Dedicated in 1995 as M'Finda Kalunga* Community Garden in honor of the African Burial Grounds formerly located on 195-197 Chrystie Street
*"Garden at the edge of the other side of the world"
Kicongo Language — — Map (db m241364) HM
The M'Finda Kalunga Garden is named in memory of an African-American burial ground that was located on Chrystie Street near Stanton Streets.
The Dutch West India Company brought the first enslaved Africans to the indigenous . . . — — Map (db m241361) HM
New York's second non-sectarian cemetery was started in 1831, one year after the first. The underground family vaults are individually marked by many monuments. James Lenox, a founder of the New York Public Library, is buried here as well as two . . . — — Map (db m105338) HM
Enclosed within this block is the oldest public non-sectarian cemetery in the city. Descendants of the 19th century owners may still be buried here. The 156 solid marble vaults were built completely underground as a health precaution. Though no . . . — — Map (db m39518) HM
You are standing in front of one of the best-preserved reminders of Kleindeutschland - “Little Germany” – once the most prominent German-American neighborhood in America. Fleeing economic and political instability, Germans began immigrating . . . — — Map (db m137179) HM
NYC Landmark Of Cast Iron
97 Bowery
You are standing in front of an Italianate-style NYC landmark that was built in 1869 for the carriage manufacturer John P. Jube & Co. Its façade is constructed entirely of cast iron, a mid-to-late . . . — — Map (db m132304) HM
These buildings once housed the legendary nightclub, Sammy’s Bowery Follies – “The place where the high life meets the low life.” Made famous by photographers Weegee, Erika Stone, Burt Glinn, Lisette Model and Alfred Eisenstadt, it . . . — — Map (db m133861) HM
NY Marble Cemetery is a hidden half-acre garden bounded by 2nd and 3rd Streets, Second Avenue and Bowery. Built in 1830, it is NYC’s oldest non-denominational cemetery. In contains 156 underground family vaults the size of small rooms, surrounded by . . . — — Map (db m137155) HM
You are standing at the former site of the Five Spot Café, which in the 1950s and ‘60s was owned and operated by brothers Joe and Iggy Termini, who brought in the era’s most progressive jazz artists, including Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Eric . . . — — Map (db m132311) HM
On this spot in the late 1800s stood Otto Maurer’s Magical Bazaar. Called the “Wizard of the Bowery” by the NY Herald, the German-born Maurer made and sold magic and juggling apparatus, performer and taught magic here. Famous and . . . — — Map (db m137049) HM
You are standing in front of the 1970s home of the Tin Palace, a vital part of New York’s alternative music scene. Originally a Federal-style 3-story, built circa 1830, it was allegedly a speakeasy run by gangster Meyer Lansky in the 1920s. In 1970, . . . — — Map (db m137087) HM
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
This is to certify that
University Settlement House
New York, New York County
in recognition of its significance in American history and culture was listed on the
STATE . . . — — Map (db m163708) HM
Your standing at the former site of Miner’s Bowery Theatre, a legendary vaudeville house that once saw appearances by Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Bert Williams, Pat Rooney, Weber and Fields, A.O. Duncan (vaudeville’s first ventriloquist), singer Lottie . . . — — Map (db m133223) HM
Billed as the world’s smallest opera house, with 107 seats, the Amato Opera renovated the Neoclassical Revival style building in 1964. The company was founded by Anthony and Sally Amato in 1948 to present grand opera at low prices, performed by . . . — — Map (db m136961) HM
You are standing at the former site of People’s Theatre, one of a dozen Bowery theatres that comprised the Yiddish theatre’s first American home. In its heyday (1880-1914), thousands of Jewish immigrants came here to escape poverty, tedium and . . . — — Map (db m133578) HM
In more than 10,000 drawings, Hirschfeld chronicled the celebrity culture of the century. A self-described "characterist," his linear calligraphic work of performers, on stage and screen, appeared in virtually every publication, including a 75 year . . . — — Map (db m98591) HM
In Honor of the Courageous Firemen of Engine Co. 22 and Ladder Co. 13
who on September 11, 2001 gave their lives to rescue others following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
Captain Walter Hynes
Firefighter Thomas Casoria • . . . — — Map (db m167002) HM
Landmarks of New York
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Chapel of the Beloved Disciple
Designed in a Gothic style by Hardie Phillip, this Protestant Episcopal church was opened for worship Easter Sunday, 1929. The rose window was executed by J. . . . — — Map (db m124606) HM
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, as part of "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright", has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. Inscription on this List confirms
that this property deserves protection for the benefit of all . . . — — Map (db m198754) HM
The Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District consists of six rowhouses with one “flat” per floor, all designed by architect Henry J. Hardenburgh in 1888 for the estate of William C. Rhinelander. These Northern Renaissance Revival . . . — — Map (db m170076) HM
