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The medallion series is to "create a sense of pride in history and of place among New Yorkers and visitors, to document significant individuals, and notable occurrences related to the City's cultural, economic, political, and social history."
 
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 21, 2026
Ella Fitzgerald Marker
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 —
On Palisade Avenue south of West 261st Street, on the right when traveling south.
2 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights — Arthur Miller — October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005 — 62 Montague Street, Brooklyn —
On Montague Street just east of Montague Terrace, on the left when traveling west.
3 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Crown Heights — Ethel Waters — October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977 — 190 New York Avenue, Brooklyn —
On New York Avenue just south of Prospect Place, on the right when traveling south.
4 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, East Flatbush — Jack "Jackie" Roosevelt Robinson — 1919 - 1972 —
On Tilden Avenue at East 53rd Street, on the left when traveling west on Tilden Avenue.
5 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Alphabet City — Allen Ginsberg — 1926-1997 —
On East 2nd Street east of Avenue A, on the right when traveling west.
6 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Alphabet City — Harry Lloyd Hopkins — August 17, 1890 – January 25, 1946 — 143 Avenue B, Manhattan —
On Avenue B north of East 9th Street, on the right when traveling north.
7 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Bloomingdale — Victor Herbert — 1859 - 1924 —
On West 108th Street west of Broadway, on the right when traveling west.
8 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Carnegie Hill — Al Hirschfeld — 1903 - 2003 — 20th Century Master of Caricature • Residence and Studio —
On East 95th Street east of Park Avenue.
9 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Houdini — 1874 - 1926 —
On West 113th Street near Frederick Douglass Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
10 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Scott Joplin — 1868 - 1917 —
On West 131st Street east of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
11 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Chelsea — David Dubinsky — February 22, 1892 - September 17, 1982 — 201 West 16th Street, Manhattan —
On West 16th Street at 7th Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West 16th Street.
12 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Marian Anderson — 1897-1993 —
On Fifth Avenue near East 101st Street, on the left when traveling south.
13 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Odetta — Dec. 31, 1930 - Dec. 2, 2008 — 1270 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan —
On Fifth Avenue at East 108th Street, on the left when traveling south on Fifth Avenue.
14 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Flatiron District — Edith Wharton — 1862 - 1937 — 14 West 23rd Street Manhattan —
On West 23rd Street just west of Fifth Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
15 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Flatiron District — Horace Greeley — 1811 - 1872 —
On East 19th Street east of Broadway, on the right when traveling west.
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16 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Gramercy Park — Bernard M. Baruch College / CUNY — 17 Lexington Avenue —
On Lexington Avenue at East 23rd Street on Lexington Avenue.
17 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Gramercy Park — Lincoln Kirstein — May 4, 1907 – January 5, 1996 — 128 East 19 Street, Manhattan —
On East 19th Street west of 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
18 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Beatrix Farrand — 1872 - 1959 —
On East 11th Street east of Fifth Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
19 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Bella Abzug — July 24, 1920 — March 31, 1998 — 2 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan —
On Fifth Avenue at W. 8th Street, on the right when traveling south on Fifth Avenue.
20 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Charles Ives — 1874-1954 —
On West 11th Street.
21 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Dawn Powell — 1896 - 1965 —
On East 10th Street east of Fifth Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
22 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Edward Hopper — July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967 — 3 Washington Square North, Manhattan —
On Washington Square North near University Place, on the left when traveling east.
23 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Edward I. Koch —
On Fifth Avenue at W. 8th Street, on the right when traveling south on Fifth Avenue.
24 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Frank O'Hara — 1926 - 1966 —
On University Place south of East 12th Street, on the right when traveling south.
25 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Joseph Papp — 1921-1991 —
On East 9th Street, on the left when traveling west.
26 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Lorraine Vivian Hansberry — May 19, 1930 – January 2, 1965 — 112 Waverly Place, Manhattan —
On Waverly Place east of 6th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
27 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Terrence McNally — November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020 — 29 East Ninth Street, Manhattan —
On East 9th Street at University Place, on the left when traveling east on East 9th Street.
