Collections
Curated series with multiple sites are opening up around a common theme or neighborhood in the 2026 festival.
Bloomberg Connects
The free app that connects people to arts and culture anytime provides additional expert-curated content, including video and audio guides, maps, and other digital content.
Family Friendly
Make it a family affair! These destinations include callouts highlighting kid-friendly features, activities, and special programming for curious youngsters.
Fan Favorites
Returning festival favorites on every Open House New Yorker's bucket list.
Getting to Work
Visit a diverse array of small and mid-sized businesses, organized with support from TD Bank, for a behind-the-scenes peek at how local entrepreneurs drive economic development in the world’s most ambitious city.
Innovation in Preservation
New York is one of the oldest cities in America—and preserving that history is hard work. See where the best in preservation is on view, with support from the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation.
Part and Parcel
Learn how zoning—an omnipresent and oft-misunderstood tool for shaping the city—has created the New York we see today, and how new changes to the Zoning Resolution are reshaping the five boroughs.
South Bronx
Boogie down to the birthplace of hip-hop and wild style to see for yourself what one of the most remarkable urban revitalization stories in the country looks like in action.
Sunset Park
Discover the incredible array of things made—from fresh food to artwork to ceramics—in this hive of creativity, where New York City Economic Development Corporation is guiding the revitalization of Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront.
WTC at 25
A quarter-century after the city’s darkest day, the World Trade Center is a gleaming hub of activity in Lower Manhattan. Go behind the scenes of some of its most striking architectural landmarks. Presented with support from New York Building Foundation.
