Paul O'Malley · Street & travel photographer

Where to photograph New York

Every photograph on this page was made somewhere specific in New York, and the map pins each one where I stood. Some are places everyone photographs, most are not. Click any picture for the photographs made there, and the notes on light and timing as I write them.

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The places

Filter by light, borough, or how well known a place is, then click a photograph. On the map, a dot is a spot you stand in, a line is a stretch you walk, and a soft block means the place matters more than the exact doorway, or I am not sending strangers to the exact doorway.

Light Borough Kind
● A spot▬ A walk◍ A zone

Every place on this map

The full list. Each link opens the place with its photographs.

Manhattan

11th Ave, near Javits Center Hudson Yards · 1 photo

42nd street, outside Pershing Square Diner Midtown East · 1 photo

5th Avenue Midtown · 1 photo

6 Train at 14th Street Station Union Square · 1 photo

667 Madison Ave Upper East Side · 1 photo

6th Ave looking up at 111 West 57th Midtown · 1 photo

6th Avenue between 35th - 41st Midtown · 1 photo

Astor Place Subway Entrance East Village · 4 photos

Bethesda Terrace Arcade Central Park · 2 photos

Broadway at West 45th to 46th Times Square · 3 photos

Brookfield Place Battery Park City · 1 photo

Center Drive, near Driprock Arch Central Park · 1 photo

Central Park, Conservatory Water Central Park · 1 photo

Corner of Broome & Ludlow St Lower East Side · 1 photo

Corner of Broome & Orchard St Lower East Side · 1 photo

Corner of W Houston and Broadway SoHo · 2 photos

Fifth Avenue at St. Patrick's, the Easter Parade Midtown East · 3 photos

Grand Central Terminal Midtown East · 3 photos

Houston Street subway station, 1 train Hudson Square · 1 photo

Inside Pershing Square entrance looking out to 42nd St Midtown East · 1 photo

Lexington looking south to the Chrysler Midtown East · 1 photo

Lincoln Center Fountain Lincoln Center · 1 photo

Little Italy Carnival Carrousel Little Italy · 1 photo

Los Tacos No. 1, 125 Park Avenue Midtown East · 2 photos

Madison Ave & 50th Midtown East · 1 photo

Midtown, roughly 58th and Lexington Midtown East · 1 photo

Near 59th Street Subway Station, corner of Broadway Columbus Circle · 2 photos

Noguchi's News relief, 50 Rockefeller Plaza Midtown · 1 photo

NYC Ballet Entrance Hall Lincoln Center · 2 photos

NYC Ballet, Lincoln Center Lincoln Center · 1 photo

Orchard St between Delancey & Rivington Lower East Side · 1 photo

Outside Fort Tryon Park Washington Heights · 1 photo

Radio City Music Hall, the blade sign Midtown · 1 photo

Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City Battery Park City · 5 photos

Sherman Monument, Grand Army Plaza Midtown · 1 photo

Soho SoHo · 1 photo

Street Market, Chinatown Chinatown · 1 photo

Summit One Vanderbilt Midtown East · 18 photos

Suzzane Couture, East 61st Street Upper East Side · 1 photo

The High Line at 14th Street Passage Meatpacking District · 3 photos

The High Line at West 22nd Street, the mural wall Chelsea · 1 photo

The High Line Plinth on the Spur, West 30th at Tenth West Chelsea · 1 photo

The High Line viaduct over Eleventh Avenue at West 30th Hudson Yards · 1 photo

The High Line where it bridges West 23rd Street Chelsea · 1 photo

The High Line, Western Rail Yards stretch Hudson Yards · 1 photo

The Met Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park Washington Heights · 2 photos

The Oculus, World Trade Center Financial District · 2 photos

The Rink at Bryant Park Winter Village Midtown · 2 photos

The Rink at Rockefeller Center, behind Prometheus Midtown · 1 photo

The Shed, Hudson Yards Hudson Yards · 1 photo

Top of the Rock, 30 Rockefeller Plaza Midtown · 6 photos

Under the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan side South Street Seaport · 1 photo

Vessel, Hudson Yards Public Square Hudson Yards · 1 photo

Washington Square Park Greenwich Village · 4 photos

West Drive, near Dalehead Arch Central Park · 1 photo

West Village, near Chelsea Market Chelsea · 1 photo

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Flea, the Manhattan Bridge Archway DUMBO · 2 photos

Domino Park Williamsburg · 1 photo

East River esplanade, North Williamsburg Williamsburg · 1 photo

Near Red Hook Ferry Stop Red Hook · 1 photo

Red Hook Red Hook · 1 photo

Red Hook Studios Red Hook · 1 photo

Washington Street looking north to the Manhattan Bridge DUMBO · 1 photo

Williamsburg Williamsburg · 1 photo

Williamsburg Bridge walkway Williamsburg · 1 photo

Queens

7 train platform, Court Square Long Island City · 2 photos

Astoria Park Astoria · 1 photo

Elevated 7 platform, Queensboro Plaza Long Island City · 1 photo

Gantry Plaza State Park esplanade Long Island City · 6 photos

Hunters Point South Park waterfront Long Island City · 7 photos

Pepsi Cola Sign, LIC Long Island City · 1 photo

Rockaway Beach around Beach 100th Street Rockaway Beach · 7 photos

TFC, 5203 Center Blvd, LIC Long Island City · 2 photos

Governors Island

Colonels Row, Governors Island Governors Island · 2 photos

Under the East River

7 Train between Court Sq and Grand Central Under the East River · 1 photo

Upper Manhattan

Upper Manhattan, near Riverside Park Upper Manhattan · 2 photos

Upper New York Bay

The Staten Island Ferry crossing Upper New York Bay · 6 photos

Learn on these streets

I offer small in-person workshops in New York and 1:1 online mentoring, working on how you see, how you move, and how you edit. If a day out with a camera in this city appeals, the Learn page has the details.

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77 places · 152 photographs · Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.