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 below pins each one where I stood. Some are places everyone photographs, most are not. Click any picture or any pin for the photographs made there, and the notes on light and timing as I write them.

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The map

A dot is a spot you stand in. A line is a stretch you walk. A soft block means the place matters more than the exact doorway, or I am not sending strangers to the exact doorway.

Light Borough

Every place on this map

The full list. Each link opens the place on the map 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

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 · 2 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

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 · 9 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 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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74 places · 139 photographs · Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.