118-765: The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies is a secondary school in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It serves students in grades 6–12 and was described as one of the best schools in Manhattan in 2010 by the New York Post and CUNY . The school is a part of the New York City Department of Education . Admission into the 6th grade is based on an entrance exam consisting of one page of mathematics problems and an essay. For admission into
236-880: A gayborhood in Chelsea, has in turn spawned a new gayborhood in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan , just uptown, or north, of Chelsea, as gentrification has taken hold in Chelsea itself. The Metropolitan Community Church of New York , geared toward the LGBT community, is located in Hell's Kitchen. Brooklyn is home to a large and growing number of same-sex couples. Same-sex marriages in New York were legalized on June 24, 2011, and were authorized to take place beginning 30 days thereafter. The Park Slope neighborhood spearheaded
354-575: A neutral or non-binary gender choice on birth certificates , while New York City already had this provision. The following constitutes an incomplete list of gay villages in the New York metropolitan area as of 2023: Politics in New York City are mainly liberal . Rosenberg and Dunford stated that this political standpoint had historically been "generally beneficial to the gay community". In New York City, New York City Republican Party political administrations actively court LGBT voters. LGBT voters were 3.4% of New York City's electorate in 1989. In
472-476: A riot between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants on July 12, 1871 , which took place around 24th Street and Eighth Avenue. The social problems of the area's workers provoked John Lovejoy Elliot to form the Hudson Guild in 1897, one of the first settlement houses – private organizations designed to provide social services. A theater district had formed in the area by 1869, and soon West 23rd Street
590-463: A sound stage on 26th Street, has been operating since 1914, and numerous movies and television shows have been produced there. The Church of the Holy Apostles was built in 1845–1848 to a design by Minard Lefever , with additions by Lefever in 1853–1854, and transepts by Charles Babcock added in 1858, this Italianate church was designated a New York City landmark in 1966 and is listed on
708-516: A 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m ) retail center with two levels of restaurants, cafes, markets and bars, a hotel, a cultural space, about 5,000 residences, a 750-seat school, and 14 acres (5.7 ha) of public open space. The development, located mainly above and around the West Side Yard , will create a new neighborhood that overlaps with Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen. Hotel Chelsea , built 1883–1885 and designed by Hubert, Pirsson & Co.,
826-462: A center for cutting-edge theatrical and visual arts. Above 23rd Street, by the Hudson River , the neighborhood is post-industrial, featuring the elevated High Line viaduct, which follows the river all through Chelsea. The elevated rail line was the successor to the street-level freight line original built through Chelsea in 1847, which was the cause of numerous fatal accidents, so it was elevated in
944-432: A community. By the early 1960s, a campaign to rid New York City of gay bars was in full effect by order of Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. , who was concerned about the image of the city in preparation for the 1964 World's Fair . The city revoked the liquor licenses of the bars, and undercover police officers worked to entrap as many homosexual men as possible. Entrapment usually consisted of an undercover officer who found
1062-525: A cultural center for the LGBT experience. Chelsea in Manhattan is another focal point of gay social life , and the East Village / Lower East Side area of Manhattan is also a gayborhood . Hell's Kitchen and Morningside Heights are additional Manhattan neighborhoods which have developed a significant LGBT presence of their own. The Manhattan neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and Harlem were home to
1180-516: A few transvestites , or men in full drag , were allowed in by the bouncers. The customers were "98 percent male" but a few lesbians sometimes came to the bar. Younger homeless adolescent males, who slept in nearby Christopher Park , would often try to get in so customers would buy them drinks. The age of the clientele ranged between the upper teens and early thirties, and the racial mix was evenly distributed among white, Black, and Hispanic patrons. Because of its even mix of people, its location, and
1298-597: A huge full-block freight terminal and warehouse on West 26th Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues, was built in 1930–1931 as a joint venture of the Starett real estate firm and the Lehigh Valley Railroad . Designed by Cory & Cory to enable trains to pull into the ground floor of the building, it was one of only a few American buildings included in the Museum of Modern Art 's 1932 " International Style " exhibition. It
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#17328915602361416-460: A lamp fuel. In addition, the huge Manhattan Gas Works complex, which converted bituminous coal into gas , was located at Ninth Avenue and 18th Street. The industrialization of western Chelsea brought immigrant populations from many countries to work in the factories, including a large number of Irish immigrants, who dominated work on the Hudson River piers that lined the nearby waterfront and
1534-503: A man in a bar or public park, engaged him in conversation; if the conversation headed toward the possibility that they might leave together—or the officer bought the man a drink—he was arrested for solicitation. One story in the New York Post described an arrest in a gym locker room, where the officer grabbed his crotch, moaning, and a man who asked him if he was all right was arrested. Few lawyers would defend cases as undesirable as these, and some of those lawyers kicked back their fees to
1652-672: A meeting place and a safe haven for LGBT communities. On June 20, 2023, the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North in the West Village was officially renamed Edie Windsor and Thea Speyer Way at the state level by New York Governor Kathy Hochul , in honor of the Greenwich Village plaintiffs who prevailed at the United States Supreme Court in 2013, in finding the Defense of Marriage Act , which had limited
