Location Type: Literary Site

Irving Place, East 17th Street, was named after Washington Irving.

Washington Irving High School, Irving Place and 17th Street, New York, New York, was named after Washington Irving, and there is a bust of him in front of the school.

Jack Kerouac lived in an apartment at 454 West 20th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues where he wrote “On the Road.” The apartment is not open to the public.

The KGB Bar was a popular literary venue at 85 East 4th Street and Second Avenue.

Mary McCarthy lived in an apartment at 18 Gay Street, New York, New York, between Christopher & Waverly Place.

McSorley’s Old Ale House was a popular writers’ watering place at 15 East 7th Street, New York, New York.

Herman Melville was born at 6 Pearl Street, New York, New York. The spot is marked by a plaque and a sculptural bust of Melville by William N. Beckwith.

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s house, 75½ Bedford Street, Greenwich Village, is marked by a plaque. It is known as the “narrowest house in New York.” Ms. Millay lived here for a short time in 1923 and 1924. It is not open to the public.

The Clement Clarke Moore Park is a playground, located on a former farmstead purchased by Clement’s grandfather, Captain Thomas Clarke, in 1750. Clement Clarke Moore Park is at 10th Avenue and West 22nd Street, New York, New York.

The Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, was the home of John Pierpont Morgan and now is a private library, open to the public. It has a fine collection of illuminated manuscripts and books of hours, as well as original manuscripts.