List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City
Museums -- Miscellaneous
Table:
Name

Neighborhood

Borough

Type

Summary

American Academy of Arts and Letters

Washington Heights

Manhattan

Art

Exhibitions of its members in American literature, music, and art

Cooper Union Galleries

East Village

Manhattan

Art

Several galleries with works by students, faculty and guest artists in art, architecture, design, photography

Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art

Fordham

Bronx

Art

Collection of ancient antiquities in William D. Walsh Family Library of Fordham University

Front Room Gallery
Lower East Side
Manhattan
Art
Contemporary art gallery

Godwin-Ternbach Museum

Kew Gardens Hills

Queens

Art

Part of Queens College, City University of New York; collection includes painting, sculpture and decorative arts, prints and drawings, and ethnographic arts

Grey Art Gallery

Greenwich Village

Manhattan

Art

website, part of New York University

Lehman College Art Gallery

Bronx

Bronx

Art

website

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art

SoHo

Manhattan

Art

Contemporary and historical gay-related art

Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
Upper West Side
Manhattan
Art
website, part of Columbia University

Mmuseumm
TriBeCa
Manhattan
History
Curated display of artifacts housed in a freight elevator.

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
East Village
Manhattan
History
History of grassroots urban space activism

Museum of the Dog
Park Avenue
Manhattan
History and Art
The museum features exhibits that include: Dogs in film, dogs of presidents, war dogs, dogs in exploration.[1] The museum features one of the largest collections of dog-related art.[2][3]

Museum of Sex
Rose Hill
Manhattan
Sex
History, evolution and cultural significance of human sexuality

Onassis Cultural Center
Midtown Manhattan
Manhattan
Art
website, cultural and artistic activities concerning ancient, Byzantine and modern Hellenic civilization

Poppenhusen Institute
College Point
Queens
History
Community cultural center with historic and cultural exhibits

Queens College Art Center
Flushing
Queens
Art
website

Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Midtown Manhattan
Manhattan
Art
Contemporary painting, sculpture and photography; presents works from the gallery's rich history

THNK1994
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Feminist Pop Culture
website, art inspred by and impact of the 1994 attack of Nancy Kerrigan by Tonya Harding

United Nations Headquarters
Midtown Manhattan
Manhattan
Historic building
Includes exhibits on such topics as peacekeeping operations, decolonization and disarmament, and the United Nations Art Collection

