New York City Landmarks Guide & Map

Our map shows the National Historic Landmarks in New York City, of which there are 111 as designated under the National Historic Landmark program. The types of landmarks include: museums, churches, cemeteries, libraries, parks & gardens, bridges, tunnels, ships, memorials, neighborhoods, government, commercial, private buildings and others. Click on the name and you will be taken to our webpage for the landmark, offering more detailed information, links and a map of its location. See our NYC Outdoor Sculptures Listing.

Below this chart, we offer a Map of all the New York City Landmarks.

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Landmark Name	Category	Borough	Description
69th Regiment Armory	Armory	Manhattan	Home of the watershed Armory Show in 1913, which introduced America to modern art
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite	Cemetery-Grave Site	Bronx	Only intact known property directly associated with Admiral David Farragut
African Burial Ground	Cemetery-Grave Site	Manhattan	Dedicated as National Monument on October 5, 2007; burial site in Lower Manhattan of over 400 Africans from the 17th and 18th centuries
Lightship No. 87 - Ambrose	Vessel	Manhattan	Lightship, several miles offshore, that marked Ambrose Channel into New York Harbor, now at South Street Seaport.
American Stock Exchange Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	One of the world-class stock exchanges dating back to colonial times
Louis Armstrong House	Building-Residence	Queens	Home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong for 28 years
Chester A. Arthur House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of President Chester A. Arthur; site of his inaugural oath
Alice Austen House	Building-Residence	Staten Island	Home of photographer Alice Austen, now a museum
Bartow-Pell Mansion	Building-Residence	Bronx	19th-century mansion in largest New York City park
Bayard-Condict Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers
Bell Laboratories Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Home of numerous inventions including the first experimental talking movies (1923), black and white and color TV, radar, the vacuum tube, medical equipment, the development of the phonograph record and the first commercial broadcasts of opera and a baseball game; today home to the Westbeth art collective.
Bronx Community College	School	The Bronx	Collection of Beaux Arts buildings by Stanford White is one of the best examples of that style anywhere.
Brooklyn Bridge	Bridge-Tunnel	Brooklyn	The first steel wire suspension bridge; at one point the largest in the world; inspiration for Hart Crane's poem, "The Bridge"
Brooklyn Heights Historic District	Neighborhood/District	Brooklyn	Exemplary collection of 19th-century architectural styles; first historic district in New York City
Brooklyn Historical Society Building	Building-Public	Brooklyn	One of the few remaining buildings by George B. Post; innovative structural system
Ralph Johnson Bunche House	Building-Residence	Queens	Home of Ralph Johnson Bunche, eminent African-American diplomat and Undersecretary General of United Nations
Carnegie Hall	Building-Public	Manhattan	One of the most famous music venues in the world
Andrew Carnegie Mansion	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of Andrew Carnegie, now the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Central Park	Park-Garden	Manhattan	The Green Lung of the city; one of the most visited city parks in the world; designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
Central Synagogue	Place of Worship	Manhattan	Oldest synagogue continuously in use by a New York City Jewish congregation; built in a Moorish Revival style to recognize importance of that period in Jewish history
Chamber of Commerce Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	New York City's Chamber of Commerce; established in 1768; prototype for the organization
Chrysler Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Art Deco skyscraper; distinctive feature of Manhattan skyline; at one point world's tallest building
Church of the Ascension	Place of Worship	Manhattan	Early church design by Richard Upjohn; valuable interior artwork
City Hall	Building-Public	Manhattan	Oldest city hall in U.S. still in use as main municipal government building
Conference House	Building-Public	Staten Island	Only surviving pre-Revolutionary War manor house in New York City; site of unsuccessful peace conference in 1776
Will Marion Cook House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of the leading black composer and musician Will Marion Cook
Cooper Union	Building-Public	Manhattan	Pioneering adult education center; site of famous anti-slavery speech by Abraham Lincoln
Daily News Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	First modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood
Dakota Apartments	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Combination of Renaissance architectural styles by Henry Hardenbergh; setting for Rosemary's Baby and the shooting death of John Lennon
Dyckman House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Only remaining farmhouse in Manhattan
Eldridge Street Synagogue	Place of Worship	Manhattan	One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S.; first built by Jews from Eastern Europe
Duke Ellington House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939–61
Empire State Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	World's tallest building from 1931–1972 and internationally-recognized symbol of New York City
Equitable Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; profoundly influenced later skyscraper design
Hamilton Fish House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of Hamilton Fish, future Governor and Senator of New York
Flatiron Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Considered the World's first skyscraper. Distinctive triangular building at Madison Square; world's tallest 1901-1911
Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University	Building-Public	Manhattan	Building marked the start of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s putting the vast family fortune to philanthropic purposes
Governors Island National Monument	Monument-Memorial	Manhattan	Island in NY Harbor which served various branches of the US Military from 1783 until the late 1990s; future uses are still being decided
Grace Church	Place of Worship	Manhattan	Gothic Revival masterpiece designed by James Renwick, Jr.
Grand Central Terminal	Building-Public	Manhattan	Beaux-Arts architecture; historic rail gateway to New York City; largest train station in the world by number of platforms
Green-Wood Cemetery	Cemetery-Grave Site	Brooklyn	Popular tourist attraction in the 1850s; most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century buried here
Hamilton Grange National Memorial	Monument-Memorial	Manhattan	Home of Alexander Hamilton: military officer, lawyer, member of the United States Constitutional Convention, American statesman, first United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Founding Father; facade is oldest surviving structure in Manhattan
Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse	Neighborhood/District	Manhattan	One of the nation's first settlement homes where new immigrants and the poor could find assistance
Matthew Henson Residence	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of Matthew Henson, African-American polar explorer who may have been the first to reach the North Pole
Hispanic Society of America Complex	Building-Public	Manhattan	Home of first Latin cultural organization in the U.S.
Holland Tunnel	Bridge-Tunnel	Manhattan	Tunnel underneath the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey; civil engineering landmark; one of the earliest ventilated tunnels
USS Intrepid	Vessel	Manhattan	One of the most active U.S. ships during World War II; today a museum moored along the West Side
James Weldon Johnson Residence	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Harlem home of African-American artist-activist James Weldon Johnson
King Manor	Building-Residence	Queens	Home of Rufus King, a signer of Declaration of Independence and early U.S. Senator from New York
Lettie G. Howard (schooner)	Vessel	Manhattan	Last remaining Fredonia-type schooner (once the standard for American fishing boats) at the South Street Seaport
Lorillard Snuff Mill	Building-Commercial	Bronx	Oldest existing tobacco-manufacturing facility in U.S.
Low Memorial Library	Library	Manhattan	First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S.
R. H. Macy and Company Store (Macy's)	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Largest department store in world for many years
McGraw Hill Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Landmark Art Deco building; first U.S. building in International Style
Claude McKay Residence	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of African-American writer Claude McKay; now Harlem YMCA
Old Merchant's House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	The Merchant's House Museum, known formerly as the Old Merchant's House and as the Seabury Tredwell House, is the only nineteenth-century family home in New York City preserved intact — both inside and out.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later
Metropolitan Museum of Art	Building-Public	Manhattan	One of the world's most important and prestigious art museums
Pierpont Morgan Library	Library	Manhattan	Office, Library, and now Museum of J. P. Morgan; the Panic of 1907 ended in the Library
Morris-Jumel Mansion	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Oldest building in Manhattan
National City Bank Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Home to one of the country's largest and most important banks since 1908
New York Amsterdam News Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Influential black newspaper the New York Amsterdam News was published here 1916-38
New York Botanical Garden	Park-Garden	Bronx	One of the leading botanical gardens in the world and home to many plant laboratories
New York Cotton Exchange	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	First commodity market in the U.S.
New York Life Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Last significant Cass Gilbert skyscraper in Manhattan
New York Public Library	Library	Manhattan	One of the largest and most important libraries in the U.S.
New York Stock Exchange	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	One of the first securities markets in the U.S.; still the world's largest
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture	School	Manhattan	Original home of the Whitney Museum, the first devoted to 20th-century American art
New York Yacht Club	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Oldest yachting club in U.S.; longtime home of the America's Cup
Old Quaker Meeting House	Building-Public	Queens	Only surviving 17th-century ecclesiastical frame building in New York; in almost continuous use since 1696
Philosophy Hall	Building-Public	Manhattan	Edwin Armstrong developed FM radio in this Columbia University building
Players Club	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Extensive collection of art and theater memorabilia; interior redone by Stanford White
Plaza Hotel	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	French Renaissance-style building; outstanding example of American hotel architecture; symbol of elegance; visible from much of lower Central Park; setting for Kay Thompson's popular Eloise series of children's books
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims	Place of Worship	Brooklyn	Important station on Underground Railroad when Henry Ward Beecher was pastor
Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University	School	Manhattan	Columbia University building; site of first splitting of uranium atom in U.S. and other milestones in development of atomic bomb
Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard	Building-Residence	Brooklyn	Home to Matthew Perry at the time of his opening of Japan
Paul Robeson Home	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of legendary African-American actor and activist Paul Robeson
Jackie Robinson House	Building-Residence	Brooklyn	Home of baseball great Jackie Robinson
Rockefeller Center	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Successful urban planning project of 20th-century America; changed Midtown Manhattan; originating site of popular NBC television programs Today and Saturday Night Live
Sailors' Snug Harbor	Building-Commercial	Staten Island	First and only home for retired merchant seamen in U.S.
St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church	Place of Worship	Brooklyn	Site of first figural stained-glass windows in U.S.
St. George's Episcopal Church	Place of Worship	Manhattan	Home church of Harry Thacker Burleigh, African-American singer who helped establish the spiritual in the liturgy of many American faiths
St. Patrick's Cathedral	Place of Worship	Manhattan	First large-scale medieval-style church built in U.S.
St. Paul's Chapel	Place of Worship	Manhattan	One of the few surviving colonial-era churches in city; George Washington worshipped here following his inauguration; site of informal memorials following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Margaret Sanger Clinic	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Clinic where Margaret Sanger dispensed birth control
Gen. Winfield Scott House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of Winfield Scott, heroic general in the U.S.-Mexican War and later presidential candidate
Seventh Regiment Armory	Armory	Manhattan	One of the most impressive collections of 1880s interior decoration outside of a museum; only armory actually owned by the unit for which it was constructed
Harry F. Sinclair House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Harry F. Sinclair, the oil industrialist, lived here from 1918–1930; now part of the Ukrainian Institute; often used in filmmaking and television production
Alfred E. Smith House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of four time New York State governor, Alfred E. Smith (and later presidential candidate) from 1907 to 1923
SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District	Neighborhood/District	Manhattan	Believed to be the largest existing collection of late 19th-century cast iron facades in the world
A. T. Stewart Company Store	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Site of the first American department store (now known as the New York Sun building)
Stonewall	Monument-Memorial	Manhattan	Site of 1969 Stonewall riots which began gay rights movement
Surrogate's Court	Building-Public	Manhattan	Probate Courthouse across from NYC's city hall
Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Preserved tenement building that housed hundreds of immigrants; now the heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
Third Judicial District Courthouse	Building-Public	Manhattan	Originally built as the Third Judicial District Courthouse; faced with demolition, public outcry led to its reuse as a branch of the New York Public Library
Tiffany and Company Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Served as the home of Tiffany and Company from 1905 through 1940
Samuel J. Tilden House	Building-Residence	Manhattan	Home of Samuel J. Tilden, former New York State governor and loser of the bitter 1876 presidential election
The Town Hall	Building-Public	Manhattan	America's Town Meetings of the Air radio programs from here in the 1930s created public-affairs media.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, one of the worst industrial disasters in the US, which led to many workplace reforms
Trinity Church	Place of Worship	Manhattan	Historic church which looks down Wall Street
Tweed Courthouse	Building-Public	Manhattan	Historic courthouse connected to Tammany Hall, now used by NYC's Department of Education
Union Square	Park-Garden	Manhattan	The political heart of Manhattan; many protests begin or end here
United Charities Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Built in 1893 by a wealthy businessman in order to provide his favorite charities a low cost location for their operations
U.S. Customhouse	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor; now part of the Smithsonian Institution
Van Cortlandt House	Building-Residence	Bronx	Mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in 1748 and used during the American Revolution
Voorlezer's House	Building-Residence	Staten Island	Oldest known surviving schoolhouse in America; owned by the Staten Island historical society
Wards Point Archeological Site	Cemetery-Grave Site	Staten Island	Archaeological site in Conference House Park containing prehistoric remains.
Woodlawn Cemetery	Cemetery-Grave Site	Bronx	Illustrates transition from rural cemetery to 20th-century styles; notable dead buried here include Robert Moses and R.H. Macy
Woolworth Building	Building-Commercial	Manhattan	One of the oldest —and most famous — skyscrapers in New York City; one of the tallest buildings in the New York City
Wyckoff House	Building-Residence	Brooklyn	Oldest surviving Dutch saltbox frame house in America
Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead	Building-Residence	Brooklyn	Housed Hessian soldiers during the American Revolution

See the Wikipedia website for additional information regarding National Historic Landmark Program.

Map of New York City National Historic Landmarks

Find New York City's officially designated National Historical Landmarks of all types. This map contains 111 NYC landmark locations, spanning all five NYC boroughs.

Click on a map marker or on a name in the side listing to view an information window. This window provides access to directions, a brief description, as well as a link to the Wikipedia webpage for the specific landmark.