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New York Marble Cemetery

Worth a stopEast Village, Manhattan

What it is

Half-acre 1830s burial ground with marble underground vaults, opened to the public on rare days.

Pair it with

Worth a detour or better, within a 15-minute walk. Numbers match the map.

  1. 1Grey Art Museum0.2 mi · Free

    Fantastic and shockingly large modern art collection for a museum no one’s heard of.

  2. 2Museum of Street Art0.4 mi · Free

    Take the elevator to the 20th floor of a hotel and walk down 20 flights; the stairwell is the museum.

  3. 3Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation0.5 mi · $15

    Massive collection of Chaim Gross sculptures plus his collection of art from well-known artists.

  4. 4Museum at Eldridge St0.6 mi · Free

    European-style 1800s synagogue in NYC, who knew.

  5. 5Museum of Chinese in America0.6 mi · Free

    Solid permanent exhibit on Chinese immigration to America.

  6. 6Drawing Center0.7 mi · Free

    Large collection of drawings, all modern.

Also on the block, if you have time

Merchant House Museum (0.2 mi), New Museum (0.2 mi), The Brant Foundation (0.3 mi, free), Judd Foundation (0.4 mi), Terrain Gallery (0.4 mi, free).

Skip Ukrainian Museum (0.2 mi), even if you’re passing: “Random Ukrainian artifacts in a room with no context.”