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The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member honor society ; its goal is to foster , assist , and sustain excellence in American literature , music , and art . Located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City , it shares Audubon Terrace , a complex on Broadway between West 155th and 156th Streets , with the Hispanic Society of America and Boricua College . The academy 's galleries are open to the public on a published schedule . Exhibits include an annual exhibition of paintings , sculptures , photographs and works on paper from contemporary artists nominated by its members , and an annual exhibition of works by newly elected members and recipients of honors and awards . A permanent exhibit of the recreated studio of composer Charles Ives was opened in 2014 . The auditorium is sought out by musicians and engineers wishing to record live , as the acoustics are considered among the city 's finest . Hundreds of commercial recordings have been made there .
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan . The area is named for Fort Washington , a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on the island of Manhattan by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War , to defend the area from the British forces . Washington Heights is bordered by Harlem to the south , along 155th Street ; Inwood to the north along Dyckman Street or Hillside Avenue ; the Hudson River to the west , and the Harlem River and Coogan 's Bluff to the east . As of 2016 [ update ] , it has 200,000 inhabitants . Washington Heights is part of Manhattan Community District 12 and its primary ZIP Codes are 10032 , 10033 , and 10040 . It is patrolled by the 34th and 33rd Precincts of the New York City Police Department .
Manhattan ( /mænˈhætən , mən-/ ) , often referred to by residents of the New York City area as the City , is the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City , and coextensive with the County of New York , one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York . Manhattan serves as the city 's economic and administrative center , cultural identifier , and historical birthplace . The borough consists mostly of Manhattan Island , bounded by the Hudson , East , and Harlem rivers ; as well as several small adjacent islands . Manhattan additionally contains Marble Hill , a small neighborhood now on the U.S. mainland , that was connected using landfill to the Bronx and separated from the rest of Manhattan by the Harlem River . Manhattan Island is divided into three informally bounded components , each aligned with the borough 's long axis : Lower , Midtown , and Upper Manhattan . Manhattan has been described as the cultural , financial , media , and entertainment capital of the world , and the borough hosts the United Nations Headquarters . Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan , New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world , and Manhattan is home to the world 's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization : the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ . Many multinational media conglomerates are based in Manhattan , and the borough has been the setting for numerous books , films , and television shows . Manhattan real estate has since become among the most expensive in the world , with the value of Manhattan Island , including real estate , estimated to exceed US $ 3 trillion in 2013 ; median residential property sale prices in Manhattan approximated US $ 1,600 per square foot ( $ 17,000/m2 ) as of 2018 , with Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan commanding the highest retail rents in the world , at US $ 3,000 per square foot ( $ 32,000/m2 ) per year in 2017 . Manhattan traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan ; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626 . Manhattan is historically documented to have been purchased by Dutch colonists from Native Americans in 1626 for 60 guilders , which equals roughly $ 1059 in current terms . The territory and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother , the Duke of York .
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art , commonly known as Cooper Union or The Cooper Union and informally referred to , especially during the 19th century , as 'the Cooper Institute , ' is a private college at Cooper Square on the border of the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . Inspired in 1830 when Peter Cooper learned about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France , Cooper Union was established in 1859 . The school was built on a radical new model of American higher education based on founder Peter Cooper 's fundamental belief that an education equal to the best technology schools [ then ] established should be accessible to those who qualify , independent of their race , religion , sex , wealth or social status , and should be open and free to all . Cooper envisioned his school replacing the declining master/apprentice system with a higher form of education suited to a new age . Machinery has , in a great measure , driven out the old trades , and the discipline of the old apprentice system has passed away . Our youth in the industrial classes begin life under very different auspices . The situation was particularly dire for girls who rarely had the advantage of apprenticeship and were easily exploited by their employers , and for young women of refinement and general culture thrown upon their own resources by the peculiar conditions and characteristics of American life . All I want , Cooper was remembered often saying , is that these poor women shall earn decent and respectable livings , and especially that they shall be kept from marrying bad husbands . True to his ideals , the institute 's night school was open to boys and girls , and in 1858 , a year before the Cooper Union officially opened , the New York School of Design for Women was moved into the building . The Cooper Union originally offered free courses to its admitted students , and when a four-year undergraduate program was established in 1902 , the school granted each admitted student a full-tuition scholarship . Following its own financial crisis , the school decided to abandon this policy starting in the fall of 2014 . Each incoming student receives at least a half-tuition merit scholarship , with additional school financial support , which is provided on a sliding scale up to full tuition scholarships ( for which a significant number of students qualify ) , based on financial needs .
The East Village is a neighborhood on the East Side of Lower Manhattan , New York City . It is roughly defined as the area east of the Bowery and Third Avenue , between 14th Street on the north and Houston Street on the south . The East Village contains three subsections : Alphabet City , in reference to the single-letter-named avenues that are located to the east of First Avenue ; Little Ukraine , near Second Avenue and 6th and 7th Streets ; and Bowery , located around the street of the same name . Initially , what is now the East Village was occupied by the Lenape Native Americans , and was then divided into plantations by Dutch settlers . During the early 19th century , the East Village contained many of the city 's most opulent estates . By the middle of the century , it grew to include a large immigrant population - including what was once referred to as Manhattan 's Little Germany - and was considered part of the nearby Lower East Side . By the late 1960s , many artists , musicians , students and hippies began to move into the area , and East Village was given its own identity . Since at least the 2000s , gentrification has changed the character of the neighborhood . East Village is part of Manhattan Community District 3 and its primary ZIP Codes are 10003 and 10009 . It is patrolled by the 9th Precinct of the New York City Police Department .