1770-573: A more difficult time with the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA). While no laws prohibited serving homosexuals, courts allowed the SLA discretion in approving and revoking liquor licenses for businesses that might become "disorderly". Despite the high population of gays and lesbians who called Greenwich Village home, very few places existed, other than bars, where they were able to congregate openly without being harassed or arrested. In 1966,
1888-607: A population density of 82.4/acre (52,700/sq mi; 20,400/km ). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 65.1% (45,661) White , 5.7% (4,017) African American , 0.1% (93) Native American , 11.8% (8,267) Asian , 0% (21) Pacific Islander , 0.4% (261) from other races , and 2.3% (1,587) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.6% (10,243) of the population. The entirety of Community District 4, which comprises Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen, had 122,119 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 83.1 years. This
2006-475: A restored historic Nabisco factory and headquarters, is a festival marketplace that hosts a variety of shopping and dining options, including bakeries, restaurants, a fish market, wine store, and many others. Peter McManus Cafe , a bar and restaurant on Seventh Avenue at 19th Street, is among the oldest family-owned and -operated bars in the city. The Empire Diner was an art moderne diner at 210 Tenth Avenue at 22nd Street that appeared in several movies and
2124-502: A sense of discomfort spread very quickly, spurred by police who began to assault some of the lesbians by "feeling some of them up inappropriately" while frisking them. Despite playing a significant role in fighting for LGBT equality during the period of the Stonewall Riots and thereafter the transgender community in New York City had previously felt marginalized and neglected by the gay community. Since then, and especially during
2242-423: A sizable homosexual population after World War I , when men and women who had served in the military took advantage of the opportunity to settle in larger cities. The enclaves of gays and lesbians, described by a newspaper story as "short-haired women and long-haired men", developed a distinct subculture through the following two decades. Prohibition inadvertently benefited gay establishments, as drinking alcohol
2360-452: A sudden there were police there and we were told to all get in lines and to have our identification ready to be led out of the bar. The raid did not go as planned. Standard procedure was to line up the patrons, check their identification, and have female police officers take customers dressed as women to the bathroom to verify their gender, upon which any men dressed as women would be arrested. Those dressed as women that night refused to go with
2478-694: A swimming pool, solarium , gymnasium, and doormen dressed as London bobbies. It was designed by Farrar and Watmough. It takes its name from the fashionable mid-19th century cottages that were once located there. Penn South is a large limited-equity housing cooperative constructed in 1962 by the United Housing Foundation and financed by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union . The development includes 2,820 apartments and covers six city blocks between 8th and 9th Avenue and 23rd and 29th Street . In 2012, there were 6,000 names on
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#17328915602362596-584: A waiting list of prospective residents looking to purchase a unit in the development. Under the terms of agreements reached with the City of New York in 1986 and 2002, and separately with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development , Penn South's eligibility for tax abatements offered by the Mitchell-Lama Housing Program has been extended to 2052. The Chelsea Piers were
2714-819: Is also becoming a destination for LGBT individuals priced out of still more expensive housing in Brooklyn. As the LGBTQ communities have achieved higher socioeconomic status and greater political clout over the decades, it has moved beyond the boundaries of New York City and spread out across the New York metropolitan area . Westchester County in particular has spawned several gay villages concomitantly with hipster villages, notably in Hastings-on-Hudson , Dobbs Ferry , Irvington , and Tarrytown . The neighboring Fire Island communities of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines constitute
2832-464: Is also the location of several restaurants and event venues that relate to the themes and stories told in the hotel, such as 'Speakeasy Magick', featuring Todd Robbins, Jason Suran, and Matthew Holtzclaw. New York Live Arts is a dance organization located at 219 West 19th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. The Rubin Museum of Art is a museum dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of
2950-472: Is famous for having a large LGBTQ population , with one of Chelsea's census tracts reporting that 22% of its residents were gay couples, and is known for its social diversity and inclusion. Eighth Avenue is a center for LGBT-oriented shopping and dining, and from 16th to 22nd Streets between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, mid-nineteenth-century brick and brownstone townhouses are still occupied, a few even restored to single family use. The stores of Chelsea reflect
3068-731: Is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are adults: a plurality (45%) are between the ages of 25–44, while 26% are between 45 and 64, and 13% are 65 or older. The ratio of youth and college-aged residents was lower, at 9% and 8% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Districts 4 and 5 was $ 101,981. In 2018, an estimated 11% of Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen residents lived in poverty, compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twenty residents (5%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or
3186-549: Is in a 1941 movie house that closed in 1978. The Elgin was completely renovated to create in the Joyce a venue suitable for dance, and was reopened in 1982. The Kitchen is a performance space at 512 West 19th Street. It was founded in Greenwich Village in 1971 by Steina and Woody Vasulka , taking its name from the original location, the kitchen of the Mercer Arts Center . The warehouse building at 530 West 27th Street, which
3304-441: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 313 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 10th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 74.8% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 1 murder, 19 rapes, 81 robberies, 103 felony assaults, 78 burglaries, 744 grand larcenies, and 26 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Chelsea
3422-465: Is located on West 13th Street in the West Village , Lower Manhattan . Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) is the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. SAGE is located at 305 Seventh Avenue , 15th Floor NYC, NY 10001. SAGE has expanded throughout New York City, with additional centers now located in Harlem,
