New York

One If By Land, Two If By Sea

The West Village restaurant in Aaron Burr’s 1767 carriage house.

The Ansonia

The 1904 Beaux-Arts palace—Stravinsky, Toscanini, and the ghosts.

Grand Central

The 1913 terminal—the dead are said to walk the tracks.

Church

St. Paul’s Chapel

The 1766 chapel that survived 9/11—and the churchyard’s dead.

Cemetery

Trinity Churchyard

Hamilton’s grave at the Wall Street end—the 1697 churchyard.

Cherry Lane Theatre

The 1924 off-Broadway house—where the playwrights still watch.

Museum

Tenement Museum

97 Orchard Street—the preserved tenement where the families’ lives are told.

New Amsterdam Theatre

Broadway’s oldest operating theater—and Olive Thomas’s ghost.

Belasco Theatre

David Belasco’s own theater—his ghost and the actor’s lift.

Ship

General Slocum disaster site

The 1904 fire that killed 1,021—the city’s deadliest day before 9/11.

Morris-Jumel Mansion

Manhattan’s oldest house—1765, and the Jumel ghosts.

Merchant’s House Museum

The 1832 rowhouse preserved intact—the Tredwells’ ghost.

House of Death

14 West 10th—"22 ghosts," Mark Twain, and the murders.

Washington Square Park

The potter’s field under the arch—20,000 burials below.

The Dakota

The 1884 fortress—Lennon’s murder and the ghost he reported.

Chelsea Hotel

The artists’ hotel—where Sid killed Nancy and the ghosts never checked out.

Algonquin Hotel

The Round Table’s hotel—Dorothy Parker’s seat is reportedly still warm.

Smallpox Hospital ruins

The 1856 Gothic ruin on Roosevelt Island—the "Renwick ruin."

Church

St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery

The 1799 church on Stuyvesant’s farm—where the peg-legged ghost walks.

McSorley’s Old Ale House

The 1854 ale house—"we were here before you were born."

Chumley’s

The speakeasy that gave "86" to the language.

Landmark Tavern

The 1868 dockside tavern—where the drowned captain is seen.

One if by Land

Aaron Burr’s carriage house—the most haunted restaurant in New York.

The Players

Booth’s Gramercy club—where the actor’s ghost reportedly stays.

Triangle Shirtwaist site

March 25, 1911—the fire that changed labor law.

Doyers Street

The "Bloody Angle"—where the tongs fought their wars.

The Jane Hotel

The 1908 sailors’ hotel—where the Titanic survivors stayed.

SS Central America

September 12, 1857—the gold ship that sank the economy.

Low

Palace Theatre

The vaudeville palace—Judy Garland’s door and a hundred phantom acts.

Bar

White Horse Tavern

The 1880 West Village bar where Dylan Thomas drank his last.

Bar

Ear Inn

The 1817 Hudson-side bar in the James Brown house.

Restaurant

Fraunces Tavern

The 1762 tavern where Washington said farewell to his officers.

Bar

Pete’s Tavern

The 1864 Gramercy bar where O. Henry wrote "The Gift of the Magi."

Restaurant

Bridge Café

The 1794 Seaport building—New York’s oldest bar building.

African Burial Ground

The 17th-18th century burial ground under Lower Manhattan—found 1991.

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