The William D. Walsh Family Library is a library located at Fordham University 's Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx , New York City . In its 2004 edition of The Best 351 Colleges , the Princeton Review ranked Fordham 's William D. Walsh Family Library fifth in the country , ahead of Yale , Harvard , and Columbia .
Fordham is a neighborhood located in the western Bronx , New York City . Fordham is roughly bordered by East 196th Street to the north , Webster Avenue to the east , Burnside Avenue to the south , and Jerome Avenue to the west . The neighborhood 's primary thoroughfares are Fordham Road and Grand Concourse . Fordham is located within Bronx Community Board 5 and Bronx Community Board 7 , and its ZIP Codes include 10453 , 10457 , 10458 and 10468 . Its main subway line is the IND Concourse Line ( B and ​D trains ) , operating under the Grand Concourse , with the IRT Jerome Avenue Line ( 4 train ) on its western border . The area is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 46th Precinct . New York City Housing Authority ( NYCHA ) property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A . 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx .
The Bronx ( /brɒŋks/ ) is a borough of New York City , coterminous with Bronx County , in the U.S. state of New York , the third-most densely populated county in the United States . It is south of Westchester County ; northeast and east of Manhattan , across the Harlem River ; and north of Queens , across the East River . The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles ( 109 km2 ) and a population of 1,432,132 in 2018 . Of the five boroughs , it has the fourth-largest area , fourth-highest population , and third-highest population density . It is the only borough predominantly on the U.S. mainland . If each borough were ranked as a city , the Bronx would rank as the eighth-most populous in the U.S . The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the west , and a flatter eastern section . East and west street names are divided by Jerome Avenue . The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874 , and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895 . Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914 . About a quarter of the Bronx 's area is open space , including Woodlawn Cemetery , Van Cortlandt Park , Pelham Bay Park , the New York Botanical Garden , and the Bronx Zoo in the borough 's north and center . These open spaces are situated primarily on land deliberately reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan .
The William D. Walsh Family Library is a library located at Fordham University 's Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx , New York City . In its 2004 edition of The Best 351 Colleges , the Princeton Review ranked Fordham 's William D. Walsh Family Library fifth in the country , ahead of Yale , Harvard , and Columbia .
Fordham University ( /ˈfɔːrdəm/ ) is a private research university in New York City . Established in 1841 and named for the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its main campus is located , Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States , and the third-oldest university in New York State . Founded as St. John 's College by John Hughes , then a coadjutor bishop of New York , the college was placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter , and has since become a Jesuit-affiliated independent school under a lay board of trustees . The college 's first president , John McCloskey , was later the first Catholic cardinal in the United States . While governed independently of the Church since 1969 , every president of Fordham University since 1846 has been a Jesuit priest , and the curriculum remains influenced by Jesuit educational principles . Fordham is the only Jesuit tertiary institution in New York City . Fordham 's alumni and faculty include U.S . Senators and representatives , four cardinals of the Catholic Church , several U.S. governors and ambassadors , a number of billionaires , two directors of the CIA , Academy Award and Emmy-winning actors , royalty , a foreign head of state , a White House Counsel , a vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army , a U.S. Postmaster General , a U.S. Attorney General , the first female vice presidential candidate of a major political party in the United States , and a president of the United States . Fordham enrolls approximately 15,300 students from more than 65 countries , and is composed of ten constituent colleges , four of which are undergraduate and six of which are postgraduate , across three campuses in southern New York State : the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx , the Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan 's Upper West Side , and the Westchester campus in West Harrison , New York . In addition to these locations , the university maintains a study abroad center in London and field offices in Spain and South Africa . The university offers degrees in over 60 disciplines . The university 's athletic teams , the Rams , include a football team that boasted a win in the Sugar Bowl , two Pro Football Hall of Famers , two All-Americans , two Canadian Football League All-Stars , and numerous NFL players ; the Rams also participated in history 's first televised college football game in 1939 and history 's first televised college basketball game in 1940 .
The Front Room Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at 48 Hester Street in New York , NY . The directors are Daniel Aycock and Kathleen Vance .
The Lower East Side , sometimes abbreviated as LES , is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan , roughly located between the Bowery and the East River from Canal to Houston Streets . Traditionally an immigrant , working class neighborhood , it began rapid gentrification in the mid-2000s , prompting the National Trust for Historic Preservation to place the neighborhood on their list of America 's Most Endangered Places . The Lower East Side is part of Manhattan Community District 3 and its primary ZIP Code is 10002 . It is patrolled by the 7th Precinct of the New York City Police Department .
Queens College ( QC ) is one of the four-year colleges in the City University of New York system . Its 80-acre campus is located in the Kew Gardens Hills section of Queens , with a student body that represents over 170 countries . Queens College is consistently ranked among the leading institutions in the US for the quality of its faculty and academic programs , the achievement of its students , and its affordability . The Queens College Athletics and Recreation sponsors 15 men 's and women 's championship-eligible varsity teams .