British architect J. Stenhouse Armstrong worked with C.PP.H. Gilbert to create this magnificent limestone mansion, constructed in 1914-18 and modeled on the 15th-century Palazzo Della Cancellaria in Rome. The clients, banker Otto Kahn and his wife . . . — — Map (db m183154) HM
New York City Designated Landmark
This Neo-Federal style complex, enclosing an interior courtyard, was designed by Delano & Aldrich. Begun in 1917-18 for Francis F. Palmer, it was enlarged and completed in 1928-29 by banker, George F. Baker Jr. . . . — — Map (db m231634) HM
This playground-park and preservation of the towers and wall of the former Squadron “A” Armory was made possible by a grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust in cooperation with the Board of Education of the City of New Your and the . . . — — Map (db m235034) HM
By the early 1900's Fifth Avenue facing Central Park was lined with magnificent homes. This building is one of the few surviving residences from this period, and an exceptional example of a chateau in the French Gothic style. Designed by C.P.H. . . . — — Map (db m183152) HM
The Seabury Commission scrupulously investigated corruption at City Hall from 1930-31, resulting in the 1932 resignation of Mayor Jimmy Walker and the decline of Tammany Hall. — — Map (db m232058) HM
"The idea of separatism is harkening to the past and it is undesirable even if it could be realized, because the progress of mankind has been based upon … social, intellectual and cultural contact." —A. Philip Randolph, 1969
1908 Born November 29, in New Haven, Connecticut.
1930 Received his BA from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Became assistant pastor at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church.
1932 Received his MA in Religious Education from Columbia . . . — — Map (db m112429) HM
The New Home of the Hamilton-Grange.
Alexander Hamilton’s house, named “The Grange” after his family’s ancestral home in Scotland, was moved from its original site on W. 143rd Street to 287 Convent Avenue in 1889. Studies have been done to . . . — — Map (db m221430) HM
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson (1878-1949) was a well known tap dancer from the early 1900's to the late 1940's. He performed in theaters on Broadway and throughout the United States and Europe, and starred in several Hollywood made movies. Dance . . . — — Map (db m172541) HM
Dorrance Brooks (d. 1918) was an African American soldier who died in France shortly before the end of World War I. A native of Harlem and the son of a Civil War veteran, Brooks was a Private First Class in the 15th Infantry. In World War I, . . . — — Map (db m210006) HM
What was here before?
After being home to the Lenape for thousands of years, Harlem was settled by Dutch farmers in the late 1600s. The neighborhood's agricultural yield began to wane after the American Revolution and many residents moved . . . — — Map (db m210007) HM
Dorrance Brooks (d. 1918) was an African American soldier who died in France shortly before the end of World War I. A native of Harlem and the son of a Civil War veteran, Brooks was a Private First Class in the 15th Infantry. In World War I, . . . — — Map (db m210008) HM
The Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District, designated in 2021, is significant for its association with notable and pioneering African American individuals, institutions, and organizations during the Harlem Renaissance in the fields of politics, . . . — — Map (db m210009) HM
In 1932, Dr. Godfrey Nurse was selected to be the first Black Presidential elector by the Democratic Party. The founder of Harlem's Godfrey Nurse Research Laboratory, Dr. Nurse was a generous philanthropist, community activist and one of the driving . . . — — Map (db m210028) HM
Commissioned by William Waldorf Astor, the Graham Court Apartments were constructed in 1899-1901 as part of the great Harlem real estate boom. Designed by the firm of Clinton & Russell, Graham Court is quadrangular in plan and built around a . . . — — Map (db m162652) HM
This site is a public garden which is maintained by neighborhood volunteers through GreenThumb. Founded in 1978, GreenThumb helps local residents transform vacant properties into attractive green spaces. If you want to join this garden, call (212) . . . — — Map (db m242841) HM
The 17th century Dutch farming community of Harlem became the first fashionable New York suburb when the Harlem River Railroad opened in the latter part of the 19th century. Elegant townhouses were built for the well-to-do, while the less . . . — — Map (db m242842) HM
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Building, 135th
Street Branch, opened in 1933 as the largest such facility
for African-American men and boys. At the time of its
completion, it was one of the country's best equipped YMCA
buildings. . . . — — Map (db m172536) HM
On the occasion of his
pastoral visit to the
Archdiocese of New York
and his plea for peace at
the United Nations
October 2, 1979
visited historic Harlem
and this church of
St. Charles Borromeo
and greeted Catholic and non-Catholic . . . — — Map (db m172946) HM
The magician lived here from 1904 to 1926, collecting illusions, theatrical memorabilia, and books on psychic phenomena and magic.
