Plaza33 is the perfect spot to take a rest after your morning commute, people-watch before a show at Madison Square Garden, or catch some rays during a workday lunchbreak. The plaza's design features a "grove" of five maple trees, umbrellas for shade, and movable chairs and tables.
As part of a pilot program in 2016, 34th Street Partnership partnered with Vornado and NYC DOT on a temporary street closure. The road surface was painted with a geometric design, and the temporary plaza featured custom wooden bleachers and benches as well as seasonal plantings. Over three summers, Plaza33 hosted dozens of events and thousands of visitors, and was deemed a success. The plaza was made permanent, and after a considered community-oriented design process, it was fitted with permanent fixtures and opened to the public in spring 2024.
Plaza33 is located right next to the new Penn Station Gateway entrance, with easy access to numerous subway and regional train lines.
Through September 17
Tuesdays, 12:30pm-2pm
September 4 + 11
Wednesdays, 4:30pm-6pm
Plaza33 is located at 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It's close to Madison Square Garden and shopping on 34th Street plus numerous dining options.
Miss Maybell and Charlie Judkins are known for their large repertoire of Prohibition-Era Jazz, Ragtime and early Blues. Sourcing their tunes directly from dusty old 78rpm records and antique sheet music, they bring new life to songs created over 100 years ago. With this unique sound and dedication they were recently featured on The NPR Show “Person, Place, Thing” With Randy Cohen. They are known for their residencies at legendary venues such as Birdland Theater, as well as across the country at countless Jazz and Ragtime festivals and even abroad, recently headlining Sevilla Swing in Seville, Spain and selling out a week of shows at Marian's Jazz Room in Bern, Switzerland.
