Chelsea

New York Public Library branch serving the visually impaired.

Theater

New York is a theater capital and center of Irish culture.

Designed by the area’s architect of choice, Richard Gluckman, this cool gallery features work from an impressive index of artists that includes Briton...

Dia’s first space in Chelsea opened in 1987 and played an integral part in the development of the Chelsea arts scene, providing early gallery shows for artists like Jenny Holzer and Robert Irwin.

From salsa and swing to belly-dancing and ballroom, the locals come here to learn how to dance for weddings, exercise or just for fun.

New York Live Arts was founded in 2011 by a merger of the Bill T.

The Masons count among their most famous members an impressive 14 United States presidents, as well as a host of other notable American names, from Mark Twain to Buzz Aldrin to Jesse Jackson.

With its arrival in 1994, the Matthew Marks Gallery became a driving force behind Chelsea’s transformation into one of the city’s top art...

The radicals in Kreps’s adventurous stable include Ricci Albenda, Roe Ethridge, Robert Melee and Ruth Root.

Founded in 1961, this not-for-profit theater stages plays for children and young adults at its NYC space, performing adapted kids’ classics like Junie B.

Mary Boone made her name repping Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente at her Soho gallery in the ’80s. She later moved to...

Located in the heart of Chelsea, the Joyce is Manhattan’s premiere venue for dance, an intimate space where for as little as $19, you can catch world-renowned troupes perform tango, flamenco, modern, jazz, cutting-edge movement theater and many other styles of dance.

Sikkema Jenkins & Co. is a midsize powerhouse of a Chelsea gallery, featuring a number of art stars—most notably Kara Walker, Vik Muniz and recent...

The School of Visual Arts may use this former movie theater in Chelsea, but it’s not just students who stand to benefit.

This international group of established contemporary artists includes such superstars as Diane Arbus, Jenny Holzer, Milton Resnick and Pat Steir. The...

A mainstay of Chelsea (and before that the Soho and East Village scenes of the late 1980s and early 1990s), this gallery actually got its start in an offbeat...

Located on three historic Hudson River piers, Chelsea Piers is a 28-acre sports village with enough excitement for the whole family.

Step aboard the all-glass, European-inspired Bateaux New York for an elegant dining experience unlike any land-based venue.

Covering 550 riverside acres along the western edge of Manhattan, Hudson River Park runs from West 59th Street in Midtown all the way down to Battery Park in the Financial District.