Curbs & Stoops

Where the city paints itself wild All sections
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Numbered pins = located pieces · citywide pieces live in the feed & A–Z

Latest Dispatches

Every piece A–Z
  1. Wide shot of Troutman Street, Bushwick, with wall-to-wall large-scale murals on warehouse buildingsWalls · Brooklyn · 12 minThe Bushwick Collective at Street Level→
  2. A painter on a scissor lift working a large legal mural wall, roller in handWalls · Brooklyn · 11 minHow a Wall Gets Permission→
  3. Archival-style photo of a graffiti-covered New York subway car in an elevated yardHistory · Queens · 12 minIz the Wiz: A Wholecar Life→
  4. Poster-covered wall with bold black-and-yellow protest typography, Manhattan streetShows · Manhattan · 8 minGuerrilla Girls: Thirty Years of Masks→
  5. Mural-covered corner building at a busy Bronx intersection, elevated train tracks behindDispatches · Bronx · 7 minWhere to Find Murals in the Bronx→
  6. Grainy archival-style image of painted subway cars crossing an elevated bridgeHistory · Citywide · 8 minSubway Era 1971–1989: A Chronology→
  7. Sparks flying from an angle grinder in an outdoor sculpture fabrication yard by the East RiverObjects · Queens · 7 minThe Welding Women of Socrates Sculpture Park→
  8. Hands touching a large polished interactive sculpture in a public plazaObjects · Manhattan · 7 minPlease Touch the Art→
  9. Freshly painted rotating mural wall on a Long Island City industrial building, towers behindWalls · Queens · 5 minCourt Square's Rotating Walls→
  10. Elevated subway platform bench at 149th Street–Grand Concourse, tracks curving awayHistory · Bronx · 5 minThe Writers' Bench at 149th Street→
  11. Lamppost densely layered with artist stickers and postal-label slapsDispatches · Citywide · 5 minA Field Guide to Sticker Slaps→
  12. Peeling layered wheatpaste posters on a Lower East Side doorwayWalls · Manhattan · 4 minWheatpaste Season on the Lower East Side→
  13. View from an elevated J train window of a painted rooftop piece on a Broadway buildingDispatches · Brooklyn · 4 minFive Rooftops You Can See From the J Train→
  14. Crowd viewing art hung on a cinderblock basement wall under string lightsShows · Queens · 4 minPop-Up: Basement Show in Ridgewood→
  15. Faded hand-painted bodega sign lettering above a corner storefrontWalls · Citywide · 4 minHand-Painted Signs of the Boroughs→
Chain the pieces

Walks

All routes + stop lists
Walk № 1 · 3 stops · ≈ 1.5 km The Bushwick Loop Collective walls → permission walls → rooftops from the J Walk № 2 · 3 stops · ≈ 3.3 km Manhattan Paste & Masks LES wheatpaste → touchable art → Guerrilla Girls territory Walk № 3 · 2 stops · ≈ 2.5 km Queens Objects Run Court Square rotating walls → Socrates sculpture yard

The History Line

Subway era → presentRide the full chronology
1971TAKI 183 in the Times 1973Wholecar era begins 1982Wild Style — the scene goes global 1989Clean Train Movement NOWThe walls era
Five beats

Browse the Sections

Sections hub
WallsMurals, wheatpaste and permission — the painted surfaces of the city and the block-by-block politics of who gets up where.5 pieces → ObjectsSculpture, signage and things you can touch — street art that leaves the wall and takes up space.2 pieces → ShowsPop-ups, basements and one-night-only — where the scene gathers when it comes indoors.2 pieces → HistoryThe subway era and after — writers, benches, buffs and the long argument over what counts as art.3 pieces → DispatchesField guides and reported notes — where to look, what to bring, and how to read a wall at street level.3 pieces →