New York, New York City Historic Landmarks Preservation Center Cultural Medallions Historical Markers

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 21, 2026

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1 ► New York, Bronx County, Bronx, North Riverdale — Ella Fitzgerald — April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996 — The Hebrew Home at Riverdale by RiverSpring Health Site of the former Colored Orphan Asylum —

2 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights — Arthur Miller — October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005 — 62 Montague Street, Brooklyn —

3 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Crown Heights — Ethel Waters — October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977 — 190 New York Avenue, Brooklyn —

4 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, East Flatbush — Jack "Jackie" Roosevelt Robinson — 1919 - 1972 —

5 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Alphabet City — Allen Ginsberg — 1926-1997 —

6 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Alphabet City — Harry Lloyd Hopkins — August 17, 1890 – January 25, 1946 — 143 Avenue B, Manhattan —

7 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Bloomingdale — Victor Herbert — 1859 - 1924 —

8 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Carnegie Hill — Al Hirschfeld — 1903 - 2003 — 20th Century Master of Caricature • Residence and Studio —

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9 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Houdini — 1874 - 1926 —

10 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Scott Joplin — 1868 - 1917 —

11 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Chelsea — David Dubinsky — February 22, 1892 - September 17, 1982 — 201 West 16th Street, Manhattan —

12 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Marian Anderson — 1897-1993 —

13 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Odetta — Dec. 31, 1930 - Dec. 2, 2008 — 1270 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan —

14 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Flatiron District — Edith Wharton — 1862 - 1937 — 14 West 23rd Street Manhattan —

15 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Flatiron District — Horace Greeley — 1811 - 1872 —

16 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Gramercy Park — Bernard M. Baruch College / CUNY — 17 Lexington Avenue —

17 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Gramercy Park — Lincoln Kirstein — May 4, 1907 – January 5, 1996 — 128 East 19 Street, Manhattan —

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18 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Beatrix Farrand — 1872 - 1959 —

19 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Bella Abzug — July 24, 1920 — March 31, 1998 — 2 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan —

20 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Charles Ives — 1874-1954 —

21 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Dawn Powell — 1896 - 1965 —

22 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Edward Hopper — July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967 — 3 Washington Square North, Manhattan —

23 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Edward I. Koch —

24 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Frank O'Hara — 1926 - 1966 —

25 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Joseph Papp — 1921-1991 —

26 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Lorraine Vivian Hansberry — May 19, 1930 – January 2, 1965 — 112 Waverly Place, Manhattan —

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27 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Terrence McNally — November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020 — 29 East Ninth Street, Manhattan —

28 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Willa Cather 1873-1947 / Richard Wright 1908-1960 —

29 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen — Harold Ross — 1892 - 1951 —

30 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — Andy Warhol — 1928 - 1987 —

31 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — Charles Evans Hughes — 1862 - 1948 —

32 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — Eleanor Roosevelt — 1884 - 1962 —

33 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — John Steinbeck — 1902-1968 —

34 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — John Vliet Lindsay — November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000 — 155 East 72 Street, Manhattan —

35 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lincoln Square — Edna Ferber — 1887-1968 —

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36 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Midtown East — Dorothy Thompson — 1893-1961 —

37 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Midtown West — Leonard Bernstein — August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990 — The Osborne, 205 West 57th, Manhattan —

38 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — Cecil B. DeMille — 1881 - 1959 —

39 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — John Dewey — 1859 - 1952 —

40 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — Oscar J. Hijuelos — August 24, 1951 – October 12, 2013 — 419 West 118 Street, Manhattan —

41 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Murray Hill — Charles Dana Gibson — September 14, 1867 - December 23, 1944 — 111 East 35th Street, Manhattan —

42 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Murray Hill — Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt —

43 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Murray Hill — Jessica Tandy / Hume Cronyn — 113 East 35 Street, Manhattan —

44 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper East Side — Ada Louise Huxtable — March 14, 1921 – January 7, 2013 — 969 Park Avenue, Manhattan —

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45 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper East Side — Jerome Robbins — October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998 — 117 East 81st Street, Manhattan —

46 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — Barnett Newman — January 29, 1905 - July 4, 1970 — 685 West End Avenue, Manhattan —

47 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — George and Ira Gershwin —

48 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — George Herman "Babe" Ruth — 1895 - 1948 —

49 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — Philip Roth — March 19, 1933-May 22, 2018 — The Austin, 130 West 79th Street, Manhattan —

50 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Edna St. Vincent Millay — 1892 – 1950 —

51 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Hart Crane — 1899 - 1932 —

52 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Mercier (Merce) Philip Cunningham — April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009 — 55 Bethune Street, Manhattan —

53 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Sinclair Lewis — February 7, 1885 - January 10, 1951 — 69 Charles Street, Manhattan —

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54 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Woody Guthrie — July 14, 1912 - October 3, 1967 — 74 Charles Street, Manhattan —

55 ► New York, Queens County, Queens, Bayside — James J. Corbett — d. 1933 —

56 ► New York, Queens County, Queens, Jamaica — Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller 1904-43 —

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