Beatles and John Lennon sites in New York City

New York's sites tell two stories: the Beatles' arrival in America in 1964 and 1965, and John Lennon's years in the city up to his death in 1980. Most are working buildings or sites rather than memorials in the strict sense.

Upper West Side

Strawberry Fields, just inside Central Park at West 72nd Street, is the city's Lennon memorial. Bruce Kelly designed it with Yoko Ono, and it was dedicated on 9 October 1985. The black-and-white Imagine mosaic at its centre was a gift from Naples. Directly across the street is the Dakota, Lennon's home from 1973 and the place he was shot on 8 December 1980. It is a private cooperative, so visitors see it from the pavement only.

Midtown

Two 1964 venues are a short walk apart and still in use. The Ed Sullivan Theater at 1697 Broadway hosted the band's US television debut on 9 February 1964. Three days later Carnegie Hall, at Seventh Avenue and West 57th Street, held two sold-out shows. Neither building has a Beatles plaque.

On the east side, Non-Violence, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd's bronze revolver with a knotted barrel, stands on the Visitors' Plaza at United Nations Headquarters, First Avenue at 46th Street. Reuterswärd began the work after Lennon's murder, and Luxembourg gave this cast to the UN in 1988.

Queens

Shea Stadium, where 55,600 people saw the Beatles on 15 August 1965, was demolished in 2008 and 2009. Markers in the Citi Field parking lot show home plate and the bases, but none mentions the concert.