Kew Gardens Hills is a middle-class neighborhood in the middle of the New York City borough of Queens . The borders are Flushing Meadows-Corona Park to the west , the Long Island Expressway to the north , Union Turnpike to the south , and Parsons Boulevard to the east . The neighborhood is located near several highways including the Long Island Expressway , Grand Central Parkway , Van Wyck Expressway , and the Jackie Robinson Parkway ( Interborough ) . It is also served by several bus routes . Adjacent neighborhoods include Forest Hills to the west , Hillcrest to the east , Briarwood to the south , and Queensboro Hill to the north . Kew Gardens Hills is located in Queens Community District 8 and its ZIP Code is 11367 . It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 107th Precinct . Politically , Kew Gardens Hills represented by the New York City Council 's 24th District .
Queens is a borough of New York City , coterminous with Queens County , in the U.S. state of New York . It is the largest borough geographically and is adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn , at the western end of Long Island . To its east is Nassau County . Queens also shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx . The borough of Queens is the second-largest in population , the first being Brooklyn ; with an estimated population of 2,278,906 residents in 2018 , approximately 47.5 percent of them foreign-born . Queens County also is the second most populous county in the U.S. state of New York , behind Brooklyn , which is coterminous with Kings County . Queens is the fourth most densely populated county among New York City 's boroughs , as well as in the United States . If each of New York City 's boroughs were an independent city , Queens would be the nation 's fourth most populous , after Los Angeles , Chicago , and Brooklyn . Queens is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States , as well as the most diverse among highly populated counties and the most linguistically diverse place on Earth . Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York . The settlement was presumably named for the English queen Catherine of Braganza ( 1638-1705 ) . From 1683 until 1899 , the County of Queens included what is now Nassau County .
Queens College ( QC ) is one of the four-year colleges in the City University of New York system . Its 80-acre campus is located in the Kew Gardens Hills section of Queens , with a student body that represents over 170 countries . Queens College is consistently ranked among the leading institutions in the US for the quality of its faculty and academic programs , the achievement of its students , and its affordability . The Queens College Athletics and Recreation sponsors 15 men 's and women 's championship-eligible varsity teams .
The Grey Art Gallery is New York Universitys fine art museum , located on historic Washington Square Park , in New York City 's Greenwich Village . As a university art museum , the Grey Art Gallery functions to collect , preserve , study , document , interpret , and exhibit the evidence of human culture . While these goals are common to all museums , the Grey distinguishes itself by emphasizing art 's historical , cultural , and social contexts , with experimentation and interpretation as integral parts of programmatic planning . Thus , in addition to being a place to view the objects of material culture , the Gallery serves as a museum-laboratory in which a broader view of an object 's environment enriches our understanding of its contribution to civilization . Founded in 1958 with the acquisition of Francis Picabias Resonateur ( 1922 ) , and Fritz Glarners Relational Painting ( 1949-50 ) , The Grey Art Gallery oversees the art collection of New York University ; approximately 6,000 works , mainly dating from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , such as Pablo Picassos Bust of Sylvette ( 1967 ) installed in University Village ( Manhattan ) , and Joseph Cornells Chocolat Menier ( 1952 ) , and works by Henri Matisse , Joan Mirò , Ilya Bolotowsky , as well as works by Romare Bearden , Arshile Gorky , Adolph Gottlieb , Kenneth Noland , Jane Freilicher , Ad Reinhardt , and Alex Katz , among many others . Under the directorship of Lynn Gumpert since 1997 , the Grey hosts traveling shows and creates exhibitions that have included painting , sculpture , drawing , printmaking , photography , architecture , decorative arts , film , video , performance art , and retrospectives of major contemporary artists . The Grey also publishes exhibition catalogues and presents educational programs . The Grey Art Gallery 's mission is to collect , preserve , study , document , interpret , and exhibit evidence of human culture .
Greenwich Village ( /ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ GREN-itch , /ˈɡrɪn-/ GRIN- , /-ɪdʒ/ -⁠ij ) , often referred to by locals as simply the Village , is a neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan , New York City , within Lower Manhattan . Broadly , Greenwich Village is bounded by 14th Street to the north , Broadway to the east , Houston Street to the south , and the Hudson River to the west . Greenwich Village also contains several subsections , including the West Village west of Seventh Avenue and the Meatpacking District in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village . The neighborhood 's name comes from Groenwijck , one of the Dutch names for the village ( meaning Green District ) , which was Anglicized to Greenwich . [ a ] In the 20th century , Greenwich Village was known as an artists ' haven , the Bohemian capital , the cradle of the modern LGBT movement , and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and '60s counterculture movements . Greenwich Village contains Washington Square Park , as well as two of New York 's private colleges , New York University ( NYU ) and the New School . Greenwich Village is part of Manhattan Community District 2 and is patrolled by the 6th Precinct of the New York City Police Department . Greenwich Village has undergone extensive gentrification and commercialization ; the four ZIP codes that constitute the Village - 10011 , 10012 , 10003 , and 10014 - were all ranked among the ten most expensive in the United States by median housing price in 2014 , according to Forbes , with residential property sale prices in the West Village neighborhood typically exceeding US $ 2,100 per square foot ( $ 23,000/m2 ) in 2017 .
New York University ( NYU ) is a private research university based in New York City . Founded in 1831 , NYU 's historical campus is in Greenwich Village , Lower Manhattan . NYU is also a global university with degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai , and academic centers in Accra , Berlin , Buenos Aires , Florence , London , Los Angeles , Madrid , Paris , Prague , Sydney , Tel Aviv , and Washington , D.C . Alumni include heads of state , royalty , aristocrats , eminent scientists , inventors and entrepreneurs , media figures , founders and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies , and astronauts . As of October 2019 [ update ] , 37 Nobel Laureates , 8 Turing Award winners , 5 Fields Medalists , over 30 Academy Award winners , over 30 Pulitzer Prize winners , and hundreds of members of the National Academies of Sciences and United States Congress have been affiliated as faculty or alumni .
Lehman College is a senior college of the City University of New York ( CUNY ) in the Bronx borough of New York City . Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College , the school became an independent college within CUNY in September 1967 . The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman , a former New York governor , United States senator , philanthropist , and the son of Lehman Brothers co-founder Mayer Lehman . It is a public , comprehensive , coeducational liberal arts college with more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and specializations .
