29 Sites
LGBT-Named Public Schools
...the 25 public schools named after gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals throughout the city’s five boroughs, although only one — Harvey Milk High School — intentionally honors an LGBT individual.... Learn More
20 West 112th Street
Alain L. Locke School of Arts and Engineering (Public School 185)
April 14, 2024
LGBTQ New Yorkers and electeds urge CB5 to condemn anti-trans education council resolution
November 26, 2019
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe and Writer Patricia Highsmith Added to Project Website
November 26, 2019
Manhattan Residences of Georgia O’Keeffe and Patricia Highsmith Published
350 Bleecker Street
Alma Routsong & Elizabeth Deran Residence / Arnie Kantrowitz Residence / Craig Rodwell Residence
110 Livingston Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Board of Education
May 28, 2019
6 New York City LGBTQ landmarks might be created to keep the city’s queer history alive
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
October 17, 2023
‘Herstory’ walking tour highlights historic lesbian sites in the Village
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
June 2, 2021
Interactive map reveals lesser-known landmarks in Queens’ LGBTQ rights movement June 29, 2020
181-189 Second Avenue
Peter Hujar Residence & Studio / David Wojnarowicz Residence & Studio
June 23, 2020
“Marching for Pride: The Basics,” Fact Sheet for Pride March Anniversary, Released
April 15, 2019
Leaders in LGBTQ History Documentation, Interpretation, and Outreach Create Stonewall 50 Factsheet
September 13, 2022 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Meet the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Team at History UnErased’s Virtual Soirée!
June 28, 2022
Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them In Plain Sight
June 2, 2021
Residence of Lorraine Hansberry Listed to National Register of Historic Places
486 Greenwich Street
Geoffrey Hendricks, Brian Buczak & Sur Rodney (Sur) Residence & Studio
226-236 West 46th Street
Richard Rodgers Theater (originally Chanin’s 46th Street Theater)
124-130 West 43rd Street
Stephen Sondheim Theater (originally Henry Miller’s Theater)
November 3, 2017
Caffe Cino Recommended for State and National Registers of Historic Places
November 5, 2018
Groundbreaking Study to Identify and Evaluate Historic LGBT Sites in NYC
April 1, 2024
Trans Lives Matter: Celebrating international Transgender Day of Visibility with the MTA’s help
171 West 12th Street
Marion Dickerman & Nancy Cook Residence / Molly Dewson & Polly Porter Residence
West 43rd Street (Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues)
Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
April 10, 2024
Research to Document LGBT History of NYC’s Hotel Chelsea Receives Award From National Park Service
November 21, 2022
WATCH: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Receives Prestigious Trustees’ Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
June 2, 2021
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Former New York City Residence Receives Historic Distinction
1335 Sixth Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Inner Circle Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
March 26, 2024
Awareness Campaign to Take Over Christopher Street Station for International Transgender Day of Visibility
31 Union Square West
Antonio Lopez & Juan Ramos Studio / Juan Ramos & Paul Caranicas Residence & Studio
April 26, 2018
PHOTOS: LGBT advocates honor 52nd Anniversary of historic “Sip-In” with trailblazer Dick Leitsch and advocate/influencer Adam Eli
16 East 8th Street
Founding of the New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at the Sam Morford Residence
August 15, 2018
Elmhurst corner co-named for Latino activist added to interactive map of historic LGBT sites
April 6, 2019 | 1:00pm-5:00pm
Stonewall 50: Defining LGBTQ Site Preservation, at Columbia’s Earl Hall
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
March 24, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
MAKING A KILLING: 34th Anniversary of ACT UP’s First Protest
June 16, 2021
Pride Month: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project ‘Making An Invisible History Visible’
46 Sites
Outdoor Public Spaces
This curated collection highlights LGBT history associated with outdoor public spaces — parks, beaches, and playgrounds — that are almost all under the auspices of the New York City Department... Learn More
September 28, 2019 | 1:00pm-2:30pm
OPEN Finance: Tour of the LGBT History of Greenwich Village
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
April 14, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm
“Stonewall 50” Tour of Greenwich Village, with the Municipal Art Society
February 15, 2019 | 7:00pm-10:00pm
“Queer Quiz Show” with Making Gay History at New York Public Library
May 14, 2018
Project takes NYC’s LGBT history out of the closet, and into the spotlight
September 29, 2017