3540-410: Is primarily residential, with a mix of tenements , apartment blocks, two city housing projects , townhouses , and renovated rowhouses , but its many retail businesses reflect the ethnic and social diversity of the population. The area has a large LGBTQ population. Chelsea is also known as one of the centers of the city's art world , with over 200 galleries in the neighborhood. As of 2015, due to
3658-549: Is served by two fire stations of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Engine Company 1/Ladder Company 24 is located at 142 West 31st Street, while Engine Company 3/Ladder Company 12/Battalion 7 is located at 146 West 19th Street. In addition, FDNY EMS Station 7 is located at 512 West 23rd Street. LGBT culture in New York City New York City has been described as the gay capital of
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3776-616: Is the second and larger home of the LGBTQ -oriented synagogue, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church 's college-like close is sometimes called "Chelsea Square". It consists of a city block of tree-shaded lawns between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and West 20th and 21st Streets. The campus is ringed by more than a dozen brick and brownstone buildings in Gothic Revival style. The oldest building on
3894-569: The Chelsea neighborhood from the Greenwich Village neighborhood as a less expensive alternative; subsequent to this movement, house prices in Chelsea have increased dramatically to rival the West Village area of Greenwich Village. While New York was a latecomer to the leather and kink fetish movement, this subculture is now burgeoning in the city, originating in Chelsea and eventually expanding to Brooklyn and Queens . The same phenomenon of gentrification in Greenwich Village which created
4012-546: The General Theological Seminary , which built its brownstone Gothic, tree-shaded campus south of the manor house. Despite his objections to the Commissioner's Plan of 1811 , which ran the new Ninth Avenue through the middle of his estate, Moore began the development of Chelsea with the help of James N. Wells , dividing it up into lots along Ninth Avenue and selling them to well-heeled New Yorkers. Covenants in
4130-571: The International Ladies Garment Workers' Union , and the New York City Housing Authority -built and -operated Fulton Houses and Chelsea-Elliot Houses . The 23-story Art Deco Walker Building, which spans the block between 17th and 18th Streets just off of Seventh Avenue , was built in the early 1930s. That structure was converted in 2012 to residential apartments on the top 16 floors, with Verizon retaining
4248-505: The Mafia invested $ 3,500 to turn the Stonewall Inn into a gay bar, after it had been a restaurant and a nightclub geared toward heterosexuals. Once a week a police officer would collect envelopes of cash as a payoff; the Stonewall Inn had no liquor license . It had no running water behind the bar—used glasses were run through tubs of water and immediately reused. There were no fire exits, and
4366-514: The National Register of Historic Places . It is Lefever's only surviving building in Manhattan. The building, which featured an octagonal spire, was burned in a serious fire in 1990, but stained glass windows by William Jay Bolton survived, and the church reopened in April 1994 after a major restoration. The Episcopal parish is notable for hosting the city's largest program to feed the poor, and
4484-545: The New York City Subway 's Christopher Street–Sheridan Square station was renamed the Christopher Street–Stonewall station on the same day. At 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 1969, four plainclothes policemen in dark suits, two patrol officers in uniform, and Detective Charles Smythe and Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine arrived at the Stonewall Inn's double doors and announced "Police! We're taking
4602-647: The Orlando Pulse Nightclub massacre . In February 2017, thousands protested at the Stonewall National Monument against the proposed policies of the administration of U.S. president Donald J. Trump affecting both LGBTQ individuals and international immigrants, including those holding the intersection of these identities. In June 2019, the New York City Commission on Human Rights partnered with MasterCard International to commemorate
4720-467: The Stonewall 50 - WorldPride NYC 2019 milestone by planting a new street sign pan-inclusive for sexual orientations and gender identities at the intersection of Gay Street and Christopher Street in the West Village , and renaming that portion of Gay Street as Acceptance Street . Chelsea in Manhattan is one of the most gay-friendly neighborhoods in New York City. In the 1990s, many gay people moved to
4838-399: The entertainment industry , fashion design, and realty . Conversely, New York City is also a highly popular LGBT tourist destination, and the city actively courts LGBTQ tourism . Manhattan is the epicenter of LGBTQ culture. The Christopher Street area of the West Village portion of Greenwich Village in Manhattan was the historical hub of gay life in New York City and continues to be
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4956-695: The state capital of New Jersey, elected Reed Gusciora , its first openly gay mayor, in 2018, and Jennifer Williams, New Jersey's first openly transgender city councilmember, in 2022. In June 2018, suburban Maplewood, New Jersey, unveiled permanent rainbow-colored crosswalks to celebrate LGBTQ pride, a feature displayed by only a few other towns in the world, including Rahway, New Jersey , which unveiled its own rainbow-colored crosswalks in June 2019. In January 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation mandating LGBTQ-inclusive educational curriculum in schools. In February 2019, New Jersey began allowing
5074-599: The upper 20s or 34th Street , the next major crosstown street to the north. To the northwest of Chelsea is the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen , as well as Hudson Yards ; to the northeast are the Garment District and the remainder of Midtown South ; to the east are NoMad and the Flatiron District ; to the southwest is the Meatpacking District ; and to the south and southeast are the West Village and
5192-540: The 1960s and 1970s, as industries started to relocate from Manhattan. In subsequent years, the area's redevelopment was concentrated around West Chelsea, and some of the old industrial structures were converted to nightclubs. These included Les Mouches (housed in a former Otis Elevator Company factory) and the Tunnel (housed in the Central Stores building on 11th Avenue). Many LGBTQ people started moving to Chelsea in