Famous for daring escapes, no restraints-ropes, chains, straitjackets, bank vaults, or jail cells-could hold . . . — — Map (db m98457) HM
What was here before?
This property was part of farmer John Meyer's 108-acre estate. He purchased the property in 1825 and built his home at present-day Eighth Avenue and West 133rd Street in 1835, which remained until 1897. The property . . . — — Map (db m241557) HM
What was here before?
Before the pool and play center were introduced to the park, the rugged terrain of glacial rock outcroppings and mature shade trees served the Harlem Heights community as a place of respite and passive recreation. . . . — — Map (db m228707) HM
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, famous for his fearless advocacy of nonviolent, direct action in the struggle against racism. King was a child prodigy who . . . — — Map (db m242843) HM
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, famous for his fearless advocacy of nonviolent, direct action in the struggle against racism. King was a child prodigy who . . . — — Map (db m242845) HM
Born in Charlotte, N.C., Romare Howard Bearden moved to Harlem with his family ca. 1914. After he completed his B.S. in Education from NYU in 1935, he studied with George Grosz at the Art Students' League, and worked as a political cartoonist. From . . . — — Map (db m210013) HM
Here once stood the legendary Savoy Ballroom a hothouse for the development of jazz in the Swing Era. Visually dazzling and spacious, the Savoy nightly featured the finest jazz bands in the nation, and its house bands included such famous orchestras . . . — — Map (db m29224) HM
The "King of Ragtime" composer and pianist, whose works include the classic rags, "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag," and the opera, Treemonisha, lived here in 1917. — — Map (db m105123) HM
This striking bronze sculpture by Edgar Walter (1877-1938) is also known as Bear and Faun. It was dedicated in 1914 in memory of Alfred L. Seligman (1864-1910), vice-president of the National Highways Protective Association. Ironically, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m162526) HM
This larger-than-life bronze sculpture depicts abolitionist organizer and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman (c. 1822-1913), and stands at the crossroads of St. Nicholas Avenue, West 122nd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem. . . . — — Map (db m105284) HM
A revolutionary, nationwide movement in the history of urban open-space design of parks and recreational areas began in 1965 in an unlikely location: an empty lot at 65 West 128th Street in Central Harlem. The urban unrest of the early 1960s led . . . — — Map (db m210044) HM
Born in Alabama and raised in Eatonville, Florida, (one of the first self-governing all-Black municipalities in the United States), Zora Neale Hurston was a prolific novelist, playwright, educator, and ethnographer who earned unprecedented acclaim . . . — — Map (db m210014) HM
This path marks the route of the Kingsbridge Road, also known as the Eastern Post Road. This was the main road through Manhattan in the 1700s and early 1800s, before the current street grid was implemented, and was key to transportation in the area. . . . — — Map (db m96070) HM
In Honor Of Andrew Haswell Green, 1820 - 1903.
Directing genius of Central Park in its formative period.
Father of Greater New York, this eminence was named Andrew H. Green Hill.
These five symbolical trees were planted and this seat was . . . — — Map (db m157999) HM
He spread before all a panorama of the events of his times • He was the champion of work and peace before all mankind • He gave to the people a clear understanding of the history of all the ages • He imparted to millions an appreciation and love of . . . — — Map (db m98623) HM
Long before the construction of Central Park, the rock bluffs in the landscape just south of the Haarlem Meer played an important part in our city's - and nation's - history. Both British and American recognized these hills as a key strategic . . . — — Map (db m97300) HM
This blockhouse was part of a line of fortifications extending from the Hudson to the Harlem River built for the defense of New York by it's (sic) patriotic citizens during the War of 1812-1815.
