-time Black mecca of Harlem. Please contact us at [email protected] if you know... Learn More

HISTORIC SITES

43 Fifth Avenue

Mary E. Dreier & Frances A. Kellor Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

Building 7, Penn South

Bayard Rustin Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

20 East 127th Street

Langston Hughes Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

350 Fifth Avenue

Empire State Building

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

715 Ocean Terrace

Staten Island Community College

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

3202 Kossuth Avenue

Ronald I. Jacobowitz Residence

Residences

August 31, 2021

Our Team

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HISTORIC SITES

135 & 133 West 4th Street

Washington Square United Methodist Church & Parish House

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

135-139 West 31st Street

Father Mychal F. Judge at St. Francis of Assisi Church & Friary

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

656 East 12th Street

Mark Segal Residence / Gay Youth Headquarters

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

445 West 48th Street

Lee G. Brewster Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

Madison Square Park

Desi Dhamaka Protests at Madison Square Park

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

39 Fifth Avenue

Vernon “Copy” Berg Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

135 Charles Street

6th Police Precinct Station House

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

252 West 12th Street

Caroline Pratt & Helen Marot Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

East 135th Street & Fifth Avenue

Ali Forney Murder Location

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

215 West 10th Street

The Snake Pit

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

78th Street & 37th Avenue

Julio Rivera Corner

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

81-10 35th Avenue

Community United Methodist Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

127B Prince Street

Leslie-Lohman Gallery (now Leslie-Lohman Project Space)

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

89th Street & 37th Avenue

Queens Pride Parade

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Wall Street & Broadway / 11 Wall Street

ACT UP Demonstrations on Wall Street

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

57 St. Mark's Place

Club 57

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

299 West 12th Street

Pauline Newman & Frieda Miller Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

54 Seventh Avenue South

Women’s Coffeehouse

Organization & Community Spaces
Project Update

July 30, 2019

Our History Has Been Erased

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HISTORIC SITES

84 King Street

Paradise Garage

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
Events

May 6, 2022 | 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Gay Greenwich Village (Instagram Live tour)

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HISTORIC SITES

99 Ryerson Street

Walt Whitman Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

437 East 12th Street

Ernestine Eckstein Residence / Allen Ginsberg Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

St. Vincent's Triangle

NYC AIDS Memorial

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

338 East 6th Street

Ellen Broidy & Linda Rhodes Residence / Rita Mae Brown Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

52 East 1st Street

Ana María Simo & Kelly Cogswell Residence

Residences
curated themes

20 Sites

Homophobia & Transphobia

...by forming organizations and protesting, picketing, and demonstrating across the city. A separate theme, Gay Activists Alliance, covers the numerous “zaps” that GAA organized to fight homophobia in the 1970s.... Learn More

HISTORIC SITES

410 6th Avenue

Park Slope United Methodist Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

1 West 72nd Street

Dakota Apartments

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

338 West 11th Street

Robert Rygor Residence

Residences
curated themes

24 Sites

Activism Outside Manhattan

...for LGBT rights in New York City. Activists living in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island formed community groups and organized pride marches and protests to counter homophobia and... Learn More

HISTORIC SITES

371 Sixth Avenue

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

116th Street & Broadway

Student Homophile League at Earl Hall, Columbia University

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

Christopher Street Pier

Greenwich Village Waterfront

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

103-17 115th Street

Frank Kameny Childhood Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

160-164 West 129th Street

Drag Balls at Imperial Lodge of Elks

Performance Venues
HISTORIC SITES

44 West 63rd Street

Aaron Copland Residence at the Hotel Empire

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

55 Washington Square South

Judson Memorial Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

77th Street & Broadway

Guillermo Vasquez Corner

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

515 Malcolm X Boulevard

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Cultural & Educational Institutions
curated themes

20 Sites

Gay Activists Alliance

...the first LGBT group formed right after Stonewall. Focused exclusively on “the liberation of gay people,” GAA became the most influential American gay liberation activist organization in the early 1970s.... Learn More