The Bronx ( /brɒŋks/ ) is a borough of New York City , coterminous with Bronx County , in the U.S. state of New York , the third-most densely populated county in the United States . It is south of Westchester County ; northeast and east of Manhattan , across the Harlem River ; and north of Queens , across the East River . The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles ( 109 km2 ) and a population of 1,432,132 in 2018 . Of the five boroughs , it has the fourth-largest area , fourth-highest population , and third-highest population density . It is the only borough predominantly on the U.S. mainland . If each borough were ranked as a city , the Bronx would rank as the eighth-most populous in the U.S . The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the west , and a flatter eastern section . East and west street names are divided by Jerome Avenue . The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874 , and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895 . Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914 . About a quarter of the Bronx 's area is open space , including Woodlawn Cemetery , Van Cortlandt Park , Pelham Bay Park , the New York Botanical Garden , and the Bronx Zoo in the borough 's north and center . These open spaces are situated primarily on land deliberately reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan .
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art ( LLM ) , formerly the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art , is a visual art museum in SoHo , Lower Manhattan , New York City . It mainly collects , preserves and exhibits visual arts created by LGBTQ artists or art about LGBTQ themes , issues , and people . The Museum , operated by the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation , offers exhibitions year-round in numerous locations and owns more than 22,000 objects , including , paintings , drawings , photography , prints and sculpture . It has been recognized [ by whom ? ] as one of the oldest arts groups engaged in the collection and preservation of gay art . The Foundation was awarded Museum status by the New York State Board of Regents in 2011 and was formally accredited as a museum in 2016 . The Museum is a member of the American Alliance of Museums and operates pursuant to their guidelines . As of 2019 , the LLM was the only museum in the world dedicated to artwork documenting the LGBTQ experience . The Museum maintains a Permanent Collection into which more than 1,300 objects have been accessioned . The Permanent Collection contains works by a number of well-known gay artists such as Berenice Abbott , Abel Azcona , David Hockney , Ingo Swann , Catherine Opie , Andy Warhol , Tom of Finland , Delmas Howe , Jean Cocteau , David Wojnarowicz , Robert Mapplethorpe , George Platt Lynes , Horst , Duncan Grant , James Bidgood , Duane Michals , Charles Demuth , Don Bachardy , Attila Richard Lukacs , Jim French , Del LaGrace Volcano , Paul Thek , Peter Hujar , Arthur Tress and many others .
SoHo , sometimes written Soho , is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan , New York City , which in recent history came to the public 's attention for being the location of many artists ' lofts and art galleries , but is now better known for its variety of shops ranging from trendy upscale boutiques to national and international chain store outlets . The area 's history is an archetypal example of inner-city regeneration and gentrification , encompassing socioeconomic , cultural , political , and architectural developments . The name SoHo refers to the area being South of Houston Street , a name coined in 1962 by Chester Rapkin , an urban planner and author of The South Houston Industrial Area study , also known as the Rapkin Report . [ notes 1 ] The name also recalls Soho , an area in London 's West End . Almost all of SoHo is included in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District , which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973 , extended in 2010 , and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978 . It consists of 26 blocks and approximately 500 buildings , many of them incorporating cast-iron architectural elements . Many side streets in the district are paved with Belgian blocks . SoHo is part of Manhattan Community District 2 and its primary ZIP Codes are 10012 and 10013 . It is patrolled by the 1st Precinct of the New York City Police Department .
The Upper West Side , sometimes abbreviated UWS , is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan , New York City , bounded by Central Park and the Hudson River , and West 59th Street and West 110th Street . Like the Upper East Side , the Upper West Side is an affluent , primarily residential area with many of its residents working in commercial areas of Midtown and Lower Manhattan . Similarly to the Museum Mile district on the Upper East Side , the Upper West Side is considered one of Manhattan 's cultural and intellectual hubs , with Columbia University and Barnard College located just past the north end of the neighborhood , and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School located at the south end . The Upper West Side is among New York City 's wealthiest neighborhoods . The Upper West Side is part of Manhattan Community District 7 and its primary ZIP Codes are 10023 , 10024 , 10025 , and 10069 . It is patrolled by the 20th and 24th Precincts of the New York City Police Department .
Columbia University ( also known as Columbia , and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York ) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City . Established in 1754 on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan , Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States . It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence , seven of which belong to the Ivy League . It has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world . Columbia was established as King 's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain in reaction to the founding of Princeton University in New Jersey . It was renamed Columbia College in 1784 following the American Revolution , and in 1787 was placed under a private board of trustees headed by former students Alexander Hamilton and John Jay . In 1896 , the campus was moved to its current location in Morningside Heights and renamed Columbia University . Columbia scientists and scholars have played an important role in the development of notable scientific fields and breakthroughs including : brain-computer interface ; the laser and maser ; nuclear magnetic resonance ; the first nuclear pile ; the first nuclear fission reaction in the Americas ; Thomas Hunt Morgan 's drosophila experiment - considered the origin of modern genetics ; the first evidence for plate tectonics and continental drift ; and much of the initial research and planning of the Manhattan Project during World War II . The Columbia University Physics Department has been affiliated with 33 Nobel Prize winners as alumni , faculty or research staff , the third most of any American institution behind MIT and Harvard . In addition , 22 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine have been affiliated with Columbia , the third most of any American institution . The university 's research efforts include the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory , Goddard Institute for Space Studies and accelerator laboratories with major technology firms such as IBM . Columbia is one of the fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities and was the first school in the United States to grant the M.D .