28 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Willa Cather 1873-1947 / Richard Wright 1908-1960 —
On Washington Place east of 6th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
29 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen — Harold Ross — 1892 - 1951 —
On West 47th Street west of 9th Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
30 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — Andy Warhol — 1928 - 1987 —
On East 66th Street west of Madison Avenue.
31 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — Charles Evans Hughes — 1862 - 1948 —
On East 64th Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 64th Street.
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32 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — Eleanor Roosevelt — 1884 - 1962 —
On East 74 Street.
33 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — John Steinbeck — 1902-1968 —
On East 72nd Street near Third Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
34 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lenox Hill — John Vliet Lindsay — November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000 — 155 East 72 Street, Manhattan —
On East 72nd Street east of Lexington Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
35 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lincoln Square — Edna Ferber — 1887-1968 —
On Central Park West at West 65th Street, on the right when traveling south on Central Park West.
36 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Midtown East — Dorothy Thompson — 1893-1961 —
On East 48th Street west of Second Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
37 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Midtown West — Leonard Bernstein — August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990 — The Osborne, 205 West 57th, Manhattan —
On West 57th Street at 7th Avenue on West 57th Street.
38 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — Cecil B. DeMille — 1881 - 1959 —
On West 114th Street west of Broadway, on the right when traveling east.
39 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — John Dewey — 1859 - 1952 —
On West 112th Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling west on West 112th Street.
40 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — Oscar J. Hijuelos — August 24, 1951 – October 12, 2013 — 419 West 118 Street, Manhattan —
On West 118th Street east of Amsterdam Avenue.
41 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Murray Hill — Charles Dana Gibson — September 14, 1867 - December 23, 1944 — 111 East 35th Street, Manhattan —
On East 35th Street west of Lexington Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
42 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Murray Hill — Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt —
On East 36th Street east of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
43 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Murray Hill — Jessica Tandy / Hume Cronyn — 113 East 35 Street, Manhattan —
On East 35th Street just east of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
44 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper East Side — Ada Louise Huxtable — March 14, 1921 – January 7, 2013 — 969 Park Avenue, Manhattan —
On Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
45 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper East Side — Jerome Robbins — October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998 — 117 East 81st Street, Manhattan —
On East 81st Street, on the right when traveling west.
46 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — Barnett Newman — January 29, 1905 - July 4, 1970 — 685 West End Avenue, Manhattan —
On West End Avenue at West 93rd Street, on the left when traveling north on West End Avenue.
47 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — George and Ira Gershwin —
On West 75th Street at Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling west on West 75th Street.
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48 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — George Herman "Babe" Ruth — 1895 - 1948 —
On West 88th Street east of Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling east.
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 —
On West 79th Street west of Columbus Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
50 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Edna St. Vincent Millay — 1892 – 1950 —
On Bedford Street at Commerce Street on Bedford Street.
51 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Hart Crane — 1899 - 1932 —
On Charles Street east of Bleecker Street, on the left when traveling east.
52 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Mercier (Merce) Philip Cunningham — April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009 — 55 Bethune Street, Manhattan —
On Bethune Street near Washington Street, on the left when traveling west.
53 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Sinclair Lewis — February 7, 1885 - January 10, 1951 — 69 Charles Street, Manhattan —
On Charles Street east of Bleecker Street, on the left when traveling east.
54 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Village — Woody Guthrie — July 14, 1912 - October 3, 1967 — 74 Charles Street, Manhattan —
On Charles Street east of Bleecker Street, on the right when traveling east.
55 ► New York, Queens County, Queens, Bayside — James J. Corbett — d. 1933 —
On Corbett Road just east of 221st Street, on the left when traveling west.
56 ► New York, Queens County, Queens, Jamaica — Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller 1904-43 —
On Sayres Avenue west of 174th Street, on the right when traveling west.
 
 
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