New York’s Museum Mile Festival with New York Habitat

For the past 31 years the city of New York has been shutting down a massive portion of 5th Avenue, known the world over as the Museum Mile, to throw the city’s biggest block party. The Museum Mile festival is one of New York’s great treasures, an event that is as welcoming to locals as it is to tourists, and an event that celebrates art and entertainment in all its forms. New York Habitat has been entrenched in the local scene for long enough to know that, year-after-year, this event is not worth missing.

The Museum Mile Festival revolves around the 9 major museum’s sharing a 5th Avenue address (El Museo del Barrio, Museum of the City of New York, The Jewish Museum, The National Design Museum, The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, the Guggenheim Museum, Neue Galerie New York, the Goethe-Institute, and the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art). The museums on the Mile represent the diverse arts and cultures found throughout the city and the festival is a wonderful occasion to discover what makes New York so special. For three hours on June 8th access will be completely free to all museums along the mile, 23 city blocks will be completely shut down to vehicular traffic, live bands and entertainment will conduct performances and organized art activities for children will set up shop. It is estimated that over 50,000 people attend the festival annually, and if part of the mile gets to crowded  you can always walk into Central Park; not too shabby.

New York Habitat still has apartments available in Manhattan during the June 8th event, but they’re going fast. Below are a few suggested accommodations to help get your search started:

– This 1-bedroom New York rental apartment in Central Park South, Midtown West – Chelsea (NY-11135) is a short walking distance from the Museum Mile Festival. The accommodation features exposed wood beams and is furnished by a well-known decorator.

-This New York Studio rental apartment in Harlem (NY-16336) features hardwood floors, a flat-screen cable TV, and is housed in a three-story walk up brownstone.