5310-426: The 1978 slaying of Nancy Spungen for which Sid Vicious was accused. The hotel has been the home of numerous celebrities, including Brendan Behan , Thomas Wolfe , Mark Twain , Tennessee Williams and Virgil Thomson , and the subject of books, films ( Chelsea Girls , 1966) and music. The London Terrace apartment complex on West 23rd was one of the world's largest apartment blocks when it opened in 1930, with
5428-470: The 1985 mayoral election, Koch had almost no support; Donald P. Haider-Markel, the author of Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook , wrote that Koch's "actions on AIDS seemed inadequate at best". In the 1989 mayoral election, David Dinkins received support from the LGBT community. Since then, every mayor has received support from the LGBT community, which included Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg . Jimmy Van Bramer ,
5546-489: The 21st century, New York City's transgender community has grown in size and prominence, reaching an estimated 50,000 in 2018. Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest transgender rights demonstration in LGBTQ history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from Grand Army Plaza to Fort Greene, Brooklyn , focused on supporting Black transgender lives. On June 25, 2017, the day of 2017 New York City Pride March festivities, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that
5664-491: The 9th grade, students must follow the DOE high school admissions process. As of 2013, admissions requirements for the high school are a minimum of 85% in all 7th grade classes and a grade of 3 to 4 (or a score of 650) in the 7th grade reading and math exams . Admission into both the 6th and 9th grades is competitive, with 3000 students applying for 190 places in the 6th grade and with approximately 3000 students applying for 136 places in
5782-472: The 9th grade. Lab Middle and Lab High are two discrete schools, and students who are accepted to Lab Middle School are not automatically admitted to Lab high school. Lab high school gives priority to applicants from district 2. The principal of the NYC Lab Middle School (Grades 6–8) is Megan Adams. The principal of the high school (grades 9–12) is Brooke Jackson. The Lab School was founded in 1987 and
5900-548: The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance is a New York performing and visual art workshop space and performance venue located in The Bronx. Co-founded in 1998 by Arthur Aviles , dancer and choreographer who performed with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and Charles Rice-Gonzales, a writer, LGBT activist, and publicist. Focusing on works exploring
6018-542: The Chelsea-Elliot Houses, between 25th Street, Ninth Avenue, 28th Street, and Tenth Avenue; and Fulton Houses, between 16th Street, Ninth Avenue, 19th Street, and Tenth Avenue – the average income was less than $ 30,000. At the same time, the area's Puerto Rican enclaves and rent-subsidized housing, especially in Penn South , was being replaced by high-rent studios. This resulted in large income disparities across
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#17328915602366136-714: The Majority Leader of the New York City Council in 2017, is an openly gay politician from Queens who has served in the City Council for over six years. Van Bramer was one of seven openly LGBT members of the New York City Council as of 2017 , alongside Rosie Mendez , Corey Johnson , Ritchie Torres , James Vacca , Daniel Dromm and Carlos Menchaca . Christine Quinn served as Speaker of the New York City Council between 2006 and 2013. Carlos Menchaca also became
6254-409: The New York City government classifies Chelsea as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square was 70,150, a change of 14,311 (20.4%) from the 55,839 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 851.67 acres (344.66 ha), the neighborhood had
6372-582: The New York Mattachine Society held a "sip-in" at a Greenwich Village bar named Julius , which was frequented by gay men, to illustrate the discrimination homosexuals faced. None of the bars frequented by gays and lesbians were owned by gay people in the 1960s. Almost all of them were owned and controlled by organized crime , who treated the regulars poorly, watered down the liquor, and overcharged for drinks. However, they also paid off police to prevent frequent raids. Greenwich Village contained
6490-493: The Stonewall; the interior was painted black, making it very dark inside, with pulsing gel lights or black lights . If police were spotted, regular white lights were turned on, signaling that everyone should stop dancing or touching. In the rear of the bar was a smaller room frequented by " queens "; it was one of two bars where effeminate men who wore makeup and teased their hair (though dressed in men's clothing) could go. Only
6608-729: The United States, estimated at 50,000 in 2018, concentrated in Manhattan and Queens . Charles Kaiser , author of The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America , wrote that in the era after World War II , "New York City became the literal gay metropolis for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from both within and without the United States: the place they chose to learn how to live openly, honestly and without shame." Comedian Jerrod Carmichael joked, "That's actually why I live here...if you say you're gay in New York, you can ride
6726-479: The World states, "The fabulosity of Gay New York is unrivaled on Earth, and queer culture seeps into every corner of its five boroughs". LGBTQ advocate and entertainer Madonna stated metaphorically , "Anyways, not only is New York City the best place in the world because of the queer people here. Let me tell you something, if you can make it here, then you must be queer." LGBT Americans in New York City constitute
6844-487: The area's gentrification , there is a widening income gap between the wealthy living in luxury buildings and some people living in the two housing projects ,. Chelsea is a part of Manhattan Community District 4 and Manhattan Community District 5 , and its primary ZIP Codes are 10001 and 10011. It is patrolled by the 10th Precinct of the New York City Police Department . Chelsea takes its name from
6962-415: The arresting officer. The annual New York Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village is the world's largest Halloween parade, and has its roots in New York's queer community, standing in as an expression of LGBT pride , before the formal NYC Pride March was born. The Mattachine Society succeeded in getting newly elected Mayor John Lindsay to end the campaign of police entrapment in New York City. They had