This tablet is erected by the Woman's Auxiliary to . . . — — Map (db m156889) HM WM
With its high ground and expansive views to the north and east, it is clear why this spot was regarded as an important strategic position in two wars. In 1776, the British built a fortification here, following its invasion of Manhattan, as part of a . . . — — Map (db m97297) HM
Surgeon & Philanthropist. Founder of the Womans Hospital State of New York. His brilliant achievement carried the fame of American surgery throughout the entire world
In recognition of his services in the cause of science & mankind Awarded . . . — — Map (db m98627) HM
This eminence commanding McGown’s Pass was occupied by British troops Sept 15 1776
Here beginning Aug 18 1814 the citizens of New York built Fort Clinton to protect the city in the Second War with Great Britain
This tablet is erected by the . . . — — Map (db m186273) WM
Near this site along the old Kingsbridge Road stood the first motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent DePaul of New York and the Academy of Mount Saint Vincent 1847-1859 — — Map (db m97302) HM
This entrance, named Artists’ Gate in 1862, was redesigned in 1951 by landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke as the City’s tribute to the Avenue of the Americas.
In 1996 the plaza was restored by the Central Park Conservancy in partnership with . . . — — Map (db m108141) HM
This plaza is dedicated to the memory and vision of Doris Chanin Freedman (1928-1981). As director of Cultural Affairs for New York City, President of City Walls, The Municipal Art Society and the public Art Fund, she was a champion for the arts, . . . — — Map (db m112907) HM
Lombard Lamp
Lamps such as this one have been a familiar sight in Hamburg, Germany, since 1869, where they grace the famous Lombard Bridge.
This Lombard Lamp is presented to the people of New York City by the people of the Free and Hanseatic . . . — — Map (db m112802) HM
One of a trio of bronze equestrian sculptures representing Latin American leaders, the Simon Bolivar statue commemorates a military general and advocate of Pan-Americanism. Bolivar (1783-1840) is credited with the liberation from Spanish . . . — — Map (db m42569) HM
The William Tecumseh Sherman monument by August Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) was the artist’s last major monument and his crowning achievement. Architect Charles McKim designed the granite base for the monument and Saint-Gaudens brought on . . . — — Map (db m126256) HM
Near this sign stood the first church in Seneca Village: African Union, a Methodist church built around 1840. The original congregation formed in and around Wilmington, Delaware, and its leaders built their first church in Manhattan around 1836, on . . . — — Map (db m171414) HM
One of the pioneers of jogging in the United States, Alberto has inspired generations of runners at the Central Park Reservoir for over 75 years.
His friendship and encouragement will always be remembered, and his daily presence will be missed. . . . — — Map (db m200284) HM
Those aware of Seneca Village have speculated as to whether the stones visible in the lawn just beyond this sign are the remains of a building foundation from the Village. In fact, they are remnants of a sandbox that was installed in the 1930s. . . . — — Map (db m171565) HM
Near this sign was the African Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion), built in 1853. It was one of three churches in the Seneca Village. Although AME Zion was the last church to construct a building in the village, it had a much longer affiliation with . . . — — Map (db m171330) HM
Near this sign stood the house of Andrew Williams and his family. Williams is an important figure in the history of Seneca Village – he was the First African American to purchase land in the area, in September of 1825.
Williams, who was a . . . — — Map (db m216962) HM
Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of The Sled Dogs that relayed antitoxins six hundred miles over rough ice across treacherous waters through arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the winter of 1925.
