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

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2024

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1 ► 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.

2 ► 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.

3 ► 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.

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

On West 108th Street west of Broadway, on the right when traveling west.

5 ► 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.

6 ► 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.

7 ► 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.

8 ► 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.

9 ► 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.

10 ► 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.

11 ► 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.

12 ► 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.

13 ► 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.

14 ► 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.

15 ► 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.

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16 ► 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.

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

On West 11th Street.

18 ► 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.

19 ► 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.

20 ► 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.

21 ► 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.

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

On East 9th Street, on the left when traveling west.

23 ► 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.

24 ► 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.

25 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Greenwich Village — Willa Cather and Richard Wright —

On Washington Place east of 6th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

26 ► 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.

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

On East 66th Street west of Madison Avenue.

28 ► 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.

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

On East 74 Street.

30 ► 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.

31 ► 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.

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32 ► 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.

33 ► 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.

34 ► 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.

35 ► 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.

36 ► 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.

37 ► 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.

38 ► 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.

39 ► 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.

40 ► 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.

41 ► 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.

42 ► 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.

43 ► 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.

44 ► 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.

45 ► 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.

46 ► 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.

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

On Bedford Street at Commerce Street on Bedford Street.

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48 ► 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.

49 ► 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.

50 ► 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.

51 ► 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.

52 ► 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.