7080-578: The art galleries, Chelsea is home to the Rubin Museum of Art , with a focus on Himalayan art; the Graffiti Research Lab and New York Live Arts , a producing and presenting organization of dance and other movement-based arts. The community, in fact, is home to many highly regarded performance venues, among them the Joyce Theater , one of the city's premier modern dance emporiums, and The Kitchen ,
7198-680: The art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions, especially that of Tibet. It is located at 150 West 17th Street between the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) and Seventh Avenue. Google 's New York office occupies 111 Eighth Avenue , which takes up the full city block between 15th and 16th Streets and between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The building was once Inland Terminal 1 of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . The Starrett-Lehigh Building ,
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#17328915602367316-554: The artist Anthony Goicolea had been chosen to design the first official monument to LGBT individuals commissioned by the State of New York – in contrast to the Stonewall National Monument, which was commissioned by the U.S. federal government . The State monument is planned to be built in Hudson River Park in Manhattan, near the waterfront Hudson River piers which have served as historically significant symbols of New York's role as
7434-466: The attraction of dancing, the Stonewall Inn was known by many as " the gay bar in the city". Police raids on gay bars were frequent, occurring on average once a month for each bar. Many bars kept extra liquor in a secret panel behind the bar, or in a car down the block, to facilitate resuming business as quickly as possible if alcohol was seized. Bar management usually knew about raids beforehand due to police tip-offs, and raids occurred early enough in
7552-472: The bar. Carter deduces that when the police were unable to receive kickbacks from blackmail and the theft of negotiable bonds (facilitated by pressuring gay Wall Street customers), they decided to close the Stonewall Inn permanently. Two undercover policewomen and two undercover policemen had entered the bar earlier that evening to gather visual evidence, as the Public Morals Squad waited outside for
7670-694: The bars were also typically arrested. The period immediately before June 28, 1969, was marked by frequent raids of local bars—including a raid at the Stonewall Inn on the Tuesday before the riots —and the closing of the Checkerboard, the Tele-Star, and two other clubs in Greenwich Village. On June 23, 2015, the Stonewall Inn was the first landmark in New York City to be recognized by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on
7788-428: The basis of its status in LGBT history, and on June 24, 2016, the Stonewall National Monument was named the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to the LGBTQ-rights movement. The visitor center opened on June 28, 2024, as the first official national visitors center dedicated to the LGBTQ+ experience to open anywhere in the world. Numerous politicians and celebrities participated in the inauguration ceremonies. and
7906-420: The bus for free and they just give you free pizza. if you say you're gay in New York, you get to host Saturday Night Live . This is the gayest thing you can possibly do. We're basically in an Andy Warhol fever dream right now." The Stonewall Inn, located at 51 and 53 Christopher Street , along with several other establishments in the city, was owned by the Genovese crime family . In 1966, three members of
8024-477: The campus dates from 1836. Most of the rest were designed as a group by architect Charles Coolidge Haight , under the guidance of the Dean, Augustus Hoffman. Chelsea is patrolled by the 10th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 230 West 20th Street. The 10th Precinct ranked 61st safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 34 per 100,000 people, Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen's rate of violent crimes per capita
8142-415: The city's primary luxury ocean liner terminal from 1910 until 1935, when the growing size of ships made the complex inadequate. The RMS Titanic was headed to Pier 60 at the piers and the RMS Carpathia brought survivors to Pier 54 in the complex, which was destroyed in 2018 although ironwork remains. The northern piers are now part of an entertainment and sports complex operated by Roland W. Betts , and
8260-422: The deeds of sale specified what could be built on the land – stables, manufacturing and commercial uses were forbidden – as well as architectural details of the buildings. In 1829, Moore leased one of the lots to Hugh Walker who constructed what is now the oldest standing house in Chelsea , completed in 1830. The new neighborhood thrived for three decades, with many single family homes and rowhouses, in
8378-424: The definition of marriage as being valid strictly between one man and one woman, to be unconstitutional . On June 27, 2019, the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor was inaugurated at the Stonewall Inn. The landmark is an American memorial wall in lower Manhattan dedicated to LGBTQ "pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes". The wall is located inside of the Stonewall Inn, and is a part of the Stonewall National Monument ,
8496-668: The deportation of Eva Kotchever for obscenity . The social repression of the 1950s resulted in a cultural revolution in Greenwich Village. A cohort of poets, later named the Beat poets, wrote about the evils of the social organization at the time, glorifying anarchy, drugs, and hedonistic pleasures over unquestioning social compliance, consumerism , and closed mindedness. Of them, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs —both Greenwich Village residents—also wrote bluntly and honestly about homosexuality. Their writings attracted sympathetic liberal-minded people, as well as homosexuals looking for
8614-638: The early 1930s by the New York Central Railroad . It fell out of use in the 1960s through 1980 and was originally slated to be torn down, but in the early 2000s, it was redesigned and converted into a highly used aerial greenway and rails-to-trails park. With a change in zoning resolution in conjunction with the development of the High Line, Chelsea experienced a new construction boom, with projects by notable architects such as Shigeru Ban , Neil Denari , Jean Nouvel , and Frank Gehry . The neighborhood
8732-514: The elevated West Side Freight Line and the West Side Elevated Highway were built in the 1930s, replacing a surface-level railroad and roadway. London Terrace was one of the world's largest apartment blocks when it opened in 1930, with a swimming pool, solarium , gymnasium, and doormen dressed as London bobbies. Other major housing complexes in the Chelsea area are Penn South , a 1962 cooperative housing development sponsored by
