Sculptures in New York City

Discover 30 unusual sculptures in New York City.

Brooklyn, New York

‘Pageant’

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

New York, New York

'Dreams of Hyperion'

A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.

Queens, New York

Home for Retired Playground Animals

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

New York, New York

Silver Towers Playground

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.

A bronze fast of a female face atop a pedestal with a lighthouse in the background

New York, New York

Girl Puzzle Monument

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

Alice, the Queen of Hearts, and the Mad Hatter on the fountain.

New York, New York

Sophie Loeb Fountain

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

A rondel of two women.

Bronx, New York

Parkchester Terracotta Sculptures

These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.

The statue from the front inside Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn, New York

'Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness'

This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.

Queens, New York

Socrates Sculpture Park

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

'Dwellings' seen at eye level

New York, New York

'Dwellings' at the Breuer Building

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

Site of the Dongan Oak

Brooklyn, New York

Site of the Dongan Oak

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

New York, New York

Stephen Wise Recreation Area

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

New York, New York

New York's Adam and Eve Sculptures

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Gay Liberation Monument.

New York, New York

Gay Liberation

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This statue once stood at an entrance to the original Penn Station and was salvaged from a garbage dump.

Brooklyn, New York

Steinberg Sculpture Garden

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Sisyphus Stones with GW Bridge.

New York, New York

The Sisyphus Stones

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.