
How to walk Museum Mile in a day
Seven museums line Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 104th Street; a realistic one-day plan pairs two or three of them, moving north from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Routing for a day of looking: gallery walks through Chelsea and Tribeca, down to the Lower East Side, then across to Bushwick, with reliable hours, nearest subway stops, free admission windows and a sensible order. Written for visitors and residents planning an afternoon on foot.
Routing for a day of looking: gallery walks through Chelsea and Tribeca, down to the Lower East Side, then across to Bushwick, with reliable hours, nearest subway stops, free admission windows and a sensible order. Written for visitors and residents planning an afternoon on foot.

Seven museums line Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 104th Street; a realistic one-day plan pairs two or three of them, moving north from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A practical guide to Bushwick's studio buildings, small galleries and open-air murals — how the L train shapes the walk, when spaces open and where to pause.

A walking route through the Lower East Side galleries — from the Bowery to Essex Crossing — covering the museums, the walk-up spaces behind intercoms and where to break for lunch.

Tribeca has become New York's fastest-growing gallery district; a corridor-by-corridor guide covers who is there, the hours to expect and the trains that serve it.

A practical one-day route through the Chelsea gallery district, from the West 19th Street blocks to West 27th Street, with hours, trains and lunch stops.