8850-623: The estate and Georgian-style house of retired British Major Thomas Clarke, who obtained the property when he bought the farm of Jacob Somerindyck on August 16, 1750. The land was bounded by what would become 21st and 24th Streets, from the Hudson River to Eighth Avenue. Clarke chose the name "Chelsea" after the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London. Clarke passed the estate on to his daughter, Charity, who, with her husband Benjamin Moore , added land on
8968-427: The ethnic and social diversity of the area's population. The Chelsea Lofts district – the former fur and flower district – is located roughly between Sixth and Seventh Avenues from 23rd to 30th streets. The McBurney YMCA on West 23rd Street, commemorated in the hit Village People song Y.M.C.A. , sold its home and relocated in 2002 to a new facility on 14th Street, the neighborhood's southern border. By
9086-516: The evening that business could commence after the police had finished. During a typical raid, the lights were turned on, and customers were lined up and their identification cards checked. Those without identification or dressed in full drag were arrested; others were allowed to leave. Some of the men, including those in drag, used their draft cards as identification. Women were required to wear three pieces of feminine clothing, and would be arrested if found not wearing them. Employees and management of
9204-500: The fall of each year) continues to be a well-attended, highly publicized fundraiser for Lab Middle and High School. Chelsea, Manhattan Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City . The area's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, the Hudson River and West Street to the west, and Sixth Avenue to the east, with its northern boundary variously described as near
9322-875: The first Mexican-American member of the New York City Council when elected in November 2013. In June 2019, in celebration of LGBT Pride Month , Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the LGBT pride flag to be raised over the New York State Capitol for the first time in New York State history. In April 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a billboard campaign to attract Floridians to New York City in response to Florida's " Don't Say Gay " law. New York City publishes its LGBTQ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Guide of Services and Resources . The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
9440-590: The first U.S. National Monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history . The first fifty nominees were announced in June 2019 and the wall was unveiled on June 27, 2019, as a part of the Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 events. Each year five additional names will be added. In 2022, the LGBT community in New York City became the epicenter of the mpox outbreak in the Western Hemisphere . New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared corresponding public health emergencies in
9558-520: The first location was on 82nd street between First and Second Avenue. Sheila Breslaw and Rob Menken were the founding Co-Directors and Principals. In May 2009, Lab collaborated with some of New York City's top restaurants for "TASTES from the Meatpacking District through Chelsea." The festival featured a walk-around tasting of several New York City restaurants for the purpose of raising money for Lab student programs. As of 2016, TASTES (now held in
9676-458: The largest gay enclave on Long Island , followed by The Hamptons . Gayborhoods have also emerged across the Hudson River from Manhattan in the U.S. state of New Jersey , which is now home to more gay villages per square mile than any other state. Some of the most prominent gayborhoods in New Jersey include Jersey City , Asbury Park , Maplewood , Montclair , and Lambertville . Trenton ,
9794-430: The largest self-identifying lesbian, gay, bisexual , and transgender , and queer communities by a significant margin in the United States, and the 1969 Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village are widely considered to be the genesis of the modern gay rights movement. The New York metropolitan area has an estimated 756,000 LGBTQ+ residents—the most in the United States, including the largest transgender population in
9912-483: The late 1990s, New York's visual arts community began a gradual transition away from SoHo , due to increasing rents and competition from upscale retailers for the large and airy spaces that art galleries require, and the area of West Chelsea between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues and 16th and 28th Streets has become a new global centers of contemporary art, home to over 200 art galleries that are home to modern art from both upcoming and established artists. Along with
10030-422: The late 20th and early 21st centuries, Chelsea had become an alternative shopping destination, starring the likes of Barneys CO-OP — which replaced the much larger original Barneys flagship store — Comme des Garçons , Balenciaga boutiques, Alexander McQueen , Stella McCartney , and Christian Louboutin . Chelsea Market , on the ground floor of the former Nabisco Building, is a destination for food lovers. In
10148-735: The lower seven floors. In the early 1940s, tons of uranium for the Manhattan Project were stored in the Baker & Williams Warehouse at 513–519 West 20th Street. The uranium was removed and a decontamination project at the site was completed during the early 1990s. By the mid-20th century, the western part of Chelsea had various types of light manufacturing businesses. According to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission , these ranged "from printing shops and box companies, to milk-bottling plants and electrical wire and cable manufacturers". The industrial character of West Chelsea declined in
10266-429: The mid-1970s, LGBT participation in New York City politics began. In the 1977 Mayor of New York City elections, Edward Koch was the preferred candidate; there had been speculation that Koch was homosexual. However, Koch associated with religious figures opposed to homosexuality and did not pass LGBT civil rights bills, and therefore in 1981, Frank Barbaro became the candidate favored by the LGBT political groups. In
10384-400: The mid-1980s, and upscale restaurants and stores began opening in the neighborhood around the same time. By then, the neighborhood also contained some of New York City's "cutting-edge theaters and performance spaces" according to The New York Times . By the late 1990s, West Chelsea had also begun to attract visual-arts galleries that had relocated from SoHo . On September 17, 2016, there
