St. Patrick's Cathedral
A marble Gothic cathedral that fills a whole Midtown block, staring straight across at Rockefeller Center.
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The largest Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral in North America, and the seat of the Archbishop of New York. James Renwick Jr. designed it with inspiration from the unfinished Cologne Cathedral; construction began in 1858, paused during the Civil War, and finished in 1878.
What to look for
- The bronze doors at the Fifth Avenue main entrance, flanked by twin spires rising 329.5 feet
- The several dozen stained glass windows and marble cladding running the cathedral's 332-foot length
- The northern tower's nineteen bells, plus two pipe organs inside
It occupies the block bounded by Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, and 50th and 51st Streets, directly across from Rockefeller Center.
St. Patrick's Cathedral is one of 38 sights worth the detour in New York, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the New York pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in New York
- Statue of LibertyFrance's gift to the U.S.: a crowned, robed woman raising a torch over New York Harbor, long read as a welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.
- Empire State BuildingRide up to the 86th- or 102nd-floor deck and look straight down on Midtown Manhattan.
- World Trade Center & 9/11 MemorialTwo reflecting pools now sit in the exact footprints where the Twin Towers stood until September 11, 2001.
- Wall StreetUnder 2,000 feet of pavement that stands in for all of American finance — named for a wall that hasn't existed since 1699.
- The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)1.5 million works under one roof, from Sumerian stone to modern American rooms — a day here barely scratches it.
- Central ParkThe most visited urban park in the US — an estimated 42 million visits a year — built by hand on the razed land of a Black settlement, Seneca Village.