In and Around Elizabeth Street
Last updated May 13, 2026
Where Little Italy and Chinatown collide and refuse to sort themselves out.
Bouncy cheesecake next to red-sauce joints. Mochi-nut shops across from dim sum counters. The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (The Godfather one) and the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden are tucked between. It's touristy, it's crowded, and it works.
You’ll find the galleries and art project spaces up, down, and around Elizabeth Street, around the corner on Grand, and all the way down onto Canal Street and the lower end of the Bowery – inside an old garage, a church rectory, and an office that overlooks the amusement park rides during the Feast of San Gennaro.
This isn't downtown's flashiest circuit. It’s not its quietest. But it might be the most fun to wander.
Go see for yourself.
GalleryLittle Italy
Company Gallery
Feminist, queer, theatrical art in a graffiti-covered gallery with a basement speakeasy.
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GalleryLittle Italy
Nathalie Karg Gallery
This elegiac, two-storey Elizabeth Street gallery is a place of worship for refined, sensual art.
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Alternative SpaceLittle Italy
PARTICIPANT INC
One of downtown's most beloved alternative art spaces. Politics, performance, community, and experimentation collide here. Black walls and raw, deeply human shows that cling to your mind long after you leave.
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GalleryLittle Italy
Derosia
Self-aware, socially-motivated painting about culture, media, and the moment we’re living in.
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GalleryLittle Italy
Peter Blum Gallery
Riding the waves of minimalist and conceptual art since their beginnings, with each new generation picking up the thread.
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GalleryChinatown
Astor Weeks
Art for people who notice things like when the light changes and the room goes quiet.
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GalleryChinatown
Ulrik
Take the pulse of the new New York scene at this spacious, sunny second-floor gallery overlooking Canal Street, where artistic careers are launched and revitalized.
View VenueWhere Little Italy and Chinatown collide and refuse to sort themselves out.
Bouncy cheesecake next to red-sauce joints. Mochi-nut shops across from dim sum counters. The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (The Godfather one) and the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden are tucked between. It's touristy, it's crowded, and it works.
You’ll find the galleries and art project spaces up, down, and around Elizabeth Street, around the corner on Grand, and all the way down onto Canal Street and the lower end of the Bowery – inside an old garage, a church rectory, and an office that overlooks the amusement park rides during the Feast of San Gennaro.
This isn't downtown's flashiest circuit. It’s not its quietest. But it might be the most fun to wander.
Go see for yourself.
GalleryLittle Italy
Company Gallery
Feminist, queer, theatrical art in a graffiti-covered gallery with a basement speakeasy.
GalleryLittle Italy
Nathalie Karg Gallery
This elegiac, two-storey Elizabeth Street gallery is a place of worship for refined, sensual art.
Alternative SpaceLittle Italy
PARTICIPANT INC
One of downtown's most beloved alternative art spaces. Politics, performance, community, and experimentation collide here. Black walls and raw, deeply human shows that cling to your mind long after you leave.
GalleryLittle Italy
Derosia
Self-aware, socially-motivated painting about culture, media, and the moment we’re living in.
GalleryLittle Italy
Peter Blum Gallery
Riding the waves of minimalist and conceptual art since their beginnings, with each new generation picking up the thread.
GalleryChinatown
Astor Weeks
Art for people who notice things like when the light changes and the room goes quiet.
GalleryChinatown
Ulrik
Take the pulse of the new New York scene at this spacious, sunny second-floor gallery overlooking Canal Street, where artistic careers are launched and revitalized.
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