Beyond Bushwick: The NYC Mural Routes You Haven’t Walked Yet — Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan Public Art in June 2026
Welling Court in Astoria is at its freshest right now. Plus: the pop-culture walls of Prospect Heights, Isolina Minjeong’s 10,700-square-foot asphalt mural in Downtown Brooklyn, and the DOT’s five-borough public art commissions. The mural routes beyond Bushwick.
Walk Bushwick This Week While the Paint Is Fresh: Plus the Citywide Mural Map From the Bowery Wall to Welling Court (June 2026)
The Bushwick Collective Block Party is over, but the murals are brand new — this week is the best time all year to walk them. Plus First Street Green, the Audubon Mural Trail, and Welling Court.
The Bushwick Collective Block Party Is Saturday: Watch NYC’s Biggest Street-Art Day Happen Live, Plus the Mural Routes to Walk All Weekend (May 30, 2026)
The 15th Annual Bushwick Collective Block Party lands Saturday, May 30 — the one day you can watch new murals get painted in real time. Plus self-guided routes through Bushwick, Welling Court, DUMBO, and the Lower East Side.
The Audubon Mural Trail Plus the Five DOT Commissions You Should See Before They Come Down: A Boroughs-Spanning Street Art Map for Late May 2026
The Audubon Mural Project — more than 100 species of climate-threatened birds painted across Washington Heights and Hamilton Heights, with new community-garden murals across all five boroughs — is the under-the-radar street art assignment for late May. Plus: the five NYC DOT Art Commissions to catch before they come down, and two Parks installations worth a detour to Union Square and Hunter’s Point.
The New NYC Public Art Map for Late May 2026: Sarah Lucas’s Pink Bombshell on the Bowery, a Bronx Phoenix, and Two Kaleidoscopes Hiding in Pelham Bay
Forget Bushwick for one weekend. The most interesting new public art in NYC right now is scattered across five neighborhoods you probably aren’t walking — from a pink bunny on a washing machine outside the New Museum to a Bronx fire-escape monument to two steel kaleidoscopes in Pelham Bay.
NYC Street Art This Weekend: First Street Green’s Rotating Walls, the Audubon Mural Trail, and Why Bushwick Is Worth the Train Ride Right Now (May 17, 2026)
A weekend guide to NYC’s living mural map — from the Lower East Side’s only legal graffiti park to the climate-bird trail through Washington Heights, plus why early June in Bushwick is a date you should already have on your calendar.
NYC Public Art Beyond Bushwick: A Scarab God in Central Park, Harlem’s Mural Miles, and the Uptown Walk You Haven’t Done Yet
Monira Al Qadiri’s monumental sculpture is FREE at Central Park’s entrance through August 2. Plus: the Harlem mural walk, the High Line, and what’s coming this summer from the Public Art Fund.
A Self-Guided DUMBO Walls Walking Tour: 11 Brooklyn Murals You Can See in One Sunday Afternoon (May 10, 2026)
A complete walking guide to the DUMBO Walls — the open-air mural collection assembled by Team Dumbo since 2012. From Cey Adams’ ‘Love Mural’ on Prospect Street to MOMO’s rainbow wall on York and Tom Fruin’s iconic stained-glass watertower on the roof of 20 Jay, here’s how to see eleven of Brooklyn’s most photographed murals on a single afternoon — plus a Bushwick coda for the maximalists.
NYC Street Art This Spring: The Public Art Fund’s 35-Artist 2026 Season, JFK’s Terminal 6 Commissions, and Why You Should Be Walking Bushwick Now (May 6, 2026)
The Public Art Fund just announced 35 commissions across the city’s parks, transit, and beaches. JFK is debuting work from Nina Chanel Abney and Barbara Kruger. And the Bushwick Collective is six weeks away from rotating most of its murals. Here’s what to walk this week.
NYC Public Art This Week: Woody De Othello Lands at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Risha Gorig’s ‘The Journey’ in Prospect Park, and Where to Walk the Murals Right Now
A monumental new Woody De Othello show opens at Brooklyn Bridge Park on May 5, Risha Gorig’s ‘The Journey’ anchors Prospect Park through August, and the Bushwick Collective and Welling Court are quietly painting over winter. Here’s what to walk, where to find it, and why this week is the right week to do it.