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City Hall Park

Gay Activists Alliance Actions at City Hall

The Gay Activists Alliance held a number of zaps and other actions in City Hall Park from 1970 to 1975… Learn More

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70 East 10th Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zaps at Saul Sharison Residence

On September 30 and October 3, 1971, the Gay Activists Alliance zapped the apartment building of Saul Sharison, chair of… Learn More

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1000 5th Avenue

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The first public zap by the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) occurred on April 13, 1970, in front of the Metropolitan… Learn More

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277 Park Avenue

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Household Finance Corp.

The March 1, 1971, Gay Activists Alliance zap at the Household Finance Corp. was part of its coordinated campaign to… Learn More

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110 Livingston Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Board of Education

The Gay Activists Alliance held a zap at the Board of Education headquarters in downtown Brooklyn on January 25, 1971,… Learn More

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65 Court Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Board of Examiners

The Gay Activists Alliance zapped the Board of Examiners, the agency responsible for the licensing of teachers, in downtown Brooklyn… Learn More

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67 Wall Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission

On September 25, 1972, the Gay Activists Alliance zapped the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to protest its… Learn More

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2 Park Avenue

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Harper’s Magazine Offices

The Gay Activists Alliance held a zap in the form of an all-day sit-in of Harper’s Magazine’s offices on October… Learn More

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240 Centre Street

Gay Activists Alliance Protest at New York City Police Headquarters

On November 11, 1972, the Gay Activists Alliance led a protest over never-ending police mistreatment of the LGBT community at… Learn More

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1335 Sixth Avenue

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Inner Circle Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel

The Gay Activists Alliance’s April 15, 1972, zap of reporters’ Inner Circle dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel, to… Learn More

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5 West 63rd Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the West Side YMCA

On August 6, 1971, the Gay Activists Alliance held a zap at the West Side YMCA to protest the Y’s… Learn More

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180 Christopher Street

Gay Activists Alliance Community Demonstration / Zap at Christopher’s End

A large “Community Demonstration to Protest Syndicate Domination and Police Harassment of Gays” on Saturday night July 24, 1971, was… Learn More

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1 Centre Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Marriage Bureau

New York’s City Clerk Herman Katz became incensed over the publicity of a same-sex “illegal marriage” at the Church of… Learn More

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130 West 42nd Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Fidelifacts of Greater New York

On January 18, 1971, the Gay Activists Alliance zap at Fidelifacts of Greater New York, in Times Square, highlighted that… Learn More

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2850 Broadway

Gay Activists Alliance “Demonstration of Affection” at the Gold Rail Tavern

The Gay Activists Alliance and other LGBT activists held a “demonstration of affection” protest on October 16, 1970, at the… Learn More

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West 42nd Street (between Eighth Avenue & Broadway)

Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square

A peaceful Times Square protest over recent increased police harassment against the LGBT community in the Greenwich Village and Times… Learn More

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120 East 56th Street

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York Republican State Committee Headquarters

A Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) zap at the headquarters of the New York Republican State Committee in Midtown on June… Learn More

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1260 Avenue of the Americas

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Radio City Music Hall

The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) zapped a presidential campaign fundraiser for Mayor John V. Lindsay on January 25, 1972, after… Learn More

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333 West 17th Street

Lavender Menace Action at Second Congress to Unite Women

“Lavender Menace” was an action led by Radicalesbians, with women from the Gay Liberation Front and several feminist organizations, at… Learn More

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99 Wooster Street

Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse

The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) formed in December 1969 and became the most influential American gay liberation political activist organization in… Learn More

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Wall Street & Broadway / 11 Wall Street

ACT UP Demonstrations on Wall Street

Formed in New York City in 1987, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (more commonly known as ACT UP) brought… Learn More

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1871 Walton Avenue

Langston Hughes Public School 236

Many New York City public schools are named in honor of prominent figures in American and world history.

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1970 West Farms Road

Lorraine Hansberry Academy Public School 214

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77 Clinton Avenue

Benjamin Banneker Academy for Community Development

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133 East 53rd Street

Emma Lazarus Public School 268

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Emma Lazarus Public… Learn More

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351 West 18th Street

Bayard Rustin Educational Complex

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Bayard Rustin Educational… Learn More

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244 West 144th Street

Countee Cullen Public School 194

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515 West 182nd Street

Eleanor Roosevelt Junior High School 143

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411 East 76th Street

Eleanor Roosevelt High School

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900 Tinton Avenue

Jane Addams High School for Academic Careers

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2 Astor Place

Harvey Milk High School

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Harvey Milk High… Learn More

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351 West 18th Street

James Baldwin School

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James Baldwin School,… Learn More

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190-20 109th Road

Lorraine Hansberry Public School 118

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203-02 109th Avenue

Langston Hughes Public School 134

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9301 Avenue B

Langston Hughes Public School 233

Many New York City public schools are named in honor of prominent figures in American and world history.