HISTORIC SITES

901 Father Capodanno Boulevard

Beach Haven Bar

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

200 Central Park West

American Museum of Natural History

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

490 Riverside Drive

Riverside Church

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

180 West 135th Street

Harlem YMCA

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

404 Lafayette Street

WeWah & BarCheeAmpe at the American Indian Community House

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Castle Williams & Fort Jay

Henry Gerber on Governors Island

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

342 West 11th Street

Mother Courage

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

Bryant Park

NYC Dyke March

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

37 Ninth Avenue

West Side Discussion Group Center

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

841 Barretto Street

Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

445-465 West Street

Westbeth Artists’ Housing

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

Myrtle Avenue & Cornelia Street

March for Truth

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

5th Avenue & 3rd Street

Brooklyn Pride March

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza

Picket at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

85 Bedford Street

Anna Rochester & Grace Hutchins Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

149 West 14th Street

Kooky’s

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

11 West 53rd Street

Museum of Modern Art

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

5 East 73rd Street

Jack Doroshow (a.k.a. Flawless Sabrina) Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

21 Grove Street

Félix González-Torres Residence & Studio

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

Hudson & Bethune Streets

Arthur W. Strickler Triangle

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

1 Sheridan Square

Café Society / Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Performance Venues
HISTORIC SITES

77-02 Broadway

Love Boat

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
Project Update

October 23, 2022

A Visit to Ferncliff Cemetery

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Events

November 30, 2017 | 6:30 P.M.

Interpreting LGBT Sites in New York City

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Events

February 21, 2018 | 7pm

Trivia Night with Urban Archive

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Events

April 7, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm

Woodlawn LGBT History Trolley Tour

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Events

October 1, 2018 | 9:00am-3:00pm

Cultural Landmarks Symposium

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Press Coverage

June 21, 2018

“NYC’s Proud History”

MetroFocus

Project Update

April 13, 2018

DEMOLISHED: Paradise Lost

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HISTORIC SITES

2 Hylan Boulevard

Alice Austen Park

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

400 West 14th Street

Lee G. Brewster’s Mardi Gras Boutique

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

133 West 87th Street

Wendy Carlos Residence & Production Studio

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

337 East 13th Street

Kay Tobin Lahusen Residence

Residences
Events

April 21, 2022 | 6:00PM-7:15PM

Plaque Unveiling: Julius’ Bar

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HISTORIC SITES

41 East 57th Street

George Platt Lynes at the Pierre Matisse Gallery

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

90 Kent Avenue

Marsha P. Johnson State Park

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Tenth Avenue (West 48th & 49th Streets)

Lorraine Hansberry Plaza

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

St. Nicholas Houses

Langston Hughes Playground

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Montgomery & Monroe Streets

Lillian D. Wald Playground

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

East Houston Street & Baruch Drive

Wald Playground

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Ralph Bunche Park

Bayard Rustin Plaque

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

Battery Park

Emma Lazarus Memorial Plaque

Public Spaces
Events

October 22, 2019 | 6:00pm

Reclaiming the Invisible

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curated themes

12 Sites

Why We March

Since the late 1960s, LGBT New Yorkers have organized marches of various kinds to promote pride and visibility, protest against exclusion and discrimination. and unite as a community in public... Learn More

Events

May 9, 2017 | 8:00 - 9:15 A.M.

APA 2017 National Planning Conference

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HISTORIC SITES

230 West 74th Street

Continental Baths at the Ansonia Hotel

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

170 East 2nd Street

Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

53 West 19th Street

Gianni’s

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

205 West 57th Street

Leonard Bernstein Residence at the Osborne Apartments

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

78-11 Roosevelt Avenue

Friend’s Tavern

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

87 Christopher Street

H.M. Koutoukas Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

170 Central Park West

Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (Lord Cornbury), New-York Historical Society

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

62 Montague Street

Willard Maas & Marie Menken Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

121 Charles Street

Margaret Wise Brown Writing Studio

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

141 Montague Street

Brooklyn Heights Press Offices

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

57 Bethune Street

Westbeth: Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

388 Chauncey Street

Pauli Murray Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

223 West 42nd Street

Apollo Theater (42nd Street)