Endurance, . . . — — Map (db m23428) HM
Erected in 1869 as a lookout. It now houses the New York Meteorological Observatory which was founded in 1868 by Dr. Daniel Draper who was its director until his retirement in 1912. At which time the observatory came under the direction of the . . . — — Map (db m56954) HM
Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, these stairways, terrace and fountain were the focal feature of the original plan for Central Park by Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted. The fountain sculpture by Emma Stebbins, inspired by the biblical . . . — — Map (db m130039) HM
This path was once a park road that carried horse and carriage
traffic through the park from the Miners’ Gate at East 79th Street,
past Cedar Hill and across The Glade by means of a sandstone and
brick arch. Glade Arch, constructed in 1860, . . . — — Map (db m199117) HM
Edward Clark, heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune and owner of much land on the Upper West Side, collaborated with Henry J. Hardenbergh, architect of the nearby Dakota Apartments (1884), the city’s first luxury apartment house. A year later . . . — — Map (db m127460) HM
With a variety of large buildings on Central Park West, from the ornately festooned limestone Kenilworth Apartments (1908) to the Neo-Gothic Universalist Church (1898) to the Neo-Classical New-York Historical Society (1908-1938), this district . . . — — Map (db m226325) HM
Central Park's zoo was almost not meant to be. The park's designers, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) and Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) excluded any zoo from their 1858 plan for Central Park. Yet, shortly after construction of the park began, a bear . . . — — Map (db m203804) HM
For such a colossal object, this obelisk is well-travelled. Central Park is the third location for this 220-ton granite monument, which is the oldest public monument in New York City.
Pharaoh Thutmose III commissioned this obelisk approximately . . . — — Map (db m100034) HM
Translation of Hieroglyphics
The Horus, Strong-Bull-Son-of-Kheprl,
the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, User-maat-ra, Chosen-of-Ra, the Golden Horus, Mighty-in-years-and-great-of-victories, the Son or Ra,
Ramesses, . . . — — Map (db m99885) HM
Presented by citizens of New York
In commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the New World
October 1492 — — Map (db m108292) HM
Between 1825 and 1857, before the city built Central Park, this area was the location of Seneca Village – a community composed predominantly of African Americans, many of whom owned property. This was the most densely settled section of the . . . — — Map (db m170981) HM
Between 1825 and 1857, before the city built Central Park, this area was the location of Seneca Village – a community composed predominantly of African Americans, many of whom owned property. This was the most densely settled section of the . . . — — Map (db m172457) HM
Between 1825 and 1857, before the city built Central Park, this area was the location of Seneca Village — a community composed predominantly of African Americans, many of whom owned the property. This was the most densely settled section of the . . . — — Map (db m226292) HM
Near this sign were four plots owned by Albro Lyons, Peter Guignon, and Rebecca Marshall, Guignon’s wife. Related by marriage, the Lyons and the Guignon families were part of a small, tight-knit group of African Americans who prospered in New York . . . — — Map (db m174287) HM
A Landmark of American Music
The Guggenheim Concerts by the world renowned Goldman Band were played here “on the mall” every summer from 1923 to 1969.
Presented by the
National Music Council and Exxon Seal of the American . . . — — Map (db m56958) HM
Near this sign was a large garden maintained by John P. Haff, a noted horticulturalist and local innkeeper of German descent. Although it is unclear if Hall was growing food for consumption by the Village, contemporary maps and descriptions suggest . . . — — Map (db m175885) HM
The geology of this area, still visible throughout this section of the park, was a daily part of the lives of Seneca Village residents. Descriptions of the village in the 1850s noted numerous outcrops of Manhattan schist – the island’s . . . — — Map (db m172965) HM
When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park in 1858, they left relatively untouched the rocky Promontory on the north edge of the swamp which was to be transformed into the Pond. The four-acre woodland was formally closed to . . . — — Map (db m108239) HM
Historic Site
Here at West 74th Street and Central Park West, Henry H. Bliss dismounted from a streetcar and was struck and knocked unconscious by an automobile on the evening of September 13, 1899. The place of the accident was known at the . . . — — Map (db m127187) HM
In 1855, Seneca Village was comprised of 52 dwellings concentrated in the area between 82nd and 86th Streets. On a lot near this sign stood two homes – comprised of small and poorly constructed buildings, and inhabited by squatters. It had a range . . . — — Map (db m171895) HM
who inaugurated orchestral concerts in the old band stand on The Mall 50 years ago and donated this stand in 1923.
May 30, 1955 — — Map (db m190208) HM
In Memory of John Purroy Mitchel
Mayor of the City of New York 1914-1918
Born July 19, 1879
Died in the Service of the United States
July 6, 1918 — — Map (db m107992) HM WM
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