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381 Lafayette Street

Robert Rauschenberg Residence & Studio

Considered one of the most important artists to emerge after World War II, Robert Rauschenberg was a pioneering American artist… Learn More

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181-189 Second Avenue

Peter Hujar Residence & Studio / David Wojnarowicz Residence & Studio

Photographer Peter Hujar was barely recognized in his lifetime but, since his death due to AIDS-related pneumonia in 1987, he… Learn More

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141 Prince Street

Daughters of Bilitis Center

The Daughters of Bilitis Center was the first exclusively lesbian center in New York City and one of the first… Learn More

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421 5th Avenue

Brooklyn Women’s Martial Arts

Brooklyn Women’s Martial Arts (BWMA), renamed the Center for Anti-Violence Education in 1990, was founded in 1974 to teach self-defense… Learn More

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54 Seventh Avenue South

Women’s Coffeehouse

Open from 1974 to 1978 in Greenwich Village, the Women’s Coffeehouse was a popular and important social gathering and activist… Learn More

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135-139 West 31st Street

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

Father Mychal F. Judge was a Catholic priest at St. Francis of Assisi Church and lived in its friary from… Learn More

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235 West 46th Street

Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe Nightclub

From 1938 to 1951, entertainment impresario Billy Rose operated one of New York City’s most opulent and successful nightclubs, the… Learn More

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99 Seventh Avenue South

Circle Repertory Company Theater

From its founding in 1969, by four veterans of the Caffe Cino, until it closed in 1994, the Circle Repertory… Learn More

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5 Patchin Place

Djuna Barnes Residence

Djuna Barnes was one of the first writers of lesbian literature, publishing three texts directly related to lesbianism, including Nigthwood… Learn More

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25 Hyatt Street

Staten Island AIDS Task Force & EAGLE Headquarters

The Staten Island AIDS Task Force, now Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI), opened its first office in this… Learn More

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33 Barrow Street

Labyris

Labyris, where the “The Future is Female” slogan was coined, was the first feminist bookstore in New York City.

Owned and… Learn More

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154 West 10th Street

Djuna Books

Named after pioneering lesbian fiction author Djuna Barnes, Djuna Books was a feminist bookstore in Greenwich Village from 1977 to… Learn More

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338 East 6th Street

Ellen Broidy & Linda Rhodes Residence / Rita Mae Brown Residence

From about 1967 to 1971, activists and then-partners Ellen Broidy and Linda Rhodes rented a fifth floor apartment at 338… Learn More

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201 West 92nd Street

Womanbooks

Open from 1975 to 1987, Womanbooks was the second feminist bookstore in New York City. It sold books written, published,… Learn More

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1 Fifth Avenue

Sam Wagstaff Residence

As an art curator and collector, Sam Wagstaff almost single handedly drove the market in the acquisition of photographs by… Learn More

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24 Bond Street

Robert Mapplethorpe Residence & Studio

Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most influential and controversial photographers of the 20th century, known as much for his… Learn More

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320 Manhattan Avenue

Georgette Harvey & Musa Williams Residence

During the 1930s and until sometime between 1940 and 1942, the Black lesbian couple Georgette Harvey and Musa Williams lived… Learn More

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342 West 11th Street

Mother Courage

Mother Courage was the first feminist restaurant in the United States. Owned and operated by Dolores Alexander and Jill Ward… Learn More

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101 East 63rd Street

Hirsch Residence / Halston Residence

In 1966, real estate lawyer Alexander Hirsch and his partner Lewis Turner commissioned architect Paul Rudolph to remodel their residence… Learn More

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Bryant Park

NYC Dyke March

First organized by the Lesbian Avengers in 1993, the NYC Dyke March is an annual march from Bryant Park to… Learn More

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South Beach

South Beach, Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk & Parking Lots

The beaches, boardwalk, and parking lots of South Beach have been Staten Island’s most popular LGBT cruising areas since at… Learn More

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106 Central Park South

Barbizon-Plaza Hotel

Completed in 1930, the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel was the first residential hotel equipped as a music and arts center in the… Learn More

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Seventh Avenue (35th to 41st Streets)

Fashion Walk of Fame

Beginning in the year 2000, plaques have been installed along Seventh Avenue — a corridor synonymous with the fashion industry… Learn More

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1000 Richmond Terrace

Sailors’ Snug Harbor

Once a home for aged sailors, the Sailors’ Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens has been an important venue… Learn More

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450 East 52nd Street

Greta Garbo Residence at the Campanile

Greta Garbo was one of the silver screen’s most iconic stars of the 1920s and 1930s and was also well… Learn More

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133 West 138th Street

Alberta Hunter Residence

From 1927 to at least 1945, the closeted blues singer Alberta Hunter owned an apartment in this Harlem building.

During this… Learn More

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70 Beach Street

Park Villa II

Located in the former Liberty Theatre, Park Villa II (later On Stage), was a popular dance club during the 1980s… Learn More

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200 Park Avenue

Richard Lippold & “Flight” at the Pan Am (now Met Life) Building

Richard Lippold, the preeminent mid-20th-century creator of site-specific indoor sculpture in America, designed three major works for spaces in New… Learn More

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Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center: Philharmonic Hall

Lincoln Center, a world-class performing arts center, has had close connections to the LGBT community since planning began in the… Learn More

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39 Fifth Avenue

Vernon “Copy” Berg Residence

Vernon E. Berg, III, known as Copy Berg, was the first naval officer to challenge the military’s ban on gay… Learn More

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437 East 12th Street

Ernestine Eckstein Residence / Allen Ginsberg Residence

Ernestine Eckstein was an influential lesbian of color who was active in the LGBT rights movement in the pre-Stonewall years…. Learn More

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490 Riverside Drive

Riverside Church

Since opening for services in 1930, Riverside Church has been one of the most progressive religious institutions in New York… Learn More

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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

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45 Belmont Place

Michelle Cliff Residence

The Jamaican-born author Michelle Cliff was living in this two-family house when she graduated from nearby Curtis High School in… Learn More

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29 West 9th Street

Maurice Sendak Residence & Studio

The award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak lived and worked in a duplex apartment in this Greenwich Village… Learn More