Mmuseumm is a modern natural history museum located in lower Manhattan in New York City , dedicated to its signature curatorial style of Object Journalism .
Tribeca /traɪˈbɛkə/ , originally written as TriBeCa , is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan , New York City . Its name is a syllabic abbreviation of Triangle Below Canal Street . The triangle , or more accurately , a trapezoid , is bounded by Canal Street , West Street , Broadway , and Chambers Street . More recently , a common marketing tactic has been to extend Tribeca 's southern boundary to either Vesey or Murray Streets to increase the appeal of property listings . The neighborhood began as farmland , became residential in the early 19th century , then transitioned into a mercantile one centered on produce , dry goods , and textiles , before being colonized by artists and then actors , models , entrepreneurs and other celebrities . The neighborhood is home to the Tribeca Film Festival , which was created in response to the September 11 attacks , to reinvigorate the neighborhood and downtown after the destruction caused by the terrorist attacks . Tribeca is part of Manhattan Community District 1 and its primary ZIP Codes are 10007 and 10013 . It is patrolled by the 1st Precinct of the New York City Police Department .
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space ( MoRUS ) is a not-for profit museum dedicated to archiving the history of community gardens , squatting , and grassroots environmental activism of the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . Located in the storefront of C-Squat at 155 Avenue C , the museum documents how neighborhood residents transformed abandoned spaces and lots in the neighborhood into squats and gardens . By preserving the neighborhood 's history , the museum aims to educate and thereby empower communities and individuals to keep this form of sustainable , community-based activism alive . :247-264
Museum of the Dog is a nonprofit canine museum at 101 Park Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . The museum features exhibits that include : Dogs in film , dogs of presidents , war dogs , dogs in exploration . The museum features one of the largest collections of dog-related art .
Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the borough of Manhattan . For most of the road 's length in Manhattan , it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east . Park Avenue 's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue ; the title still applies to the section between the Bowery and 14th Street . The avenue is called Union Square East between 14th and 17th Streets , and Park Avenue South between 17th and 32nd Streets .
The Museum of Sex , also known as MoSex , is a sex museum located at 233 Fifth Avenue at the corner of East 27th Street in Manhattan , New York City . It opened on October 5 , 2002 .
Rose Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan , between the neighborhoods of Murray Hill to the north and Gramercy Park to the south , Kips Bay to the east , the Flatiron District to the southwest , and NoMad to the northwest . The formerly unnamed area is sometimes considered to be a part of NoMad , because the name Rose Hill was chiefly used for the area in the 18th and 19th centuries , and is not very commonly used to refer to the area in the 2010s . The AIA Guide to New York City defines Rose Hill as the area bounded by 23rd Street to the south , 32nd Street to the north , Madison Avenue to the west , and Third Avenue to the east . The president of the Rose Hill Neighborhood Association considers the eastern boundary to the East River . The Rose Hill neighborhood straddles Manhattan Community Districts 5 and 6 .
The Alexander S. Onassis Foundation was created by Aristotle Onassis to honor the memory of his son Alexander , who died at age 24 in an airplane crash in 1973 . Aristotle Onassis died in 1975 , and had directed in his will that half of his estate should be transferred upon his own death to a foundation to be established in Alexander 's name . In 1975 , the executors of the estate accordingly established a pair of foundations , incorporated in Vaduz , Liechtenstein : the Business Foundation , which acts as a holding company for the underlying business interests , and the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation , which is the sole beneficiary of the Business Foundation . The public benefit foundation is based in Athens , Greece . Aristotle 's daughter , Christina Onassis , was the first president of the foundation . The foundation is one of the largest in Europe , using its assets to create scholarship and prize programs , build the $ 75 million Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens ( designed by London-based hospital architect Llewelyn Davies ) , endow Greek studies chairs at universities , and support other projects . All activities of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation , from the time of its establishment to the present , are funded exclusively by the profits of the Business Foundation , which engages mainly in shipping and real estate investments . The foundation 's funds ultimately derive from fossil fuels , as the Onassis fleet remains one of the world 's largest transporters of oil and petroleum .
Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan . Midtown is home to some of the city 's most iconic buildings , including the Empire State Building , the Chrysler Building , the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project , the headquarters of the United Nations , Grand Central Terminal , and Rockefeller Center , as well as Broadway and Times Square . Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the world and ranks among the most expensive pieces of real estate ; Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan commands the world 's highest retail rents , with average annual rents at US $ 3,000 per square foot ( $ 32,000/m2 ) in 2017 . However , due to the high price of retail spaces in Midtown , there are also many vacant storefronts in the neighborhood . Midtown is the country 's largest commercial , entertainment , and media center , and also a growing financial center . The majority of New York City 's skyscrapers , including its tallest hotels and apartment towers , are in Midtown . The area hosts commuters and residents working in its offices , hotels , and retail establishments , tourists and students . Times Square , the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District , is a major center of the world 's entertainment industry . Sixth Avenue also has the headquarters of three of the four major U.S. television networks . Midtown is part of Manhattan Community District 5 . It is patrolled by the 14th and 18th Precincts of the New York City Police Department .