10502-528: The neighborhood; one block in particular – 25th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues – had the Elliot Houses on its north side and two million-dollar residences on its south side. The Chelsea neighborhood is served by two weekly newspapers: the Chelsea-Clinton News and Chelsea Now . West Chelsea refers to the western portion of Chelsea, previously known as Gasoline Alley, much of which
10620-548: The next year by James Fisk and Jay Gould , who renamed it the Grand Opera House . Located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and 23rd Street, it survived until 1960 as an RKO movie theater. The Irish Repertory Theatre is an Off-Broadway theatrical company on West 22nd Street producing plays by Irish and Irish-American writers. The Joyce Theater , located in the former Elgin Theater at 175 Eighth Avenue, near 19th Street,
10738-475: The officers. Men in line began to refuse to produce their identification. The police decided to take everyone present to the police station, after separating those cross-dressing in a room in the back of the bar. Maria Ritter, then known as Steve to her family, recalled, "My biggest fear was that I would get arrested. My second biggest fear was that my picture would be in a newspaper or on a television report in my mother's dress!" Both patrons and police recalled that
10856-399: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 41% in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . People of many different cultures live in Chelsea. Chelsea
10974-406: The place!" Stonewall employees do not recall being tipped off that a raid was to occur that night, as was the custom. According to Duberman (p. 194), there was a rumor that one might happen, but since it was much later than raids generally took place, Stonewall management thought the tip was inaccurate. Days after the raid, one of the bar owners complained that the tipoff had never come, and that
11092-524: The popularity of Brooklyn among lesbians, and Prospect Heights has an LGBT residential presence. Numerous neighborhoods have since become home to LGBT communities. Adjacent Elmhurst and Jackson Heights , Queens, are focal hubs for the transgender community of New York City and collectively constitute the largest transgender hub in the world. The Queens Pride Parade is held in Jackson Heights each year. Astoria has an emerging LGBT presence. Queens
11210-632: The process expanding past the original boundaries of Clarke's estate, but an industrial zone also began to develop along the Hudson. In 1847 the Hudson River Railroad laid its freight tracks up a right-of-way between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues , separating Chelsea from the Hudson River waterfront. By the time of the Civil War , the area west of Ninth Avenue and below 20th Street was the location of numerous distilleries making turpentine and camphene ,
11328-644: The raid was ordered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms , who objected that there were no stamps on the liquor bottles, indicating the alcohol was bootlegged . Historian David Carter presents information indicating that the Mafia owners of the Stonewall and the manager were blackmailing wealthier customers, particularly those who worked in Lower Manhattan's Financial District . They appeared to be making more money from extortion than they were from liquor sales in
11446-617: The remainder of Greenwich Village . Chelsea was named for an estate in the area, which in turn was named for the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London. Chelsea contains the Chelsea Historic District and its extension, which were designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1970 and 1981 respectively. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and expanded in 1982 to include contiguous blocks containing particularly significant examples of period architecture. The neighborhood
11564-407: The scene of an assault involving seven lesbians and a straight man that sparked appreciable media attention, with strong statements both defending and attacking the parties. In June 2015, thousands gathered in front of the Stonewall Inn to celebrate the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court affirming same-sex marriage in all fifty U.S. states, while in June 2016, thousands gathered similarly in vigil for
11682-559: The signal. Once inside, they called for backup from the Sixth Precinct using the bar's pay telephone. The music was turned off and the main lights were turned on. Approximately 205 people were in the bar that night. Patrons who had never experienced a police raid were confused. A few who realized what was happening began to run for doors and windows in the bathrooms, but police barred the doors. As Michael Fader remembered, Things happened so fast you kind of got caught not knowing. All of
11800-472: The south of the estate, extending it to 19th Street. The house was the birthplace of their son, Clement Clarke Moore , who in turn inherited the property. Moore is generally credited with writing " A Visit From St. Nicholas " and was the author of the first Greek and Hebrew lexicons printed in the United States. In 1827, Moore gave the land of his apple orchard to the Episcopal Diocese of New York for
11918-495: The southern piers are part of Hudson River Park . The Hudson River Park, designed as a joint city/state park with non-traditional uses, runs along the Hudson River waterfront from 59th Street to the Battery and comprises most of the associated piers. Chelsea Park is located between 9th and 10th Avenues, and between 27th and 28th Streets. It contains baseball diamonds, basketball courts and six handball courts. Chelsea Studios ,
12036-542: The state and city, respectively, in July 2022. New York City has been estimated to have become home to over 270,000 self-identifying gay and bisexual individuals, higher than San Francisco and Los Angeles combined. Lonely Planet New York City stated that of the demographics, the city's LGBT population has "one of the largest disposable incomes", encompassing professionals including physicians, attorneys, engineers, scientists, financiers , and journalists, as well as those in
12154-418: The toilets overran consistently. Though the bar was not used for prostitution, drug sales and other "cash transactions" took place. It was the only bar for gay men in New York City where dancing was allowed; dancing was its main draw since its re-opening as a gay club. Visitors to the Stonewall Inn in 1969 were greeted by a bouncer who inspected them through a peephole in the door. The legal drinking age
12272-466: The truck terminals integrated with the freight railroad spur. As well as the piers, warehouses and factories, the industrial area west of Tenth Avenue also included lumberyards and breweries, and tenements built to house the workers. With the immigrant population came the political domination of the neighborhood by the Tammany Hall machine , as well as festering ethnic tensions: around 67 people died in