Performance Venues
HISTORIC SITES

Lincoln Center Plaza

Lincoln Center: Damrosch Park

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

2248 Broadway

Richard Hunt at Reeves Teletape Studios

Performance Venues
HISTORIC SITES

130 Stuyvesant Place

Richmond College

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

337 Bleecker Street

Lorraine Hansberry Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

105 Second Avenue

The Saint

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

131 Prince Street

Charles Leslie & Fritz Lohman Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

320 Manhattan Avenue

Georgette Harvey & Musa Williams Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

201 West 92nd Street

Womanbooks

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

9301 Avenue B

Langston Hughes Public School 233

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

203-02 109th Avenue

Langston Hughes Public School 134

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

190-20 109th Road

Lorraine Hansberry Public School 118

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

244 West 144th Street

Countee Cullen Public School 194

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

351 West 18th Street

Bayard Rustin Educational Complex

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

1970 West Farms Road

Lorraine Hansberry Academy Public School 214

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

1871 Walton Avenue

Langston Hughes Public School 236

Cultural & Educational Institutions
HISTORIC SITES

281 West 12th Street

Cubbyhole

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue

Demonstration Against LGBT Harassment in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Tree Grove

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

56 Greenwich Avenue

Uncle Charlie’s

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

104 West 136th Street

Countee Cullen Branch, New York Public Library

Cultural & Educational Institutions
Events

April 5, 2017 | 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.

100 Days of Impact

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HISTORIC SITES

263-267 Henry Street

Henry Street Settlement

Medical Facilities
Events

November 15, 2016 | 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.

LGBT History on the Upper West Side

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Events

March 25, 2016 | 6 P.M.

A Talk with Columbia Students

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curated themes

11 Sites

The AIDS Crisis

...end to the disease. This curated collection includes the residences of influential AIDS activists and artists, venues where fundraising events were held, and meeting and demonstration locations of AIDS organizations.... Learn More

curated themes

18 Sites

1970s Lesbian Activism & Community

...continuing that association into the following decades. Also included is the NYC Dyke March, which, while started in the 1990s, connects back to the early days of organized lesbian-focused activism.... Learn More

curated themes

21 Sites

City of Immigrants

...from all over the world during the 19th and 20th centuries. It also includes still-operating institutions and organizations that were founded by American-born LGBT New Yorkers to assist immigrant populations.... Learn More

HISTORIC SITES

517 East 233rd Street

Woodlawn Cemetery

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

291 Mercer Street

Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

446 West 36th Street

Metropolitan Community Church of New York

Organization & Community Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

St. Nicholas Park

Hamilton Grange

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

Fifth Avenue and East 61st Street

German-American Steuben Parade

Public Spaces
HISTORIC SITES

215 West 92nd Street

Joan Nestle Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

116 Seventh Avenue South

Stewart’s Cafeteria

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

208 & 210 East 13th Street

Emma Goldman Residence & “Mother Earth” Office

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

318 West 22nd Street

Mel Cheren Residence / Gay Men’s Health Crisis Office

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

131 West 55th Street

New York City Center

Performance Venues
HISTORIC SITES

217 Mott Street, rear

Igal Roodenko Residence / Bayard Rustin Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

401 West 24th Street

Vito Russo Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

214 16th Street

Transy House

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

33-23 171st Street

Manford Family Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

2847 Dudley Avenue

Christine Jorgensen Childhood Residence

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

50 Commerce Street

Berenice Abbott & Elizabeth McCausland Residence & Studio

Residences
HISTORIC SITES

130 West 3rd Street

Tony Pastor’s Downtown / Gay Community Center

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
HISTORIC SITES

67 Bleecker Street

Louis Sullivan & the Bayard-Condict Building

Stores & Businesses
HISTORIC SITES

238-244 West 44th Street

Helen Hayes Theater (originally Little Theater)

Performance Venues
HISTORIC SITES

411 East 51st Street

Nancy Hamilton Residence

Residences