Greece ( Greek : Ελλάδα ) , officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ) , historically also known as Hellas , is a country located in Southeast Europe . Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018 ; Athens , the nation 's capital , is its largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula , Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe , Asia , and Africa . It shares land borders with Albania to the northwest , North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north , and Turkey to the northeast . The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland , the Ionian Sea to the west , the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km ( 8,498 mi ) in length , featuring many islands , of which 227 are inhabited . Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous , with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at 2,918 metres ( 9,573 ft ) . The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions : Macedonia , Central Greece , the Peloponnese , Thessaly , Epirus , the Aegean Islands ( including the Dodecanese and Cyclades ) , Thrace , Crete , and the Ionian Islands . Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation , being the birthplace of democracy , Western philosophy , Western literature , historiography , political science , major scientific and mathematical principles , Western drama and the Olympic Games . From the eighth century B.C. , the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states , known as poleis ( singular polis ) , which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea . Philip of Macedon united most of the Greek mainland in the fourth century BC , with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the ancient world , from the eastern Mediterranean to India . Greece was annexed by Rome in the second century B.C. , becoming an integral part of the Roman Empire and its successor , the Byzantine Empire , which adopted the Greek language and culture .
Poppenhusen Institute is a historic building at 114 - 04 14th Road in College Point , Queens that housed the first free kindergarten in America . In addition , this institute provided the first free evening classes for adults ( in America ) . Currently , the Institute operates as a community cultural center . The institute stands at five-stories and was constructed in a stern Victorian style . The Poppenhusen Institute is similar to the Cooper Union Institute in Manhattan : the reason for this is because the so-called home arts and the study of machinery were principally taught free to ambitious residents of the North Shore . It was constructed in 1868 with private funds donated by Conrad Poppenhusen , the benefactor of College Point , New York . He began work on the institute on his 50th birthday in 1868 , when he provided $ 100,000 to set up this project as a private educational venture : this venture remains one of the principal features of College Point . Conrad Poppenhusen 's zeal , ability , and civic pride brought unprecedented prosperity to College Point . The original charter specified that it be open to all , irrespective of race , creed or religion , giving people the opportunity to improve their lives either by preparing them for better jobs or improving their leisure time . The institute was established for vocational training and is also served in the interests of Poppenhusen to provide educational opportunities for industrial workers . This institute was also built with the purpose of teaching English and factory crafts : even though it was still teaching these classes , the English courses have been supplemented or replaced by those in French and Spanish . The reason for this was because certain individuals felt their English was good enough .
College Point is a working-middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens . It is bounded to the south by Whitestone Expressway and Flushing ; to the east by 138th Street and Malba/Whitestone ; to the north by the East River ; and to the west by Flushing Bay . College Point is a mostly residential ethnically diverse community with some industrial areas . The neighborhood is served by several parks and contains two yacht clubs . College Point is located in Queens Community District 7 and its ZIP Code is 11356 . It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 109th Precinct . Politically , College Point is represented by the New York City Council 's 19th District .
Queens College ( QC ) is one of the four-year colleges in the City University of New York system . Its 80-acre campus is located in the Kew Gardens Hills section of Queens , with a student body that represents over 170 countries . Queens College is consistently ranked among the leading institutions in the US for the quality of its faculty and academic programs , the achievement of its students , and its affordability . The Queens College Athletics and Recreation sponsors 15 men 's and women 's championship-eligible varsity teams .
Flushing is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States . Located in the north-central portion of Queens , the neighborhood is the fourth largest central business district in New York City . Flushing was established as a settlement of New Netherland on October 10 , 1645 , on the eastern bank of Flushing Creek . It was named Vlissingen , after the Dutch city of Vlissingen . The English took control of New Amsterdam in 1664 , and when Queens County was established in 1683 , the Town of Flushing was one of the original five towns of Queens . In 1898 , Flushing was consolidated into the City of New York . Development came in the early 20th century with the construction of bridges and public transportation . An immigrant population , composed mostly of Chinese and Koreans , settled in Flushing in the late 20th century . Flushing contains numerous residential subsections , and its diversity is reflected by the numerous ethnic groups that reside there . Flushing is served by several stations on the Long Island Rail Road 's Port Washington Branch , as well as the New York City Subway 's IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and < 7 > ​ trains ) , which has its terminus at Main Street . The intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue , a major commercial and retail area , is the third busiest intersection in New York City , behind Times and Herald Squares . Flushing is located in Queens Community District 7 and its ZIP Codes are 11354 , 11355 , and 11358 .
The Tibor de Nagy Gallery is an art gallery in New York City . It was involved in the discovery of many of the Second Generation Abstract Expressionist Movements artists and also representational artists of the era including Nell Blaine , Grace Hartigan , Alfred Leslie , Helen Frankenthaler , Jane Freilicher , Paul Georges , Red Grooms , Ian Hornak , Kenneth Noland , Fairfield Porter and Larry Rivers .