New Historic Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connecting the Public with LGBT History
February 5, 2024
Dozens of NYC’s LGBTQ historic sites in the spotlight for Black History Month
January 16, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8 PM
WONDROUS TRANSFORMATIONS: Dr. Harry Benjamin & Transgender Medicine
November 29, 2023
Project co-directors Discuss the Power of Place on WNYC’s “All of it With Alison Stewart”
March 1, 2023
A proposed Prospect Park development could eliminate important LGBT historic site, advocates say
April 13, 2023 | 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Invisible No More: Historic Places Connected to LGBTQ New Yorkers and Commuters
March 30, 2023 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
“Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo,” with author Michael Schiavi
15 Sites
Film & Television
...LGBT people have made important contributions to the fields of film and television, from experimental work and groundbreaking documentaries to independent and major studio productions. This curated collection highlights New... Learn More
November 22, 2022
Brooklyn Gets First LGBTQ+ Landmark With Designation of Lesbian Herstory Archives
170 West 130th Street
National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
12 Sites
Staten Island
This collection of Staten Island sites highlights the borough’s long and surprisingly rich LGBT history through former bars and clubs, residences of notable people — such as Alice Austen and... Learn More
March 8, 2016
Bayard Rustin Residence Listed on the National Register of Historic Places!
May 6, 2016 | 10:45 - 11:45 A.M.
Beyond Stonewall: Recognizing Historic and Cultural Sites in New York State Related to the LGBT Community
April 13, 2016
“Three Homosexuals in Search of a Drink”: The 50th Anniversary of the Sip-In at Julius’
11 Sites
National Register Listings
...sites across the country, yet the LGBT community remains vastly underrepresented with less than twenty sites. Building on our Stonewall nomination, this curated theme highlights our ongoing efforts to nominate... Learn More
15 Sites
Art & Architecture
This curated collection highlights the many ways in which LGBT people have helped shape the built environment of New York City, from sculptor Emma Stebbins’s iconic Angel of the Waters... Learn More
13 Sites
Activism Before Stonewall
...of arrest, being fired from their jobs, or being disowned by their families in the conservative McCarthy era. This curated collection highlights the little-known history of pre-Stonewall activism in New... Learn More
14 Sites
Jewish New York
...co-founder Jeanne Manford, those associated with Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, and more. We continue to research sites that highlight the contributions of LGBT Jewish New Yorkers. Submit your suggestions here.... Learn More
20 Sites
Gay Activists Alliance
...Evans called it “a hybrid of media theatre and political demonstration.” Robinson is generally credited with being the driving force behind GAA’s zaps. These actions were highly focused, coordinated, and... Learn More
15 Sites
Village Pride Tour
...fear and repression, gay bars and other social gathering spaces were crucial in creating a sense of community and brewing political agitation. This curated theme highlights a few sites near... Learn More
8 Sites
Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights, where the Queens Pride Parade takes place annually, has had a gay presence since it was developed in the 1920s. This collection highlights the neighborhood’s diverse LGBT history... Learn More
11 Sites
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights became known as a center of gay life beginning in the 1920s. This collection highlights the neighborhood’s LGBT history through residences of notable LGBT figures, gay cruising areas,... Learn More
7 Sites
The Bronx
This collection of sites in the Bronx highlights the borough’s diverse LGBT history through residences, public spaces, and cultural institutions associated with people of color, the childhood residence of a... Learn More
21 Sites
City of Immigrants
...city’s history and culture as entrepreneurs, artists, writers, and activists. This collection highlights sites associated with LGBT people who arrived in New York from all over the world during the... Learn More
20 Sites
Literary New York
...first to openly express the concept of men loving men. Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt (1952) was the first lesbian novel to feature a happy ending, and James Baldwin’s... Learn More
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
26 Sites
Gay-Owned Businesses
This curated collection highlights sites associated with (mostly former) businesses run by LGBT people in New York City. LGBT entrepreneurs created welcoming spaces for their communities by opening bars, clubs,... Learn More
23 Beekman Place
Katharine Cornell & Guthrie McClintic Residence / Paul Rudolph Residence
April 1, 2024