Art installations all across NYC are showing their Pride with new displays popping up each day. From illuminated piers to rainbow steps, NYC is one proud city ready to celebrate this incredible month! Here are 15 colorful art installations across NYC honoring Pride Month.
1. Radiance at Brookfield Place
Where: 230 Vesey St, New York
Brookfield Place’s colorful art installation Radiance has returned this June. Find it brightening up the Winter Garden. Visitors are encouraged to share their Pride on social media with a photo of the installation, tagging @BFPLNY. Those who do so can win a prize when they show the post to the concierge so long a supplies last. Find out more here.
2. Rainbow Steps at Lincoln Center
Where: Josie Robertson Plaza, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York
Make sure to walk by the steps of the Josie Robertson Plaza to catch the return of the dazzling rainbow installation leading to “The Oasis,” Lincoln Center’s massive new dance floor. Be sure to visit Lincoln Center’s website to see all of the upcoming Pride events and performances being shown this June.
3. Polar Rainbow in Times Square
Where: 7th Avenue between 42nd and 47th Streets
For the entire month of June, you can catch a virtual rainbow over Times Square with Latvian-British artist Kristaps Ancāns’s Polar Rainbow. The augmented reality sculpture of “a virtual double rainbow stretching between the two poles along the 74W meridian line” can be observed through your phone using the Polar Rainbow App. The piece honors Pride Month and symbolizes empathy, awareness and solidarity. Find out more here.
4. Pride on the Whitney Lawn
Where: 99 Gansevoort St, New York
Create your own art on the Whitney Lawn on from June 11-12th. The grassy thoroughfare will be hosting artmaking and poetry workshops in celebration of Pride. There will also be a floral installation by FDK Florals on display during the L.E.A.F. Flower Show. Read more here.
5. Pier 17 Lights
Where: Pier 17, 89 South St, New York
Catch Pier 17 aglow with an illuminating display in a rainbow of colors. Celebrate Pride at The Seaport with tons of fun events all happening this month.
6. West Village Doorstep
Where: 309 West 4th Street, New York
You can find this adorable doorstep beaming with Pride right in the West Village. It changes in decoration throughout the year and this specific display was made in collaboration with @lookupyoga & @caoimhghino.
7. Macy’s Colorful Facade
Where: 151 W 34th St, New York
Macy’s at Herald Square has decked their entire window front in a rainbow of colors for Pride. Walk by and see how gorgeous it is for yourself!
8. Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Where: 1047 Amsterdam Ave., New York
You can reserve a timed ticket at stjohndivine.org to see this gorgeous, rainbow light display in the Cathedral. Self-guided admission is $5 and those looking to meditate or pray are welcome without charge.
9. Christopher Park Flags
Where: 38-64 Christopher St, New York
Catch Christopher Park’s perimeter decorated with numerous Pride flags proudly swaying in the wind for their annual Pride decorations! Every Pride month, Stonewall National Monument commemorates the Stonewall Uprisings that were remarkable demonstrations in the LGBTQ rights movement. Learn more about the Stonewall National Monument history here.
10. Cooper Hewitt’s Drop In On Design At Home: Pride Month Edition
Where: 2 E 91st St, New York
Visitors will be able to learn how to communicate positive and inclusive messages through the elements of design from a museum educator. The program is catered to kids ages 5-12 and is part of the museum’s Pride Month efforts. You can also head over to their gorgeous front facade and see a massive pride flag hanging over the lawn. More info here.
11. Oscar Wilde
Where: 45 W 27th St, New York
This restaurant truly went all out for Pride Month! Stop by Oscar Wilde for a drink and a spectacular display of rainbow drapery and colorful flowers that climb up the building’s front. Celebrate everyone’s authenticity because just as Oscar Wilde had said, “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.”
12. Empire State Building Lit In Rainbow Colors
Where: 20 W 34th St, New York
Make sure to catch the ESB all lit up in ruby red and rainbow with the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative celebrating Judy Garland’s 100th birthday. The multi-colored LED spectacle has the ability to show 16 million different colors and you can catch them on Friday, June 10th. See more here.
13. Progress Pride At Four Freedoms Park
Where: 1 FDR Four Freedoms Park
Even though cherry blossom season is over, there are still plenty of reasons to take the tram over to Roosevelt Island and explore all that pocket of the city has to offer. For example, this month, NYC’s largest Progress Pride flag has been painted across the steps in Four Freedoms Park. Head over and be sure to snap tons of pics and spark up inclusive conversations while you marvel at the 100×30 flag. Read more here.
14. Pride Flags At Rockefeller Center
Where: 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York
Throughout the month, Rockefeller Center will be introducing tons of Pride installations across the campus. Expect rainbow pathways, flying flags and so much more. Surrounding retailers are also taking part in the celebrations with limited-edition items and charitable donations. Find out more here.
15. Industry City
Where: 220 36th St, Brooklyn
Industry City is known for their ever-changing gorgeous installation outside and this month it has transformed into a rainbow of florals!