Must-see attractions in SoHo & Chinatown

  • An image of a street scene at Pell Street in Chinatown / New York City / Manhattan with the setting sun.

    Chinatown

    SoHo & Chinatown

    A walk through Manhattan's most colorful, cramped neighborhood is never the same, no matter how many times you hit the pavement. Peek inside temples and…

  • Merchant's House Museum

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Built in 1832 and purchased by merchant Seabury Tredwell three years later, this red-brick mansion remains the most authentic Federal house in town. It's…

  • Little Italy

    SoHo & Chinatown

    This once-strong Italian neighborhood (film director Martin Scorsese grew up on Elizabeth St) saw an exodus in the mid-20th century when many of its…

  • Looking down Mulberry Street at the corner of Mulberry and Broome Street in Manhattan.

    Mulberry Street

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Named for the mulberry farms that once stood here, Mulberry St is now better known as the meat in Little Italy's sauce. It's an animated strip, packed…

  • St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

    Basilica of St Patrick's Old Cathedral

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Though St Patrick’s Cathedral is now famously located on Fifth Ave in Midtown, its first congregation was housed here, in this restored Gothic Revival…

  • New York City Fire Museum in Manhattan.

    New York City Fire Museum

    SoHo & Chinatown

    In a grand old firehouse dating from 1904, this ode to firefighters includes a fantastic collection of historic equipment and artifacts. Eye up everything…

  • Columbus Park

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Mah-jongg meisters, slow-motion tai-chi practitioners and old aunties gossiping over homemade dumplings: it might feel like Shanghai, but this leafy oasis…

  • Italian American Museum

    SoHo & Chinatown

    This humble museum offers a random mishmash of historical objects documenting early Italian life in NYC, from Sicilian marionettes to old Italian comics…

  • Drawing Center

    SoHo & Chinatown

    America's only nonprofit institute focused solely on drawings, the Drawing Center uses work by masters as well as unknowns to juxtapose the medium's…

  • Museum of Chinese in America

    SoHo & Chinatown

    In this space designed by architect Maya Lin (designer of the famed Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC) is a multifaceted museum whose engaging permanent…

  • New York Earth Room

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Since 1980 the oddity of the New York Earth Room, the work of artist Walter De Maria, has been wooing the curious with something not easily found in the…

  • Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art

    SoHo & Chinatown

    The world's first museum dedicated to LGBTIQ+ themes stages six to eight annual exhibitions of both homegrown and international art. Offerings have…

  • Broken Kilometer

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Occupying a cavernous ground-floor space in SoHo is this 1979 installation by the late American artist Walter De Maria. The work consists of 500 solid…

  • Artists Space

    SoHo & Chinatown

    One of the first alternative spaces in New York, Artists Space made its debut in 1972 with a mission to support contemporary artists working in the visual…

  • Children's Museum of the Arts

    SoHo & Chinatown

    This small but worthy stop encourages kids aged 10 months to 15 years to view, make and share art. Rotating exhibitions aside, the center offers a vast…

  • Donald Judd Home Studio

    SoHo & Chinatown

    The former home and studio of the late American artist Donald Judd offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and artistic practices of the minimalist…

  • Church of the Transfiguration

    SoHo & Chinatown

    It's been serving New York's immigrant communities since 1801, and the Church of the Transfiguration doesn't stop adapting. First it was the Irish, then…

  • Ravenite Social Club

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Now a designer shoe store, this was once the Ravenite Social Club, an infamous mobster hangout. It was right here that big hitters such as John Gotti (as…

  • Eastern States Buddhist Temple

    SoHo & Chinatown

    This storefront temple smack in the middle of Chinatown's bustle is a quiet little refuge lined with hundreds of Buddhas. You can buy a souvenir or…