Bedford-Stuyvesant ( /ˈbɛdfərdˈstaɪvəsənt/ ) , colloquially known as Bed-Stuy , is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn . Bedford-Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north ( bordering Williamsburg ) , Classon Avenue to the west ( bordering Clinton Hill ) , Broadway to the east ( bordering Bushwick and East New York ) , and Atlantic Avenue to the south ( bordering Crown Heights and Brownsville ) . The main shopping street , Fulton Street runs east-west the length of the neighborhood and intersects high-traffic north-south streets including Bedford Avenue , Nostrand Avenue , and Stuyvesant Avenue . Bedford-Stuyvesant contains four smaller neighborhoods : Bedford , Stuyvesant Heights , Ocean Hill , and Weeksville ( also part of Crown Heights ) . Part of Clinton Hill was once considered part of Bedford-Stuyvesant . Bedford-Stuyvesant has the largest collection of intact and largely untouched Victorian architecture in the country , with roughly 8,800 buildings built before 1900 . Its building stock includes many historic brownstones . These homes were developed for the expanding middle- to upper-middle class from the 1890s to the late 1910s . These homes contain highly ornamental detailing throughout their interiors and have classical architectural elements , such as brackets , quoins , fluting , finials , and elaborate frieze and cornice banding . Since the late 1930s the neighborhood has been a major cultural center for Brooklyn 's African American population . Following the construction of the Fulton Street subway line ( A and ​C trains ) in 1936 , African Americans left an overcrowded Harlem for greater housing availability in Bedford-Stuyvesant . From Bedford-Stuyvesant , African Americans have since moved into the surrounding areas of Brooklyn , such as East New York , Crown Heights , Brownsville , and Fort Greene .
Brooklyn ( /ˈbrʊklɪn/ ) is a borough of New York City , coterminous with Kings County , located in the U.S. state of New York , the most populous county in the state , and the second-most densely populated county in the United States . It is New York City 's most populous borough , with an estimated 2,504,700 residents in 2010 . Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen , it shares a land border with the borough of Queens at the western end of Long Island . Brooklyn has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan across the East River , and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects it with Staten Island . With a land area of 70.82 square miles ( 183.4 km2 ) and water area of 26 square miles ( 67 km2 ) , Kings County is New York state 's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area , though it is the second-largest among the city 's five boroughs . If each borough were ranked as a city , Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous in the U.S. , after Los Angeles and Chicago . Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city ( and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution ) until January 1 , 1898 , when , after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s , according to the new Municipal Charter of Greater New York , Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities , boroughs , and counties to form the modern City of New York , surrounding the Upper New York Bay with five constituent boroughs . The borough continues , however , to maintain a distinct culture . Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves . Brooklyn 's official motto , displayed on the Borough seal and flag , is Eendraght Maeckt Maght , which translates from early modern Dutch as Unity makes strength . In the first decades of the 21st century , Brooklyn has experienced a renaissance as an avant-garde destination for hipsters , with concomitant gentrification , dramatic house price increases and a decrease in housing affordability . Since the 2010s , Brooklyn has evolved into a thriving hub of entrepreneurship , high technology startup firms , postmodern art and design .
Tonya Maxene Price ( née Harding ; born November 12 , 1970 ) is an American former figure skater , retired boxer , and reality television personality . A native of Portland , Oregon , Harding was raised primarily by her mother , who enrolled her in ice skating lessons beginning at age four . Harding would spend much of her early life training , eventually dropping out of high school to devote her time to the sport . After climbing the ranks in the U.S . Figure Skating Championships between 1986 and 1989 , Harding won the 1989 Skate America competition . She was the 1991 and 1994 U.S. champion before being stripped of her 1994 title , and 1991 World silver medalist . In 1991 , she earned distinction as being the first American woman to successfully land a triple Axel in competition , and the second woman to do so in history ( behind Midori Ito ) . She is also a two-time Olympian and a two-time Skate America Champion . In January 1994 , Harding became embroiled in controversy when her ex-husband , Jeff Gillooly , orchestrated an attack on her fellow U.S. skating rival Nancy Kerrigan . Both women then competed in the February 1994 Winter Olympics , where Kerrigan won the silver medal and Harding finished eighth . On March 16 , 1994 , Harding accepted a plea bargain in which she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution . As a result of her involvement in the assault on Kerrigan , the United States Figure Skating Association banned her for life on June 30 , 1994 .
The United Nations is headquartered in New York City , in a complex designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison , and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz . The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952 . It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan , on 17 to 18 acres ( 6.9 to 7.3 ha ) of grounds overlooking the East River . Its borders are First Avenue on the west , East 42nd Street to the south , East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east . The term Turtle Bay is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole . The headquarters holds the seats of the principal organs of the UN , including the General Assembly and the Security Council , but excluding the International Court of Justice , which is seated in the Hague . The United Nations has three additional , subsidiary , regional headquarters , or headquarters districts . These were opened in Geneva ( Switzerland ) in 1946 , Vienna ( Austria ) in 1980 , and Nairobi ( Kenya ) in 1996 . These adjunct offices help represent UN interests , facilitate diplomatic activities , and enjoy certain extraterritorial privileges , but do not contain the seats of major organs . Although it is situated in New York City , the land occupied by the United Nations Headquarters and the spaces of buildings that it rents are under the sole administration of the United Nations and not the U.S. government . They are technically extraterritorial through a treaty agreement with the U.S. government . However , in exchange for local police , fire protection and other services , the United Nations agrees to acknowledge most local , state , and federal laws .
The United Nations Art Collection is a collective group of artworks and historic objects donated as gifts to the United Nations by its member states , associations , or individuals . These artistic treasures and possessions , mostly in the form of sculptures , paintings , tapestries and mosaics , are representative arts of nations that are contained and exhibited within the confines of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City , United States , and other duty stations , making the UN and its international territories a fine small museum . Member states follow a protocol for presenting official gifts to the United Nations . Procedures , speeches , and ceremonies , such as the unveiling of these gifts , are conducted and coordinated by the Protocol and Liaison Service . Ideally , every member nation can only present one offering , and member nations are responsible for the installation of the offered artifacts . The official gifts to the United Nations by its member states epitomize the ideals , significance and values of the UN as an international organization .