Plan Your Visit

Open by appointment through Sunday, May 25

520 West 143rd Street 
New York, New York 10031 
take the A,B,C,D or 1 to 145th Street 
Peruse our archive or download a PDF here

The BSA is located on the parlor floor of a Harlem brownstone and is only accessible via stairs. If you have an access request, please text or call +1 718 916 7938 to make arrangements

Our Uptown Fine Arts Neighbors:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
City College Center for the Arts
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Maysles Documentary Center 
The Met Cloisters
New Heritage Theatre Group
The Hispanic Museum and Library
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 
Studio Museum in Harlem
Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University

Some Very Good to Great Local Restaurants:
Bo-No Trattoria (very good pizzas and Italian)
El Rincon de Mi Tierra (goat on Fridays)
Charles' Southern (excellent Soul food)
Cocina Consuelo (regional Mexican)
The Edge (nouveaux Jamaican)
Famous Fish (great fish sandwiches)
GuayUSA Café (Ecuadoran breakfast and sandwiches)
Hand-pulled Noodle (Chinese)
Oso (Michelin-starred Mexican)
ROKC (Japanese raw bar and noodles)