12390-499: The western part of Chelsea by the late 19th century. The first of these was the Central Stores, constructed at 11th Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets in 1891. This was followed in 1900 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad 's terminal between 26th and 27th Streets, as well as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 's terminal immediately to the south, completed in the early 1910s. Freight operations on Manhattan's far west side were improved when
12508-540: The world and the central node of the LGBTQ+ sociopolitical ecosystem , and is home to one of the world's largest and most prominent LGBTQ+ populations. Brian Silverman, the author of Frommer's New York City from $ 90 a Day, wrote the city has "one of the world's largest, loudest, and most powerful LGBT communities", and "Gay and lesbian culture is as much a part of New York's basic identity as yellow cabs , high-rise buildings , and Broadway theatre". LGBT travel guide Queer in
12626-450: The world's oldest gay and lesbian bookstore, Oscar Wilde Bookshop , founded in 1967 but permanently closed in 2009 citing the recession and the rise of online booksellers . The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center – best known as simply "The Center" – has occupied the former Food & Maritime Trades High School at 208 West 13th Street since 1984. In 2006, the Village was
12744-485: Was an explosion outside a building on 23rd Street, which injured 29 people; police located and removed a second, undetonated pressure cooker bomb on 27th Street. A suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami , was captured two days later after a gunfight in Linden, New Jersey . By the late 2010s, the eastern part of Chelsea, which had once been largely industrial, had also attracted upscale residential development. For census purposes,
12862-483: Was 18, and to avoid unwittingly letting in undercover police (who were called "Lily Law", "Alice Blue Gown", or "Betty Badge" ), visitors would have to be known by the doorman, or look gay. The entrance fee on weekends was $ 3, for which the customer received two tickets that could be exchanged for two drinks. Patrons were required to sign their names in a book to prove that the bar was a private "bottle club", but rarely signed their real names. There were two dance floors in
12980-426: Was New York's first cooperative apartment complex and was the tallest building in the city until 1902. After the theater district migrated uptown and the neighborhood became commercialized, the residential building folded and in 1905 it was turned into a hotel. The hotel attracted attention as the place where Dylan Thomas had been staying when he died in 1953 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village , and for
13098-456: Was an early center for the motion picture industry before World War I. Some of Mary Pickford 's first pictures were made on the top floors of an armory building at 221 West 26th Street , while other studios were located on 23rd and 21st Streets. To accommodate high freight and industrial demand, several railroads had built rail freight terminals on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River, and many freight terminals and warehouses were built in
13216-688: Was designated a New York City landmark in 1966. The Hudson Yards rail-yard development is located at the northern edge of Chelsea, within the Hudson Yards neighborhood . The project's centerpiece is a mixed-use real estate development by Related Companies . According to its master plan, created by master planner Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates , Hudson Yards is expected to consist of 16 skyscrapers containing more than 1.27 × 10 ^ sq ft (118,000 m ) of new office, residential, and retail space. Among its components will be 6 × 10 ^ sq ft (560,000 m ) of commercial office space,
13334-571: Was mentioned in Billy Joel 's song "Great Wall of China". Designed by Fodero Dining Car Company , it was built in 1946 andwas altered in 1979 by Carl Laanes. The diner closed on May 15, 2010; reopened briefly as "The Highliner", and again re-opened under its original name in January 2014 before closing permanently in December 2015 due to failure to pay rent. Pike's Opera House was built in 1868, and bought
13452-603: Was previously a manufacturing area and has since been rezoned to allow for high-rise residential uses. It is often considered the area of Chelsea between the Hudson River to the west and Tenth Avenue to the east, a portion of which was designated a historic district in 2008. A 2008 article in The New York Times showed the eastern boundary of West Chelsea as Eighth Avenue for the area between 14th and 23rd streets, Ninth Avenue between 23rd and 25th, and Tenth Avenue between 25th and 29th. The Chelsea Market , located in
13570-490: Was pushed underground along with other behaviors considered immoral. New York City passed laws against homosexuality in public and private businesses, but because alcohol was in high demand, speakeasies and impromptu drinking establishments were so numerous and temporary that authorities were unable to police them all. However, police raids happened, resulting in their closure, such as the Eve's Hangout at 129 MacDougal Street , after
13688-409: Was quickly gentrifying, with small businesses being replaced by big-box retailers and technology and fashion stores. With this development, more wealthy residents moved in, further widening an already-existing income gap with public-housing residents. In 2015, the average yearly household income in most of Chelsea was about $ 140,000. On the other hand, in the area's two public-housing developments –
13806-589: Was the center of American theater, led by Pike's Opera House (1868, demolished 1960), on the northwest corner of Eighth Avenue. Chelsea was a busy entertainment district between about 1875 and 1900. Sixth Avenue contained the Ladies' Mile shopping district; music publishers opened offices in Tin Pan Alley along 28th Street; and the Tenderloin red-light district occupied the northern section of Chelsea. The neighborhood
13924-486: Was the site of The Sound Factory & Twilo , as well as several other megaclubs in the 1980s and 1990s, was acquired in 2011 by the British theater company Punchdrunk , who converted it into "The McKittrick Hotel", a five-story, 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m ) performance space housing their immersive site-specific theatrical production, Sleep No More . The building, along with those at 532 and 542 West 27th Street,
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