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. 77 places, 152 photographs. Click any picture for the photographs made there, and the notes on light and timing as I write them.
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. Red marks the places everyone photographs; ink marks the quiet ones.
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
77 places · 152 photographs · Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors · Tiles by OpenFreeMap